Cary, North Carolina – USA Baseball today announced the rosters for the 2024 Collegiate National Team Training Camp, which will compete in a two-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series. The 2024 roster includes 55 players, primarily undrafted, from across college baseball.
Varsity training camp begins June 25 with the first game of the Stars vs. Stripes series on June 26 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. The second game of the series will be played on June 27, after which the 55 players will split into two teams: one to compete in the 21st USA vs. Chinese Taipei International Friendship Series and the other to play against selected teams from the Appalachian League and Coastal Plain League on a four-game summer league tour.
“The talent in college baseball this year is just incredible.” Eric Campbell“We have an incredible turnout for this year’s varsity college training camp and are confident in the 55 players who will arrive in Cary tomorrow,” said John McClellan, USA Baseball’s general manager of professional and collegiate varsity teams. “We look forward to the start of the Stars vs. Stripes series.”
This year’s training camp roster features nine USA Baseball alumni, including two players from last year’s University National Team. Ben Abelto (TCU) and Jace Laviolette (Texas A&M) is returning to Cary to compete in training camp after leading Team USA to 7-3 records against Chinese Taipei and Japan last summer. The two-time USA Baseball alumnus Gavin Grahovac (Texas A&M) Stephen Milam (LSU) will raise the Star-Spangled Banner for the third time in 2024. R.J. Austin (Vanderbilt) will return to the U.S. team after playing for the under-18 national team in 2021. Additionally, five players from the gold medal-winning 2019 under-15 team will reunite for training camp. Drew Burress (Georgia Institute of Technology) Matthew Matijs (North Carolina), Ethan McElvain (Vanderbilt), Milam, and Nolan Shubert (Oklahoma).
In addition to Abelt and Laviolette, four other players will be returning to Cary for training camp for the second consecutive year. Alton Davis II (Georgia) Anthony Martinez (University of California, Irvine) Matt Scott (Stanford University), Pablo Torres (Bethune Cookman).
Additionally, seven players participating in this year’s training camp have previously participated in the USA Baseball National Team Development Program (NTDP). Grahovac and Milam have each participated in two NTDPs. Dean Curley (Tennessee) Daniel Cuvet (Miami), McElvain, and Liam Peterson (Florida) from the 2021 edition of the event. Martinez participated in the 14U NTDP in 2018.
Thirty-seven schools and nine conferences are represented on rosters for the 2024 training camp. Vanderbilt leads all schools with four players on the 55-man roster. Georgia, Louisville, North Carolina State and North Carolina follow with three each. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) leads all conferences with 10 players on their rosters, followed by the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with eight.
The 2024 University Varsity Team will be led by an International Friendship Series Manager Jose Vasquez Summer League Tour Manager Gary GilmoreVazquez will be joined by an assistant. Brady Austin, Marc Calvi, John McCormack, Skyler Meadand Kier MeredithGilmore’s staff Chris Crenshaw, Justin hair, Carlos Munoz, Christian Ostranderand mat Pepin.
The varsity teams will kick off their 2024 schedule with the annual Stars vs. Stripes Series on June 26 and 27 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. Following the series, International Friendship Series players will compete in the 21st USA vs. Chinese Taipei International Friendship Series from June 29 to July 3, while Summer League Tour players will play four games against select teams from the Appalachian League and Coastal Plain League from June 29 to July 2. The summer will then conclude with a matchup between the two U.S. teams on July 4 at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Tickets for this year’s varsity training camps, as well as tickets to all of this summer’s U.S. Team games, are available here.
2024 University National Team Training Camp Members
(Name; Position; School)
*Ben Abelto, left-handed pitcher, Texas Christian
Jamie Arnold, left-handed pitcher, Florida State University
*RJ Austin Jr., UTL, Vanderbilt
Max Bellew, outfielder, Texas
Tucker Bivens, RHP, Louisville
Cayden Bodine, C, Coastal Carolina
Tyler Bremner, RHP, University of California, Santa Barbara
Brooks Bryan, C, Troy
*Drew Burress, outfielder, Georgia Tech
Cooper Consiglio, left-handed pitcher, North Carolina
^ Dean Curley; INF; Tennessee
^ Daniel Cuvet; INF; Miami (FL)
Gabe Davis, RHP, Oklahoma State University
Alton Davis II, left-handed pitcher, Georgia
Jason DeCarlo, RHP, UNC
Danny Dickinson, infielder, Utah Valley
Jacob Dudan, RHP, North Carolina State University
Anthony Eyerson, RHP, UC San Diego
Patrick Forbes, outfielder/right-hander, Louisville
Henry Ford, INF, Virginia
Gabe Goeckle, RHP, Arkansas
Jamal George, C/INF, Alabama State University
AJ Gracia, outfielder/left-handed pitcher; Duke
*^Gavin Grahovac, infielder, Texas A&M
Miller Green, left-handed pitcher, Vanderbilt
Marek Houston, infielder, Wake Forest
Ben Jacobs, left-handed pitcher, Arizona State University
Kyle Johnson, outfielder/left-handed pitcher, Duke
Nelson Kerjo, left-handed pitcher, Oregon State University
*Jace Laviolette; Texas A&M
Justin Lebron, infielder, Alabama
^Anthony Martinez; INF; University of California, Irvine
*Matthew Mattheis, RHP, UNC
*^Ethan McElvain; left-handed pitcher; Vanderbilt
*^Stephen Milam, infielder, Louisiana State University
Trey Newman, RHP
^ Liam Peterson, RHP, Florida
Tre Phelps, infielder, Georgia
Brett Renfrow, RHP, Virginia Tech
Luis Rodriguez, RHP, Alabama State
Zion Rose, C, Louisville
*Nolan Shubert, outfielder/infielder, Oklahoma State University
Matt Scott, RHP, Stanford
Eric Segura, RHP, Oregon State University
Brennan Sabres, RHP, Vanderbilt
Colten Smith, RHP, Georgia
Derrick Smith, RHP, North Carolina State University
Luke Stevenson, C, UNC
Devin Taylor, outfielder, Indiana
Pablo Torres, RHP, Bethune-Cookman
Dominik Vogel, RHP, Kansas
Joey Borchko, RHP, Stanford
Kyle Walker, infielder, Grambling State University
Kyson Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma
Malachi Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma
* USA baseball team alumni
^ Participated in the national team development program
