2025 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

The 2025 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team will represent the University of Virginia during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cavaliers will play their home games at Davenport Field as a members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They will be led by head coach Brian O'Connor, in his 22nd season at Virginia.

2025 Virginia Cavaliers baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
D1Baseball.com	No. 2
Record	0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Brian O'Connor (22nd season)
Associate head coach	Kevin McMullan (22nd season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Kirby (14th season) Joe Savino (1st season)
Pitching coach	Drew Dickinson (6th season)
Captains	Jay Woolfolk (Senior year) Dean Kampschror (Senior year)
Home stadium	Davenport Field
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
Boston College ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 15 Clemson ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 9 Florida State ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Louisville ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 13 NC State ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 14 Wake Forest ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Coastal
No. 11 Duke ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 6 North Carolina ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 2 Virginia ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
TBD
California  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Stanford  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of January 20, 2025[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

Further information: 2024 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

The 2024 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team posted a 46–17 (18–12) season record. The Cavaliers finished in pool play in the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament, but nevertheless earned a top-16 seed and at-large berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The Cavaliers won the Charlottesville Regional, and defeated Kansas State in the Charlottesville Super Regional, qualifying for the College World Series in Omaha for the second-consecutive year.^[2] In Omaha, the Cavaliers went two and out.^[3]

Preseason

Coaches poll

The coaches poll will be released in February 2025.

Coaches' Poll — Coastal

Predicted finish	Team	Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Personnel

Starters

Lineup

Pos.	No.	Player.	Year
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
DH

Weekend Pitching Rotation

Day	No.	Player.	Year
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Roster

Coaching staff

2025 Virginia Cavaliers baseball coaching staff
Name	Position	Seasons at UVA	Alma Mater
Brian O'Connor	Head coach	22	Creighton University (1993)
Kevin McMullan	Associate head coach Hitting coach	22	Virginia Commonwealth University (2015)
Drew Dickinson	Pitching coach	6	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2009)
Matt Kirby	Assistant coach	13	College of William & Mary (2003)
Justin Armistead	Baseball Administrator	10	University of Virginia (2008)
Brian McGuire	Athletic Trainer	25	Old Dominion University (1999)
Travis Reifsnider	Scouting Director	1	James Madison University (2022)
Andrew Behnam	Director of Sports Performance	1	Eastern University (2019)
Kraigen Rasalla	Assistant Recruiting Coordinator	2	Dominican University New York (2018)
Justin Weiss	Director of Operations	2	Lafayette College (2022)
Joe Savino	Pitching Coordinator	1	Elon University (2024)

Offseason

Departures

Offseason Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes

Outgoing transfers

Outgoing Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	New school	Source

2024 MLB Draft

Main article: 2024 Major League Baseball draft

2024 MLB draft class

Round	Pick	Overall Pick	Player	Position	MLB Team	Source
PPI	1	32	Griff O'Ferrall	SS	Baltimore Orioles	[4]
2	22	78	Ethan Anderson	C	Baltimore Orioles	[5]
4	4	107	Casey Saucke	OF	Chicago White Sox	[6]
13	14	389	Anthony Stephan	OF	Cincinnati Reds	[7]

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	Previous school	Source

Incoming recruits

2024 Virginia Recruits

Name	Number	B/T	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Source

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[8]		*
Baseball America[9]
NCBWA†[10]
D1Baseball[11]	2
Perfect Game[12]	3

† 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.

Awards and honors

Preseason awards and honors

Preseason awards — National

Name	Pos.	Award	Team	Selector	Source
Henry Godbout	INF	All-American	First-team	D1Baseball.com	[13]
Henry Godbout	INF	All-American	Second-team	Perfect Game	[13]
Henry Ford	UTL	All-American	Second-team	Perfect Game	[13]
Jacob Ference	C	All-American	First-team	D1Baseball.com	[13]
Evan Blanco	RHP	All-American	Second-team	D1Baseball.com	[13]
Chris Arroyo	UTL	All-American	Third-team	D1Baseball.com	[13]

References

1. "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
2. Hudtloff, Marty (June 9, 2024). "UVA advances to College World Series, beats Kansas State 10-4 to win Super Regional". WVIR. 29news.com. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
3. Holland Jr., Peter (June 16, 2024). "Carson Dorsey, Jaime Ferrer's 2 homers keep FSU baseball in College World Series in UVA win". Tallahassee Democrat. Gannett. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
4. Newton, Matt (July 14, 2024). "Griff O'Ferrall Selected 32nd Overall by Baltimore Orioles in 2024 MLB Draft". Sports Illustrated. Authentic Brands Group. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
5. Brown, Mark (July 14, 2024). "Orioles select Ethan Anderson, UVa catcher with 61st pick in MLB Draft 2024". Camden Chat. SB Nation. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
6. Johnson, James (July 19, 2024). "Chicago White Sox select Greece Athena grad Casey Saucke in MLB Draft". Democrat and Chronicle. Gannett. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
7. @virginiasports (July 17, 2024). "Congratulations to Anthony Stephan on being selected in the 13th round by the Cincinnati Reds! #GoHoos" – via Instagram.
8. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
9. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
10. "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
11. "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
12. "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
13. "Four Cavaliers Headline D1Baseball's Preseason All-American Teams". virginiasports.com. January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

External links

• UVA Baseball