Max Ehrhardt & Trent Waire, 5-18-25
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2026 Baseball Season Preview

By Will DeBoer
Tyler Villa & Team, 5-23-25

2025 REWIND: ONE FOR THE THUMB

Ben Anderson Grand Slam, 5-24-25

The 2025 Salisbury baseball team continued to make itself a regular in the upper echelon of Division III baseball. The Sea Gulls went 34-10, captured their fourth Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) title in five years, and won their fifth straight NCAA regional championship, sweeping through JWU Providence and Baldwin Wallace (twice) at the Salisbury Regional. SU also hosted its fourth straight Super Regional before bowing out to eventual national runner-up Messiah in a pair of close games (4-1, 7-5).

 

Salisbury boasted a trio of consensus All-Region honorees in starting pitcher Tyler Villa (7-1, 2.96 ERA, 44 K), catcher Dylan Winebrenner (.356, 28 XBH, 54 RBI), and outfielder Noah Burroughs (.384, 26 XBH, 57 RBI), while starter Aidan Brinsfield (5-0, 3.29 ERA, 67 K) and third baseman Jackson Inman (.353, 21 XBH, 44 RBI) each earned an All-Region nod from one of the sport's major voting bodies.

THE 2026 SEA GULLS

Ranked No. 5 by D3baseball.com/NCBWA to open the 2026 season, Salisbury welcomes 18 newcomers, including 11 freshmen, to join 21 returners from the 2025 roster. The Sea Gulls will lock in for a chance to play in the Division III World Series for the fourth time in the past six years.

Baseball Roadies Preseason 2026

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Aidan Brinsfield, 5-18-25
RHP Aidan Brinsfield | Jr. | Salisbury, Md. (Parkside)
Tyler Villa, 5-8-25
RHP Tyler Villa | Sr. | Marlboro, N.J.
Cole Williams, 5-8-25
RHP Cole Williams | Jr. | Silver Spring, Md.
Trent Waire, 5-18-25
SS Trent Waire | Jr. | Phoenix, Md.
Jackson Inman, 4-3-25
3B Jackson Inman | So. | Damascus, Md.
Max Ehrhardt, 5-18-25
2B Max Ehrhardt | Sr. | Bristow, Va.

2B Max Ehrhardt | Sr. | Bristow, Va.

  • 2025: .324 BA, 39 R, 8 2B, 2 HR, 25 RBI, 2 SB, .933 OPS

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

  • 2025: .353 BA, 41 R, 10 2B, 4 3B, 7 HR, 44 RBI, 6 SB, 1.072 OPS

OF T.J. Morris | Jr. | Millsboro, Del.

  • 2025: .222 BA, 16 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 17 RBI, 4 SB, .707 OPS

INF Cole Swift | Jr. | Newark, Md.

  • 2025: .327 BA, 13 R, 2 2B, 9 RBI, 10 SB, .827 OPS

SS Trent Waire | Jr. | Phoenix, Md.

  • 2025: .264 BA, 31 R, 5 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 20 RBI, 1 SB, .824 OPS

RHP Garrett Beaver | Sr. | Waynesboro, Pa.

  • 2025: 19 G (2 GS), 3-1, 3.37 ERA, 34.2 IP, 14 BB, 29 K, 1.27 WHIP

RHP Aidan Brinsfield | Jr. | Salisbury, Md. (Parkside HS)

  • 2025: 13 G (13 GS), 5-0, 3.29 ERA, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 63 IP, 22 BB, 67 K, 1.11 WHIP

RHP Aidan Hankins | Jr. | Bel Air, Md.

  • 2025: 23 G, 3-1, 2.93 ERA, 30.2 IP, 15 BB, 20 K, 1.40 WHIP

RHP Josh Rivera | Sr. | Leesburg, Va.

  • 2025: 14 G, 2-1, 1.93 ERA, 18.2 IP, 10 BB, 24 K, 1.18 WHIP

RHP Bryce Sterling | Sr. | New Castle, Del.

  • 2025: 21 G, 1-1, 3.27 ERA, 6 SV, 22 IP, 2 BB, 24 K, 0.82 WHIP

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

  • 2025: 15 G (14 GS), 7-1, 2.96 ERA, 70 IP, 35 BB, 44 K, 1.40 WHIP

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

  • 2025: 20 G (8 GS), 6-2, 3.69 ERA, 2 SV, 68.1 IP, 17 BB, 48 K, 1.29 WHIP
2026 Salisbury Baseball Roster
Troy Brohawn, 5-16-25
There's some turnover for us this year, which I think is how it's going to be in this day and age. I'm excited for some of our younger guys to come in, some of the guys who might not have gotten the opportunity in years past, I'm looking for them to step up and be leaders more than they have needed to in the past.
Troy Brohawn, Head Coach (12th Season)
2026 Salisbury Baseball Schedule
Cole Swift, 3-26-25
INF Cole Swift | Jr. | Newark, Md.
Bryce Sterling, 3-26-25
RHP Bryce Sterling | Sr. | New Castle, Del.
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