Where Tennessee Baseball Finished in Final Season Rankings
The 2022 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team finished the season with a total record of 57-9. Despite failing to reach the College World Series, Tennessee showed its dominance as the team won the SEC and the SEC Tournament leading into the postseason. According to Tennessee Athletics, “The Volunteers achieved the program’s first No. 1 national ranking […]
Tennessee Baseball Adds to Massive All-America Award List
Throughout the early portion of the Tennessee Baseball offseason, Rocky Top Insider has been keeping you up to date and tracking all of the Vols’ postseason awards. After a record-setting 57-9 regular-season record, Tennessee has had plenty of postseason recognition for individual players from the team. In the latest All-America awards from D1Baseball.com on Friday, […]
WATCH: Tennessee Star Hits Three Home Runs In Three At-Bats In Summer League
Tennessee’s historic 2022 baseball season ended earlier than expected with Notre Dame upsetting the Vols in the Knoxville Super Regional. The underclassmen Vols are starting to get back on the diamond in summer leagues across the country and freshman Blake Burke continues to crush baseballs. Playing for the Healdsburg Prune Packers in the California Collegiate […]
Evan Russell Reveals Possible Legal Action to Be Taken Against ESPN Misreport
Tennessee catcher Evan Russell is mulling over his options when it comes to legal action in response to ESPN’s blasphemous misreport from the Knoxville Regional in June. After Russell was not present for Tennessee’s opening game against Alabama State on Friday, June 3, ESPN reported a fake and troll news source on live television that […]
Evan Russell Opens Up on Anxiety, ESPN Misreport in Recent Interview
It’s hard to forget the moment. On June 3, the start of the Knoxville Regional, Tennessee catcher Evan Russell was mysteriously out of the lineup for the Vols’ opening game against Alabama State. “We’ll give it some time to figure out what’s going on because I have to get with Dr. (Chris) Klenck, but obviously […]
Joyce Brother Joining Tennessee Baseball Program
Zach Joyce — the twin brother of Tennessee pitcher Ben Joyce — is joining the Tennessee baseball team for the 2023 season, VR2’s Jake Nichols first reported and a UT spokesperson confirmed Friday morning. Zach committed to Tennessee with his brother out of Walters State after posting a 1.15 ERA in 15.2 innings pitched during […]
Tennessee Sets Program Record With First Team All-American Awards
The awards just continue to come in for the Tennessee baseball team. In late March, the SEC had announced that six Tennessee players landed on the All-SEC teams. Then, on Wednesday, Perfect Game announced that seven Tennessee players landed on its 2022 All-America rosters. And now, on Thursday, the National College Baseball Writer’s Association has […]
Seven Tennessee Players Named to All-American Teams
Perfect Game has announced its 2022 college baseball All-American rosters on Wednesday, with seven Tennessee Volunteers players selected to the mix. Tennessee pitcher Chase Dollander is a First Team All-American, while outfielder Drew Gilbert and second baseman Jorel Ortega were both named Second Team All-American selections. Lastly, rounding out the four, Tennessee third baseman Trey […]
Tennessee HC Tony Vitello Wins Second Straight National Coach of the Year Award
Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello has won the Perfect Game National Coach of the Year Award for a second consecutive season. After winning the award last year, Vitello improved the team and himself this season, leading Tennessee’s ballclub as the Vols finished with a record of 57-9 on the year. In addition, Vitello led the […]
Redmond Walsh Posts Farewell Message to Tennessee
The six-year career of Redmond Walsh at the University of Tennessee is now in the books. The Louisville, Tennessee native first stepped onto Tennessee’s campus in 2017 and ended up taking a redshirt season that year. From that point on, excluding the shortened 2020 season, Walsh never had less than 16 appearances in a year. […]