USA Baseball Alumni Report

Keep track of some of the best performances among Team USA alumni across every level of the sport

From high school to the pros, USA Baseball alumni were all over the baseball landscape in 2025. Team USA members provided the heartbeat for America's pastime through many crucial plays and fantastic outings. Click the links below to check out some of the best performances, from each month, among Team USA alumni across every level of the sport.

Week of February 10

Noah Franco (2022 & 2023 18U)

Two-time 18U National Team alum Noah Franco made his presence known in his collegiate debut with TCU. Starting all four games for the Horned Frogs, Franco picked up his first career hit on Saturday before blasting two home runs on Sunday, driving in four runs and scoring three tines. Franco drew two walks on Monday as TCU finished off a four-game sweep and carries a 1.213 OPS through his first collegiate weekend.

Rawley Hector (2017 15U, 2019 18U)

Rawley Hector continued his strong beginning to the season for UT-Tyler on Friday night, posting his best start of the year. Facing Texas A&M-International, Hector spun seven innings and allowed just three hits and an unearned run, punching out ten batters. Hector picked up his first win of the year and lowered his season ERA to 1.56 through three starts – hitters are batting just .185 against the two-time Team USA alum.

Jayden Hylton (2021 18U)

Stetson’s Jayden Hylton got his junior season started with a bang in Puerto Rico. Hylton hit the first home run of the Division I season on Friday, clearing the scoreboard in left field in a win over UConn. Two days later, Hylton left the yard again, this time in a win over Missouri. The USA Baseball alum finished the weekend batting .385 with two homers, two doubles, and six RBIs as the Hatters went 3-1 in Puerto Rico.

Ashton Larson (2017 12U)

LSU’s Ashton Larson batted .667 this past weekend and racked up seven RBIs over a three-game sweep of Purdue Fort Wayne. Larson started at designated hitter Sunday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium and put on a show with the bat, as he was responsible for five Tigers’ runs in an 8-1 win in the third game of the series. His three-run home run in the fourth frame handed LSU the lead while his two-RBI double in the sixth sealed the win.

Mason Neville (2016 12U)

Amidst a chilly weekend in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon’s Mason Neville torched Toledo at the plate and helped power the Ducks to a series win during opening weekend. Neville started all four games in center field and notched a pair of multi-hit outings en route to securing a four-game hit streak. The 2016 12U National Team alum scattered six hits across four contests, drove in five runs and scored five runs apiece, and tallied four extra-base hits including two homers.

Marek Houston (2024 CNT)

Wake Forest’s Marek Houston started his season off on a high note after he mashed three homers and collected 13 RBIs to open the season. The junior jumpstarted Wake’s offense, helping his side record 10+ runs in each of their first four games. To cap off the weekend, Houston went 3-for-3 with four RBIs in a 24-6 win over Marist.

Jace Laviolette (2023 CNT)

Picking up where he left off, Jace Laviolette continued his dominance at the dish after he hit at a .300 clip and nabbed a home run in each of No.1 Texas A&M’s first three games. In game 2 against Elon, the Junior from Katy, Texas homered twice, plated five runs, and crossed home three times to lead the Aggies’ offensive efforts.

OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

  • Levi Clark – Tennessee (2023 18U): 2 G, 3 H, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR
  • Derek Curiel – LSU (2023 18U): 3 G, 4 H, 3 RBI, 2 R, HR
  • Paxton Kling – Penn State (2021 18U): 3 G, 4 H, 3 RBI, 3 BB, HR
  • Manny Marin – Tennessee (2023 18U): 3 G, 3 H, 2 R
  • Roman Martin – UCLA (2022 18U): 3 G, 4 H, 5 RBI, 3 R, 2B
  • Michael Torres – Miami (2018 12U, 2021 15U, 2022 18U): 3 G, 3 H, 3 R, 2 BB, RBI
  • Kade Anderson – LSU (2021 18U): 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 8 K, W
  • Matthew Dallas – Wake Forest (2023 18U): 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 9 K, W
  • Austin Nye – Vanderbilt (2022 18U): 3.0 IP, 1 H, 5 K
  • Drew Burress – Georgia Tech (2019 15U, 2024 CNT): 3 G, 2 H, 2 R, 5 RBI, Walk-Off Grand Slam vs. ODU (Feb. 15)
  • Jamie Arnold – Florida State (2024 CNT): 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 8 K, W
  • Karson Bowen – TCU (2016 12U): 4 G, 4 H, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2B, 3B, HR
  • Kai Caranto – Cal Lutheran (2016, 2017 12U): 3 G, 6 H, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B
  • Dorian Gonzalez – Miami (2014 12U): 3 G, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 RBI, 2 2B

Week of February 3

Jamie Mackay (2019 WNT) started all five games at multiple positions for the Ole Miss softball team at the Paradise Classic in Boca Raton, Florida. She batted .333 for the tournament (Feb. 6-8) with five hits, including three doubles and two RBIs, as the Rebels went 4-1 on the weekend.

Through two weekends of the Division II baseball season, Nick Wilson (2023 CNT) has been stellar on the bump for Angelo State. On Opening Day, he tossed six shutout innings with six strikeouts to collect the win over Texas Periman Basin on January 31. He followed it up on February 7 by surrendering just two earned runs across five innings of work.

Week of January 27

Colton Wombles (2019 15U) has been on a tear with the Gulf Coast State Commodores to start his 2025 campaign. The sophomore catcher currently owns a .368 batting average along with a team-high seven RBIs through nine games. On February 1, Wombles was perfect at the plate, going 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored in a 7-2 win over Florence-Darlington Technical College. Thanks in large part to Womble, the Commodores sit atop the Division I-Panhandle Conference with an 8-1 record.