2025 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

2025 Louisville Cardinals baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
D1Baseball.com	No. 17
Record	30–13 (12–9 ACC)
Head coach	Dan McDonnell (19th season)
Assistant coaches	Roger Williams (19th season) Eric Snider (11th season) Adam Vrable (11th season)
Home stadium	Jim Patterson Stadium

2025 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 13 NC State ‍‍‍	15	–	6		.714			30	–	12		.714
No. 5 Florida State ‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667			31	–	9		.775
No. 4 North Carolina ‍‍‍	15	–	9		.625			33	–	10		.767
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍	15	–	9		.625			30	–	14		.682
No. 3 Clemson ‍‍‍	13	–	8		.619			36	–	10		.783
Duke ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			30	–	15		.667
No. 17 Louisville ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			30	–	13		.698
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			27	–	18		.600
Virginia ‍‍‍	11	–	10		.524			24	–	16		.600
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			29	–	16		.644
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			27	–	17		.614
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			24	–	17		.585
Boston College ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			20	–	23		.465
Stanford  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			21	–	19		.525
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	6	–	15		.286			20	–	21		.488
California  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			18	–	25		.419
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of April 28, 2025 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his 19th year at Louisville.

Previous season

Main article: 2024 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

The 2024 Louisville Cardinals baseball team finished the season 32-24, missing the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season and the third time in four years.

2024 MLB Draft

The Cardinals had only two players drafted in the 2024 MLB draft for its lowest total since the 2011 MLB draft. This was the first draft under coach Dan McDonnell that a player was not taken in the first 10 rounds.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Sebastian Gongora	Pitcher	11	339	Baltimore Orioles
Kaleb Corbett	Pitcher	20	606	Tampa Bay Rays

Personnel

Roster

2024 Louisville Cardinals roster
	Pitchers 1 – Patrick Forbes – Junior 8 – Jake Schweitzer – Freshman 9 – Jack Brown – Freshman 10 – Eli Hoyt – Junior 11 – Ty Starke – Sophomore 15 – Colton Hartman – Sophomore 19 – TJ Schlageter – Sophomore 22 – Tucker Biven – Junior 24 – Wyatt Danilowicz – Junior 28 – Parker Detmers – Sophomore 29 – Peter Michael – Junior 34 – Jared Lessman – Senior 39 – Brandin Crawford – Freshman 40 – Jake Gregor – Freshman 41 – Alex Gay – Freshman 44 – Kian Vorster – Freshman 45 – Casen Murphy – Freshman 46 – Justin West – Junior 47 – Aaron England – Freshman 50 – Brennyn Cutts – Senior 51 – Ethan Eberle – Freshman 52 – Coen Evrard – Freshman		Catchers 14 – George Baker – Sophomore 17 – Collin Mowry – Freshman 36 – Tagger Tyson – Sophomore Infielders 0 – Alex Alicea – Sophomore 4 – Tanner Shiver – Senior 5 – Kamau Neighbors – Senior 7 – Ethan Edinger – Junior 20 – Jake Munroe – Junior 26 – Nate Earley – Junior 27 – Bayram Hot – Junior		Outfielders 2 – Garret Pike – Senior 16 – Michael Lippe – Junior 18 – Griffin Crain – Freshman 31 – Cole Crafton – Freshman 35 – Kyle Campbell – Freshman 42 – Eddie King Jr. – Senior 53 – Lucas Moore – Sophomore Utility 13 – Tague Davis – Freshman 25 – Matt Klein – Junior 32 – Zion Rose – Sophomore

Coaching staff

2025 Louisville Cardinals Coaching Staff
Name	Position	Seasons at Louisville	Alma Mater
Dan McDonnell	Head coach	19	The Citadel (1992)
Roger Williams	Associate head coach/Pitching	19	East Carolina (1997)
Eric Snider	Assistant Coach/recruiting coordinator	11	Northern Iowa (1987)
Adam Vrable	Assistant Coach	11	Coastal Carolina (2007)
Brian Mundorf	Director of Operations	29	American International (1992)

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	—	—*	—	—	—	20	19	18	16	19	21	20					*	*
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	25	15	20	14	11	11	19	17					*	*
NCBWA†	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	22	17	21	RV	18
D1Baseball	—	—	—	—	—	16	18	18	14	17	19	17					*
Perfect Game	—	—	—	—	—	20	19	18	16	21	—	18

† 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.

External links

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