The 2025 VCU Rams baseball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rams played their home games at The Diamond as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Sean Thompson.
This was VCU's final season at The Diamond, as the team moved to CarMax Park beginning in 2026.
The Rams had a downturn in fortune, in part due to the abrupt departure of Bradley LeCroy leaving VCU for Liberty causing a sudden amount of transfers to come in and out of the program during the offseason. As a result, the Rams had their first losing record since 2023.
Previous season
The 2024 VCU Rams baseball team posted a 38–23 (15–8) regular season record, in their second and final season with Bradley LeCroy managing the team. The Rams finished second overall in the Atlantic 10 regular season, and went on to win the 2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament, making it their third Atlantic 10 title in the last four years. VCU earned the third seed in the Greenville Regional of the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. There, they defeated Wake Forest, before suffering defeats to Evansville and East Carolina to finish 1–2.
Brandon Eike was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year, as well as the Most Valuable Player of the 2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament. Following the conclusion of the season, head coach LeCroy accepted a vacant job offering with Liberty University. Assistant manager, Sean Thompson was promoted to head coach, making him the youngest head coach in Division I baseball. Assistant coach Andrew Llewelyn stayed with the VCU program, and Thompson hired JoJo Howie and Chris O'Niell as part of his coaching staff.
Preseason Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors Preseason awards were announced in February 2025.
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team Player No. Position Team Class Everett Vaughan 14 RHP First Senior Owen Tappy 16 RHP First Graduate
Coaches poll The coaches poll was released on February 12, 2025. VCU was tied for first place in the preseason poll.
Coaches' Poll T−1 VCU 125 (4) Richmond 125 (1) 3 Saint Louis 124 (5) 4 George Washington 104 (1) 5 Davidson 80 (1) 6 Dayton 75 7 Rhode Island 71 8 Saint Joseph's 66 9 George Mason 5810 UMass 44 11 Fordham 3512 St. Bonaventure 29
Personnel
Starters LineupPos. No.Player. Year C 37 Jacob Lee Freshman 1B 55 Sean Swenson Graduate 2B 6 Nick Flores Freshman 3B 3 Nate Kirkpatrick Sophomore SS 1 Adrian Jimenez Freshman LF 17 Spencer Sullivan Junior CF 8 Seth Werchan Graduate RF 41 Danny Estrada Senior DH 46 Collin Hughes Junior
Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday 43 Cade Dressler Senior Saturday 31 Brian Yetter Graduate Sunday 18 Miles Garrett Graduate
Roster
Coaching staff
2025 VCU Rams baseball coaching staff Name Position Seasons atVCU Alma mater Sean Thompson Head coach 2 Virginia Commonwealth University (2018) JoJo Howie Assistant coach 1 Virginia Commonwealth University (2015) Andrew Llewellyn Assistant coach 5 Wingate University (2020) Chris O'Neill Pitching coach 1 King's College (NC) (2012)
Offseason Departures Offseason departuresNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes 10 INF Great Falls, VA Graduated 15 OF Chesterfield, VA Graduated 16 OF Charlotte, NC Graduated 21 OF Glen Allen, VA Graduated 26 RHP Montreal, QC, CAN Graduated 27 C Fredericksburg, VA Graduated 32 RHP Pittsburgh, PA Graduated 37 C Woodbridge, VA Graduated 42 RHP Cohasset, MA Graduated 46 LHP Georgetown, ON, CAN Graduated
Outgoing transfers Outgoing transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightHometownYearNew schoolSource 0 LHP Richmond, VA Virginia State 17 INF Commack, NY NC State 28 INF Imperial, PA Eastern Michigan 30 RHP Baldwinsville, NY Binghamton 41 RHP Midlothian, VA Georgia 55 RHP Lake Worth, FL Florida State
2024 MLB draft
2025 MLB draft selections 13 18 393 Brandon Eike 3B Seattle Mariners 16 9 474 Brian Curley P Pittsburgh Pirates 16 17 482 Christian Gordon P Chicago Cubs
Acquisitions Incoming transfers Incoming transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightHometownYearPrevious schoolSource 3 INF Surrey, BC, CAN St. Mary's (CA) 8 OF Austin, TX Texas 11 INF Westlake Village, CA Chaminade 17 OF West Linn, OR Linn–Benton 18 RHP Stone Mountain, GA Missouri 24 RHP Norfolk, VA Louisburg 27 INF Chicago, IL Ohio State 28 INF Chandler, AZ Lipscomb 29 LHP Richmond, VA Mount St. Mary's 30 C Galesburg, IL Illinois Central 31 RHP McVeytown, PA Marist 32 RHP Williamsburg, VA Randolph–Macon 33 RHP Kennewick, WA Portland 34 OF Trafford, PA Cincinnati 41 OF West Lawn, PA Frostburg State 42 LHP Leesburg, VA Maryland 44 RHP Centennial, CO San Jacinto College 46 C Moseley, VA Longwood 55 INF Indianapolis, IN Quinnipiac
Incoming recruits
2024 VCU RecruitsName Number B/T Pos. Height Weight Hometown High School Source 1 R/R INF Lilburn, GA Parkview High School 4 R/R INF Valrico, FL Durant High School 6 R/R INF Royersford, PA Spring-Ford High School 10 L/L UTL Chester, VA Benedictine College Preparatory 15 R/R RHP Lynchburg, VA E. C. Glass High School 21 R/R RHP Milford, CT Jonathan Law High School 22 R/R INF/OF Williamsburg, VA Hampton Roads Academy 23 L/R UTL Midlothian, VA Benedictine College Preparatory 25 R/R RHP Short Pump, VA Godwin High School 37 R/R C Chesterfield, VA Matoaca High School
Game log 2025 VCU Rams baseball game log (17–37) Regular season: 17–37 (Home: 8–18; Away: 7–19; Neutral: 2–0) February: 2–7 (Home: 0–1; Away: 1–6; Neutral: 1–0) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall A-10 Source February 14 FloSports at Charleston* CofC Baseball StadiumMount Pleasant, SC L 0–107 Brink (1–0) Dressler (0–1) None 713 0–1 — Report February 15 FloSports at Charleston* CofC Baseball Stadium L 2–12 Hunter (1–0) Yetter (0–1) None 764 0–2 — Report February 16 FloSports at Charleston* CofC Baseball Stadium W 10–9 Tappy (1–0) Samonsky (0–1) None 803 1–2 — Report February 18 at * Bolding StadiumFarmville, VA L 3–6 Gunter (1–0) Ramos (0–1) None 153 1–3 — Report February 21 ACCNX at No. 14 Clemson* Doug Kingsmore StadiumClemson, SC L 2–6 Knaak (1–0) Dressler (0–2) Titsworth (1) 5,091 1–4 — Report February 22 ACCNX at No. 14 Clemson* Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 3–4 Darden (1–0) Yetter (0–2) Garris (1) 5,173 1–5 — Report February 23 vs. * Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 6–3 Tappy (2–0) Halford (0–1) None 3,811 2–5 — Report February 25 ACCNX at No. 5 North Carolina* Boshamer StadiumChapel Hill, NC L 4–9 McDuffie (2–0) Coston (0–1) None 2,628 2–6 – Report February 28 ESPN+ * The DiamondRichmond, VA L 2–6 Leininger (1–2) Peters (0–1) None 258 2–7 — Report March: 5–13 (Home: 5–9; Away: 0–4) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall A-10 Source March 1 ESPN+ * The Diamond L 7–16 DeMell (1–0) Palmer (0–1) None 611 2–8 — Report March 2 ESPN+ * The Diamond L 3–4 Gonzalez (2–0) Tappy (2–1) None 285 2–9 — Report March 5 ESPN+ * The Diamond Postponed (inclement weather) March 7 ESPN+ * The Diamond W 4–0 Hoeymans (1–1) Episcope (0–2) None 120 3–9 — Report March 8 ESPN+ Princeton* The Diamond L 4–11 D'Alessio (1–2) Dressler (0–3) None 210 3–10 — Report March 9 ESPN+ Princeton* The Diamond W 11–0 McGrady (1–0) Kinneen (1–2) Tappy (1) 239 4–10 — Report March 11 ESPN+ * The Diamond L 2–128 White, Jr. (1–0) Moore (0–1) None 623 4–11 — Report March 12 ESPN+ East Carolina* The Diamond L 1–11 Moran (1–0) Ramos (0–2) None 258 4–12 — Report March 14 ESPN+ The Diamond L 4–5 Urena (3–0) Hoeymans (1–2) Sabbath (3) 105 4–13 0–1 Report March 15 ESPN+ Rhode Island The Diamond L 11–15 Perry (1–1) Dressler (0–4) None 112 4–14 0–2 Report March 16 ESPN+ Rhode Island The Diamond L 1–5 Cullen (2–1) Campbell (0–1) None 134 4–15 0–3 Report March 18 ACCNX at * English FieldBlacksburg, VA L 2–137 Curtis (2–0) Frers (0–1) None 1,018 4–16 — Report March 21 ESPN+ at Wilson FieldDavidson, NC L 4–17 Perkins (3–3) Hoeymans (1–2) None 213 4–17 0–4 Report March 22 ESPN+ at Davidson Wilson Field L 11–19 Fix (2–2) Dressler (0–5) Weber (1) 344 4–18 0–5 Report March 23 at Davidson Wilson Field L 9–13 Smith (1–0) Garrett (0–1) None 355 4–19 0–6 Report March 25 ESPN+ Longwood* The Diamond W 19–27 Frers (1–1) Plesser (0–2) None 278 5–19 — Report March 28 ESPN+ The Diamond W 6–3 Tappy (3–1) Ciccone (2–2) Peters (1) 283 6–19 1–6 Report March 29 ESPN+ Saint Joseph's The Diamond W 4–3 Campbell (1–1) Parise (1–3) None 305 7–19 2–6 Report March 30 ESPN+ Saint Joseph's The Diamond L 5–6 Greer (1–0) McGrady (1–1) None 256 7–20 2–7 Report April: 7–10 (Home: 3–5; Away: 3–5; Neutral: 1–0) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall A-10 Source April 1 FloSports at William & Mary* Plumeri ParkWilliamsburg, VA W 16–48 Hoeymans (2–2) Yates (0–5) None 312 8–20 — Report April 4 ESPN+ at Barcroft ParkArlington, VA W' 9–6 Coston (1–1) Foltz Jr. (2–5) Peters (2) 102 9–20 3–7 Report April 5 ESPN+ at George Washington Barcroft Park L 3–4 Bruno (3–0) Moore (0–2) Cutler (5) 86 9–21 3–8 Report April 6 ESPN+ at George Washington Barcroft Park W 5–2 Hoeymans (3–2) Jeffries (0–1) Peters (3) 79 10–21 4–8 Report April 8 WRIC Virginia* The Diamond L 0–137 Hodges (1–1) Garrett (0–2) None 2,160 10–22 — Report April 11 ESPN+ George Mason The Diamond L 2–4 O'Hara (5–2) Coston (1–2) Meeks (2) 160 10–23 4–9 Report April 12 ESPN+ George Mason The Diamond W 10–6 Peters (1–1) Elliott (2–2) None 160 11–23 5–9 Report April 13 ESPN+ George Mason The Diamond L 5–6 Cassedy (4–1) McGrady (1–2) Meeks (3) 256 11–24 5–10 Report April 15 ESPN+ vs. * War Memorial StadiumHampton, VA W 16–13 Moore (1–2) Ridley (0–1) None 137 12–24 — Report April 18 at Billiken Sports CenterSt. Louis, MO L 1–2 Weber (3–0) Peters (1–2) None 172 12–25 5–11 Report April 19 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center L 2–4 Owen (3–2) Frers (1–2) Minor (2) 163 12–26 5–12 Report April 20 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center L 2–127 Cunningham (3–1) Dressler (0–6) None 132 12–27 5–13 Report April 22 ESPN+ Virginia Tech* The Diamond L 5–6 Berzonski (4–0) Coston (1–3) None 2,166 12–28 — Report April 25 ESPN+ The Diamond W 8–5 Tappy (4–1) Dowd (3–4) None 164 13–28 6–13 Report April 26 ESPN+ Fordham The Diamond L 1–11 Rabayda (2–4) Frers (1–3) None 138 13–29 6–14 Report April 27 ESPN+ Fordham The Diamond W 9–0 Coston (2–3) Hanawalt (0–2) Peters (4) 284 14–29 7–14 Report April 29 ACCNX at Virginia* Davenport FieldCharlottesville, VA L 8–9 Jaxel (3–1) Garrett (0–3) None 3,660 14–30 — Report May: 3–7 (Home: 0–3; Away: 3–4) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall A-10 Source May 2 BON at Fred Handler ParkOlean, NY L 9–1011 Saunders III (2–0) Peters (1–3) None 205 14–31 7–15 Report May 3 BON at St. Bonaventure Fred Handler Park L 16–17 Saunders III (3–0) Campbell (1–2) None 215 14–32 7–16 Report May 4 BON at St. Bonaventure Fred Handler Park L 10–11 Roggenburk (3–3) Moore (1–3) None 110 14–33 7–17 Report May 7 ESPN+ Old Dominion* The Diamond L 2–87 Hunt (5–0) McCollough (0–1) None 332 14–34 — Report May 9 ESPN+ Richmond The Diamond L 2–8 Hinchliffe (2–1) Tappy (4–2) None 972 14–35 7–18 Report May 10 ESPN+ Richmond The Diamond L 3–6 Rodriguez (3–4) Roarty (0–1) Bilka (3) 497 14–36 7–19 Report May 11 ESPN+ Richmond The Diamond L 6–187 Gruber (4–1) McGrady (1–3) None 498 14–37 7–20 Report May 15 ESPN+ at Earl Lorden FieldAmherst, MA W 16–1 Moore (2–3) O'Connor (2–9) None 195 15–37 8–20 Report May 16 ESPN+ at UMass Earl Lorden Field W 13–7 Tappy (5–2) Belliveau (1–6) None 205 16–37 9–20 Report May 17 ESPN+ at UMass Earl Lorden Field W 7–4 Frers (2–3) Powers (3–5) Peters (5) 210 17–37 10–20 Report Legend: = Win = Loss = CanceledBold =VCU team member * Non-conference gameRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
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