2025 SEC Baseball Awards Announced

HOOVER, Ala. (May 19, 2025)-----The Southeastern Conference on Monday announced its 2025 baseball awards and All-SEC teams, recognizing standout performances from this season. The awards were voted on by the league’s head coaches.

Arkansas’ Wehiwa Aloy was named SEC Player of the Year, Tennessee’s Liam Doyle is the SEC Pitcher of the Year, Texas’ Dylan Volantis is the SEC Freshman of the Year, Mississippi State’s Ace Reese is the SEC Newcomer of the Year, Texas A&M’s Ryan Prager is the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and Texas’ Jim Schlossnagle is the SEC Coach of the Year.

Aloy has started every game at shortstop this season for the Razorbacks. He leads the team with 18 home runs and 58 RBI and leads all SEC players in runs scored (72) and base hits (82). He has twice been named SEC Player of the Week and was named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award.

Doyle enters the postseason with nine wins and leads the nation with 137 strikeouts. He has held batters to a .171 average and has been the starter for two combined no-hitters for the Vols this season. He was also named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award.

Volantis set the SEC freshman record with 11 saves in conference games, and he leads all SEC players with a 1.59 ERA (min. 25 IP) in league action. In all games, Volantis is 4-0 with 12 saves. He was one of eight SEC players to be named a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist.

In conference games, Reese leads all SEC players with a .402 average, 15 home runs, 49 hits and slugging percentage of .869. Overall, Reese is hitting .369 with 21 home runs and 66 RBI. He is the second winner of the SEC Baseball Newcomer of the Year award, which is now presented to a first-year transfer.

Prager earned his undergraduate degree in finance with a 3.65 GPA in the Mays Business School. He is a previous member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Prager has 13 wins in his career and earned All-America honors a year ago.

Schlossnagle led Texas to the SEC regular season title in the Longhorns’ first year in the league. Texas won eight SEC series in the regular season, and it is the first SEC Coach of the Year honor for Schlossnagle, who is in his first year at Texas.

The 2025 SEC Baseball Tournament will be played Tuesday through Sunday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

2025 SEC Baseball Awards
Player of the Year: Wehiwa Aloy, Arkansas
Pitcher of the Year: Liam Doyle, Tennessee
Freshman of the Year: Dylan Volantis, Texas
Newcomer of the Year: Ace Reese, Mississippi State
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Ryan Prager, Texas A&M
Coach of the Year: Jim Schlossnagle, Texas

2025 All-SEC Baseball Team

First Team:
C: Rylan Galvan, Texas
C: Luke Heyman, Florida
1B: Andrew Fischer, Tennessee
2B: Gavin Kilen, Tennessee
3B: Ace Reese, Mississippi State
3B: Slate Alford, Georgia
SS: Wehiwa Aloy, Arkansas
OF: Ike Irish, Auburn
OF: Charles Davalan, Arkansas
OF: Kade Snell, Alabama
DH/Util: Kuhio Aloy, Arkansas
SP: Liam Doyle, Tennessee
SP: Kade Anderson, LSU
SP: Kyson Witherspoon, Oklahoma
SP: Zach Root, Arkansas
RP: Dylan Volantis, Texas
RP: Zac Cowan, LSU
RP: Carson Ozmer, Alabama

Second Team:
C: Easton Carmichael, Oklahoma
1B: Jared Jones, LSU
1B: Cam Kozeal, Arkansas
2B: Chris Rembert, Auburn
2B: Daniel Dickinson, LSU
3B: Luke Hill, Ole Miss
SS: Justin Lebron, Alabama
OF: Hunter Ensley, Tennessee
OF: Derek Curiel, LSU
OF: Robbie Burnett, Georgia*
OF: Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M*
DH/Util: Ryland Zaborowski, Georgia
SP: Samuel Dutton, Auburn
SP: Anthony Eyanson, LSU
SP: Brian Curley, Georgia
SP: Riley Quick, Alabama
RP: Jake Clemente, Florida
RP: Mason Morris, Ole Miss
RP: Sawyer Hawks, Vanderbilt

*Ties

2025 Freshman All-SEC Baseball Team:
Tyler Bell, Kentucky
Kyle Branch, Oklahoma
Derek Curiel, LSU
Casan Evans, LSU
Hayden Federico, Ole Miss
Chase Fralick, Auburn
Brodie Johnston, Vanderbilt
Aidan King, Florida
Brendan Lawson, Florida
Chris Rembert, Auburn
Bub Terrell, Auburn
Dylan Volantis, Texas

2025 SEC Baseball All-Defensive Team:
C: Rylan Galvan, Texas
1B: Kimble Schuessler, Texas
2B: Ethan Mendoza, Texas
3B: Bobby Boser, Florida*
3B: Eric Guevara, Auburn*
3B: Brodie Johnston, Vanderbilt*
SS: Justin Lebron, Alabama
OF: RJ Austin, Vanderbilt
OF: Hunter Ensley, Tennessee
OF: Will Gasparino, Texas
P: Kade Anderson, LSU

*Ties

(Release via SEC Sports)