Wake Forest transfer outfielder Ethan Conrad visited Tennessee baseball over the weekend, KnoxNews Mike Wilson first reported Wednesday morning and a source confirmed to RTI.
Conrad is one of the top remaining players in the transfer portal after hitting .372 with seven home runs, eight doubles and 27 RBIs in his junior season. He played in just 21 games in his junior season at Wake Forest due to suffering a season-ending injury in April.
The Saugerties, New York native spent two seasons at Marist before transferring to Wake Forest for his junior season. Conrad was a First Team All-MAAC selection in 2024 after hitting .389 with 18 doubles, 13 triples, nine home runs and 52 RBIs. He posted an incredibly impressive .389/.467/.704 slash line.
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Conrad is a major risk in the upcoming MLB Draft. The MLB Pipeline currently ranks Conrad as the No. 28 prospect in the draft, projecting him as a late first round pick and going a pick before Tennessee’s Andrew Fischer. Even if Tennessee is able to land a commitment from Conrad, it will be a challenge to get him to campus for his senior season.
Tennessee baseball has a need in the outfield and particularly in centerfield after losing Hunter Ensley to graduation and likely losing Dalton Bargo and Reese Chapman to professional baseball. Returning Vols Jay Abernathy, Chris Newstron, Jaxon Walker and Hunter High could factor in the outfield next season as will incoming transfers Blaine Brown (Rice), Henry Ford (Virginia) and DJ Newman (Bowling Green).
The Vols’ incoming transfer class currently boasts nine commitments including from Brown, Newman, Ford, Bowling Green utility man Garrett Wright, Rutgers RHP Landon Mack, UNC Asheville RHP Clay Edmondson, ETSU RHP Brady Frederick, Kennesaw State’s Bo Rhudy and MIT’s Mason Estrada.
Newman, Ford, Edmondson and Estrada are all eligible for the 2025 MLB Draft like Conrad and are varying degrees of draft risks.
