Tech baseball is coming off one of its most decorated seasons in program history, winning a second consecutive ACC regular season championship before winning the program’s first ACC tournament title since 2014 and earning the No. 2 national seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Yellow Jackets won the regular season ACC ERA title in conference play, posting a 4.36 ERA across 30 games in ACC play while also boasting the greatest offense in modern college baseball, setting BBCOR era Power 4 records in batting average (.356), OPS (1.106), on-base percentage (.467), slugging percentage (.639), hits (763), runs scored (662) and runs/game (10.9).
The Yellow Jackets are gearing up for another record-breaking season on The Flats in 2027, in the second year under ACC Coach of the Year James Ramsey, Tech carries a healthy list of returners, a Top 10 ranked transfer portal class and another highly ranked high school recruiting class into the new year. Tech returns All-American slugger Ryan Zuckerman from last year’s historic lineup along with everyday players Kent Schmidt, Will Baker and Caleb Daniel.
On the mound, the Jackets return an ACC best 60% of the innings pitched from a staff that led the conference in ERA over ACC competition. That staff is headlined by weekend starters Jackson Blakely and Carson Ballard as well as Justin Shadek, Cooper Underwood, Caden Gaudette, Dylan Loy and Dimitri Angelakos.
In the transfer portal, the Jackets brought in 11 new faces from all across the college baseball landscape, from junior college products like Holden Pantier (.441/.534/.849 over 131 games at Walters State), Division 2 with Jackson Morgan (.387/.467/.718 over 79 games at Young Harris), mid-major finds like Cooper Blauser (.304/.409/.480 over 123 games at Jacksonville State) and Eli Stephens (.348/.442/.676 over 83 games at Mercer) and power four transfers like Jayden Stroman (6.35 ERA over 16 games at Virginia), Jordan Lodise (.243/.338/.400 over 55 games at UCF)) and Tyler Guerin (7.38 ERA over 32 games at Iowa).
From the high school ranks, the Jackets have brought in nine freshmen headlined by Top 100 ranked recruit and 17th round draft pick by the Washington Nationals, Isaiah Galason (Kathleen, Ga.). On the mound, the Jackets added to the depth with nationally ranked recruits Ryan Engle (Kernersville, N.C.), Luke Nitkowski (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Reid Gainous (Cairo, Ga.).
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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