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Cowboy Baseball Big 12 Favorite, Schubart Tabbed POY
January 23, 2025 | Cowboy Baseball
IRVING, Texas – Oklahoma State is the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 Conference title in 2025, while Cowboy slugger Nolan Schubart is the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year.
In a vote of the league's head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their team or players, OSU received nine of a possible 14 first-place votes. Arizona was picked to finish second and garnered four first-place votes, while TCU was third and received a single first-place vote. West Virginia and Texas Tech rounded out the top five.
OSU will be looking for the third Big 12 regular season championship in program history. The Cowboys won the 2014 title and shared the crown in 2023.
The Pokes are coming off a 19-9 conference showing a year ago in which they won seven of 10 league series and finished second in the standings. OSU has finished in the top two of the Big 12 standings eight times in 11 seasons under head coach Josh Holliday.
Along with his player of the year selection, Schubart was a unanimous pick for the Preseason All-Big 12 Team and earned that distinction along with teammates Aidan Meola, Colin Brueggemann and Gabe Davis. OSU's four selections led the league.
A junior outfielder, Schubart collected All-America honors in each of his first two seasons and enters 2025 with a career .352 batting average to go along with 40 home runs and 142 RBIs in 110 games.
Last season, Schubart became the 13th player in OSU history to earn All-America honors in multiple seasons as he hit .370 and led the Big 12 in homers (23), RBIs (68), on-base percentage (.513) and slugging percentage (.838). He was named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team and the NCAA Stillwater Regional All-Tournament Team and led the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team to a five-game sweep of Chinese Taipei in the International Friendship Series in July as he was named MVP of the series.
As a freshman, Schubart hit .338 and smashed 17 homers and 20 doubles while collecting 74 RBIs. Along with All-America honors, he was named the Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year.
Meola is entering his fourth season in Stillwater in 2025. The senior infielder sports a career .324 batting average in 96 games and has tallied 14 homers and 73 RBIs.
An Honorable Mention All-Big 12 performer last season, Meola hit .329 with a career-high 10 round trippers and 47 RBIs in 43 games.
Brueggemann has earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in each of his two seasons with the Cowboys, where he's compiled a .277 batting average, 20 homers and 86 RBIs in 101 games.
A senior first baseman and DH, Brueggemann racked up 14 homers and 50 RBIs last season to go along with 14 doubles. He hit .300 in Big 12 play and led the Cowboys with 31 RBIs in conference games.
Davis is also entering his third season at OSU, and the junior right-hander will look to take on an expanded role after going 2-4 with three saves and a 4.17 ERA in 18 appearances last season.
In 40 career outings, including five starts, Davis has recorded 95 strikeouts in 70 1/3 innings while posting three wins and four saves.
2025 Big 12 Conference Baseball Preseason Poll
In a vote of the league's head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their team or players, OSU received nine of a possible 14 first-place votes. Arizona was picked to finish second and garnered four first-place votes, while TCU was third and received a single first-place vote. West Virginia and Texas Tech rounded out the top five.
OSU will be looking for the third Big 12 regular season championship in program history. The Cowboys won the 2014 title and shared the crown in 2023.
The Pokes are coming off a 19-9 conference showing a year ago in which they won seven of 10 league series and finished second in the standings. OSU has finished in the top two of the Big 12 standings eight times in 11 seasons under head coach Josh Holliday.
Along with his player of the year selection, Schubart was a unanimous pick for the Preseason All-Big 12 Team and earned that distinction along with teammates Aidan Meola, Colin Brueggemann and Gabe Davis. OSU's four selections led the league.
A junior outfielder, Schubart collected All-America honors in each of his first two seasons and enters 2025 with a career .352 batting average to go along with 40 home runs and 142 RBIs in 110 games.
Last season, Schubart became the 13th player in OSU history to earn All-America honors in multiple seasons as he hit .370 and led the Big 12 in homers (23), RBIs (68), on-base percentage (.513) and slugging percentage (.838). He was named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team and the NCAA Stillwater Regional All-Tournament Team and led the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team to a five-game sweep of Chinese Taipei in the International Friendship Series in July as he was named MVP of the series.
As a freshman, Schubart hit .338 and smashed 17 homers and 20 doubles while collecting 74 RBIs. Along with All-America honors, he was named the Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year.
Meola is entering his fourth season in Stillwater in 2025. The senior infielder sports a career .324 batting average in 96 games and has tallied 14 homers and 73 RBIs.
An Honorable Mention All-Big 12 performer last season, Meola hit .329 with a career-high 10 round trippers and 47 RBIs in 43 games.
Brueggemann has earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in each of his two seasons with the Cowboys, where he's compiled a .277 batting average, 20 homers and 86 RBIs in 101 games.
A senior first baseman and DH, Brueggemann racked up 14 homers and 50 RBIs last season to go along with 14 doubles. He hit .300 in Big 12 play and led the Cowboys with 31 RBIs in conference games.
Davis is also entering his third season at OSU, and the junior right-hander will look to take on an expanded role after going 2-4 with three saves and a 4.17 ERA in 18 appearances last season.
In 40 career outings, including five starts, Davis has recorded 95 strikeouts in 70 1/3 innings while posting three wins and four saves.
2025 Big 12 Conference Baseball Preseason Poll
- Oklahoma State (9) 163
- Arizona (4) 152
- TCU (1) 149
- West Virginia 115
- Texas Tech 111
- Arizona State 96
- UCF 93
- Kansas State 88
- Kansas 85
- Cincinnati 73
- Houston 45
- Utah 44
- Baylor 39
- BYU 21
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