Virginia baseball UTL Aidan Teel enters NCAA transfer portal

Virginia baseball UTL Aidan Teel has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. Teel’s portal entry comes with a ‘do not contact’ tag. He is expected to head to Mississippi State.

Teel pitched, fielded and slugged for the Cavaliers during his time with the program. He spent three seasons with Virginia.

During the 2025 season, Teel appeared in 50 games for Virginia. Across 233 plate appearances, Teel logged 59 hits, scored 51 runs, knocked in 40 RBIs, stole nine bases and hit seven home runs.

He will join a Mississippi State baseball team that just hired his head coach at Virginia, Brian O’Connor. During his time with the Cavaliers, he led the program to a College World Series title in 2015 and made seven total trips to Omaha. He just completed his 21st season in Charlottesville but is now headed to Mississippi State, where he’ll replace Chris Lemonis and is now bringing his Virginia players over to the SEC with him.

Lemonis was fired after a 7-14 start to SEC play. Mississippi State athletics director Zac Selmon announced the decision following a losing weekend at Auburn, and he informed the Bulldogs in a team meeting.

“A change in leadership is what’s best for the future of Mississippi State Baseball,” Selmon said in a statement. “We have not consistently met the standard of success that our university, fans and student-athletes expect and deserve. I want to thank Coach Lemonis for his work and the time he gave to our program, including a national championship in 2021. We appreciate his efforts and wish him and his family all the best moving forward.

“In a team meeting moments ago, I expressed to our student-athletes the confidence we have in their abilities and the potential they have for the remainder of the season. I encouraged them to compete with pride, resilience, and intensity. With the hard work, preparation, and talent already within this group, we are committed to putting them in the best position to finish the season competing at the highest level.”

All told, O’Connor had an 885-370-2 overall record at Virginia, including a 362-234-1 mark in ACC play. He was the conference’s Coach of the Year five times and helped the Cavaliers to two ACC titles. More of the same success is expected in Starkville, and Teel will likely provide a huge boost to that initial effort.

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