2025 Carson-Newman Baseball News

After a historic freshman season, Kolton Casson became the program’s first eighth All-American in Carson-Newman’s NCAA era, by being picked a second team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on Wednesday afternoon.

The accolades continue to file in for Kolton Casson after an impressive freshman season. The starting pitcher was named Division II Conference Commissioner's Association Southeast Region Pitcher of the Year on Monday morning, while relief pitcher Eli Norris was selected to the All-Southeast Region second team.

Carson-Newman baseball starting pitcher Kolton Casson was named first team all-region by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on Friday afternoon.

For the second straight day at the NCAA Tournament, #26 Carson-Newman (37-19) was unable to hold on a narrow margin, falling 4-2 to #22 North Georgia (40-17) on Friday afternoon at Abbey Yard.
Seventh-seeded Carson-Newman (37-18) was unable to sustain early offensive success and allowed four unanswered runs in the final three innings in a 5-4 loss to two-seeded Belmont Abbey (41-15) on Thursday evening at Abbey Yard.

#26 Carson-Newman (37-17) begins NCAA Regional Tournament play tomorrow evening at 6:00 p.m. when it meets two-seeded #14 Belmont Abbey (40-15) at Abbey Yard in Belmont, North Carolina.

Despite not playing a game since the latest American Baseball Coaches Association poll, Carson-Newman has dropped four spots to #26 in the rankings that were released Tuesday morning.

Carson-Newman baseball (37-17) remains 23rd in DII Baseball’s latest poll that was released Monday afternoon.

For the fifth time in program history, Carson-Newman baseball is bound for the NCAA Tournament.

Carson-Newman head baseball coach Tom Griffin has announced the 2025 summer camp schedule that includes an all-phase camp, hitting camp, and the Catch, Block, Throw it Catching Camp over a multi-week window next month.

The third edition of the NCAA's baseball region rankings has #18 Carson-Newman (37-17) still ranked seventh, as announced by the organization on Wednesday afternoon.

For the ninth straight week, Carson-Newman baseball (37-17) is ranked by the American Baseball Coaches Association, moving back to No. 22 in the poll that was released on Tuesday morning.

For the 10th time in 2025, Carson-Newman baseball (37-17) is ranked by DII Baseball, checking in at 23 in the latest poll released Monday afternoon.

No. 18 Carson-Newman (37-16) stayed alive in the South Atlantic Conference Baseball Championships by winning a pair of close contests on Saturday at Durham Field. The Eagles started the day by scoring the game’s first seven runs and holding off a late rally from UVA Wise (26-24) to collect a 7-4 win to start the day. 45 minutes later, C-N started its second elimination game of the day and took down Wingate (26-25) 7-6 in a see-saw affair to advance.
No. 18 Carson-Newman (37-17) saw its South Atlantic Conference Tournament run come to an end on Sunday afternoon, suffering a 12-3 loss to #9 Lenoir-Rhyne (43-10).
18th ranked Carson-Newman (35-16) never got its offense going in an 8-1 loss to six-seeded Wingate (26-23) on Friday afternoon in the opening round of the South Atlantic Conference Baseball Championships.