Jon Endow

2025 Baseball Season Preview

By Will DeBoer

2/20/2025 10:00:00 AM

2024 REWIND: BUSINESS AS USUAL

The 2024 Salisbury baseball team overcame the loss of 14 graduating players to maintain its perch at the top of the Division III baseball hierarchy. The Sea Gulls finished 32-12 and won their fourth consecutive NCAA regional championship, besting Mitchell twice on the final day of the Babson Park Regional. SU hosted the Super Regional round for the third straight year but saw its season come to an end with two close losses, 9-8 and 14-12, to Salve Regina.

Salisbury enjoyed big contributions from a new crop of stars and returning favorites. Outfielders Andrew Kell (.444, 25 XBH, 47 R, 48 RBI) and Tim Petrucelli (.373, 13 HR, 51 RBI) were named Consensus All-Americans, while first baseman Danny Sheeler (.367, 7 HR, 44 RBI), catcher/DH Dylan Winebrenner (.364, 18 XBH, 26 RBI), and second baseman Kyle Brex (.348, 29 R, 13 SB) each picked up All-Region nods, and right-hander Cole Williams (8-1, 3.57 ERA, 43 K) earned Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Rookie of the Year.

Record: 32-12 (.727)
Final D3baseball.com/NCBWA ranking: #13
24th consecutive appearance in NCAA Tournament (since 2000)
Eighth consecutive 30-win season (excluding COVID-shortened 2020)
Babson Park (Mass.) Regional Champions
Went 4-1 in five regional contests vs. UMass Dartmouth, Mitchell
Recorded shutouts in all four wins (combined margin of 42-0)
Ninth regional championship in program history (fourth straight)
Salisbury Super Regional Hosts
Lost 2-0 to Salve Regina (9-8, 14-12) in best-of-three series
Hosted Super Regional for third consecutive season
RHP Garrett Beaver
All-C2C Honorable Mention
INF Kyle Brex
ABCA Third-Team All-Region
First-Team All-C2C, 1x C2C Player of the Week
RHP Aidan Brinsfield
Week of 4/14: C2C Pitcher of the Week, D3baseball.com Team of the Week, NCBWA Division III Rookie of the Week
RHP Ethan Hirschfeld
All-C2C Honorable Mention
OF Andrew Kell
Perfect Game Division III Player of the Year
Consensus Second-Team All-American
D3baseball.com Region 5 Player of the Year, Consensus First-Team All-Region
C2C Player of the Year (4th straight SU honoree), First-Team All-C2C, 3x C2C Player of the Week
2x D3baseball.com National Team of the Week
National rankings: 10th in BA (.444), 11th in OBP (.545), 47th in SLG (.718), 49th in 2B (17)
OF Tim Petrucelli
D3baseball.com Third-Team All-American, ABCA Fourth-Team All-American
Consensus First-Team All-Region
First-Team All-C2C, 2x C2C Player of the Week
1x D3baseball.com National Team of the Week
National rankings: 29th in HR (13), 29th in 2B (18), 36th in total bases (121), 45th in SLG (.729)
LHP Shawn Rosemond
All-C2C Honorable Mention
1B Danny Sheeler
ABCA Third-Team All-Region
First-Team All-C2C
National rankings: 2nd in sac flies (8), 20th in BB (40), 38th in BB/game (0.91)
SU career rankings: 2nd in SLG (.664), 4th in OBP (.502), t-6th in HR (21), 8th in defensive chances (838), 8th in putouts (792)
RHP Benji Thalheimer
SU career rankings: 11th in games started (30)
Transferred to Division I High Point for final season of eligibility
OF Adam Tommer
C2C Scholar-Athlete of the Year
CSC Academic All-District
INF Trent Waire
All-C2C Honorable Mention, All-C2C Tournament Team
RHP Cole Williams
C2C Rookie of the Year, All-C2C Tournament Team
National rankings: 9th in appearances (24), 33rd in wins (8)
C/DH Dylan Winebrenner
D3baseball.com Third-Team All-Region
First-Team All-C2C
CSC Academic All-District
OF Andrew Kell
4th in OBP (.545)
6th in BA (.444)
T-7th in 2B (17)
10th in SLG (.718)
OF Tim Petrucelli
T-3rd in HR (13)
5th in TB (121)
6th in 2B (18)
T-8th in SLG (.729)
1B Danny Sheeler
4th in defensive chances (453)
5th in putouts (425)
T-5th in BB (40)
RHP Cole Williams
T-8th in appearances (24)

THE 2025 SEA GULLS

Ranked No. 7 by D3baseball.com/NCBWA to start the 2025 campaign, Salisbury brings in 17 newcomers (freshmen, transfers) to join 23 holdovers from the 2024 squad. The Sea Gulls will take aim for their fourth Division III World Series appearance in the past five years.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

C/DH Dylan Winebrenner | Sr. | Frederick, Md.

OF Andrew Kell | Sr. | Columbia, Md.

1B Danny Sheeler | Sr. | Towson, Md.

RHP Aidan Brinsfield | So. | Salisbury, Md.

RHP Cole Williams | So. | Silver Spring, Md.

RHP Garrett Beaver | Jr. | Waynesboro, Pa.

Projected Starting Lineup
Top Returning Pitchers

C Dylan Winebrenner | Sr. | Frederick, Md.

2024: .364 BA, 41 R, 11 2B, 6 HR, 26 RBI, 7 SB, 1.059 OPS
- D3baseball.com Third-Team All-Region, First-Team All-C2C

1B Danny Sheeler | Sr. | Towson, Md.

2024: .367 BA, 47 R, 10 2B, 7 HR, 44 RBI, 12 SB, 1.061 OPS
- ABCA Third-Team All-Region, First-Team All-C2C
2023: .393 BA, 52 R, 16 2B, 14 HR, 55 RBI, 13 SB, 1.268 OPS
- Broke SU single-season home run record (14, shared with Ference)
- Consensus Fourth-Team All-American, First-Team All-Region, C2C Player of the Year

2B Cole Swift | So. | Newark, Md.

Former Division I Radford commit
Snow Hill High School '23

3B Jackson Inman | Fr. | Damascus, Md.

Our Lady of Good Counsel '24

SS Trent Waire | So. | Phoenix, Md.

2024: .337 BA, 26 R, 6 XBH, 19 RBI, 5 SB, .888 OPS
- All-C2C Honorable Mention, All-C2C Tournament Team

OF Andrew Kell | Sr. | Columbia, Md.

2024: .444 BA, 47 R, 17 2B, 6 HR, 48 RBI, 13 SB, 1.263 OPS
- Perfect Game Division III Player of the Year, Consensus Second-Team All-American
- C2C Player of the Year (4th straight SU honoree)

OF Noah Burroughs | Fr. | Millsboro, Del.

Class of 2024: ranked 5th in Delaware, 500th nationally

OF B.K. Wilson | Sr. | Nokesville, Va.

2024: .158 BA, 5 R, 6 RBI, 1 SB

DH Griffin Shirk | So. | Fallston, Md.

John Carroll High School '23

RHP Tyler Villa | Jr. | Marlboro, N.J.

2024: 12 G (8 GS), 2-1, 4.02 ERA, 1 SV, 40.1 IP, 11 BB, 27 K

RHP Aidan Brinsfield | So. | Salisbury, Md.

2024: 13 G (11 GS), 5-0, 4.83 ERA, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 59.2 IP, 16 BB, 56 K

RHP Cole Williams | So. | Silver Spring, Md.

2024: 24 G (0 GS), 8-1, 3.57 ERA, 53 IP, 13 BB, 43 K
- C2C Rookie of the Year, All-C2C Tournament Team

RHP Ethan Hirschfeld | So. | Norfolk, Va.

2024: 18 G (8 GS), 5-2, 3.58 ERA, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 55.1 IP, 19 BB, 39 K
- All-C2C Honorable Mention

RHP Garrett Beaver | So. | Waynesboro, Pa.

2024: 21 G (3 GS), 3-3, 3.00 ERA, 3 SV, 42 IP, 23 BB, 36 K
- All-C2C Honorable Mention

LHP Shawn Rosemond | Jr. | Ocean City, Md.

2024: 21 G (0 GS), 6-1, 2.37 ERA, 2 SV, 38 IP, 12 BB, 26 K
- All-C2C Honorable Mention

2025 Salisbury Baseball Roster

I'm looking forward to getting started. We've got some new guys coming in that are making an impact, and we've got some returning guys that are hopefully going to build off of last year. Hopefully we can build off of last year's experience and come in hungrier this year to get back to the Super Regional and extend our season a little bit longer.

Troy Brohawn, Head Coach (11th Season)