NCAA DI Regionals 2024: Spotlight on Canadian Players
20 Games on Friday with Canadian Players
May 30, 2024 by @CollegeBaseba12

Canadian Players Shine in NCAA DI Regionals

By CollegeBaseba12, text with the assistance of Claude, an AI writing aid created by Anthropic, May 30, 2024

The NCAA Division I Baseball Regionals kick off on Friday, May 31, 2024, with a staggering 24 teams boasting a total of 51 Canadian players on their rosters.

20 Games on Friday with Canadian Players

Fans of Canadian players will be busy Friday as the slate has 20 games with teams with Canadians - and four of those games have Canadian players on both teams.

Oklahoma St. vs. Niagara
Oklahoma State Cowboys: Evan O'Toole (Bridgewater, NS), RHP
Niagara Purple Eagles: Blake MacMillan (Mississauga, ON), LHP; Brady Kobitowich (St. Albert, AB), RHP; Brodie Mackay (Oakville, ON), INF; Evan Wilde (Airdrie, AB), LHP; Jason Green (Georgetown, ON), C/1B; Matt Torresan (Burlington, ON), 1B/OF; Matt Ward (Mississauga, ON), C; Nick Groves (London, ON), UTIL; Nick Veselinovic (LaSalle, ON), LHP; Noah Richardson (Windsor, ON), LHP; Rees Kozar (Amherstburg, ON), C/OF; Steven Hospital (Oakville, ON), RHP; Zac Laird (Langley, BC), LHP; Zach Cameron (Hamilton, ON), RHP

Indiana St. vs. Illinois
Indiana State Sycamores: Connor Hicks (Toronto, ON), UTIL
Illinois Fighting Illini: Cameron Chee-Aloy (Toronto, ON), OF; Liam Adamson (London, ON), RHP; Parker Burgess (Duoro-Dummer, ON), RHP

Tennessee vs. Northern Ky.
Tennessee Volunteers: Robin Villeneuve (Gatineau, QC), 1B/OF
Northern Kentucky Norse: Cleary Simpson (Elnora, AB), INF; Griffin Howell (Tecumseh, ON), RHP; Jackson Fraser (Buena Vista, SK), RHP

DBU vs. West Virginia
Dallas Baptist Patriots: Tom Poole (Calgary, AB), INF
West Virginia Mountaineers: Sam White (Aurora, ON), UTIL

Nebraska vs. Florida
Nebraska Cornhuskers: Aaron Manias (Uxbridge, ON), INF; Ben Columbus (North Vancouver, BC), C; Caleb Clark (Orillia, ON), LHP; Kyle Froehlich (Nipawin, SK), RHP; Matt Evans (Tillsonburg, ON), OF; Riley Silva (Cambridge, ON), OF

VCU vs. Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth Rams: Campbell Ellis (Georgetown, ON), LHP; Justin Humenay (Montreal, QC), RHP; Nick Frers (North Vancouver, BC), RHP

Kansas St. vs. Louisiana Tech
Kansas State Wildcats: Jaden Parsons (Kelowna, BC), INF; Raphael Pelletier (Mascouche, QC), C

Oregon vs. San Diego
Oregon Ducks: Matthew Grabmann (Dartmouth, NS), RHP; Turner Spoljaric (Lisle, ON), RHP

St. John's (NY) vs. Mississippi St.
St. John's (NY) Red Storm: Ben Adams (Ottawa, ON), LHP; Cole LeClair (Toronto, ON), INF

Alabama vs. UCF
Alabama Crimson Tide: Max Grant (Fredricton, NB), INF

Evansville vs. East Carolina
Evansville Purple Aces: Brodie Peart (Markham, ON), INF

Georgia vs. Army West Point
Georgia Bulldogs: Blake Gillespie (Lucan, ON), RHP

Kentucky vs. Western Mich.
Kentucky Wildcats: Émilien Pitre (Repentigny, QC), INF

LIU vs. North Carolina
LIU Sharks: Ty McInnes (Langley, BC), RHP

LSU vs. Wofford
Louisiana State Fighting Tigers: Micah Bucknam (Abbotsford, BC), RHP

Louisiana vs. Texas
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns: LP Langevin (Quebec City, QC), RHP

Oregon St. vs. Tulane
Oregon State Beavers: Micah McDowell (Halifax, NS), OF

Southeast Mo. St. vs. Arkansas
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks: Haden Dow (Saint John, NB), LHP

Stetson vs. Florida St.
Stetson Hatters: Yohann Dessureault (Trois-Rivieres, QC), INF

UC Santa Barbara vs. Fresno St.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos: Jed DeCooman (North Vancouver, BC), RHP

Closing Thoughts

As the NCAA Division I Baseball Regionals get underway, we wish all the teams featuring Canadian players the best of luck in their pursuit of a Super Regional berth.

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