2025 Troy Trojans baseball team

2025 Troy Trojans baseball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	39–21 (18–12 SBC)
Head coach	Skylar Meade (4th season)
Associate head coach	Ben Wolgamot (4th season)
Hitting coach	Ryan Fineman (2nd season)
Pitching coach	Adam Godwin (4th season)
Home stadium	Riddle–Pace Field
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Coastal Carolina ‍†‍‡‍y	26	–	4		.867			51	–	11		.823
No. 12 Southern Miss ‍‍‍y	24	–	6		.800			47	–	16		.746
Troy  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			39	–	21		.650
Marshall  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			33	–	26		.559
Louisiana  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			27	–	31		.466
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			22	–	31		.415
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			26	–	28		.481
Texas State  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			27	–	31		.466
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			28	–	31		.475
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			23	–	31		.426
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			23	–	28		.451
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			26	–	30		.464
James Madison  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			17	–	38		.309
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			22	–	33		.400
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 1, 2025[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Troy Trojans baseball team represents Troy University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Trojans are coached by fourth-year head coach, Skylar Meade, and play their home games at Riddle–Pace Field.

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Player	Hometown	Previous Team
Pitchers
Nate Criswell	Oakdale, California	Modesto
Matt Dill	Dayton, Tennessee	Baylor School
Jackson Lucas	Venice, Florida	Venice HS
Brady Martin	Niceville, Florida	Niceville HS
Matteo Pare	LaSalle, Ontario, Canada	Pensacola State
Brady Richardson	Enterprise, Alabama	Enterprise HS
Cameron Tipton	Santa Rosa Beach, Florida	South Walton HS
Hitters
Zaid Diaz	Miramar, Florida	Chipola
Catchers
Jabe Boroff	Pike Road, Alabama	Enterprise State
Caden Reeves	Chapin, South Carolina	Chapin HS

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released February 6, 2025, and the Trojans were picked to finish second overall in the conference.[4]

Coaches Poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Southern Miss	179 (5)
2	Troy	178 (4)
3	Louisiana	174 (3)
4	Coastal Carolina	161 (2)
5	Georgia Southern	125
6	James Madison	106
7	Old Dominion	105
8	Texas State	102
9	App State	94
10	South Alabama	93
11	Georgia State	49
12	Marshall	46
13	ULM	34
14	Arkansas State	24

2025 Troy Trojans baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 INF Cason Eubanks  R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Dothan, Alabama 2 OF Shane Lewis  B/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Sr Vicksburg, Mississippi 3 UTL Tyler LeJeune L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Jr Iota, Louisiana 4 INF Peyton Watts L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Oxford, Alabama 5 UTL Jimmy Janicki R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 231 lb (105 kg) Fr Downers Grove, Illinois 6 OF Reid Broussard  R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Denham Springs, Louisiana 7 UTL Gavin Schrader L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Batavia, New York 8 UTL Cooper Smith R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 193 lb (88 kg) So Louisville, Kentucky 10 UTL Brock Tapper L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Jr Nesbit, Mississippi 11 RHP Colby Frieda R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 226 lb (103 kg) Sr St. Johns, Florida 12 OF Steven Meier L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Kennewick, Washington 13 INF Peryn Bland R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Fr Meridian, Mississippi 14 OF Dillon Kuehl L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 213 lb (97 kg) Jr Urbandale, Iowa 15 INF Jakob Wax  R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Prairieville, Louisiana 16 C Jason Hawkins R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Allen, Texas 17 C Brooks Bryan L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Jr Opelika, Alabama 18 RHP Noah Edders  R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Jr Woodridge, Illinois 19 RHP Kelly Crumpton R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Sr Jackson, Mississippi 21 LHP Josh Dima  L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Sr Belleville, Illinois 22 UTL Drew Nelson  L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Troy, Alabama 23 OF Houston Markham L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Fr Pike Road, Alabama 26 RHP Adam Falinski  R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Sr Howell, Michigan 27 RHP Grayson Stewart  R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Sr Dothan, Alabama 28 OF Harrison Bowman  R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Owensboro, Kentucky 29 RHP Dylan King  R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Jr Leola, Pennsylvania 30 LHP Connor Burt L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Sr Lithia, Florida 31 OF Mike Bello L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Sr Oak Ridge, New Jersey 32 C Tyler Cook R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Fr Glenwood Landing, New York 33 INF Ty McGraw L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Gardendale, Alabama 34 INF Blake Cavill L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Sydney, Australia 35 RHP Jay Dill R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Dayton, Tennessee 36 LHP Chase Carton L/L 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Fr Huntsville, Alabama 37 INF Sean Darnell L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Jr Wetumpka, Alabama 38 RHP Zak Szabo  R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Whitby, Ontario 40 LHP Jacob Roettgen L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 253 lb (115 kg) Sr Jefferson City, Missouri 42 RHP Luke Lyon  R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Hattiesburg, Mississippi 43 LHP Nolan Decker L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Noblesville, Indiana 44 RHP Garrett Gainous  R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Cairo, Georgia 45 UTL Colton Walls L/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 232 lb (105 kg) So Millbrook, Alabama 46 LHP Chase Nelson L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Nashville, Tennessee 47 RHP Noah Thigpen R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Fr Lake Park, Georgia 48 LHP Grady Gorgen R/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Sr Mineral Point, Wisconsin 49 LHP George Welch L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Gr Derry, New Hampshire 50 LHP Pavlos Piperakis L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Plantation, Florida	Head coach Skylar Meade (Eastern Illinois) Assistant coach(es) Ben Wolgamot (Purdue) Ryan Fineman (Indiana) Adam Godwin (Troy) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 27 February 2025

Legend
	Troy win
	Troy loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Troy team member

2025 Troy Trojans Game Log (37–19)
February (9–1) # Date Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall SBC 1 February 14 Bellarmine* No. 25 Riddle–Pace Field Troy, AL W 23–6 Lyon (1–0) Carver (0–1) None ESPN+ 2,402 1–0 — 2 February 15 Bellarmine* No. 25 Riddle–Pace Field W 7–3 Edders (1–0) Matherly (0–1) None ESPN+ 2,421 2–0 — 3 February 16 Bellarmine* No. 25 Riddle–Pace Field W 7–3 Stewart (1–0) Horwith (0–1) None ESPN+ 2,359 3–0 — 4 February 18 at Auburn* No. 24 Plainsman Park Auburn, AL L 6–7 Johnston (1–0) Lyon (1–1) None SECN+ 4,940 3–1 — 5 February 21 Northwestern State* No. 24 Riddle–Pace Field W 7–1 Gainous (1–0) Marionneaux (0–2) None ESPN+ 1,928 4–1 — 6 February 22 Northwestern State* No. 24 Riddle–Pace Field W 14–12 Edders (2–0) Bryan (0–1) Gorgen (1) 2,012 5–1 — 7 February 23 Northwestern State* No. 24 Riddle–Pace Field W 14–4 Nelson (1–0) Hillen (0–1) None ESPN+ 1,837 6–1 — 8 February 25 at No. 18 Mississippi State* No. 21 Dudy Noble Field Starkville, MS W 6–5 Gorgen (1–0) Davis (0–1) None SECN+ 9,915 7–1 — 9 February 26 UAB* No. 21 Riddle–Pace Field W 7–4 Crumpton (1–0) Shelton (0–1) None 2,107 8–1 — 10 February 28 Penn* No. 21 Riddle–Pace Field W 11–1 Gainous (2–0) Katz (0–2) None 2,415 9–1 —
March (12–7) # Date Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall SBC 11 March 1 Penn* No. 21 Riddle–Pace Field W 10–9 Frieda (1–0) Shurtleff (0–1) None ESPN+ 2,803 10–1 — 12 March 2 Penn* No. 21 Riddle–Pace Field W 6–1 Nelson (2–0) Cerwinski (0–1) Dill (1) ESPN+ 2,583 11–1 — 13 March 5 at No. 23 Alabama* No. 19 Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL L 1–3 Heiberger (1–0) Falinski (0–1) Ozmer (4) SECN+ 2,990 11–2 — 14 March 7 at USC Upstate* No. 19 Cleveland Harley Park Spartanburg, SC W 11–9 Gorgen (2–0) Bianchini (2–3) None 169 12–2 — 15 March 8 at USC Upstate* No. 19 Cleveland Harley Park L 4–5 Kaplan (2–0) Stewart (1–1) Phillips (1) ESPN+ 153 12–3 — 16 March 9 at USC Upstate* No. 19 Cleveland Harley Park W 14–7 Nelson (3–0) Torres (2–1) None ESPN+ 149 13–3 — 17 March 11 at Jacksonville State* No. 21 Rudy Abbott Field Jacksonville, AL L 1–117 Scarborough (1–0) Falinski (0–2) None ESPN+ 411 13–4 — 18 March 14 at Louisiana No. 21 Tigue Moore Field Lafayette, LA W 4–3 Garrett (3–0) Holzhammer (0–2) Dill (2) ESPN+ 4,128 14–4 1–0 19 March 15 at Louisiana No. 21 Tigue Moore Field W 8–5 Stewart (2–1) Tollett (1–2) Dill (3) ESPN+ 4,160 15–4 2–0 20 March 16 at Louisiana No. 21 Tigue Moore Field L 14–18 McGehee (2–3) Falinski (0–3) Osteen (1) ESPN+ 4,152 15–5 2–1 21 March 18 at UAB* No. 25 Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL W 14–27 Roettgen (1–0) Shelton (1–2) None ESPN+ 217 16–5 — 22 March 21 No. 24 Coastal Carolina No. 25 Riddle–Pace Field L 3–11 Morrison (4–0) Tapper (0–1) Carbone (2) ESPN+ 2,214 16–6 2–2 23 March 22 No. 24 Coastal Carolina No. 25 Riddle–Pace Field W 9–8 Lyon (2–1) Lynch (1–1) None ESPN+ 2,941 17–6 3–2 24 March 23 No. 24 Coastal Carolina No. 25 Riddle–Pace Field W 9–5 Grayson (3–1) Eikhoff (4–1) None ESPN+ 2,329 18–6 4–2 25 March 25 Wofford* No. 22 Riddle–Pace Field L 3–148 Gray (1–0) Thigpen (0–1) None ESPN+ 2,412 18–7 — 26 March 26 at Florida A&M* No. 22 Moore–Kittles Field Tallahassee, FL W 10–8 Dill (1–0) Williams (1–1) None 178 19–7 — 27 March 28 Marshall No. 22 Riddle–Pace Field W 4–3 Garrett (4–0) Blevins (2–3) Frieda (1) ESPN+ 2,757 20–7 5–2 28 March 29 Marshall No. 22 Riddle–Pace Field W 4–3 Thigpen (1–1) Weyrich (2–3) Dill (4) ESPN+ 2,782 21–7 6–2 29 March 30 Marshall No. 22 Riddle–Pace Field L 5–611 Weyrich (3–3) Stewart (3–2) None ESPN+ 2,189 21–8 6–3
April (11–5) # Date Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall SBC 30 April 2 Florida A&M* No. 20 Riddle–Pace Field W 13–37 King (1–0) Campa (0–1) None ESPN+ 1,995 22–8 — 31 April 4 at Old Dominion No. 20 Harbor Park Norfolk, VA W 7–0 Gainous (5–0) Moore (1–4) None ESPN+ 517 23–8 7–3 32 April 5 at Old Dominion No. 20 Harbor Park W 4–3 Edders (3–0) Brown (2–2) Dill (5) ESPN+ 482 24–8 8–3 33 April 6 at Old Dominion No. 20 Harbor Park L 5–9 Morgan (3–2) Falinski (0–4) Matela (1) ESPN+ 573 24–9 8–4 34 April 9 at No. 25 Virginia Tech* No. 20 English Field Blacksburg, VA L 1–3 Berzonski (2–0) Nelson (3–1) Manning (1) ACCNX 1,281 24–10 — 35 April 11 at James Madison No. 20 Eagle Field Harrisonburg, VA L 3–7 Jackson (3–3) Gainous (5–1) None ESPN+ 153 24–11 8–5 36 April 12 at James Madison No. 20 Eagle Field W 6–3 Edders (4–0) Smith (1–3) Thigpen (1) ESPN+ 461 25–11 9–5 37 April 13 at James Madison No. 20 Eagle Field W 4–0 Frieda (2–0) Mozoki (2–5) Lyon (3) ESPN+ 326 26–11 10–5 38 April 17 Louisiana–Monroe No. 20 Riddle–Pace Field W 9–3 Gainous (6–1) Cirelli (1–8) None ESPN+ 1,993 27–11 11–5 39 April 18 Louisiana–Monroe No. 20 Riddle–Pace Field W 11–17 Edders (5–0) Gonzalez (3–2) None ESPN+ 2,283 28–11 12–5 40 April 19 Louisiana–Monroe No. 20 Riddle–Pace Field L 3–7 Gregoire (3–1) Dill (1–1) Brewer (1) ESPN+ 2,097 28–12 12–6 41 April 22 at Alabama State* No. 20 Wheeler–Watkins Baseball Complex Montgomery, AL W 12–10 Stewart (4–2) Douglas (0–1) None 878 29–12 — 42 April 25 Texas State No. 20 Riddle–Pace Field W 3–211 Dill (2–1) Laws (3–1) None ESPN+ 2,689 30–12 13–6 43 April 26 Texas State No. 20 Riddle–Pace Field W 9–4 Stewart (5–2) Tovar (2–5) None ESPN+ 2,569 31–12 14–6 44 April 27 Texas State No. 20 Riddle–Pace Field L 3–147 Dudley (4–1) Falinski (0–5) None ESPN+ 2,047 31–13 14–7 45 April 29 Jacksonville State* No. 20 Riddle–Pace Field W 12–27 Frieda (3–0) Wilson (2–2) None ESPN+ 1,988 32–13
May (5–6) # Date Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall SBC 46 May 2 at South Alabama No. 20 Eddie Stanky Field Mobile, AL W 5–2 Thigpen (2–1) Shineflew (3–4) Dill (6) ESPN+ 1,104 33–13 15–7 47 May 3 at South Alabama No. 20 Eddie Stanky Field L 7–11 Heer (6–2) Edders (5–1) Gillis (1) ESPN+ 1,091 33–14 15–8 48 May 4 at South Alabama No. 20 Eddie Stanky Field W 6–5 Dill (3–1) Floyd (0–1) Frieda (1) ESPN+ 1,164 34–14 16–8 49 May 6 No. 23 Alabama* No. 19 Riddle–Pace Field L 2–10 Finateri (3–0) Roettgen (1–1) None ESPN+ 3,892 34–15 — 50 May 7 at Samford* No. 19 Joe Lee Griffin Stadium Birmingham, AL W 12–8 Gorgen (3–0) Clevenger (1–2) None ESPN+ 271 35–15 — 51 May 9 at Arkansas State No. 19 Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field Jonesboro, AR W 9–812 Dill (4–1) Richter (3–3) None ESPN+ 986 36–15 17–8 52 May 10 at Arkansas State No. 19 Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field W 8–7 Roettgen (2–1) Keithley (1–1) Frieda (4) ESPN+ 946 37–15 18–8 53 May 11 at Arkansas State No. 19 Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field L 6–7 Sewell (1–0) Lyon (2–2) Nelson (1) ESPN+ 893 37–16 18–9 54 May 15 No. 19 Southern Miss No. 22 Riddle–Pace Field L 3–4 Allen (6–4) Frieda (3–1) None ESPN+ 2,651 37–17 18–10 55 May 16 No. 19 Southern Miss No. 22 Riddle–Pace Field L 1–128 Sivley (8–1) Edders (5–2) None ESPN+ 2,791 37–18 18–11 56 May 17 No. 19 Southern Miss No. 22 Riddle–Pace Field L 5–8 Payne (2–0) Dill (4–1) Allen (11) ESPN+ 2,838 37–19 18–12
SBC tournament (0–0) # Date Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall SBCT 57 May 21 vs. (6) Old Dominion (3) Riverwalk Stadium Montgomery, AL ESPN+
NCAA tournament # Date Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall NCAAT|- TBD TBD vs. TBD TBD ESPN+

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[5]	25	25*	24	21	22	RV	24	21	21	23т	23	22	18	20	RV	RV
Baseball America[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	20	21	18	15	15	14	14	25	25*
NCBWA†[7]	28	24	20	20	18	18	17	20	19	22	18	20	21	17	22	RV
D1Baseball[8]	25	24	21	19	21	25	22	20	20	20	20	20	19	22	—	—
Perfect Game[9]	—	—	—	24	—	—	18	18	18	22	22	22	22	22	—	—

† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.