INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Indianapolis baseball team will open the 2025 season as the No. 8-ranked team in the nation, according to the latest released D2baseball.com preseason rankings.
The 2024 Greyhounds team are once again led by Al Ready, who enters his seventh season after a 41-21 record and a 29-7 GLVC record, winning their second straight NCAA Midwest Regional title, and making their second consecutive College World Series appearance.
UIndy returns a lot of their offensive production from last year including shortstop Easton Good, who led the team in batting average (.360), slugging percentage (.589), OPS (1.054) and was second on the team in home runs (9) and RBIs (60).
The Hounds have brought in multiple transfers this season to add to their already dominant offensive firepower including Chase Mason who posted a career .329 batting average with 77 RBIs, and 17 home runs in three years at Carl Sandburg College.
Chase is not the only transfer brought in for the 2025 season, the Hounds have also brought in five former D1 hitters including; Tre Hondras (Marshall), Parker Redden (Delaware), Luke Smock (UW-Milwaukee), Ian Kennedy (Michigan) and Austin Bode (Indiana).
On the mound, the Hounds return five of their top eight pitchers in innings pitched. Dawson Gabe, Diego Cardenas, and Carter Nowak all started double-digit games for UIndy in 2024, and will look to carry over their strong 2024 performances to the 2025 season.
UIndy will begin their pursuit for another NCAA DII Championship appearance on Feb. 14 against Lake Erie at Greyhound Park.
2025 DIIBaseball.com PRESEASON POLL
Rank | School | 2024 Record
- Tampa (52-8)
- Angelo State (44-21)
- Catawba (46-17)
- Central Missouri (52-10)
- Point Loma (46-13-1)
- Southern New Hampshire (37-19)
- Colorado Mesa (38-18)
- UIndy (41-21)
- Augustana (47-10)
- Indiana (PA) (41-18)
- UNC Pembroke (43-14)
- West Chester (43-9)
- North Greenville (41-14)
- Georgia College (37-22)
- Young Harris (41-15)
- Lubbock Christian (45-16)
- Missouri Southern (44-15)
- Arkansas-Monticello (35-24)
- East Stroudsburg (43-14)
- Ashland (42-15)
- Cal State Monterey Bay (39-21)
- Millersville (38-16)
- Seton Hill (41-17)
- West Texas A&M (37-19)
- Northwest Nazarene (36-15-1)
Others Receiving Votes: Central Oklahoma, Charleston, Embry-Riddle, Harding, Lander, Lee, Maryville, Minnesota State, Molloy, Mount Olive, Regis, Saginaw Valley, Saint Leo, San Francisco State and West Florida.
