Somebody recommended starting a new thread, so I figured I'd get it going.

Out:
5 years of eligbility:
Tommy Meyer, Gavin Baldwin

4 years of eligibility: Cole Smith, Will Couchman, John Lyman, Blake Gaskey, Gavin Micklinghof, Caden Robertson, Ivan Dahlberg, Max Vaisvila, Tyler Deleskiewicz, Matt Tarr, Owen Ross

Transfer:
Danny Cihocki, Kayden Jennings (WIU), Connor Mendell, Alex Day


Returning starting 9:
C: ?
1B: ?
2B: ?
SS: Nolan Sandee
3B: Vinny Spotofora
LF: Wyatt Wawro
CF: Charlie Parcell
RF: Marcus Romero (could DH depending on how he heals)
DH: ?

Returning pitching:
SP1: Carter Cox
SP2: ?
SP3: ?

RP1: Cooper Cohn
RP2: ?
RP3: ?

Transfer IN:
James Wilson, RHP, Jacksonville State
Ryan Colucci, INF, Southwestern Illinois

Some transfers I'm keeping an eye on. Mostly no different than football and basketball transfer where you are just reading twitter tea leaves.

Jack MacIntosh, RHP, SIU
Gavin O'Brien, 1B/OF, UMASS
Nate O'Donnell RHP, Minnesota
Nathan ball, 1B/OF CMU
Taylor Waldron, RHP, Jacksonville State
Luke Teschke, RHP, Illinois State
Nicholas Weaver, C, EMU
Kyle Law, OF, North Dakota State

Excellent work, 7…….thanks.

https://x.com/coltonsemmelma5/status/206...aiWqpvQq1Q

Not a transfer, but the top lefty from Wisconsin just decomitted from South Carolina. Both Copeland and peacock follow him.

(06-06-2026 04:26 PM)7 Wrote:  https://x.com/coltonsemmelma5/status/206...aiWqpvQq1Q

Not a transfer, but the top lefty from Wisconsin just decomitted from South Carolina. Both Copeland and peacock follow him.

Yep, from what I saw the #1 high school LHP in Wisconsin. He would be a terrific get. This staff has proven to be so good at finding guys.

Thank you 7 for creating this thread and thank you HuskieDave for all of your valuable additions to this thread. I really enjoy getting up to the minute news about the baseball team.

As of this morning, Day, Jennings, Cihocki, and Mendell remain the only Huskies in the portal.

(06-09-2026 09:27 AM)HuskieDave Wrote:  As of this morning, Day, Jennings, Cihocki, and Mendell remain the only Huskies in the portal.

I’m sure people are tampering their asses off, but if anyone else who was a major contributor last year enters the portal it would be a surprise.

Wawro was not named an NCBWA Freshman All-American. Only three other MAC players. Maybe that's a good thing and will keep him off the radar of other schools so they instead go after those three MAC freshmen instead.

https://getsomemaction.com/news/2026/6/8...icans.aspx

Insiders - any idea what conference is Cihocki angling for?

(06-09-2026 09:55 AM)JeffNIU Wrote:  Insiders - any idea what conference is Cihocki angling for?

IMO, he's not consistent enough to go SEC, ACC, etc but they might take him as a depth piece or spot starter vs non-conference opponents. He started the season vs weaker competition off well (NC A&T, Presbyterian, Lindenwood, etc.). Then as the season went on and competition got better he got worse. He had a good game vs Toledo in MAC tournament but then followed it up with poor performances vs Coastal & Florida St in the regional.

Let's be honest, he kind of lost that game vs Florida St. He came in with a lead and gave it up after one out and all he needed to do was get six more outs after Cox gave a heck of a performance.

My guess is like many of our players that aren't good enough for next level he ends up at Miami-Ohio or Toledo. Our transfer players in various sports seem to have a knack for going to other MAC schools for some odd reason. Maybe one of the lesser big10 programs like Northwestern.

(06-09-2026 09:29 AM)7 Wrote:  

(06-09-2026 09:27 AM)HuskieDave Wrote:  As of this morning, Day, Jennings, Cihocki, and Mendell remain the only Huskies in the portal.

I’m sure people are tampering their asses off, but if anyone else who was a major contributor last year enters the portal it would be a surprise.

The fact that there is not a mass exodus of players to the portal and that they are actively recruiting for next year gives me some comfort that there will be continuity in the coaching staff.

(06-09-2026 11:21 AM)StevenNIU Wrote:  

(06-09-2026 09:29 AM)7 Wrote:  

(06-09-2026 09:27 AM)HuskieDave Wrote:  As of this morning, Day, Jennings, Cihocki, and Mendell remain the only Huskies in the portal.

I’m sure people are tampering their asses off, but if anyone else who was a major contributor last year enters the portal it would be a surprise.

The fact that there is not a mass exodus of players to the portal and that they are actively recruiting for next year gives me some comfort that there will be continuity in the coaching staff.

I know there have been positive contract extension talks with Cope.

(06-09-2026 11:24 AM)7 Wrote:  

(06-09-2026 11:21 AM)StevenNIU Wrote:  

(06-09-2026 09:29 AM)7 Wrote:  

(06-09-2026 09:27 AM)HuskieDave Wrote:  As of this morning, Day, Jennings, Cihocki, and Mendell remain the only Huskies in the portal.

I’m sure people are tampering their asses off, but if anyone else who was a major contributor last year enters the portal it would be a surprise.

The fact that there is not a mass exodus of players to the portal and that they are actively recruiting for next year gives me some comfort that there will be continuity in the coaching staff.

I know there have been positive contract extension talks with Cope.

The guy needs to be close to at-least 150K per season as a head coach in this day and age for a job that is considered one of the more "major" sports in college.

(06-09-2026 11:39 AM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  The guy needs to be close to at-least 150K per season as a head coach in this day and age for a job that is considered one of the more "major" sports in college.

The volleyball head coach makes $127k to be terrible and she took over a good program. Cope had to build this thing from the dumps.

Carter Cox pitching this summer for Hyannis in the Cape Cod summer league……probably the premier collegiate summer baseball league. Very nice recognition.

https://x.com/niu_baseball/status/206443...qsyn5erw5A

(06-09-2026 03:10 PM)HuskieDave Wrote:  Carter Cox pitching this summer for Hyannis in the Cape Cod summer league……probably the premier collegiate summer baseball league. Very nice recognition.

https://x.com/niu_baseball/status/206443...qsyn5erw5A

Related: do we know when the portal closes lol

(06-09-2026 05:19 PM)7 Wrote:  

(06-09-2026 03:10 PM)HuskieDave Wrote:  Carter Cox pitching this summer for Hyannis in the Cape Cod summer league……probably the premier collegiate summer baseball league. Very nice recognition.

https://x.com/niu_baseball/status/206443...qsyn5erw5A

Related: do we know when the portal closes lol

Yes, it is open June 1 thru June 30.

https://informedathlete.com/ncaa-di-2026...tal-dates/

Another family Cohn is a top prospect. Hope the Huskie genes run strong!

(06-09-2026 11:24 AM)7 Wrote:  

(06-09-2026 11:21 AM)StevenNIU Wrote:  

(06-09-2026 09:29 AM)7 Wrote:  

(06-09-2026 09:27 AM)HuskieDave Wrote:  As of this morning, Day, Jennings, Cihocki, and Mendell remain the only Huskies in the portal.

I’m sure people are tampering their asses off, but if anyone else who was a major contributor last year enters the portal it would be a surprise.

The fact that there is not a mass exodus of players to the portal and that they are actively recruiting for next year gives me some comfort that there will be continuity in the coaching staff.

I know there have been positive contract extension talks with Cope.

this is great to hear