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UVA's O'Ferrall & Woolfolk Named to USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
The 31-man roster for the 2023 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team was announced on Thursday and two current Virginia baseball players made the cut. UVA sophomore shortstop Griff O'Ferrall and sophomore pitcher Jay Woolfolk were selected to the Collegiate National Team that will represent the United States in a pair of five-game series with Chinese Taipei and Japan from June 30-July 12 in North Carolina.
The roster was selected following the 2023 Collegiate National Team Training Camp, which took place this week in Cary, North Carolina. O'Ferrall and Woolfolk delivered solid performances during the four-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series, with O'Ferrall going 5 for 14 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI and Woolfolk not surrendering a single run in three innings of work while striking out five batters across three appearances.
Virginia is one of just six college baseball programs with multiple selections to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this season. This is the third time that the Cavaliers have had multiple players selected (2006 and 2021).
With O'Ferrall and Woolfolk making the roster, 15 Cavaliers have made the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team all-time:
Bill Narleski (1986)
Seth Greisinger (1996)
Ryan Zimmerman (2004)
Sean Doolittle (2005, 2006)
Mark Reynolds (2006)
Jacob Thompson (2007)
Branden Kline (2011)
Matt Thaiss (2015)
Jake McCarthy (2017)
Andrew Abbott (2019)
Nate Savino (2021)
Matt Wyatt (2021)
Kyle Teel (2021, 2022)
Griff O'Ferrall (2023)
Jay Woolfolk (2023)
Here's the full Collegiate National Team roster that will represent the United States in the pair of five-game series against Chinese Taipei and Japan over the next two weeks. Click here for more information on the schedule and location of the game.
2023 Collegiate National Team Roster
Ben Abeldt; LHP; McKinney, Texas; TCU
Matt Ager; RHP; Pleasanton, Calif.; UC Santa Barbara
Drew Beam; RHP; Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Tennessee
Jac Caglianone; LHP/1B; Tampa, Fla.; Florida
Charlie Condon; 1B/OF; Marietta, Ga.; Georgia
Christian Coppola; RHP; Galloway, N.J.; Rutgers
Kaelen Culpepper; INF; Memphis, Tenn.; Kansas State
Duce Gourson; INF; San Diego, Calif.; UCLA
Rodney Green, Jr.; OF; Richmond, Calif.; Cal
Luke Holman; RHP; Sinking Spring, Pa.
Carter Holton; LHP; Guyton, Ga.; Vanderbilt
Ryan Johnson; RHP; Red Oak, Texas; Dallas Baptist
Seaver King; INF; Athena, Ga.; Wake Forest
Jace LaViolette; OF; Katy, Texas; Texas A&M
Michael Massey; RHP; Suwanee, Ga.; Wake Forest
Xavier Meachem; RHP; Winterville, N.C.; NC A&T
Omar Melendez; LHP; Cayey, P.R.; Alabama State
Braden Montgomery; OF/RHP; Madison, Miss.; Stanford
Malcolm Moore; C; Sacramento, Calif.; Stanford
Christian Moore; INF; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Tennessee
Brandon Neely; RHP; Seville, Fla.; Florida
Tyson Neighbors; RHP; Royse City, Texas; Kansas State
Griff O'Ferrall; INF; Richmond, Va.; Virginia
Fran Oschell III; RHP; Phoenixville, Pa.; Duke
Kyle Robinson; RHP; Vienna, Va.; Texas Tech
Hagen Smith; LHP; Bullard, Texas; Arkansas
Ryan Stafford; C; Folsom, Calif.; Cal Poly
JJ Wetherholt; INF; Mars, Pa.; West Virginia
Nicholas Wilson; RHP; Carrollton, Texas; Southern
Jay Woolfolk; RHP; Chesterfield, Va.; Virginia
Trey Yesavage; RHP; Boyertown, Pa.; East Carolina
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