Two Vols earn 2025 Perfect Game preseason All-America honors.
Two Vols were named All-America by Perfect Game ahead of the 2025 baseball season.
Junior pitcher Nate Snead and sophomore infielder Dean Curley earned second-team preseason honors.
Snead (10-2) was an ABCA All-Region player in 2024. He made 29 appearances and led relievers with 75.1 innings pitched. Snead recorded a 3.11 ERA and six saves.
Snead made five appearances in the 2024 College World Series, helping lead the Vols to a national championship.
Curley was a Freshman All-American and a member of the SEC All-Freshman Team. He recorded a .285 batting average 12 home runs, 50 RBIs, 51 runs, 10 doubles and nine stolen bases.
Curley was named to the 2024 College World Series All-Tournament Team.
Tennessee will open its 2025 baseball season on Feb. 14 versus Hofstra at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols will host Hofstra for a three-game nonconference series.
Tennessee, Texas A&M, Arizona, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State and Rice will make up the field. The Astros Foundation College Classic will be contested Feb. 28-March 2.
The Vols will play Oklahoma State on Feb. 28, while facing Rice on March 1 and Arizona on March 2.
Nate Snead enters his second season at Tennessee in 2025.
The 6-foot-2, 212-pound right-handed junior pitcher appeared in 29 games, including one start, for the Vols in 2024. His only start was against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament.
Snead (10-2) recorded six saves, 61 strikeouts and a 3.11 ERA in 75.1 innings pitched against 322 batters in 2024. He allowed 71 hits, 28 runs (26 earned), 26 walks, nine doubles, one triple, nine home runs, two wild pitches, one balk, three sacrifice flies and hit eight batters.
Snead also recorded four putouts, six assists, zero errors and a 1.000 fielding percentage defensively.
He transferred to Tennessee from Wichita State ahead of the 2024 season.
Tennessee baseball announces starting pitcher against Vanderbilt on Wednesday in the SEC Tournament.
No. 1 seed Tennessee (46-10, 22-8 SEC) will open Southeastern Conference Tournament play on Wednesday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.
Nate Snead (8-1) will start for Tennessee on Wednesday against No. 8 seed Vanderbilt (36-20, 13-17 SEC). Snead recorded 50 strikeouts and a 2.67 ERA during the 2024 regular-season.
Devin Futrell (1-1, 7.71 ERA) is scheduled to start for Vanderbilt.
First pitch between the Vols and Commodores is slated for 5:30 p.m. EDT and will be televised by SEC Network. Tom Hart (play-by-play) and Kyle Peterson (analyst) will be on the call.
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Sunday’s win completed a three-game series sweep for Tennessee. The Vols also extended its win streak to 15 games, tied for the third-longest in program history.
Tennessee sophomore Nate Snead (4-0) pitched six innings in relief on Sunday, earning his fourth win of the season. He recorded five strikeouts and totaled 89 pitches, including 56 strikes, against 25 batters.
Snead transferred to Tennessee from Wichita State ahead of the 2024 season.
Following Tennessee’s series sweep against the Fighting Illini on Sunday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Snead met with media. His postgame media availability can be watched below.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Snead (1-2) appeared in 24 games, including one start, at Wichita State in 2023. He recorded 53 strikeouts, three saves and a 3.16 ERA in 42.2 innings pitched.
He is from South Milwaukee High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is majoring in sport management.
Tennessee (44-22) finished ranked No. 4 in the final 2023 USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll. The Vols advanced to the College World Series for the second time in three seasons in 2023.
