USC Baseball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
USC Trojans
 
Big Ten (35-21, 18-12)
 
 
Coach: Andy Stankiewicz
 
Key Field Players:
Ethan Hedges, Junior, IF, .343 BA, 12 HR, 55 RBI
Adrian Lopez, Sophomore, IF, .337 BA, 8 HR, 49 RBI
Brayden Dowd, Sophomore, OF, .322 BA, 10 HR, 35 RBI
Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek, Junior, IF, .304 BA, 8 HR, 40 RBI
Abbrie Covarrubias, Sophomore, IF, .296 BA, 3 HR, 30 RBI, 12 SB
Jack Basseer, Junior, OF, .280 BA, 7 HR, 25 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Andrew Johnson, Freshman, P, 4.41 ERA, 3-1 W/L, 65.1 IP, 54 SO
Caden Aoki, Senior, P, 4.21 ERA, 5-4 W/L, 1 CG, 87.2 IP, 81 SO
Caden Hunter, Junior, P, 5.18 ERA, 6-5 W/L, 66.0 IP, 74 SO
Brodie Purcell, Sophomore, P, 2.11 ERA, 3-2 W/L, 38.1 IP, 47 SO, 4 SV
Ethan Hedges, Junior, P, 2.40 ERA, 2-1 W/L, 15.0 IP, 12 SO, 9 SV
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .293 (74th in nation, 4th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.59 (210, 15)
Doubles per Game: 2.04 (69, 4)
Earned Run Average: 4.61 (39, 4)
Fielding Percentage: .975 (67, 9)
Home Runs per Game: 1.17 (110, 11)
Scoring Offense: 6.6 (160, 11)
Slugging Percentage: .467 (92, 9)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.93 (212, 11)
Triples per Game: 0.28 (54, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2015Regionallost to Virginia, defeated UC Santa Barbara, defeated San Diego State, eliminated by Virginia
2005Regionaldefeated Pepperdine, defeated Long Beach State, lost to Pepperdine, defeated Pepperdine
2005Super Regionaleliminated by Oregon State
2002Regionaldefeated BYU, defeated Cal State Northridge, defeated BYU
2002Super Regionaleliminated by Stanford
2001Regionaldefeated Oral Roberts, defeated Pepperdine, defeated Fresno State
2001Super Regionaldefeated Florida International 
2001CWSdefeated Georgia, lost to Miami (FL), eliminated by Tennessee
2000Regionaldefeated Virginia Tech, defeated Loyola Marymount, defeated Cal State Fullerton
2000Super Regionaldefeated Georgia Tech
2000CWSdefeated Florida State, lost to LSU, eliminated by Florida State
1999Regionaldefeated VCU, defeated Pepperdine, lost to Pepperdine, defeated Pepperdine
1999Super Regionaleliminated by Stanford
 
*all team stats through 5/18