Fifty-Four Of The Country’s Best Collegiate Hurlers Headline The 2025 Pitcher Of The Year Award Watch List
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – A total of 54 of the nation’s best hurlers are listed on the Pitcher of the Year watch list, released on Friday. The pitchers on the watch list represent 20 different conferences and reflect the top mound performers to this point of the 2025 season.
“We are extremely excited about the group of pitchers who are leading the way in 2025,” Pitcher of the Year Award co-chair Chris Snead said. “This will be a difficult choice to select the best of the best!”
While the field for this year’s award is deep, there are some familiar names who have already made their mark this season. Jamie Arnold (Florida State) is the only 2024 finalist returning to this year’s watch list. Arnold has four wins this season and sports at 2.40 ERA for the Seminoles. Arnold’s teammate Joey Volini (Florida State) and Mason Patel (Georgia Tech) lead all pitchers on the list with eight wins in 2025. Fourteen other pitchers on the list have at least six wins so far this season.
The Southeastern Conference features three of the top starter/reliever combos in the country. Carson Ozmer (Alabama) has racked up three wins and nine saves, while Dylan Volantis (Texas) has three wins and seven saves. Dylan Crooks (Oklahoma) has registered two victories and nine saves for the Sooners.
Thirty-eight pitchers on the list sport an ERA below 2.50, including Jack Ohman (Yale) who has a microscopic 0.23 ERA. Casan Evans (LSU) and Volantis (Texas) have an ERA of 0.77 and 0.95, respectively.
The award will be presented later this year by the College Baseball Foundation.
For more information on the Pitcher of the Year Award, visit the College Baseball Foundation website at www.collegebaseballhall.org.
2025 NATIONAL PITCHER OF THE YEAR AWARD WATCH LIST
Name, School, Conference
• Ben Alekson, Fairfield, MAAC
• Kade Anderson, LSU, SEC
• Jamie Arnold, Florida State, ACC
• Cam Bagwell, UNCW, CAA
• Trey Beard, Florida Atlantic, AAC
• Jack Bennett, Western Kentucky, Conference USA
• Ben Blair, Liberty, Conference USA
• Colton Book, Saint Joseph's, Atlantic 10
• Vincent Borghese, Central Connecticut, Northeast Conference
• Corey Braun, South Florida, AAC
• Brandon Cassedy, George Mason, Atlantic 10
• Gabe Craig, Baylor, Big 12
• Dylan Crooks, Oklahoma, SEC
• Liam Doyle, Tennessee, SEC
• Joseph Dzierwa,, Michigan State, Big Ten
• Reid Easterly, Duke, ACC
• Riley Eckhoff, Coastal Carolina, Sun Belt
• Clay Edmondson, UNC Ashville, Big South
• Eric Elliott, Jackson State, SWAC
• Kane Elmy, Murray State, MVC
• Casan Evans, LSU, SEC
• Blake Gillespie, Charlotte, AAC
• Cole Giley, Indiana, Big Ten
• Jonathan Gonzalez, Stetson, Atlantic Sun
• Max Grubbs, Texas, SEC
• Aidan Haugh, North Carolina, ACC
• Keegan Johnson, Ball State, MAC
• Riley Kelly, UC Irvine, Big West
• Jake Knapp, North Carolina, ACC
• Pico Kohn, Mississippi State, SEC
• Tommy LaPour, TCU, Big 12
• Victor Loa, UTRGV, Southland
• Richard Long, Jacksonville, Atlantic Sun
• JB Middleton, Southern Miss, Sun Belt
• Griffin Miller, Marshall, Sun Belt
• Cade Montgomery, Utah Tech, WAC
• Blake Morningstar, Wake Forest, ACC
• Jacob Morrison, Coastal Carolina, Sun Belt
• Cade Obermueller, Iowa, Big Ten
• Connor O'Hara, George Mason, Atlantic 10
• Jack Ohman, Yale, Ivy League
• Ricky Ojeda, UC Irvine, Big West
• Carson Ozmer, Alabama, SEC
• Mason Patel, Georgia Tech, ACC
• Lane Pearson, West Georgia, Atlantic Sun
• Calvin Proskey, USCB, Big West
• Brennan Stuprich, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland
• Joseph Taylor, Charlotte, AAC
• Zane Taylor, UNCW, CAA
• Ian Umlandt, Oregon, Big Ten
• Dylan Volantis, Texas, SEC
• Joey Volini, Florida State, ACC
• Drew Whalen, Western Kentucky, Conference USA
• Kryson Witherspoon, Oklahoma, SEC
