Thursday, June 26, 2025

Bodine wins Buster Posey Award

Caden Bodine has a .337 career batting average
with 25 home runs. (Coastal Carolina photo)

Caden Bodine of Coastal Carolina on Thursday was named winner of the 2025 Buster Posey Award as national collegiate catcher of the year.

Bodine, a junior from Haddon Heights, N.J., hit .318  with 5 homers and 42 home runs as he helped the Chanticleers to a 56-13 record and national runner-up finish to LSU in the College World Series. He threw out 19 of 44 would-be base stealers this season and matched the school record of 46 caught stealing for his career. 

The award is presented by the Wichita Sports Commission. Rylan Galvin of Texas and Carson Tinney of Notre Dame were the other finalists.

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