The 2025 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represents the University of Kentucky in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats play their home games at Kentucky Proud Park.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished 46–16, 22–8 in the SEC to tie for the SEC regular season championship. They lost to South Carolina in the SEC tournament. The Wildcats then competed in the NCAA tournament, winning the Lexington Regional and the Lexington Super Regional earning the program's first ever trip to the College World Series in Omaha. They went 1–2 in the CWS before being eliminated.

Personnel

Roster 2025 Kentucky Wildcats roster Pitchers 0 – Jaxon Jelkin – Junior 3 – Scott Rouse – Senior 5 – Nic McCay – Senior 13 – James McCoy – Junior 14 – Cooper Robinson – Senior 16 – Hayden Smith – Sophomore 17 – Adam Hachman – Freshman 20 – Tommy Skelding – Freshman 21 – Chase Alderman – Sophomore 22 – Cole Hentschel – Senior 29 – Robert Hogan – Senior 30 – Cameron Owens – Freshman 31 – Oliver Boone – Sophomore 36 – Nate Harris – Freshman 37 – Logan Grubb – Freshman 38 – Zak Spurrier – Freshman 39 – Bradley Ferrell – Freshman 40 – Simon Gregersen – Senior 41 – Evan Byers – Senior 42 – Khaleel Pratt – Freshman 43 – Jackson Nove – Senior 45 – Leighton Harris – Freshman 46 – Ethan Walker – Junior 48 – Ben Cleaver – Sophomore 49 – Tristan Hunter – Freshman 54 – Nile Adcock – Junior Catchers 4 – Raphael Pelletier – Senior 7 – Devin Burkes – Fifth Year 25 – Ryan Schwartz – Freshman 35 – Nolan Belcher – Freshman

Infielders 1 – Patrick Herrera – Senior 6 – Tyler Bell – Freshman 9 – Ethan Hindle – Sophomore 10 – Luke Lawrence – Junior 23 – Hudson Brown – Freshman 24 – Dylan Koontz – Senior 33 – Kyuss Gargett – Sophomore 47 – Aidan Larkin – Freshman Outfielders 2 – Shaun Montoya – Senior 8 – Griffin Cameron – Sophomore 11 – Will Marcy – Senior 19 – Eli Small – Sophomore 34 – Carson Hansen – Junior

Utility 12 – Cole Hage – Senior 

Coaching staff

2025 Kentucky Wildcats coaching staff Name Position Nick Mingione Head coach Dan RoszelAssistant Coach/Pitching Austin CousinoAssistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Chase SloneAssistant Coach/Hitting

Schedule and results

2025 Kentucky Wildcats baseball game log (29–24) Regular season (29–24) February (7–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordFebruary 14 (DH) at * Dugan Field W 11–07 McCay (1–0) Poindexter (0–1) None SECN+ 322 1–0 –February 14 (DH) at Lipscomb* Dugan Field L 1–3 Ramos (1–0) Cleaver (0–1) Kantola (1) SECN+ 432 1–1 –February 16 at Lipscomb* Dugan Field Canceled (weather)February 21 at * E.S. Rose Park W 2–1 McCay (2–0) Pryor (0–2) Gregorson (1) TBA 365 2–1 –February 22 at Belmont E.S. Rose Park W 12–0Cleaver (1–1)Ruzicka (0–1)None TBA 414 3–1 –February 23 at Belmont E.S. Rose Park W 9–5Rouse (1–0)Brown (0–2)None TBA 452 4–1 –February 25 Evansville* Kentucky Proud Park W 24–37N. Harris (1–0)James (0–1)None SECN+ 2,088 5–1 –February 26 * Kentucky Proud Park W 8–2L. Harris (1–0)Wojtarowicz (0–1)None SECN+ 2,980 6–1 –February 28 * Kentucky Proud Park W 7–5Byers (1–0)Bauer (0–2)None SECN+ 2,770 7–1 – March (10–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordMarch 1 Hofstra* Kentucky Proud Park W 6–1Cleaver (2–1)Nemjo (0–2)None SECN+ 2,389 8–1 –March 2 Hofstra* Kentucky Proud Park W 9–1Rouse (1–0)Brown (0–2)None SECN+ 2,310 9–1 –March 4 at * Turkey Hughes Field W 16–07N. Harris (2–0)Lawson (0–1) None ESPN+ 1,187 10–1 –March 5 Eastern Kentucky* Kentucky Proud Park Canceled (weather)March 7 * Kentucky Proud Park W 12–27McCay (3–0) Little (2–1)None SECN+ 2,456 11–1 –March 8 Wofford* Kentucky Proud Park L 5–12Davis (3–0)Nove (0–1)None SECN+ 2,535 11–2 –March 9 Wofford* Kentucky Proud Park W 2–1 Rouse (3–0) Laughlin (1–1) None SECN+ 2,689 12–2 –March 11 Kentucky Proud Park W 9–2 N. Harris (3–0) Micklinghoff (0–1) None SECN+ 3,912 13–2 –March 14 at No. 4 Georgia Foley FieldAthens, GA L 6–12 Radtke (3–0) Nove (0–2) None SECN+ 3,633 13–3 0–1March 15 at No. 4 Georgia Foley Field W 10–7 Adcock (1–0) Hoskins (0–1) Rouse (1) SECN+ 3,633 14–3 1–1March 16 at No. 4 Georgia Foley Field L 10–17 Zeldin (1–0) Gregersen (0–1) None SECN+ 3,282 14–4 1–2March 18 Murray State* Kentucky Proud Park L 4–5 Lebron (1–0) L. Harris (1–1) Zentko (1) SECN+ 2,529 14–5 –March 21 No. 20 Auburn Kentucky Proud Park L 7–8 Carlson (2–1) Gregersen (0–2) Hetzler (2) SECN+ 3,226 14–6 1–3March 22 No. 20 Auburn Kentucky Proud Park L 7–811 Carlson (3–1) Hentschel (0–1) None SECN+ 3,416 14–7 1–4March 23 No. 20 Auburn Kentucky Proud Park W 6–0 Byers (2–0) Chatterton (2–1) Skelding (1) SECN 2,700 15–7 2–4March 25 * Kentucky Proud Park L 3–9 Schmidt (1–2) N. Harris (3–1) None SECN+ 2,502 15–8 –March 28 at Texas A&M Blue Bell ParkCollege Station, TX L 7–9 Moss (3–2) Adcock (1–1) None SECN+ 5,952 15–9 2–5March 29 at Texas A&M Blue Bell Park W 14–11 Skelding (1–0) Lamkin (1–3) McCoy (1) SECN+ 7,317 16–9 3–5March 30 at Texas A&M Blue Bell Park W 10–5 Cleaver (3–1) Patton (2–3) None SECN+ 5,643 17–9 4–5 April (8–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordApril 4 (DH 1) No. 9 Ole Miss Kentucky Proud Park W 5–410 McCoy (1–0) Morris (3–1) None SECN+ 18–9 5–5April 4 (DH 2) No. 9 Ole Miss Kentucky Proud Park L 1–3 McCausland (2–0) Byers (2–1) None SECN 2,949 18–10 5–6April 5 No. 9 Ole Miss Kentucky Proud Park L 4–512 Waters (2–0) Hogan (0–1) Canney (1) SECN+ 3,082 18–11 5–7April 8 at No. 14 Louisville* Jim Patterson StadiumLouisville, KY L 3–410 Brown (4–3) Hentschel (0–2) None ACCN 3,680 18–12 –April 11 No. 2 Texas Kentucky Proud Park L 3–6 Grubbs (5–0) Rouse (3–1) Volantis (8) SECN+ 3,134 18–13 5–8April 12 No. 2 Texas Kentucky Proud Park W 5–415 Hentschel (1–2) Burns (0–1) None SECN 3,586 19–13 6–8April 13 No. 2 Texas Kentucky Proud Park L 4–5 Riojas (7–1) Cleaver (3–2) Saunier (1) SECN 3,629 19–14 6–9April 15 * Kentucky Proud Park W 4–3 Hentschel (2–2) Harajli (0–2) None SECN 2,768 20–14 –April 18 at No. 4 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, TN L 2–8 Doyle (7–1) N. Harris (3–2) None SECN+ 5,956 20–15 6–10April 19 at No. 4 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 4–1McCay (4–0) Phillips (3–2) Nove (1) SECN+ 5,801 21–15 7–10April 20 at No. 4 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 8–2 Cleaver (4–2) Kuhns (2–2) None SECN+ 5,586 22–15 8–10April 22 No. 19 Louisville* Kentucky Proud Park W 17–57 Walker (1–0) Schlageter (2–1) None SECN+ 6,415 23–15 –April 26 South Carolina Kentucky Proud Park W 7–3 N. Harris (4–2)Stone (2–5)None SECN+ 4,134 24–15 9–10April 26 South Carolina Kentucky Proud Park L 4–5 Crowther (2–0)Hentschel (2–3)None SECN+ 4,134 24–16 9–11April 27 South Carolina Kentucky Proud Park W 11–5 Cleaver (5–2) Eskew (0–2)McCoy (2) SECN+ 4,292 25–16 10–11April 29 at * Nick Denes FieldBowling Green, KY L 4–6 Peters (3–0) Walker (1–1) Hartman (1) ESPN+ 932 25–17 – May (4–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordMay 3 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble FieldStarkville, MS L 4–147 Kohn (5–2) Adcock (1–2) Davis (1) SECN+ 13,970 25–18 10–12May 3 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field L 5–611 Dotson (1–1) Gregersen (0–3) None SECN+ 13,970 25–19 10–13May 4 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field L 1–6 Davis (2–2) Cleaver (5–3) None SECN 10,635 25–20 10–14May 9 No. 17 Oklahoma Kentucky Proud Park W 4–3 Nove (1–2) K. Witherspoon (9–3) Gregersen (2) SECN+ 4,446 26–20 11–14May 10 No. 17 Oklahoma Kentucky Proud Park W 8–5 McCay (5–0) Cade (4–4)Walker (1) ESPNews 4,137 27–20 12–14May 11 No. 17 Oklahoma Kentucky Proud Park W 7–2 Cleaver (6–3)M. Witherspoon (3–7)None SECN+ 3,706 28–20 13–14May 13 * Kentucky Proud Park W 6–1Rouse (4–1) Sackenheim (0–2)McCoy (3) SECN+ 3,038 29–20 –May 15 at No. 9 Vanderbilt Hawkins FieldNashville, TN L 7–8Guth (3–0) Gregersen (0–4)None SECN+ 3,802 29–21 13–15May 16 at No. 9 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field L 8–9 McElvain (2–3) McCoy (1–1) None SECN+ 3,802 29–22 13–16May 17 at No. 9 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field L 3–5 Fennell (6–0)Gregersen (0–5) None SECN+ 3,802 29–23 13–17 Postseason Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT RecordMay 20 (12) Oklahoma 13 Hoover Metropolitan StadiumHoover, AL L 1–5 Hitt (2–0) Rouse (4–2) None SECN 6,52529–24 0–1 (2–1) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank (Seed) Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament Record Box Score May 30 12:00 p.m. ESPNU (2) West Virginia (3) Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC L 3–4 Bassinger (7–1) Gregersen (0–6) None 5,288 29–25 0–1 May 31 12:00 p.m. ESPN2 (4) (3) Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC W 7–3 Walker (2–1) Kuskie (5–2) None 5,248 30–25 1–1 June 1 12:00 p.m. ESPN (1) Clemson (3) Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC W 16-4 N. Harris (5–2) Bell (0–2) None 5,492 31–25 2–1 June 1 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ (2) West Virginia (3) Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC L 13–14 Hudson (3–1) McCoy (1–2) None 5,330 31–26 2–2 Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = CanceledBold = Kentucky team memberRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.*Denotes non-conference game Schedule source:

Record vs. conference opponents

Rankings

References