Vitello: Maui Ahuna Handling Ineligibility ‘Like A Champ’
It’s been a trying week for incoming shortstop transfer Maui Ahuna. The highest touted incomer in Tennessee baseball’s 2022 transfer and recruiting class learned he wouldn’t start the season eligible after the Vols had made a cross country flight for the Desert Invitational. Ahuna’s family had already flown from Hawaii to Arizona to watch the […]
Tennessee Transfer Shortstop Ineligible To Begin Season
Kansas shortstop transfer Maui Ahuna is ineligible as Tennessee baseball starts its season tonight at the Desert Invitational in Arizona, KnoxNews’ Mike Wilson first reported and a Tennessee spokesperson confirmed to RTI. “It was a late word for us as far as paperwork so I can’t speak to it intelligently,” Tennessee coach Tony Vitello said […]
Four Tennessee Baseball Players Land On Preseason All-SEC Teams
Four Tennessee baseball players landed on the two Preseason All-SEC Teams voted by the conference’s coaches, the league announced Thursday. Junior right-hander Chase Dollander and sophomore right-hander Chase Burns are the two starting pitchers on the first team while Kansas shortstop transfer Maui Ahuna and super senior reliever Camden Sewell landed on the second team. […]
Which Tennessee Baseball Players Earned Preseason All-American Honors
Tennessee baseball is less than two weeks away and all outlets have released their preseason rankings and All-American teams. Returning production from last season’s 57-win team on top of adding talented players in the transfer portal, the Vols are well represented on preseason All-American teams. The bulk of the Vols earning preseason honors is on […]
Where Tennessee Baseball Stands in Latest Preseason Poll
Tennessee Baseball received its fifth top five preseason ranking on Tuesday when the National College Baseball Writers of America Preseason Top 35 Poll slotted the Vols at No. 2. deuce @NCBWA pic.twitter.com/0wzLshubNB — Tennessee Baseball (@Vol_Baseball) January 31, 2023 LSU tops NCBWA’s poll at No. 1. Florida, Texas A&M, Arkansas and Ole Miss rank 4-7, […]
Preseason Honors Rolling in for Tennessee Baseball
As college baseball season inches closer and closer, the preseason honors are continuing to roll in for Tennessee Baseball. On Monday, Baseball America and D1 Baseball unveiled who received Preseason All-America honors, and five Vols were recognized in total. Tennessee’s entire pitching staff in Chase Dollander, Drew Beam and Chase Burns, shortstop Maui Ahuna and […]
Tennessee Baseball’s Transfer Class Ranks As One Of Nation’s Best
Tony Vitello and his staff looked to the transfer portal to help shore up their roster after Tennessee baseball lost eight starters in the field and three key bullpen pieces to the MLB Draft. Tennessee did a strong job in the portal, adding four division one players for the nation’s No. 2 transfer class according […]
Where Vols Rank on D1 Baseball Impact Transfers List
With college baseball season on the horizon, preseason polls and lists are starting to be released. On Wednesday, D1Baseball.com released their Top 100 Impact Transfers list. Tony Vitello brought in a handful of transfers in the offseason, and three cracked D1’s list on the Top 100. Transfer third baseman Zane Denton, transfer OF Graham Merritt […]
Four Tennessee Baseball Players Land On PG Preseason All-American Teams
Four Tennessee baseball players landed on Perfect Game’s three Preseason All-American teams Thursday morning. The Vols came in at No. 2 in Perfect Game’s preseason top 25 Wednesday. Starting pitchers Chase Burns and Chase Dollander landed on the First Team while starting pitcher Drew Beam landed on the Second Team and transfer shortstop Maui Ahuna […]
Five Vols Land on Preseason All-America Teams
The 2023 Tennessee Baseball season is just under two months away from beginning, and the preseason honors have already begun for the BaseVols. Collegiate Baseball’s Preseason All-America Teams were announced on Monday, and Tennessee had a nation-best five players selected to the roster. Tennessee’s five selections beat out SEC foes Florida and LSU, who had […]