2026 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 2026 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch-Falk Field as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by second-year head coach Jim Schlossnagle.

Previous season

Texas finished the 2025 season 44–14, 22–8 in SEC play, were the SEC regular season champions, and hosted the Austin Regional where they were upset by the UTSA Roadrunners.

Personnel

Roster 2026 Texas Longhorns roster Pitchers 4 – Jason Flores – Sophomore(6'1, 240) 11 – Kade Bing – Junior(6'1, 195) 12 – Haiden Leffew – Junior(6'1, 235) 13 – Ruger Riojas – Senior(6'0, 195) 19 – Jack McKernan – Freshman(5'11, 205) 27 – Cal Higgins – Graduate(6'4, 240) 28 – Grady Westphal – Freshman(6'2, 200) 30 – Kaleb Rogers – Freshman(5'11, 200) 33 – Connor McCreery – Senior(6'6, 235) 34 – Michael Winter – Freshman(6'5, 240) 35 – Sam Cozart – Freshman(6'6, 260) 38 – Max Grubbs – Senior(6'1, 220)    41 – Cody Howard – Senior(6'1, 210) 45 – Thomas Burns – Junior(6'3, 240) 46 – Ethan Walker – Junior(6'0, 200) 48 – Hudson Hamilton – Junior(6'1, 225) 53 – Luke Harrison – Graduate(6'2, 220) 55 – Jack Paris – Freshman(6'2, 230) 67 – Brody Walls – Freshman(6'0, 200) 80 – Cooper Rummel – Freshman(6'2, 235) 88 – Brett Crossland – Freshman(6'5, 255) 95 – Jadyn Furgason – Freshman(6'1, 195) 99 – Dylan Volantis – Sophomore(6'6, 220)  Catchers 7 – Andrew Ermis – Junior(6'1, 210) 8 – Carson Tinney – Junior(6'4, 240) 14 – Presley Courville – Freshman(5'11, 185)

Infielders 0 – Jayden Duplantier – Senior(6'0, 200) 1 – Temo Becerra – Senior(6'0, 195) 5 – Ethan Mendoza – Junior(5'10, 200) 15 – Josh Livingston – Graduate(6'0, 215) 24 – Adrian Rodriguez – Sophomore(6'2, 200) 31 – Casey Borba – Junior(6'1, 210) 32 – Maddox Monsour – Freshman(5'11, 205) 36 – Callum Early – Sophomore(6'0, 190)  Outfielders 0 – Jayden Duplantier – Senior(6'0, 200) 6 – Anthony Pack Jr. – Freshman(5'10, 190) 9 – Jonah Williams – Sophomore(6'3, 210) 17 – Will Hill – Freshman(5'10, 210) 29 – Blake Peterson – Sophomore(6'0, 210) 32 – Maddox Monsour – Freshman(5'11, 205) 42 – Dariyan Pendergrass – Senior(5'10, 165) 43 – Aiden Robbins – Junior(6'2, 205) 44 – Ashton Larson – Junior(6'1, 210)

Legend (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt 

Roster Notes

Starters LineupPos. No.Player. Year C 8 Carson Tinney Junior 1B 44 Ashton Larson Junior 2B 1 Temo Becerra Senior 3B 31 Casey Borba Junior SS 24 Adrian Rodriguez Sophomore LF 6 Anthony Pack Jr. Freshman CF 42 Dariyan Pendergrass Senior RF 43 Aiden Robbins Junior DH 5 Ethan Mendoza Junior

Coaches 2026 Texas Longhorns coaching staff Jim Schlossnagle – Head coach – 2nd year Nolan Cain – Associate Head coach/Recruiting Coordinator – 2nd year Troy Tulowitzki – Assistant coach/Hitting – 5th year Max Weiner – Assistant coach/Pitching – 2nd year

Support staff 2026 Texas Longhorns support staff Drew Bishop – Director of operations – 15th year Chuck Box – Director of program development – 2nd year Gehrig Mosiello – Director of player development – 2nd year Matt Couch – Assistant head coach for athletic performance – 7th year Sam Garcia – Assistant athletic trainer – 2nd year

Offseason

Departures

Offseason departuresName Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Andre Duplantier II 88 P 6'2 235 Senior Humble, TX Graduated Will Mercer 34 P 6'1" 230 Redshirt Senior Houston, TX Graduated Aiden Moffett 32 P 6'3" 230 Senior Mount Olive, MS Departed Team Oliver Santos 49 P 6'4" 208 Sophomore Newport Beach, CA Departed Team Kimble Schuessler 10 C 6'2" 215 Senior Llano, TX Graduated Matthew Scott II 37 OF 6'4" 210 Sophomore Spring, TX Departed Team George Zaharias 47 P 6'3" 220 Sophomore Menlo Park, CA Departed Team

2025 MLB Draft

2 31 74 Max Belyeu OF Colorado Rockies 11 7 322 Jared Spencer P Toronto Blue Jays 11 15 330 Jalin Flores SS St. Louis Cardinals 13 1 376 Rylan Galvan C Chicago White Sox 17 21 516 Grayson Saunier P Houston Astros

Transfer Portal

Outgoing transfers Outgoing transfersName No.Pos. Height Weight Hometown Year New school Source Cole Chamberlain 52 C 6'2" 215 Novato, CA Sophomore Coastal Carolina Chance Covert II 57 P 6'2" 200 Austin, TX Redshirt Freshman Utah Tommy Farmer 43 OF 6'3" 210 Santa Monica, CA Junior UC Irvine Will Gasparino 8 OF 6'6" 220 Los Angeles, CA Junior UCLA Carson Luna 36 IF 6'1" 188 Houston, TX Redshirt Freshman Michigan Bryce Navarre 7 P 6'1" 196 Montgomery, TX Sophomore South Carolina Cade O'Hara 14 P 6'0" 190 Tustin, CA Junior Cal State Fullerton Donovan Jordan 19 OF 6'1" 215 Humble, TX Redshirt Freshman Missouri Drew Rerick 15 P 6'4" 243 Fargo, ND Sophomore Oklahoma Sam Richardson 50 IF 6'1 220 Olive Branch, MO Redshirt Freshman Jacksonville State Oliver Service 42 C 6'1" 205 Detroit, MI Junior Marshall Jaquae Stewart 35 IF 5'10" 227 Sinton, TX Junior Texas State Easton Tumis 17 P 6'4" 175 Friendswood, TX Redshirt Sophomore Kent State Ace Whitehead 28 P 5'11" 208 Lampasas, TX Graduate Student USC Easton Winfield 9 OF 6'0" 205 Alvin, TX Junior Houston

Incoming transfers Incoming transfersName B/TPos. Height Weight Hometown Year Previous school Source Temo Becerra R/R IF 6'0" 195 Clovis, CA Redshirt Senior Stanford Callum Early L/R IF 6'0" 190 Midlothian, VA Sophomore Liberty Andrew Ermis R/R C 6'1" 210 San Antonio, TX Junior Temple College Cal Higgins L/L P 6'2" 220 Friendswood, TX Graduate Student Western Kentucky Ashton Larson L/L OF 6'1" 210 Overland Park, KS Junior LSU Haiden Leffew R/L P 6'1" 235 Kannapolis, NC Junior Wake Forest Josh Livingston L/R IF 6'0" 215 Prosper, TX Graduate Student Wichita State Dariyan Pendergrass L/L OF 5'10" 165 Hartsville, SC Redshirt Senior College of Charleston Aiden Robbins R/R OF 6'2" 205 Yardley, PA Junior Seton Hall Carson Tinney R/R C 6'4" 240 Castle Pines, CO Junior Notre Dame

Recruiting class 2025 Texas RecruitsName B/T Pos. Height Weight Hometown High School Anthony Pack Jr. L/L OF 5'10" 190 Lakewood, CA Millikan High School Sam Cozart R/R P 6'6" 260 High Point, NC Wesleyan Christian Academy Brett Crossland R/R P 6'5" 255 Phoenix, AZ Corona del Sol High School Cooper Rummel R/R P 6'2" 235 Austin, TX Dripping Springs High School Jack McKernan L/L P 5'11" 205 Missouri City, TX Ridge Point High School Brody Walls R/R P 6'0" 200 McKinney, TX McKinney Boyd High School Kaleb Rogers R/R P 5'11" 200 San Antonio, TX Reagan High School Grady Westphal R/R P 6'2" 200 Leawood, KS Blue Valley High School Maddox Monsour R/R OF/IF 5'11" 205 Carrollton, GA Carrollton High School Will Hill R/R OF 5'10" 210 Humble, TX Summer Creek High School Michael Winter R/R P 6'5 240 Prairie Village, KS Shawnee Mission East High School Presley Courville R/R C 5'11" 185 Lake Charles, LA Barbe High School Jadyn Furgason R/R P 6'1" 195 St. Louis, MO St. John Vianney High School Jack Paris R/R P 6'2" 230 Houston, TX The Kinkaid School

Preseason

SEC coaches poll SEC coaches poll 1 LSU 231 (9) 2 Texas 214 (1) 3 Mississippi State 205 (4) 4 Arkansas 203 (2) 5 Auburn 175 6 Tennessee 162 7 Florida 156 8 Vanderbilt 151 9 Georgia 133 10 Ole Miss 110 11 Kentucky 99 12 Alabama 87 13 Texas A&M 86 14 Oklahoma 84 15 South Carolina 49 16 Missouri 31 Source:

Awards and honors

Preseason SEC awards and honors Preseason All-SEC Team Player No. Position Class Designation Dylan Volantis 99 P Sophomore First Team Carson Tinney 8 C Junior Second Team Ethan Mendoza 5 IF Junior Second Team

Preseason All-Americans Preseason All-Americans Player Position Selector Designation Dylan Volantis P D1Baseball Second Team Perfect Game First Team NCBWA First Team Carson Tinney C D1Baseball Third Team Perfect Game Second Team Baseball America Third Team NCBWA First Team Aiden Robbins OF D1Baseball Third Team Perfect Game Second Team NCBWA Third Team Thomas Burns P Baseball America Third Team Cal Higgins P NCBWA First Team Josh Livingston IF NCBWA Fourth Team

Schedule and results

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|- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 6:30 p.m. || * || #3 || SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W || Riojas(1–0) || Valdez(0–1) || — || 7,649 || 1–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 6:30 p.m. || UC Davis* || #3 || SECN+|| UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W6–4 || Harrison(1–0) || Wood(0–1) || Hamilton(1) || 6,570 || 2–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 12:00 p.m. || UC Davis* || #3 ||SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W9–1 || Volantis(1–0) || Speights(0–1) || — || 7,056 || 3–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 5:00 p.m. || * || #3 ||SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W|| Cozart(1–0)|| Shimmin(0–1) || — || 6,516 || 4–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 6:30 p.m. || Michigan State* || #3 || SECN+|| UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W8–1|| Riojas(2–0) || Donovan(0–1)|| — || 7,808 || 5–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 2:00 p.m. || Michigan State* || #3 || SECN+|| UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W3–1 || Grubbs(1–0) || Monke(0–1) || Burns(1)|| 7,397 || 6–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 12:00 p.m. || Michigan State* || #3 || SECN+|| UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W4–0 || Volantis(2–0)|| Pikur(0–2)|| — || 6,870 || 7–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 6:30 p.m. || * || #3 || SECN+|| UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W|| Cozart(2–0)|| Vercoe(0–2)|| — || 6,790 || 8–0 || — |- ! colspan=15 style= "" | BRUCE BOLT College Classic |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 8:05 p.m. || vs #9 Coastal Carolina* || #3 || YouTube || Daikin Park • Houston, Texas || W8–1 || Riojas(3–0) || Jones(0–1) || — || 13,427 || 9–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 7:35 p.m. || vs * || #3 || YouTube|| Daikin Park • Houston, Texas || W5–2 || Grubbs(2–0) || Calder(0–1) || Burns(2) || 9,531 || 10–0 || —

|- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 2:00 p.m. || vs * || #3 || YouTube|| Daikin Park • Houston, Texas || W10–3 || Crossland(1–0) || Herrenbruck(1–1) || — || 6,525 || 11–0 || — |- ! colspan=15 style= "" | |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 6:30 p.m. || * || #3 || SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W || Cozart(3–0) || Elarton(0–1) || — || 6,793 || 12–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 6:30 p.m. || * || #3 || SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W || Riojas(4–0) || Torres(0–2) || — || 7,500 || 13–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 4:00 p.m. || USC Upstate* || #3 || SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W11–9 || Leffew(1–0) || Kummer(1–1) || Winter(1) || 6,671 || 14–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 12:00 p.m. || USC Upstate* || #3 || SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W || Winter(1–0) || Bianchini(1–2) || — || 6,676 || 15–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 6:00 p.m. || at Texas State* || #2 || ESPN+ || Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, Texas || W15–4|| Walker(1–0) || Targac(1–3) || — || 3,482 || 16–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ffcccc | || 6:30 p.m. || Ole Miss || #2 || SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || L || Rabe(3–0) || Crossland(1–1) || Waters(1) || 7,789 || 16–1 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 2:30 p.m. || Ole Miss || #2 || SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W11–2 || Harrison(2–0) || Gibson(1–1) || — || 7,830 || 17–1 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | || 1:00 p.m. || Ole Miss || #2 || SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || W8–2 || Volantis(3–0) || Libbert(2–2) || Cozart(1) || 7,579 || 18–1 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor=#ffcccc | || 6:30 p.m. || Tarleton State* || #2 || SECN+ || UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas || L1–6 || Jaques(3–0) || Bing(0–1) || — || 6,915 || 18–2 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=#ffcccc