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Eagles Picked to Finish 4th in GSAC

Hope International Voted Favorites to Win GSAC Baseball Crown
Defending NAIA National Champion Hope International is the favorite to win the GSAC in 2025, according to a poll of the league's coaches. Arizona Christian was selected to place second with OUAZ coming in third. Embry-Riddle leads the three first-year GSAC members by being picked to finish fourth. The Master's came in fifth, with Benedictine Mesa and Park Gilbert ranking sixth and seventh, respectively.

Hope International received six first-place votes for a total of 36 points in the voting. Those are the maximum totals available, as coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. The Royals are ranked No. 2 in the NAIA Top 25 to start the season following their run to the red banner last spring in Lewiston, Idaho.

This year's Hope International squad returns two All-GSAC starting pitchers in Trey Seeley and Josh Landry. The lineup will look slightly different with only Amari Bartee back among last season's regular starters.

Arizona Christian earned 31 points and one first-place vote in the poll to place second. After going 38-21 with a trip to the NAIA World Series, the Firestorm are ranked No. 10 in the NAIA Top 25.

OUAZ was awarded 24 points in the poll to end up third. The Spirit earned their first bid to the NAIA National Tournament last season after reaching the semifinals of the GSAC Tournament. Joey Winters returns after being named to the All-GSAC team in helping OUAZ to a 35-19 record last season.

Embry-Riddle enters its first season in the GSAC picked to finish fourth with 21 points in the poll. The Eagles won the Cal Pac Tournament in 2024 to make the NAIA National Tournament for the first time in program history. 

Following a 23-18 season in 2024, The Master's was selected to place fifth in the GSAC this season with 18 points. The Mustangs return five lineup regulars from last season's squad.

Benedictine Mesa received 11 points to place sixth in the poll following a 33-15 campaign in which they advanced to the finals of the Cal Pac Tournament. The Redhawks return three All-Cal Pac performers to the 2025 lineup.

Park Gilbert rounds out the poll with six points. The Buccaneers move to the GSAC with a pair of All-Cal Pac recipients leading the way on a team that finished 22-26 last season.

The new GSAC baseball season begins on Thursday with three games in Arizona. All seven teams in the league will play their first game by January 30. Conference play begins on March 7 with the teams playing two doubleheaders during a conference weekend series.

The top four teams in the conference standings at the end of the regular season will advance to the 2025 GSAC Tournament. That will run April 28-30 at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Ariz.
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