# 2025 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 2025 Texas Longhorns baseball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns play their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They are led by first year head coach Jim Schlossnagle.

## Previous season

Texas finished the 2024 season 36–24, 20–10 in Big 12 play.

## Personnel
### Roster

Roster Notes
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Plays two different positions

### Support staff
## Offseason
### Departures
#### 2024 MLB Draft

| Round | Pick | Overall Pick | Player | Position | MLB Team |
| 2 | 3 | 42 | Jared Thomas | 1B/OF | Colorado Rockies |
| 5 | 3 | 139 | Lebarron Johnson Jr. | P | Colorado Rockies |
| 14 | 8 | 413 | Tanner Witt | P | New York Mets |

#### Undrafted free agents

| Player | Position | MLB Team |
| Charlie Hurley | P | Chicago Cubs |
| Gage Boehm | P | Seattle Mariners |
| Peyton Powell | UTL | Toronto Blue Jays |

#### Coaching staff departures

| Name | Position | New Team | New Position |
| David Pierce | Head Coach | Texas State | Assistant Coach |
| Steve Rodriguez | Assistant Coach | N/A | N/A |
| Caleb Longley | Assistant Coach | Texas A&M | Assistant Coach |
| Chris Gordon | Coordinator, Hitting and Pitching Development | South Carolina | Director of Player Development |
| Carli Todd | Director of Operations | N/A | N/A |
Coaching Staff Notes

### Acquisitions
#### Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers :
| Name | B/T | Pos. | Height | Weight | Hometown | Year | Previous school |
| Aiden Moffett | R/R | P | 6'3" | 221 | Mount Olive, MS | Junior | LSU |
| Connor McCreery | R/R | P | 6'6" | 225 | Williston Park, NY | Junior | South Carolina |
| Easton Winfield | L/R | OF | 6'0" | 205 | Alvin, TX | Sophomore | Louisiana–Monroe |
| Ethan Mendoza | R/R | IF | 5'10" | 175 | Bedford, TX | Sophomore | Arizona State |
| Ethan Walker | L/L | P | 6'0" | 185 | Ashburn, VA | Sophomore | Walters State |
| Grayson Saunier | L/R | P | 6'4" | 210 | Memphis, TN | Junior | Ole Miss |
| Jaquae Stewart | L/L | IF | 5'10" | 245 | Sinton, TX | Sophomore | Northwest Florida State |
| Jared Spencer | L/L | P | 6'3" | 195 | Centreville, MI | Senior | Indiana State |
| Kade Bing | L/L | P | 6'1" | 180 | West, TX | Sophomore | McLennan |
| Ruger Riojas | R/R | P | 6'1" | 180 | Wimberley, TX | Junior | UTSA |
| Thomas Burns | R/R | P | 6'3" | 210 | Hortonville, WI | Sophomore | Arizona State |

#### Incoming recruits
### Coaching staff additions

| Name | Position | Previous Team | Previous Position |
| Jim Schlossnagle | Head Coach | Texas A&M | Head Coach |
| Nolan Cain | Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator | Texas A&M | Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator |
| Max Weiner | Assistant Coach/Pitching | Texas A&M | Assistant Coach |
| Chuck Box | Director of Program Development | Texas A&M | Director of Player and Program Development |
| Gehrig Mosiello | Director of Player Development | Johnson | Assistant Coach |

## Preseason

After the conclusion of the 2024 season, Texas fired head coach David Pierce. Just one day later on June 25th, the Longhorns hired Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle. Schlossnagle proceeded to bring two members of Texas A&M's coaching staff along with him including Nolan Cain and Max Weiner.

### SEC coaches poll

SEC coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 228 (10) |
| 2 | Tennessee | 215 (1) |
| 3 | Arkansas | 214 (3) |
| 4 | LSU | 204 (1) |
| 5 | Florida | 183 (1) |
| 6 | Georgia | 165 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | 156 |
| 8 | Texas | 146 |
| 9 | Mississippi State | 112 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 102 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 101 |
| 12 | Auburn | 100 |
| 13 | Alabama | 98 |
| 14 | South Carolina | 61 |
| 15 | Ole Miss | 60 |
| 16 | Missouri | 31 |
Source:

### Awards and honors
#### Preseason SEC awards and honors

Preseason All-SEC Team :
| Player | No. | Position | Class | Designation |
| Max Belyeu | 44 | OF | Junior | First Team |
| Rylan Galvan | 6 | C | Junior | Second Team |

#### Preseason All-Americans

Preseason All-Americans :
| Player | Position | Selector |
| Max Belyeu | OF | D1Baseball NCBWA |
| Jalin Flores | IF | D1Baseball NCBWA |
| Ruger Riojas | P | NCBWA |

## Schedule and results

2025 Texas Longhorns baseball game log (17–2) :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member :
Regular season (17–2) :
February (7–1) :
| Date | Time (CT) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC Record | Box Score | Recap |
| Shriners Children's College Showdown |||||||||||||||
| February 14 | 7:00 p.m. | FloSports | Louisville | #19 | Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX | L 3–4 $^{(10)}$ | Biven (1–0) | Mercer (0–1) | None | 8,344 | 0–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| February 15 | 7:00 p.m. | FloSports | Ole Miss | #19 | Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX | W 10–0 $^{(7)}$ | Harrison (1–0) | Maddox (0–1) | None | 13,289 | 1–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| February 16 | 6:30 p.m. | FloSports | #17 Oklahoma State | #19 | Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX | W 14–8 | Rerick (1–0) | Wech (0–2) | None | 10,138 | 2–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| February 18 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | Houston | #16 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | Cancelled due to inclement weather. | Cancelled due to inclement weather. | Cancelled due to inclement weather. | Cancelled due to inclement weather. | Cancelled due to inclement weather. | Cancelled due to inclement weather. | Cancelled due to inclement weather. | Cancelled due to inclement weather. | Cancelled due to inclement weather. |
| February 21 | 1:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Dartmouth | #16 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | W 4–3 | Riojas (1–0) | Dumsky (0–1) | Burns (1) | 6,307 | 3–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| February 22 | 1:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Dartmouth | #16 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | W 3–2 | Duplantier II (1–0) | Loeger (0–1) | Grubbs (1) | 6,433 | 4–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| February 23 | 12:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Dartmouth | #16 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | W 4–1 | Volantis (1–0) | Isler (0–1) | None | 6,910 | 5–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| February 25 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | Incarnate Word | #15 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | W 6–0 | Flores (1–0) | Garcia (2–1) | None | 6,964 | 6–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| Las Vegas Classic |||||||||||||||
| February 28 | 8:00 p.m. | D1Baseball | Washington | #15 | Las Vegas Ballpark • Summerlin South, NV | W 10–9 | Spencer (1–0) | Banks (1–2) | Grubbs (2) | 4,777 | 7–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
March (10–1) :
| Date | Time (CT) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC Record | Box Score | Recap |
| March 1 | 6:00 p.m. | D1Baseball | Texas Tech | #15 | Las Vegas Ballpark • Summerlin South, NV | W 10–5 | Harrison (2–0) | Pirko (0–1) | Volantis (1) | 6,021 | 8–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| March 2 | 1:00 p.m. | D1Baseball | Illinois | #15 | Las Vegas Ballpark • Summerlin South, NV | W 15–6 | Grubbs (1–0) | Weber (0–2) | None | N/A | 9–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| March 4 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | #12 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | W 15–5$^{(8)}$ | Riojas (2–0) | LaRusso (1–1) | None | 6,938 | 10–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| March 7 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | Santa Clara | #12 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | W 4–2 | Spencer (2–0) | Gomez (1–2) | Grubbs (3) | 7,292 | 11–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| March 8 | 2:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Santa Clara | #12 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | W 8–3 | Riojas (3–0) | Martinez (1–2) | None | 7,323 | 12–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| March 9 | 1:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Santa Clara | #12 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | W 6–1 | Volantis (2–0) | Bayles (1–1) | None | 7,197 | 13–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| March 11 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | UT Arlington | #11 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | W 7–4 | Navarre (1–0) | Zahradnik (0–1) | Burns (2) | 7,294 | 14–1 | – | Box Score | Recap |
| March 14 | 6:00 p.m. | SECN+ | at Mississippi State* | #11 | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | W 8–7 | Duplantier (2–0) | Hungate (1–1) | Volantis (2) | 11,238 | 15–1 | 1–0 | Box Score | Recap |
| March 16 (DH 1) | 1:00 p.m. | SECN | at Mississippi State* | #11 | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | W 5–3$^{(7)}$ | Riojas (4–0) | Williams (0–1) | Volantis (3) | - | 16–1 | 2–0 | - | - |
| March 16 (DH 2) | 5:40 p.m. | SECN+ | at Mississippi State* | #11 | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | W 4–1$^{(7)}$ | Flores (2–0) | Ligon (2–2) | Grubbs (4) | 11,961 | 17–1 | 3–0 | - | - |
| March 18 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | UTSA | #8 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| March 21 | 7:00 p.m. | SECN | #2 LSU* | #8 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| March 22 | 6:00 p.m. | SECN+ | #2 LSU* | #8 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| March 23 | 2:00 p.m. | SECN+ | #2 LSU* | #8 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| March 25 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | Sam Houston | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| March 28 | 6:00 p.m. | SECN+ | at Missouri* | - | Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| March 29 | 4:00 p.m. | SECN+ | at Missouri* | - | Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| March 30 | 1:00 p.m. | SECN | at Missouri* | - | Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
April (0–0) :
| Date | Time (CT) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC Record | Box Score | Recap |
| April 1 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | Texas State | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 4 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | Georgia* | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 5 | 2:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Georgia* | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 6 | 1:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Georgia* | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 8 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | Houston Christian | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 11 | 5:30 p.m. | SECN+ | at Kentucky* | - | Kentucky Proud Park • Lexington, KY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 12 | 11:00 a.m. | SECN | at Kentucky* | - | Kentucky Proud Park • Lexington, KY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 13 | 11:00 a.m. | SECN | at Kentucky* | - | Kentucky Proud Park • Lexington, KY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 15 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | UTRGV | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 17 | 7:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Auburn* | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 18 | 7:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Auburn* | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 19 | 2:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Auburn* | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| April 22 | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN+ | at Texas State | - | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
| April 25 | 7:00 p.m. | SECN | Texas A&M* (Lone Star Showdown) | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 26 | 3:00 p.m. | ESPN2 | Texas A&M* (Lone Star Showdown) | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 27 | 3:00 p.m. | ESPN2 | Texas A&M* (Lone Star Showdown) | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 29 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | Prairie View A&M | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
May (0–0) :
| Date | Time (CT) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC Record | Box Score | Recap |
| May 1 | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN2 | at Arkansas* | - | Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 2 | 7:00 p.m. | SECN | at Arkansas* | - | Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 3 | 2:00 p.m. | SECN+ | at Arkansas* | - | Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 6 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | Lamar | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 9 | 6:30 p.m. | ESPNU | Florida* | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 10 | 1:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Florida* | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 11 | 1:00 p.m. | SECN+ | Florida* | - | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 15 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | at Oklahoma* | - | L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 16 | 6:30 p.m. | SECN+ | at Oklahoma* | - | L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 17 | 2:00 p.m. | SECN+ | at Oklahoma* | - | L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Schedule Notes

## Awards and honors
### SEC awards and honors

SEC Weekly honors :
| Honors | Player | Position | Date Awarded | Ref. |
| SEC Pitcher of the Week | Luke Harrison | P | February 17, 2025 | |
| SEC Co-Freshman of the Week | Adrian Rodriguez | IF | February 17, 2025 | |

## Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.
2025 SEC baseball recordsvte
Source: 2025 SEC baseball game results, 2025 SEC baseball schedule :
| Tm | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZ | OKL | OMS | SCA | TEN | TEX | TAM | VAN | Tm | SR | SW |
| ALA | 3–0 | | . | 4/6 | 5/17 | 5/11 | . | 4/19 | 4/13 | 4/27 | 3/30 | . | . | 3/23 | . | 3–0 | 5/4 | ALA | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| ARK | 2–1 | . | | . | 4/27 | 4/13 | . | 5/11 | . | 4/6 | . | 2–1 | 3/23 | 5/17 | 5/4 | 4/19 | 3/30 | ARK | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| AUB | 2–1 | 4/6 | . | | . | 3/30 | 3/23 | 4/13 | 4/27 | . | . | 5/17 | 5/11 | 5/4 | 4/19 | . | 2–1 | AUB | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| FLA | 0–3 | 5/17 | 4/27 | . | | 3/23 | . | . | 4/20 | 4/13 | . | 3/30 | 5/4 | 0–3 | 5/11 | . | 4/6 | FLA | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| UGA | 2–1 | 5/11 | 4/13 | 3/30 | 3/23 | | 2–1 | . | . | 5/4 | 4/27 | . | . | . | 4/6 | 5/17 | 4/19 | UGA | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| KEN | 1–2 | . | . | 3/23 | . | 1–2 | | . | 5/4 | . | 5/11 | 4/6 | 4/27 | 4/20 | 4/13 | 3/30 | 5/17 | KEN | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| LSU | 3–0 | 4/19 | 5/11 | 4/13 | . | . | . | | 3/30 | 3–0 | 4/6 | . | 5/17 | 4/27 | 3/23 | 5/4 | . | LSU | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| MSU | 0–3 | 4/13 | . | 4/27 | 4/20 | . | 5/4 | 3/30 | | 5/17 | 3/23 | 5/11 | 4/6 | . | 0–3 | . | . | MSU | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| MIZ | 0–3 | 4/27 | 4/6 | . | 4/13 | 5/4 | . | 0–3 | 5/17 | | 4/19 | 3/23 | . | . | 3/30 | 5/11 | . | MIZ | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| OKL | 2–1 | 3/30 | . | . | . | 4/27 | 5/11 | 4/6 | 3/23 | 4/19 | | 5/4 | 2–1 | . | 5/17 | . | 4/13 | OKL | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| OMS | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 5/17 | 3/30 | . | 4/6 | . | 5/11 | 3/23 | 5/4 | | 4/19 | 4/13 | . | . | 4/27 | OMS | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| SCA | 1–2 | . | 3/23 | 5/11 | 5/4 | . | 4/27 | 5/17 | 4/6 | . | 1–2 | 4/19 | | 3/30 | . | 4/13 | . | SCA | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| TEN | 3–0 | 3/23 | 5/17 | 5/4 | 3–0 | . | 4/20 | 4/27 | . | . | . | 4/13 | 3/30 | | . | 4/6 | 5/11 | TEN | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| TEX | 3–0 | . | 5/4 | 4/19 | 5/11 | 4/6 | 4/13 | 3/23 | 3–0 | 3/30 | 5/17 | . | . | . | | 4/27 | . | TEX | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| TAM | 0–3 | 0–3 | 4/19 | . | . | 5/17 | 3/30 | 5/4 | . | 5/11 | . | . | 4/13 | 4/6 | 4/27 | | 3/23 | TAM | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| VAN | 1–2 | 5/4 | 3/30 | 1–2 | 4/6 | 4/19 | 5/17 | . | . | . | 4/13 | 4/27 | . | 5/11 | . | 3/23 | | VAN | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Tm | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZ | OKL | OMS | SCA | TEN | TEX | TAM | VAN | Team | SR | SW |
Updated for all games through March 16, 2025.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | 13 | 13* | 14 | 9 | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | 19 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect Game | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 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.