Missouri Baptist Tabbed as AMC Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll Favorite

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Defending American Midwest Conference Regular Season and Tournament Champion, the Missouri Baptist University Spartans are the favorite to win the 2025 AMC Baseball title, according to the Preseason Coaches' Poll.

This is Mission University and Crowley's Ridge College's first year competing in the AMC.

Preseason Poll
1.Missouri Baptist - 90 (7)
2.Columbia - 82 (1)
3.Central Baptist - 74
4.William Woods - 62
5.Williams Baptist - 58
6.Mission - 52
7.Hannibal - 39
8.UHSP - 38
9.Crowley's Ridge - 24
10.Harris-Stowe - 21

NAIA Preseason Coaches' Rating
12 - Missouri Baptist
RV - Columbia

Returning All-Conference Players
Central Baptist, Gram Middleton, AMC First Team
Central Baptist, Ryan Dauphinee, AMC Second Team
Central Baptist, Dylan Parton, AMC Freshman Pitcher of the Year
Columbia, Tyler Renn, AMC First Team
Columbia, Brayden McGinnis, AMC Second Team, ABCA-Rawlings NAIA Baseball Gold Glove
Columbia, Pierce Hartmann, AMC Second Team
Missouri Baptist, Cole Robinson, AMC First Team, NAIA All-America, CSC Academic All-America, NAIA Preseason All-America
Missouri Baptist, Blayne Yarger, AMC First Team
Missouri Baptist, Jakob Kouneski, AMC First Team
Missouri Baptist, Jackson Wells, AMC Newcomer Pitcher of the Year, AMC First Team
Missouri Baptist, Jayden Orozco, AMC Second Team
William Woods, Kaden Kinsler, AMC Newcomer of the Year, AMC Second Team
Williams Baptist, Gavin Mink, AMC First Team
Williams Baptist, Nicholas Jones, AMC Second Team
Williams Baptist, Jacob Watkins, AMC Second Team
Williams Baptist, Parker Jeffries, AMC Second Team
Williams Baptist, Tyrell Burnett, AMC Second Team

New Coach
Crowley's Ridge, Tray Malone

The AMC Tournament will take place at CarShield Field in O'Fallon, Mo on Apr. 29-May 2.