CANTON, Ga. – The Millsaps baseball team was predicted to finish sixth in the 2025 Southern Athletic Association baseball preseason poll announced on Wednesday, following a league-wide head coach.
The Majors will be returning All-SAA starting pitchers graduate Wil Wood and senior Nick Tarantino alongside All-SAA senior catcher Evan Scott.
Berry topped the 2025 baseball SAA preseason poll with three first place-votes and 32 points. The Vikings closed out 2024 with a 28-14 overall record and were 14-7 in SAA play.
Centre placed right behind in the poll in second with 31 points and two first-place votes. The Colonels secured the regular-season and postseason titles after going 36-13 last season.
Returning nine All-SAA players, Rhodes was predicted to finish third with 27 points and two first-place votes.
Millsaps was selected to finish sixth with 11 points, while bringing back three All-SAA student-athletes and 39 total returners.
The Majors also added depth, with 56 student-athletes rostered entering the 2025 regular season.
2025 SAA BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL
| 1) Berry |
32 pts (3) |
| 2) Centre |
31 pts (2) |
| 3) Rhodes |
27 pts (2) |
| 4) Hendrix |
22 pts |
| 5) Oglethorpe |
15 pts |
| 6) Millsaps |
11 pts |
| 7) Sewanee |
9 pts |
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
