The Tennessee Volunteers are champions of college baseball after holding off Texas A-and-M six to five last night. Vols Coach Tony Vitello was hired in 2017 and he took a program that received very little attention and now Tennessee can call themselves national champs.

Josh Simpson is returning to the LSU baseball program after spending last season as an assistant coach at Georgia. Simpson was the The Tigers director of baseball operations during the 2023 national championship season. He’s also a former scout for the Texas Rangers and Coach Jay Johnson calls Simpson an elite evaluator.

The Pelicans have announced Bryson Graham is the team’s new general manager. He’s been with the franchise for 14 years and he’s spent the last five years as an assistant GM. The Pelicans will reportedly promote Swin Cash to Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations, making her one of the highest-ranking women in an NBA front office.

One of the top pitchers in the Southland is heading to LSU. Jacob Mayers had two standout seasons at Nicholls, his freshman season was particularly good as he had an ERA of 2.02 and was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman Pitcher of the Year. Mayers gives a lot of credit to former Colonels Coach Mike Silva
Cut 17 (21) “…crazy.”

Former U-L Lafayette softball coach Gerry Glasco posted a farewell message to Cajuns fans on his personal Facebook page this morning. Glasco is leaving U-L for Texas Tech after seven seasons. Glasco says leaving such a place is challenging and difficult, but he looks forward to a new challenge and beginning.