Hurricanes on The Farm for Players' Weekend, Cardinalpalooza

LEADING OFF

• Stanford will honor legendary head coach Mark Marquess, who passed away on January 30, 2026, throughout the 2026 season with "9" jersey patches, helmet stickers and an outfield wall decal at Sunken Diamond ... has homered in 23 of the last 25 games, including a string of 22 consecutive games (54 home runs over the span) from February 27 to April 10, and has multiple home runs in 17 of those 25 games ... scored at least 15 runs in three straight games from March 22-23 for the first time since March 16-23, 1985 ... has scored at least nine runs in 12 of the 33 games this year and has at least five extra-base hits in 16 games ... compiled six triples in the first 11 games of the season, but does not have a three-bagger over the last 22 contests ... was picked to finish 10th in the ACC standings according to the league’s coaches after finishing 13th a year ago ... has missed the NCAA Tournament in each of the last two seasons, but has not gone more than two straight years without reaching the postseason since a 13-season stretch from 1968-1980 ... has made 19 College World Series appearances, including having reached Omaha in three of the last five seasons ... 19 appearances are ninth-most in the nation
• Charlie Bates had been hitless in his previous six games before posting a pair of hits on Wednesday vs. Santa Clara … has hit safely in all but 11 games this season ... homered in four straight games from March 22 to March 27 ... has compiled 12 multi-hit games ... owns seven multi-RBI games ... has connected for four home runs and has driven in eight runs while scoring 11 runs in ACC play ... is listed on the Brooks Wallace Award watch list
• Ethan Hott went 4-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs vs. Utah Valley (March 22) ... has reached in 18 of his 20 games with an at bat this year
• Eric Jeon has hit safely in eight straight games and has reached in 14 straight ... is hitting .340 (17-for-50) with 11 runs scored, two doubles, five home runs and nine RBIs in ACC play ... batted .714 (5-for-7) with five runs scored, four RBIs, a double and three home runs to the tune of a 2.143 slugging percentage in three games at No. 15 Wake Forest (March 6-7) ... had a pinch-hit home run on March 6 before rattling off a single, double and two home runs in his next four at bats to conclude a string of five straight hits to begin the series against the Demon Deacons
• Brock Ketelsen connected for his first career home run at No. 15 Wake Forest on March 7 ... is listed on the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award watch list ... was listed on the Baseball America Preseason Freshman of the Year watch list and No. 18 on Perfect Game's Preseason Top 100 Freshmen list
• Luke Lavin went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs at Virginia Tech (March 29) ... has seen eight of his 23 hits go for extra bases (four doubles, four home runs)
• Cort MacDonald has a hit in four of his last five games, six of his last eight, and nine of his last 12 ... has compiled six doubles and eight of his 22 hits have gone for extra bases ... is hitting .385 (15-for-39) with six runs scored, three doubles, a home run and five RBIs in ACC play ... batted 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored and two RBIs vs. Utah Valley (March 22) ... launched his first homer of the season vs. Utah Valley (March 23)
• Tatum Marsh was listed as the preseason No. 40 outfielder in the nation according to D1Baseball
• Trevor Moore tossed four perfect innings with three strikeouts out of the bullpen to earn the victory at Louisville (April 12) ... has not allowed a run while surrendering two hits with 13 strikeouts over his last five appearances spanning 10 1/3 innings
• JJ Moran launched a go-ahead three-run home run with two outs in the top of the ninth to hand Stanford a 6-4 victory in the series clincher at Louisville on April 12 ... has totaled eight multi-hit games this year ... batted 2-for-5 with a grand slam and six RBIs vs. Utah Valley (March 22) ... hit safely in each of the first 12 games this season, and has a hit in 24 of the 33 overall
• Jimmy Nati went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and four RBIs vs. Utah Valley (March 23) ... has hit safely in 10 of his last 13 … has compiled seven multi-hit games ... has managed 13 two-out RBIs and is hitting .382 (13-for-34) with two outs this year ... managed a multi-homer game on March 11 vs. Nevada, falling one RBI shy of his career high of six ... was named NCBWA Preseason All-America second team
• Brady Reynolds has hit safely in three of his last four games ... launched a three-run home run and scored twice at Louisville (April 10) ... connected for his first homer of the year vs. Pitt on March 13 ... was listed as the preseason No. 100 outfielder in the nation according to D1Baseball
• Rintaro Sasaki has hit safely in five of his last six games, eight of his last 11 and 19 of his last 25 games ... has reached base in all but three games this season ... has seen 18 of his 33 hits on the year go for extra-bases (eight doubles and 10 home runs) ... contributed a walk-off single to beat Utah Valley (March 21) ... has drawn a team-best 28 walks in 33 games played ... scored at least one run in nine straight games from March 14-29 and has scored in all but 10 contests this season ... has compiled nine multi-hit games ... has connected for five home runs and has driven in 12 runs while scoring 14 runs in ACC play ... managed a seven-game hit streak from March 2-14 ... was listed as the preseason No. 38 first baseman in the nation according to D1Baseball ... was selected in the first round of the 2025 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
• Teddy Tokheim had a 15-game hit streak and a 25-game reached base streak snapped on Wednesday ... has multiple hits in six of his last eight games, and 10 of his last 13 ... owns 14 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests this season ... has hit safely in 23 of his 27 games played, has an extra-base hit in 15 of the 27, and has reached in all but two of his games played - including just one in which he batted more than once ... has seen 22 of his 43 hits go for extra bases (12 doubles, 10 home runs) ... leads all true freshmen in slugging (.810) and OPS (1.301), ranks third in average (.410) and doubles (12), fifth in home runs (10), and sixth in on-base percentage (.492) ... ranks third overall in the ACC in average and is fourth in slugging percentage ... is hitting .413 (26-for-63) with 13 runs scored, nine doubles, six home runs and 17 RBIs in ACC play ... went 4-for-5 with three doubles, a homer, two runs scored and four RBIs vs. Pitt on March 14
• Kassius Thomas has not allowed a run while surrendering four hits with seven strikeouts over his last seven appearances spanning 7 2/3 innings

THIS WEEK

• Stanford will welcome Miami to Sunken Diamond this weekend for a three-game series in ACC play
• The three-game set begins Friday at 6:05 p.m., continues Saturday at 2:05 p.m., and concludes with a 1:05 p.m. first pitch Sunday
• All four games this week will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra and broadcast live on KZSU 90.1 FM

UP NEXT

• After the series with Miami, Stanford will make a trip to Santa Clara on Monday as the two teams meet for a 6:05 p.m. first pitch
• The game against the Broncos will be streamed live on ESPN+

UPCOMING PROMOTIONS

• This weekend's series against Miami is Stanford's Players' Weekend and also features Cardinalpalooza
• Cheer on the Cardinal, score exclusive giveaways, and enjoy student-athlete-inspired concessions all series long, with student-athlete personalities on full display against the Hurricanes
• On Friday, April 17, we'll be giving away a sticker sheet with the players' weekend patch with player nicknames, while supplies last
• Fans can pick up a Cardinal Cub on Saturday, April 18, while supplies last
• We'll be giving away a replica jersey, while supplies last, on Sunday, April 19, and fans can get autographs from the entire team on the concourse after the game
• Cardinalpalooza, presented by Waymo, is back! Join us on Saturday, April 18, for this year's edition of Stanford Athletics' spring sport festival - complete with action both on and off the field! Enjoy a free family-friendly fan zone, highlighted by food trucks, giveaways, games, and more. Then cheer on the Cardinal at various athletic events, featuring baseball, softball, beach volleyball, and men's volleyball!

A LOOK BACK

• Stanford led 1-0 and carried a no-hitter through two outs in the seventh inning on Wednesaday, but Santa Clara’s Luke Devine delivered a two-RBI single for the first hit to turn the deficit into a lead as the Broncos defeated the Cardinal 2-1 ... Santa Clara and Stanford combined for just six total hits in the game, as Stanford finished with four compared to Santa Clara’s two ... the unique pitchers’ duel saw Stanford use six pitchers compared to Santa Clara’s 10 as the two teams combined for 16 hurlers over the nine innings
• Stanford took two-of-three on the road at Louisville last weekend, coming from behind in the ninth inning on Sunday to clinch the series
• The Cardinal combined to hit .297, post a .423 on-base percentage and slug .416 over the three-game series, totaling three doubles and three homers
• The Cardinal once again used a bullpen approach to all three games in the series, with 13 total pitchers seeing the mound
• Senior Cort MacDonald hit .500 (5-for-10) with two runs scored and two RBIs in the series, while freshman Teddy Tokheim batted .462 (6-for-13) with a pair of doubles and one RBI
• Sophomore JJ Moran had the biggest hit of the series, connecting for a go-ahead three-run home run with two outs in the top of the ninth on Sunday to hand Stanford a 6-4 victory
• Rintaro Sasaki and Brady Reynolds also homered in the series, with the duo launching homers in Stanford's 12-2 Friday night victory
• The Cardinal pitching staff did not allow a hit over the final seven innings on Friday ... freshman Colt Peterson, who eventually earned the win and moved to 2-1, was first out of the pen, allowed one hit over one inning, before fellow freshman Brock Ketelsen worked the third ... senior Kassius Thomas pitched two innings and struck out two, junior Cohen Gomez retired all nine he faced in the sixth through eighth innings, and senior Toran O’Harran retired the side in the ninth to seal the victory
• Sasaki provided four runs of insurance with one big swing of the bat in the top of the ninth on Friday night, crushing a grand slam to right field to hand Stanford the 10-run lead at 12-2
• Senior Trevor Moore was outstanding in relief for the Cardinal on Sunday, pitching the final four scoreless innings with three strikeouts to give Stanford a chance at the comeback win ... the right-hander retired all 12 batters faced to improve to 5-1 on the season

POWERING UP

• Stanford homered in just two of the first eight games of the season, connecting for three home runs over the span, but has homered in 23 of the last 25 games, including a string of 22 consecutive games (54 home runs over the span) from February 27 to April 10
• The 22-game streak was the longest for the Cardinal since at least 2001, and the second-longest of the season behind Georgia's run of 28 straight games from February 13 to March 28
• Stanford has posted multiple home runs in 17 of the last 25 games, including multiple homers in each of the first 11 games in that string
• The 11-game streak of multiple homers was the longest since the Cardinal launched multiple in 11 straight from May 8-26, 2022 (34 total homers over those games) ... no Stanford team has reached 12 straight games with multiple home runs since at least 2001
• The Cardinal has twice launched a season-best five home runs this year - connecting for five at No. 15 Wake Forest on March 7 and vs. Utah Valley on March 23
• Stanford's 58 home runs rank fifth in the ACC and 26th nationally, while the 1.76 home runs per game are fourth in the ACC and 16th nationally

ROUND TWO HAS BEEN BIG

• Stanford has outscored its opposition 34-22 in the second inning this year, batting .326 with nine doubles, six homers and a .432 on-base percentage in the second stanza
• The Cardinal is also outscoring its opponents in the seventh (21-18) and eighth (24-21) innings, while also holding a 3-0 advantage in extras
• Stanford is hitting .350 with nine doubles, a triple, 13 homers and a .417 on-base percentage in the fourth inning, but is being edged 39-37 in scoring
• Overall, Stanford's opponents hold a slim 236-225 advantage in scoring

TOUGH WITH TWO

• The Cardinal is hitting a combined .277 with two outs this year, but boasts four players hitting better than .300 through at least 20 at bats in the situation
• Teddy Tokheim is batting .500 (12-for-24) with three doubles, three homers and 13 RBIs with two outs this year, Ethan Hott is batting .400 (10-for-25) with three doubles and five RBIs with two down and Jimmy Nati is hitting .382 (13-for-34) with four homers and 13 two-out RBIs
• Sophomores Charlie Bates and JJ Moran have also delivered with two outs, driving in 12 and 13 two-out runs, respectively

TIGHT GAMES EARLY

• Six of Stanford’s first nine games this season were decided by one run, and the Cardinal went 3-3 in those contests
• Four of Stanford's six losses over a six-game skid from February 28 - March 7 were decided by three runs, with a fourth coming by four runs
• So far this season, 20 of Stanford's 33 games have been decided by three runs or less (10-10 in those games)
• The Cardinal is 5-5 in one-run games, 3-1 in two-run games and 2-4 in three-run games
• Despite suffering 17 losses this season, the Cardinal has had at least the tying run at the plate in the eighth or ninth inning of 10 of the 17 setbacks
• Overall, Stanford's opponents hold a slim 236-225 advantage in scoring through 33 games played

TEDDY IS TURNING HEADS

• Turning in a strong start to his freshman campaign, Teddy Tokheim has been named a Perfect Game Midseason Freshman All-American and earned a spot on Baseball America's Midseason Freshman of the Year watch list
• Tokheim did not appear in a game for the Cardinal until February 20 vs. Cal State Fullerton, but quickly earned his first start on February 27 vs. Fresno State and has started every game since
• Among true freshmen this year, the native of Seattle, Wash. leads the nation in slugging (.810) and OPS (1.301), ranks third in average (.410) and doubles (12), fifth in home runs (10), and sixth in on-base percentage (.492)
• The native of Seattle, Wash. ranks third overall in the ACC in average and is fourth in slugging percentage

LEADING OFF FOR THE CARDINAL...

• After hitting fifth (10 times) and sixth (one time) in the lineup in each of the first 11 games of the season, Rintaro Sasaki has been shifted to the leadoff spot in 21 of the last 22 contests
• The power-hitting first baseman has responded well to the move, hitting .302 (26-for-86) with five doubles, eight homers, 23 runs scored, 21 RBIs and 18 strikeouts while posting a .421 on-base percentage and a .640 slugging percentage over the 21 games in the leadoff spot
• Sasaki has batted a combined .175 (7-for-40) with three doubles, two home runs, two RBIs and 10 strikeouts in 12 games outside of the leadoff spot

TEDDY'S TREMENDOUS WEEK

• Having guided Stanford to a 3-1 week that included a road series win at Virginia Tech in ACC play, freshman Teddy Tokheim was named ACC co-Player of the Week on March 30 ... he would also be named Perfect Game Freshman of the Week and earned a spot on Michella Chester's NCAA Starting Lineup of the Week
• The conference weekly honor was the first in Tokheim’s career, and the second for Stanford since joining the ACC (Trevor Haskins, February 24, 2025)
• Tokheim hit safely in all four games, including posting multiple hits in three of the four, while batting .471 (8-for-17) with five runs scored, a double, three homers and nine RBIs over the four games the previous week
• He started his week with a 2-for-4 day that included a homer on March 23 as Stanford wrapped up a four-game sweep of Utah Valley, launched a pair of home runs and drove in five, including a go-ahead three-run shot in the eighth inning, in Stanford's 9-7 win at Virginia Tech on March 27, and delivered the go-ahead two-RBI single in the top of the 10th on March 29 as Stanford defeated Virginia Tech to clinch the series
• Over the four games, Tokheim slugged 1.059 and reached base at a .571 clip
• Pitt’s Caden Dulin joined Tokheim as ACC co-Player of the Week, while Wes Mendes of Florida State was named ACC Pitcher of the Week

CALIFORNIA KINGS

• Stanford is the second-winningest Division I program in California since the 2017 season, compiling 333 victories
• UCLA has won 338 games since 2017, followed by the Cardinal, UC Santa Barbara (332), UC Irvine (317) and Sacramento State (287)

HISTORIC RUN ON RUNS

• Stanford's offense put together a historic run over three games against Utah Valley from March 22-23, scoring at least 15 runs in each contest for the first time since March 16-23, 1985
• The Cardinal defeated USC 15-4 and 15-5 before downing Arizona 20-5 in the first game of a doubleheader during the 1985 campaign
• Stanford began the string with a 17-10 victory over Utah Valley in the first game of a doubleheader on March 22 before knocking off the Wolverines 15-9 and 15-6 over the next two games
• The Cardinal batted .389 over the three-game stretch this year, scoring 47 total runs while posting 10 doubles and 11 homers to the tune of a .770 slugging percentage

OPENING WEEKEND NOTES

• Including a 10-7 victory over No. 24 Arizona this year, Stanford is 51-16-1 overall on Opening Day since 1959 and has won seven of its last 11 games to open a season
• Stanford opened the 2025 season against Cal State Fullerton for the fourth straight season and 12th time since 2000 (13th time overall) ... with a four-game sweep last year, Stanford is now 8-4 in the 12 season-opening series (24-13 overall record) since 2000
• The Cardinal has played 28 opening weekend series of three-or-more games since 1959 and is 19-9 in those series ... Stanford has compiled a 58-28 record over the 86 games in those sets

OUR AUSSIE IS A PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN

• Jimmy Nati was tabbed a Preseason All-American according to National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, landing on the publication’s second team
• Stanford's starting second baseman a year ago, Nati was named a finalist for the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove at the conclusion of the season
• Nati started all 52 games for the Cardinal last year, posted a .980 fielding percentage and batted .300 with 45 runs scored, nine doubles, a team-best 16 home runs and a team-leading 50 RBIs while slugging a team-best .581 with a .367 on-base percentage

A FEW TO WATCH

• Sophomore Charlie Bates was listed on the 100-player initial watch list for the 2026 Brooks Wallace Award ... the Brooks Wallace Award is an award given by the College Baseball Foundation to the best college baseball shortstop ... the award has been given annually since 2004 and until 2008, the award was presented to the nation's most outstanding player ... in 2009 the recipient list was changed to only include shortstops ... it is named after former Texas Tech shortstop and assistant coach Brooks Wallace, who died of leukemia in 1985 at the age of 27
• Freshman Brock Ketelsen was listed on the 49-player initial watch list for the 2026 John Olerud Award ... the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award is a college baseball award given to the best two-way player ... the award is named after former Washington State University standout John Olerud, who achieved success both as a first baseman and left-handed pitcher during the late 1980s ... he was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007
• Sophomore Parker Warner was listed on the initial watch list for the 2026 National Pitcher of the Year Award ... the National Pitcher of the Year Award is a college baseball award given to the best pitcher of the college baseball season by the College Baseball Foundation ... a total of 141 of the nation’s best hurlers are listed on the Pitcher of the Year watch list, and they represent 26 different conferences

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST

• Freshmen Brock Ketelsen and Brock Sell were listed on Baseball America’s Preseason Freshman of the Year watch list
• Fellow freshman Teddy Tokheim played his way onto the list at the midseason mark
• Ketelsen, the 2025 West Coast League Top Prospect, is a two-way player who has seen action as a left-handed pitcher and outfielder
• Sell, ranked 55th on Baseball America’s Top 500 draft prospects entering last year’s draft, is a versatile player who can play all across the diamond
• Tokheim, named All-Region as a senior (2025) and All-State following his junior season (2024) of high school, has emerged as Stanford's everyday left fielder
• This season marks the first that Baseball America has officially named preseason collegiate national award winners and preseason/midseason award watch lists
• Mississippi State lefthander Jack Bauer was named Baseball America Preseason Freshman of the Year

GOODBYE PAC-12, HELLO ACC

• The 2024 season was Stanford's final in the Pac-12 conference, as the Cardinal joined Bay Area rival California as new members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2025
• Stanford was one of the oldest members of the Pac-12 Conference, joining the then Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915, for the 1918 season
• The Cardinal won 21 Pac-12 titles, with the first coming in 1924 and the last in 2023
• The ACC sent nine teams to the NCAA Tournament in 2025, including Louisville to the College World Series
• A national-best five ACC baseball programs competed in the Super Regional round with three teams earning the right to host
• The ACC has placed at least one team in each of the last 19 College World Series and at least six teams in each of the last 21 NCAA Tournaments

CARDINAL TABBED 10TH IN PRESEASON POLL

• Preparing for its second season in the ACC, Stanford was picked to finish 10th in the conference standings according to the league’s 16 head coaches
• The Cardinal, which has made a trip to the College World Series in three of the last five seasons, is looking for a bounce-back year after missing the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons ... has not gone more than two straight years without reaching the postseason since a 13-season stretch from 1968-1980
• Georgia Tech was selected as the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball preseason favorite, collecting seven of the possible 16 first-place votes to garner 237 total points
• Just one point separated Georgia Tech and second-place finisher North Carolina, who logged 236 points and six first-place votes
• Also earning first place votes were Florida State (one) and Clemson (two)
• The Seminoles finished third in the poll, logging 221 points, while Louisville, who represented the ACC in the 2025 Men’s College World Series, finished fourth with 196 points
• Clemson’s two first-place votes propelled them to a fifth-place projection, totaling 185 points
• NC State was slotted sixth in the coaches’ poll, with 169 points, just ahead of Virginia, who was projected to finish seventh with 165 points
• With 159 points, Miami was picked to finish eighth, while Wake Forest was projected to finish ninth with 145 points and Stanford 10th with 99 points
• Stanford was followed by Virginia Tech (89), Notre Dame (87), Duke (67), Pitt (45), California (41) and Boston College (35)
• The ACC has placed at least one team in each of the last 19 College World Series, including Louisville in 2025, and at least six teams in each of the last 21 NCAA tournaments
• Eight ACC baseball teams began the season in the D1Baseball Preseason Top 25, led by Georgia Tech at No. 4 ... the Jackets were followed by No. 8 Louisville, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 16 Florida State, No. 17 NC State, No. 19 Clemson, No. 21 Wake Forest and No. 22 Miami

ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

• The 2026 ACC Baseball Championship will be held Tuesday, May 19, through Sunday, May 24, at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C.
• ACC Network will be on hand for the first five days of the tournament with ESPN2 set to carry Sunday’s championship game
• All 16 teams in the ACC will compete in a single-elimination championship
• The top four seeds in the championship will be based off the performance in the regular season and will receive a double-bye into the quarterfinal round, which is scheduled to be held on Thursday and Friday ... seeds five through eight will earn a bye into Wednesday’s second round ... seeds 9-16 will begin play with four first-round games on Tuesday
• The single-elimination championship format will feature four games per day on Tuesday (first round) and Wednesday (second round) ... two quarterfinal games will take place on both Thursday and Friday, while Saturday will host the two semifinal contests ... Sunday will host the championship game

MARSH READY FOR YEAR TWO FOLLOWING FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA SEASON

• Tatum Marsh was recognized by Baseball America, NCBWA and Perfect as a Freshman All-America second team selection following a standout first season on The Farm
• Marsh appeared in 50 of Stanford’s 52 games, including starting 49, reached base safely in all but two of his games played and hit safely in all but nine contests with an at bat
• Marsh led the team with a .377 batting average, and aided by a team-best 19 hit-by-pitches, also paced the Cardinal with a .459 on-base percentage while scoring a team-high 47 runs and collecting a team-best 13 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 25 RBIs
• The native of San Jose, Calif. ranked second on the team with 20 multi-hit games while batting .376 with 21 runs scored, six doubles, two homers and 16 RBIs in ACC play

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

• Often considered one of the most beautiful college baseball facilities in the country, Klein Field at Sunken Diamond is the home to Stanford baseball
• The “Sunken Diamond” name comes from the excavation to provide fill for the earthen berm within which Stanford Stadium was built in 1921, leaving a large, sunken field
• The fixed seating capacity at Sunken Diamond is 2,113 ... with the addition of ADA seating and general admission lawn seating, the total capacity of the facility is 4,000
• The original dimensions were 360 feet to left field, 350 to right field, and 500 feet to center field ... in 1978, a new seven-foot high fence was installed, bringing the dimensions to the current 335 to both left and right fields, and 400 to center field ... the outfield fence was increased to 10 feet in 1995
• Sunken Diamond features ample foul ground from first to third base, with home plate sitting approximately 70 feet from the backstop

FAMILY ON THE FARM

• Stanford has a handful of players on this year's roster with ties back to The Farm
• Trevor Moore's father, Tim, played baseball at Stanford in 1992 and was a fifth-round pick of the Chicago White Sox that season
• Ben Reimers' father, Tom, played baseball at Stanford from 1994-96 and helped the Cardinal to a conference title in 1994 and a trip to the College World Series in 1995 ... was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft
• Teddy Tokheim's mother, Trish McGonigle, played golf at Stanford from 1985-87 and was a 1987 WGCA Academic All-American
• Charlie Bates' first breath was literally taken on The Farm, born at Stanford Hospital in 2005
• The Cardinal also features a pair of brothers on this year's roster as Tatum and Quinten Marsh will suit up as a sophomore and freshman, respectively

2025 SEASON IN REVIEW

• Beginning its tenure in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Stanford finished the 2025 season with a 27-25 overall record and an 11-19 conference mark
• The Cardinal navigated what proved to be a hot-and-cold campaign, beginning the season 9-0 for the first time since opening the 2018 campaign at 10-0 ... Stanford’s torrid start continued into ACC play as the Cardinal took two-of-three at No. 4 North Carolina before sweeping Duke to improve to 15-3 through 18 contests and earn a No. 14 national ranking according to D1Baseball
• Experiencing a drastic shift in momentum, the Cardinal suffered a sweep at the hands of California in ACC play ... those three losses proved to be the start of an 11-game conference skid as the Cardinal battled preseason No. 2 Virginia, No. 25 Georgia Tech and No. 4 Clemson along the way ... series losses to Notre Dame and Wake Forest followed from there, but the Cardinal rebounded to take two-of-three at Boston College and No. 13 NC State to close out the conference slate
• Stanford was swept in four series of three-or-more games last year for just the third time in program history (also swept four times in 1980 and 2015)
• The Cardinal's final victory at NC State was No. 800 in Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball David Esquer’s illustrious head coaching career
• The Cardinal hit .297 as a team with 329 runs scored, 90 doubles, 10 triples and 64 home runs ... averaged 6.33 runs per game
• Stanford compiled a string of 16 straight games with a home run from February 16 to March 16 (29 home runs over the span) - the longest streak of games with a homer since belting 52 homers in an 18-game span from May 1 - June 3, 2022 ... Stanford homered in all but 16 games last season
• The Cardinal pitched to a 6.42 ERA with 430 strikeouts in 451 1/3 innings ... averaged 8.57 strikeouts per nine innings
• Trevor Haskins was the lone Cardinal drafted in the 2025 MLB Draft, selected in the 15th round by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Tatum Marsh was named Freshman All-America second team according to Baseball America, NCBWA and Perfect Game

BASEBALL COACHING ENDOWMENT CELEBRATES KATHY WOLFF

• Thanks to a gift from an anonymous donor family, an endowed assistant coach position pays tribute to Kathy Wolff - a longtime administrative associate for more than two decades to Stanford's baseball and women's volleyball programs
• Thomas Eager was named the inaugural Kathy Wolff Assistant Baseball Coach prior to the start of the 2022 season
• Often considered the "heart and soul" of the baseball program, Wolff was hired as an administrative assistant in the marketing department in 1985 ... the native of Palo Alto began working with the baseball program in 1987, later adding administrative duties with the women's volleyball program
• Wolff, who saw the Cardinal win two national championships during her first two seasons with the program, helped coordinate 11 trips to the College World Series in Omaha ... the beloved member of the Stanford Baseball family was busy coordinating another College World Series trip when she passed away on June 11, 2008 ... the Cardinal honored Wolff that year by wearing "KW" patches on its sleeves throughout the College World Series run
• In addition to helping the program recruit and retain the best coaching staff, the endowed assistant coaching position recognizes the influence that Wolff still has on the athletics department today ... Stanford's Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER) annually recognizes a staff member with the Kathy Wolff Award for best exemplifying her spirit—a passion for Stanford and an ongoing desire to help and support his/her colleagues ... in the week leading up to baseball season every year, the athletics department celebrates Cake Week—a time when staff members are encouraged to continue Wolff's tradition of bringing in baked goods to enjoy together

HOME OF CHAMPIONS

• Stanford is the all-time leader with 137 NCAA team championships (70 men, 67 women), and 173 national championships overall
• The Cardinal owns the most recognizable streak in college athletics, having won at least one NCAA team title during each of the last 49 seasons, dating back to the 1976-77 campaign
• The Cardinal has also produced 565 NCAA individual champions and 658 overall
• Stanford has won the Learfield Directors’ Cup in 26 of the possible 31 seasons, including a 25-year streak from 1995-2019

#OLYMPIANSMADEHERE

• Less than two months after starting at defender in the 2025 College Cup final for the Stanford women’s soccer team, sophomore Sammy Smith has achieved her lifelong goal of making an Olympic team ... Smith earned a spot as a member of the U.S. Olympic Cross Country Ski Team ahead of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, which got underway February 6 ... Smith’s selection to the national team is extremely rare, if not, unprecedented: a current Division I varsity student-athlete competing for the national team of a different sport within the same academic calendar year ... a native of Boise, Idaho, Smith is believed to be Stanford’s first American varsity student-athlete to also participate in a Winter Olympics since Bonny Warner, a member of the Cardinal’s field hockey team from 1982-84 who competed for Team USA’s luge squad in 1984, 1988 and 1992 ... Stanford’s most recent Team USA Winter Olympian was Rachael Flatt, a figure skater who competed in the 2010 Games and graduated in 2015
• Stanford concluded the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with a school-record 39 medals, shattering its previous best while cementing its reputation on the world’s biggest stage as the nation’s top collegiate program
• The 39 medals were 12 more than the previous record of 27 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games
• Stanford’s haul of 39 medals (12 gold, 14 silver, 13 bronze) was the most by any school at one Olympics
• Cardinal student-athletes medaled in 13 of Stanford's 36 varsity sports: artistic swimming, women’s basketball, women’s fencing, men’s gymnastics, sailing, men’s rowing, women’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, men’s track and field, men’s volleyball, women’s volleyball, men’s water polo, women’s water polo
• The Cardinal boasted 19 first-time medalists - a total that ranks second in school history behind the 21 at the 2008 Beijing Games
• If Stanford was a country in the 2024 Games, it would have finished tied with Canada for 11th place
• Boasting a school-record 59 Olympians with Cardinal ties, Stanford won at least 20 medals for the sixth time in school history (2020, 2016, 2008, 1996, 1924)
• The Cardinal’s 59 Olympians (20 male, 39 female) represented 14 countries across 20 varsity sports
• In addition to the 59 qualifiers, Stanford’s Olympic representation also included five alternates, one national team head coach and three national team assistant coaches
• For the third straight Olympics, Stanford totaled more Team USA selections (37) than any other school, reinforcing its status as the preeminent training ground for U.S. national team competition
• Stanford has won 128 medals combined over the last five Summer Games
• All told, Stanford’s affiliates have captured 335 overall medals (162 gold, 93 silver, 80 bronze) from 196 medalists, and the Cardinal has produced at least one medalist in every Olympics in which the U.S. has competed since 1912