ACC Tournament Run Begins Tuesday

LEADING OFF

• Stanford will honor legendary head coach Mark Marquess, who passed away on January 30, 2026, throughout the 2026 season with "9" jersey patches, helmet stickers and an outfield wall decal at Sunken Diamond ... has won five of its last eight games and 11 of the last 17 ... has had each of its last four games decided by one run ... walked off with victories in three consecutive home contests from April 25-27 ... has homered in 35 of the last 44 games, including a string of 22 consecutive games (54 home runs over the span) from February 27 to April 10, and has multiple home runs in 24 of those 44 games ... has homered in all but 15 games this season overall ... scored at least 15 runs in three straight games from March 22-23 for the first time since March 16-23, 1985 ... has at least five extra-base hits in 22 games this year ... is 4-4 against ranked opponents this year ... compiled six triples in the first 11 games of the season, but has just three three-baggers over the last 41 contests - snapping a string of 32 consecutive games without a triple on May 3 at Notre Dame ... was picked to finish 10th in the ACC standings according to the league’s coaches after finishing 13th a year ago ... has missed the NCAA Tournament in each of the last two seasons, but has not gone more than two straight years without reaching the postseason since a 13-season stretch from 1968-1980 ... has made 19 College World Series appearances, including having reached Omaha in three of the last five seasons ... 19 appearances are ninth-most in the nation
• Charlie Bates has hit safely in all but 18 games this year and has reached in 18 straight ... has a hit in 13 of the last 20 games .. homered in four straight games from March 22 to March 27 ... has compiled 16 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... is listed on the Brooks Wallace Award watch list
• Cohen Gomez has allowed just three earned runs and has struck out 15 batters over his last 10 appearances spanning 11 innings
• Eric Jeon has hit safely in four straight and 22 of his last 27 games ... finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored vs. San Francisco (May 6) ... has compiled 15 multi-hit games, including multiple hits in six of his last nine overall ... batted .455 (5-for-11) with a double in three games at Cal (May 14-16) ... contributed a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th to beat No. 8 Florida State (April 25) ... batted .306 (34-for-111) with 21 runs scored, six doubles, six home runs and 17 RBIs in ACC play ... batted .714 (5-for-7) with five runs scored, four RBIs, a double and three home runs to the tune of a 2.143 slugging percentage in three games at No. 15 Wake Forest (March 6-7) ... had a pinch-hit home run on March 6 before rattling off a single, double and two home runs in his next four at bats to conclude a string of five straight hits to begin the series against the Demon Deacons
• Brock Ketelsen connected for his first career home run at No. 15 Wake Forest on March 7 ... is listed on the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award watch list ... was listed on the Baseball America Preseason Freshman of the Year watch list and No. 18 on Perfect Game's Preseason Top 100 Freshmen list
• Luke Lavin has hit safely in 10 of his last 14 games, and 12 of his last 17 ... batted 4-for-8 with two doubles in the series against No. 8 Florida State ... drove in a pair of runs while going 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored vs. Miami (April 19) ... batted .309 (25-for-81) with 10 runs scored, five doubles, a homer and 11 RBIs in ACC play ... went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs at Virginia Tech (March 29) ... has seen 11 of his 39 hits go for extra bases (seven doubles, four home runs)
• Cort MacDonald has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games, including posting multiple hits in eight of the 12 ... has hit safely in 15 of his last 18 games, 19 of his last 24, 21 of his last 27, and 24 of his last 31 ... 15 of his 47 hits have gone for extra bases (12 doubles, three home runs) ... has managed 16 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests ... batted .327 (32-for-98) with 12 runs scored, nine doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs in ACC play ... batted 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored and two RBIs vs. Utah Valley (March 22) ... launched his first homer of the season vs. Utah Valley (March 23)
• JJ Moran has hit safely in six of his last eight games ... batted 2-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored vs. Saint Mary's (May 12) ... went 3-for-4 with a go-ahead triple, three runs scored and two RBIs vs. San Francisco (May 6) ... contributed a walk-off RBI-single in the bottom of the 12th to beat UC Davis 6-5 (April 27) ... launched a go-ahead three-run home run with two outs in the top of the ninth to hand Stanford a 6-4 victory in the series clincher at Louisville (April 12) ... has totaled 12 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games this year ... batted 2-for-5 with a grand slam and six RBIs vs. Utah Valley (March 22) ... hit safely in each of the first 12 games this season, and has a hit in 34 of the 52 overall
• Jimmy Nati went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and four RBIs vs. Utah Valley (March 23) ... has compiled 11 multi-hit games ... managed a multi-homer game on March 11 vs. Nevada, falling one RBI shy of his career high of six ... was named NCBWA Preseason All-America second team
• Brady Reynolds has hit safely in eight of his last 11 overall ... has homered in three of his last 10 games and has four extra-base hits in his last seven games overall ... notched a pinch-hit two-run home run at Santa Clara (April 22) ... hit .333 with five runs scored, a double, a homer and two RBIs in the series sweep over No. 8 Florida State ... launched a three-run home run and scored twice at Louisville (April 10) ... connected for his first homer of the year vs. Pitt on March 13 ... was listed as the preseason No. 100 outfielder in the nation according to D1Baseball
• Rintaro Sasaki launched a walk-off grand slam to sweep No. 8 Florida State (April 26) ... had a nine-game hit streak snapped on May 10 vs. NC State, but has hit safely in 10 of his last 14, 14 of his last 19, 19 of his last 25, 22 of his last 30, and 33 of his last 44 ... has reached base in 14 straight and all but four games this season ... has seen 27 of his 52 hits on the year go for extra-bases (11 doubles and 16 home runs) ... contributed a walk-off single to beat Utah Valley (March 21) ... has drawn a team-best 44 walks in 52 games played ... scored at least one run in nine straight games from March 14-29 and has scored in all but 18 contests this season ... has compiled 13 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI contests ... batted .273 (33-for-121) with 25 runs scored, six doubles, 10 home runs and 33 RBIs in ACC play ... drove in five runs at Notre Dame (May 3) ... managed a seven-game hit streak from March 2-14 ... was listed as the preseason No. 38 first baseman in the nation according to D1Baseball ... was selected in the first round of the 2025 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
• Brock Sell has hit safely in seven of his last night games, including posting multiple hits in five of those contests ... posted a double and drove in three while batting 2-for-3 vs. Saint Mary's (May 12) ... recorded a pair of doubles and drove in three runs while scoring twice vs. San Francisco (May 6) ... batted 3-for-4 with four runs scored, his first career homer and three RBIs vs. Miami (April 19) to record his first career multi-hit game ... launched his second career home run at California (May 15) ... managed three hits, including a triple, and scored twice at Notre Dame (May 3)
• Andrew Shaw recorded his first career win in relief vs. UC Davis (April 27) ... has allowed three earned runs with 10 strikeouts over his last 12 appearances spanning 15 innings ... posted a 3.38 ERA with 12 strikeouts over 18 2/3 innings in 15 appearances (five starts) in ACC play
• Nolan Stoll has hit safely in six of his last nine games ... launched his first career homer as part of a 2-for-4 night vs. San Francisco (May 6) ... batted 2-for-3 with a run scored, a double and two RBIs in his collegiate debut vs. Nebraska (February 16)
• Teddy Tokheim was named All-ACC second team and earned a spot on the ACC All-Freshman squad ... had a 15-game hit streak and a 25-game reached base streak snapped on April 15 ... has multiple hits in 14 of his last 27 games, and 18 of his last 32 ... leads the team with both 22 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI contests this season ... has hit safely in three straight games, seven of his last nine, 13 of his last 17, and 36 of his 46 games played, has an extra-base hit in 23 of the 46, and has reached in all but eight of his games played - including just six in which he batted more than once ... has seen 34 of his 67 hits go for extra bases (18 doubles, 16 home runs) ... ranks first among true freshmen in extra-base hits (34) and total bases (133), second in home runs (16), third in slugging (.700), doubles (18) and OPS (1.118), ninth in average (.353), 11th in hits (67) and 15th in RBIs (44) ... 16 home runs are two shy of the Stanford freshman record of 18 set by Braden Montgomery in 2022 ... batted .372 (48-for-129) with 23 runs scored, 14 doubles, 12 home runs and 33 RBIs in ACC play while posting a .760 slugging percentage and a .423 on-base percentage ... went 4-for-5 with three doubles, a homer, two runs scored and four RBIs vs. Pitt on March 14 ... launched a pair of home runs and drove in five runs at Virginia Tech (March 27) ... finished 3-for-6 with two runs scored, a double, two home runs and three RBIs at Notre Dame (May 3) ... blasted a pair of two-run home runs as part of a 3-for-4 day vs. NC State (May 9)

THIS WEEK

• With the regular season complete, Stanford will travel to Charlotte, NC this week to play in the 2026 ACC Baseball Championship
• The Cardinal, which owns the No. 12 seed in the tournament, will meet 13-seed California on Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT in the second game of the tournament
• Stanford dropped two-of-three to the Golden Bears on the road last week with all three games decided by one run
• The Cardinal has now dropped seven of the last eight games to Cal in the all-time series
• Playing in the ACC Championship as the No. 13 seed last season, the Cardinal dropped a 7-4 decision to Virginia Tech in the first round

ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

• The 2026 ACC Baseball Championship will be held Tuesday, May 19, through Sunday, May 24, at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C.
• ACC Network will be on hand for the first five days of the tournament with ESPN2 set to carry Sunday’s championship game
• All 16 teams in the ACC will compete in a single-elimination championship
• The top four seeds in the championship will be based off the performance in the regular season and will receive a double-bye into the quarterfinal round, which is scheduled to be held on Thursday and Friday ... seeds five through eight will earn a bye into Wednesday’s second round ... seeds 9-16 will begin play with four first-round games on Tuesday
• The single-elimination championship format will feature four games per day on Tuesday (first round) and Wednesday (second round) ... two quarterfinal games will take place on both Thursday and Friday, while Saturday will host the two semifinal contests ... Sunday will host the championship game

A LOOK BACK

• Wrapping up the regular season last weekend, Stanford earned a victory in the series opener on Thursday, but dropped two-of-three at rival California
• Stanford held a lead going into the bottom of the seventh in each of the final two games, but Cal rallied for victory in both
• All three games in the series were decided by one run, with Stanford winning the opener 7-6 before Cal won 4-3 and 2-1 to earn the series win
• The Cardinal combined to hit .230, post a .333 on-base percentage and slug .360 over the three-game series, totaling five doubles, a triple and two homers
• The Cardinal once again used a bullpen approach to all three games in the series, with 12 total pitchers seeing the mound
• Eric Jeon batted .455 (5-for-11) in the series, collecting a double and one RBI
• Teddy Tokheim continued his stellar season by batting .385 (5-for-13) with three doubles in the series
• The Cardinal pitching staff combined to limit Cal to just 12 runs while posting a 3.60 ERA and striking out 27 hitters

TIGHT GAMES ALL SEASON

• Each of the last four games for Stanford entering the ACC Championship have been decided by one run (2-2 in those games)
• Six of Stanford’s first nine games this season were decided by one run, and the Cardinal went 3-3 in those contests
• Four of Stanford's six losses over a six-game skid from February 28 - March 7 were decided by three runs, with a fourth coming by four runs
• So far this season, 32 of Stanford's 52 games have been decided by three runs or less (18-14 in those games)
• The Cardinal is 11-8 in one-run games, 4-1 in two-run games and 3-5 in three-run games
• Despite suffering 25 losses this season, the Cardinal has had the lead or tying run at the plate in the eighth or ninth inning of 15 of the 25 setbacks
• Overall, Stanford's opponents hold a slim 354-350 advantage in scoring through 52 games

POWERING UP

• Stanford homered in just two of the first eight games of the season, connecting for three home runs over the span, but has homered in 35 of the last 44 games, including a string of 22 consecutive games (54 home runs over the span) from February 27 to April 10
• The 22-game streak was the longest for the Cardinal since at least 2001, and the third-longest of the season behind Georgia's run of 28 straight games from February 13 to March 28 and Texas A&M's 24-game streak which spanned March 22 to May 5
• Stanford has posted multiple home runs in 24 of the last 44 games, including multiple homers in each of the first 11 games in that string
• The 11-game streak of multiple homers was the longest since the Cardinal launched multiple in 11 straight from May 8-26, 2022 (34 total homers over those games) ... no Stanford team has reached 12 straight games with multiple home runs since at least 2001
• The Cardinal has twice launched a season-best five home runs this year - connecting for five at No. 15 Wake Forest on March 7 and vs. Utah Valley on March 23
• Stanford's 81 home runs rank sixth in the ACC and 38th nationally, while the 1.56 home runs per game are sixth in the ACC and 33rd nationally

TOUGH WITH TWO

• Stanford is hitting a combined .263 with two outs this year, but boasts three players with averages better than .340 and at least 25 at bats in the situation
• Senior Cort MacDonald is hitting .395 (17-for-43) with two down, while Ethan Hott has batted .400 (10-for-25)
• Teddy Tokheim (.360, 18-for-50) and Jimmy Nati (.327, 17-for-52) have also excelled with two out
• JJ Moran leads the team with 19 two-out RBIs, followed by Nati with 16, Tokheim with 15 and Charlie Bates with 13

ROUND TWO HAS BEEN BIG

• Stanford has outscored its opposition 51-28 in the second inning this year, batting .319 with 15 doubles, nine homers and a .419 on-base percentage in the second stanza
• The Cardinal is also outscoring its opponents in the third (52-49), seventh (41-38), eighth (40-35) and ninth (33-31) innings, while holding a 7-2 advantage in extras
• Stanford is hitting .311 with 17 doubles, a triple, 15 homers and a .397 on-base percentage in the third inning, and is hitting .303 with 13 doubles, a triple, 14 homers and a .383 on-base percentage in the fourth inning, but is being edged 53-45 in scoring
• Overall, Stanford's opponents hold a slim 354-350 advantage in scoring through 52 games

TEDDY IS TURNING HEADS

• Turning in a strong start to his freshman campaign, Teddy Tokheim has been named a Perfect Game Midseason Freshman All-American, earned a spot on Baseball America's Midseason Freshman of the Year watch list, played his way onto the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award watch list in April, and was most recently named to the All-ACC second team while earning a spot on the ACC All-Freshman squad
• Tokheim did not appear in a game for the Cardinal until February 20 vs. Cal State Fullerton, but quickly earned his first start on February 27 vs. Fresno State and has started every game since
• Among true freshmen this year, the native of Seattle, Wash. ranks first in extra-base hits (34) and total bases (133), second in home runs (16), third in slugging (.700), doubles (18) and OPS (1.118), ninth in average (.353), 11th in hits (67) and 15th in RBIs (44)
• Tokheim's 16 home runs are two shy of the Stanford freshman record of 18 set by Braden Montgomery in 2022

THE CARDIAC CARDINAL

• Stanford has managed six walk-off wins this year, including walking off with a victory in three straight home games from April 25-27
• The six walk-off wins are third nationally this year behind Southern Mississippi and Gardner Webb with seven
• In addition to the six walk-off wins, Stanford has also won a pair of road games in its final at-bat - accumulating eight total victories in its final at-bat this sesaon
• Fueling the late-inning heroics, Stanford is batting .358 with 14 doubles, two triples and seven home runs in the ninth inning or later this year ... the Cardinal boasts a .437 on-base percentage and a .584 slugging percentage in the ninth or later
• Stanford's first walk-off win of the year came courtesy of a Luke Lavin double in the bottom of the ninth to beat Cal State Fullerton 4-3 on February 21
• Freshman Brock Sell broke a 5-5 game with a walk-off triple in the bottom of the ninth to beat Fresno State on February 27 before Rintaro Sasaki had a game-winning RBI-single in the bottom of the ninth on March 21 to beat Utah Valley
• The Cardinal walked off in three straight days from April 25-27, defeating No. 8 Florida State in the first two before leaving UC Davis on the field to conclude the string
• Eric Jeon delivered the walk-off single on April 25 vs. the Seminoles, Sasaki contributed a walk-off grand slam on April 26 to earn a series sweep of Florida State, and JJ Moran won it for the Cardinal in the bottom of the 12th on April 27 against the Aggies\
• Sasaki's walk-off grand slam was the first for Stanford since Brian Hall capped a seven-run bottom of the ninth with a slam as Stanford completed a 10-6 comeback victory over Kansas on February 15, 2004

LEADING OFF FOR THE CARDINAL...

• After hitting fifth (10 times) and sixth (one time) in the lineup in each of the first 11 games of the season, Rintaro Sasaki has been shifted to the leadoff spot in 28 of the last 41 contests
• The power-hitting first baseman has responded well to the move, hitting .322 (37-for-115) with eight doubles, 10 homers, 28 runs scored, 35 RBIs and 25 strikeouts while posting a .437 on-base percentage and a .652 slugging percentage over the 28 games in the leadoff spot
• Sasaki has batted a combined .179 (15-for-84) with three doubles, six home runs, 12 RBIs and 22 strikeouts in 24 games outside of the leadoff spot

TEDDY'S TREMENDOUS WEEK

• Having guided Stanford to a 3-1 week that included a road series win at Virginia Tech in ACC play, freshman Teddy Tokheim was named ACC co-Player of the Week on March 30 ... he would also be named Perfect Game Freshman of the Week and earned a spot on Michella Chester's NCAA Starting Lineup of the Week
• The conference weekly honor was the first in Tokheim’s career, and the second for Stanford since joining the ACC (Trevor Haskins, February 24, 2025)
• Tokheim hit safely in all four games, including posting multiple hits in three of the four, while batting .471 (8-for-17) with five runs scored, a double, three homers and nine RBIs over the four games the previous week
• He started his week with a 2-for-4 day that included a homer on March 23 as Stanford wrapped up a four-game sweep of Utah Valley, launched a pair of home runs and drove in five, including a go-ahead three-run shot in the eighth inning, in Stanford's 9-7 win at Virginia Tech on March 27, and delivered the go-ahead two-RBI single in the top of the 10th on March 29 as Stanford defeated Virginia Tech to clinch the series
• Over the four games, Tokheim slugged 1.059 and reached base at a .571 clip
• Pitt’s Caden Dulin joined Tokheim as ACC co-Player of the Week, while Wes Mendes of Florida State was named ACC Pitcher of the Week

HISTORIC RUN ON RUNS

• Stanford's offense put together a historic run over three games against Utah Valley from March 22-23, scoring at least 15 runs in each contest for the first time since March 16-23, 1985
• The Cardinal defeated USC 15-4 and 15-5 before downing Arizona 20-5 in the first game of a doubleheader during the 1985 campaign
• Stanford began the string with a 17-10 victory over Utah Valley in the first game of a doubleheader on March 22 before knocking off the Wolverines 15-9 and 15-6 over the next two games
• The Cardinal batted .389 over the three-game stretch this year, scoring 47 total runs while posting 10 doubles and 11 homers to the tune of a .770 slugging percentage

OPENING WEEKEND NOTES

• Including a 10-7 victory over No. 24 Arizona this year, Stanford is 51-16-1 overall on Opening Day since 1959 and has won seven of its last 11 games to open a season
• Stanford opened the 2025 season against Cal State Fullerton for the fourth straight season and 12th time since 2000 (13th time overall) ... with a four-game sweep last year, Stanford is now 8-4 in the 12 season-opening series (24-13 overall record) since 2000
• The Cardinal has played 28 opening weekend series of three-or-more games since 1959 and is 19-9 in those series ... Stanford has compiled a 58-28 record over the 86 games in those sets

OUR AUSSIE IS A PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN

• Jimmy Nati was tabbed a Preseason All-American according to National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, landing on the publication’s second team
• Stanford's starting second baseman a year ago, Nati was named a finalist for the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove at the conclusion of the season
• Nati started all 52 games for the Cardinal last year, posted a .980 fielding percentage and batted .300 with 45 runs scored, nine doubles, a team-best 16 home runs and a team-leading 50 RBIs while slugging a team-best .581 with a .367 on-base percentage

A FEW TO WATCH

• Sophomore Charlie Bates was listed on the 100-player initial watch list for the 2026 Brooks Wallace Award ... the Brooks Wallace Award is an award given by the College Baseball Foundation to the best college baseball shortstop ... the award has been given annually since 2004 and until 2008, the award was presented to the nation's most outstanding player ... in 2009 the recipient list was changed to only include shortstops ... it is named after former Texas Tech shortstop and assistant coach Brooks Wallace, who died of leukemia in 1985 at the age of 27
• Freshman Brock Ketelsen was listed on the 49-player initial watch list for the 2026 John Olerud Award ... the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award is a college baseball award given to the best two-way player ... the award is named after former Washington State University standout John Olerud, who achieved success both as a first baseman and left-handed pitcher during the late 1980s ... he was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007
• Sophomore Parker Warner was listed on the initial watch list for the 2026 National Pitcher of the Year Award ... the National Pitcher of the Year Award is a college baseball award given to the best pitcher of the college baseball season by the College Baseball Foundation ... a total of 141 of the nation’s best hurlers are listed on the Pitcher of the Year watch list, and they represent 26 different conferences

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST

• Freshmen Brock Ketelsen and Brock Sell were listed on Baseball America’s Preseason Freshman of the Year watch list
• Fellow freshman Teddy Tokheim played his way onto the list at the midseason mark
• Ketelsen, the 2025 West Coast League Top Prospect, is a two-way player who has seen action as a left-handed pitcher and outfielder
• Sell, ranked 55th on Baseball America’s Top 500 draft prospects entering last year’s draft, is a versatile player who can play all across the diamond
• Tokheim, named All-Region as a senior (2025) and All-State following his junior season (2024) of high school, has emerged as Stanford's everyday left fielder
• This season marks the first that Baseball America has officially named preseason collegiate national award winners and preseason/midseason award watch lists
• Mississippi State lefthander Jack Bauer was named Baseball America Preseason Freshman of the Year

GOODBYE PAC-12, HELLO ACC

• The 2024 season was Stanford's final in the Pac-12 conference, as the Cardinal joined Bay Area rival California as new members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2025
• Stanford was one of the oldest members of the Pac-12 Conference, joining the then Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915, for the 1918 season
• The Cardinal won 21 Pac-12 titles, with the first coming in 1924 and the last in 2023
• The ACC sent nine teams to the NCAA Tournament in 2025, including Louisville to the College World Series
• A national-best five ACC baseball programs competed in the Super Regional round with three teams earning the right to host
• The ACC has placed at least one team in each of the last 19 College World Series and at least six teams in each of the last 21 NCAA Tournaments

CARDINAL TABBED 10TH IN PRESEASON POLL

• Preparing for its second season in the ACC, Stanford was picked to finish 10th in the conference standings according to the league’s 16 head coaches
• The Cardinal, which has made a trip to the College World Series in three of the last five seasons, is looking for a bounce-back year after missing the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons ... has not gone more than two straight years without reaching the postseason since a 13-season stretch from 1968-1980
• Georgia Tech was selected as the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball preseason favorite, collecting seven of the possible 16 first-place votes to garner 237 total points
• Just one point separated Georgia Tech and second-place finisher North Carolina, who logged 236 points and six first-place votes
• Also earning first place votes were Florida State (one) and Clemson (two)
• The Seminoles finished third in the poll, logging 221 points, while Louisville, who represented the ACC in the 2025 Men’s College World Series, finished fourth with 196 points
• Clemson’s two first-place votes propelled them to a fifth-place projection, totaling 185 points
• NC State was slotted sixth in the coaches’ poll, with 169 points, just ahead of Virginia, who was projected to finish seventh with 165 points
• With 159 points, Miami was picked to finish eighth, while Wake Forest was projected to finish ninth with 145 points and Stanford 10th with 99 points
• Stanford was followed by Virginia Tech (89), Notre Dame (87), Duke (67), Pitt (45), California (41) and Boston College (35)
• The ACC has placed at least one team in each of the last 19 College World Series, including Louisville in 2025, and at least six teams in each of the last 21 NCAA tournaments
• Eight ACC baseball teams began the season in the D1Baseball Preseason Top 25, led by Georgia Tech at No. 4 ... the Jackets were followed by No. 8 Louisville, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 16 Florida State, No. 17 NC State, No. 19 Clemson, No. 21 Wake Forest and No. 22 Miami

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

• Often considered one of the most beautiful college baseball facilities in the country, Klein Field at Sunken Diamond is the home to Stanford baseball
• The “Sunken Diamond” name comes from the excavation to provide fill for the earthen berm within which Stanford Stadium was built in 1921, leaving a large, sunken field
• The fixed seating capacity at Sunken Diamond is 2,113 ... with the addition of ADA seating and general admission lawn seating, the total capacity of the facility is 4,000
• The original dimensions were 360 feet to left field, 350 to right field, and 500 feet to center field ... in 1978, a new seven-foot high fence was installed, bringing the dimensions to the current 335 to both left and right fields, and 400 to center field ... the outfield fence was increased to 10 feet in 1995
• Sunken Diamond features ample foul ground from first to third base, with home plate sitting approximately 70 feet from the backstop

FAMILY ON THE FARM

• Stanford has a handful of players on this year's roster with ties back to The Farm
• Trevor Moore's father, Tim, played baseball at Stanford in 1992 and was a fifth-round pick of the Chicago White Sox that season
• Ben Reimers' father, Tom, played baseball at Stanford from 1994-96 and helped the Cardinal to a conference title in 1994 and a trip to the College World Series in 1995 ... was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft
• Teddy Tokheim's mother, Trish McGonigle, played golf at Stanford from 1985-87 and was a 1987 WGCA Academic All-American
• Charlie Bates' first breath was literally taken on The Farm, born at Stanford Hospital in 2005
• The Cardinal also features a pair of brothers on this year's roster as Tatum and Quinten Marsh will suit up as a sophomore and freshman, respectively

2025 SEASON IN REVIEW

• Beginning its tenure in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Stanford finished the 2025 season with a 27-25 overall record and an 11-19 conference mark
• The Cardinal navigated what proved to be a hot-and-cold campaign, beginning the season 9-0 for the first time since opening the 2018 campaign at 10-0 ... Stanford’s torrid start continued into ACC play as the Cardinal took two-of-three at No. 4 North Carolina before sweeping Duke to improve to 15-3 through 18 contests and earn a No. 14 national ranking according to D1Baseball
• Experiencing a drastic shift in momentum, the Cardinal suffered a sweep at the hands of California in ACC play ... those three losses proved to be the start of an 11-game conference skid as the Cardinal battled preseason No. 2 Virginia, No. 25 Georgia Tech and No. 4 Clemson along the way ... series losses to Notre Dame and Wake Forest followed from there, but the Cardinal rebounded to take two-of-three at Boston College and No. 13 NC State to close out the conference slate
• Stanford was swept in four series of three-or-more games last year for just the third time in program history (also swept four times in 1980 and 2015)
• The Cardinal's final victory at NC State was No. 800 in Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball David Esquer’s illustrious head coaching career
• The Cardinal hit .297 as a team with 329 runs scored, 90 doubles, 10 triples and 64 home runs ... averaged 6.33 runs per game
• Stanford compiled a string of 16 straight games with a home run from February 16 to March 16 (29 home runs over the span) - the longest streak of games with a homer since belting 52 homers in an 18-game span from May 1 - June 3, 2022 ... Stanford homered in all but 16 games last season
• The Cardinal pitched to a 6.42 ERA with 430 strikeouts in 451 1/3 innings ... averaged 8.57 strikeouts per nine innings
• Trevor Haskins was the lone Cardinal drafted in the 2025 MLB Draft, selected in the 15th round by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Tatum Marsh was named Freshman All-America second team according to Baseball America, NCBWA and Perfect Game

BASEBALL COACHING ENDOWMENT CELEBRATES KATHY WOLFF

• Thanks to a gift from an anonymous donor family, an endowed assistant coach position pays tribute to Kathy Wolff - a longtime administrative associate for more than two decades to Stanford's baseball and women's volleyball programs
• Thomas Eager was named the inaugural Kathy Wolff Assistant Baseball Coach prior to the start of the 2022 season
• Often considered the "heart and soul" of the baseball program, Wolff was hired as an administrative assistant in the marketing department in 1985 ... the native of Palo Alto began working with the baseball program in 1987, later adding administrative duties with the women's volleyball program
• Wolff, who saw the Cardinal win two national championships during her first two seasons with the program, helped coordinate 11 trips to the College World Series in Omaha ... the beloved member of the Stanford Baseball family was busy coordinating another College World Series trip when she passed away on June 11, 2008 ... the Cardinal honored Wolff that year by wearing "KW" patches on its sleeves throughout the College World Series run
• In addition to helping the program recruit and retain the best coaching staff, the endowed assistant coaching position recognizes the influence that Wolff still has on the athletics department today ... Stanford's Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER) annually recognizes a staff member with the Kathy Wolff Award for best exemplifying her spirit—a passion for Stanford and an ongoing desire to help and support his/her colleagues ... in the week leading up to baseball season every year, the athletics department celebrates Cake Week—a time when staff members are encouraged to continue Wolff's tradition of bringing in baked goods to enjoy together

HOME OF CHAMPIONS

• Stanford is the all-time leader with 138 NCAA team championships (71 men, 67 women), and 176 national championships overall
• The Cardinal owns the most recognizable streak in college athletics, having won at least one NCAA team title during each of the last 50 seasons, dating back to the 1976-77 campaign
• So far this season, artistic swimming, men's gymnastics and sailing have won national titles, with the gymnastics title stretching the NCAA team title streak to 50 years
• The Cardinal has also produced 565 NCAA individual champions and 655 overall individual champions
• Stanford has won the Learfield Directors’ Cup in 26 of the possible 31 seasons, including a 25-year streak from 1995-2019

#OLYMPIANSMADEHERE

• Less than two months after starting at defender in the 2025 College Cup final for the Stanford women’s soccer team, sophomore Sammy Smith has achieved her lifelong goal of making an Olympic team ... Smith earned a spot as a member of the U.S. Olympic Cross Country Ski Team ahead of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, which got underway February 6 ... Smith’s selection to the national team is extremely rare, if not, unprecedented: a current Division I varsity student-athlete competing for the national team of a different sport within the same academic calendar year ... a native of Boise, Idaho, Smith is believed to be Stanford’s first American varsity student-athlete to also participate in a Winter Olympics since Bonny Warner, a member of the Cardinal’s field hockey team from 1982-84 who competed for Team USA’s luge squad in 1984, 1988 and 1992 ... Stanford’s most recent Team USA Winter Olympian was Rachael Flatt, a figure skater who competed in the 2010 Games and graduated in 2015
• Stanford concluded the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with a school-record 39 medals, shattering its previous best while cementing its reputation on the world’s biggest stage as the nation’s top collegiate program
• The 39 medals were 12 more than the previous record of 27 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games
• Stanford’s haul of 39 medals (12 gold, 14 silver, 13 bronze) was the most by any school at one Olympics
• Cardinal student-athletes medaled in 13 of Stanford's 36 varsity sports: artistic swimming, women’s basketball, women’s fencing, men’s gymnastics, sailing, men’s rowing, women’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, men’s track and field, men’s volleyball, women’s volleyball, men’s water polo, women’s water polo
• The Cardinal boasted 19 first-time medalists - a total that ranks second in school history behind the 21 at the 2008 Beijing Games
• If Stanford was a country in the 2024 Games, it would have finished tied with Canada for 11th place
• Boasting a school-record 59 Olympians with Cardinal ties, Stanford won at least 20 medals for the sixth time in school history (2020, 2016, 2008, 1996, 1924)
• The Cardinal’s 59 Olympians (20 male, 39 female) represented 14 countries across 20 varsity sports
• In addition to the 59 qualifiers, Stanford’s Olympic representation also included five alternates, one national team head coach and three national team assistant coaches
• For the third straight Olympics, Stanford totaled more Team USA selections (37) than any other school, reinforcing its status as the preeminent training ground for U.S. national team competition
• Stanford has won 128 medals combined over the last five Summer Games
• All told, Stanford’s affiliates have captured 335 overall medals (162 gold, 93 silver, 80 bronze) from 196 medalists, and the Cardinal has produced at least one medalist in every Olympics in which the U.S. has competed since 1912