Jim Schlossnagle, Dylan Volantis take home SEC honors

Texas head coach Jim Schlossnagle was named the Southeastern Conference coach of the year and lefty reliever Dylan Volantis earned SEC freshman of the year accolades, the league announced Monday.

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Schlossnagle, in his first year as head coach of the Longhorns, led Texas to an outright regular season conference title. The Longhorns are 42-11 with a 22-8 mark in the SEC and are the No. 1 seed in this week’s SEC Tournament. Texas enters the weekend ranked No. 2 in the most recent D1Baseball top 25.

Volantis became the Longhorns’ top arm out of the bullpen, and posted a 4-0 record and a 1.66 ERA in 43.1 innings of work. He notched 12 saves and allowed opponents to hit just .176 against him. Volantis was also named a first-team All-SEC selection and an freshman All-SEC selection. He was recently named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes award

One other Longhorn, Rylan Galvan, joined Volantis on the All-SEC first team. Galvan slashed .299/.453/.635 with a 1.088 OPS. He recorded 50 hits and led Texas with 14 homers. He also drove in 46 runs.

No Longhorn was named to the All-SEC second team.

Galvan had several teammates join him on the All-SEC defensive team including second baseman Ethan Mendoza, first baseman Kimble Schuessler, and outfielder Will Gasparino.

Texas’ next game is Thursday at 3 p.m. in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala.

2025 SEC Baseball Awards
Player of the Year: Wehiwa Aloy, Arkansas
Pitcher of the Year: Liam Doyle, Tennessee
Freshman of the Year: Dylan Volantis, Texas
Newcomer of the Year: Ace Reese, Mississippi State
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Ryan Prager, Texas A&M
Coach of the Year: Jim Schlossnagle, Texas

2025 All-SEC Baseball Team
First Team
C: Rylan Galvan, Texas
C: Luke Heyman, Florida
1B: Andrew Fischer, Tennessee
2B: Gavin Kilen, Tennessee
3B: Ace Reese, Mississippi State
3B: Slate Alford, Georgia
SS: Wehiwa Aloy, Arkansas
OF: Ike Irish, Auburn
OF: Charles Davalan, Arkansas
OF: Kade Snell, Alabama
DH/Util: Kuhio Aloy, Arkansas
SP: Liam Doyle, Tennessee
SP: Kade Anderson, LSU
SP: Kyson Witherspoon, Oklahoma
SP: Zach Root, Arkansas
RP: Dylan Volantis, Texas
RP: Zac Cowan, LSU
RP: Carson Ozmer, Alabama

Second Team
C: Easton Carmichael, Oklahoma
1B: Jared Jones, LSU
1B: Cam Kozeal, Arkansas
2B: Chris Rembert, Auburn
2B: Daniel Dickinson, LSU
3B: Luke Hill, Ole Miss
SS: Justin Lebron, Alabama
OF: Hunter Ensley, Tennessee
OF: Derek Curiel, LSU
OF: Robbie Burnett, Georgia*
OF: Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M*
DH/Util: Ryland Zaborowski, Georgia
SP: Samuel Dutton, Auburn
SP: Anthony Eyanson, LSU
SP: Brian Curley, Georgia
SP: Riley Quick, Alabama
RP: Jake Clemente, Florida
RP: Mason Morris, Ole Miss
RP: Sawyer Hawks, Vanderbilt
*Ties

2025 Freshman All-SEC Baseball Team
Tyler Bell, Kentucky
Kyle Branch, Oklahoma
Derek Curiel, LSU
Casan Evans, LSU
Hayden Federico, Ole Miss
Chase Fralick, Auburn
Brodie Johnston, Vanderbilt
Aidan King, Florida
Brendan Lawson, Florida
Chris Rembert, Auburn
Bub Terrell, Auburn
Dylan Volantis, Texas

2025 SEC Baseball All-Defensive Team
C: Rylan Galvan, Texas
1B: Kimble Schuessler, Texas
2B: Ethan Mendoza, Texas
3B: Bobby Boser, Florida*
3B: Eric Guevara, Auburn*
3B: Brodie Johnston, Vanderbilt*
SS: Justin Lebron, Alabama
OF: RJ Austin, Vanderbilt
OF: Hunter Ensley, Tennessee
OF: Will Gasparino, Texas
P: Kade Anderson, LSU
*Ties