2026 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team

2026 Purdue Boilermakers baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	37–20 (18–12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Greg Goff (7th season)
Assistant coach	Barrett Serrato (2nd season)
Hitting coach	Jimmy Brenneman (1st season)
Pitching coach	Josh Newman (3rd season)
Home stadium	Alexander Field

2026 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 11 UCLA ‍†‍‡‍y	28	–	2	–	0		.933			48	–	6	–	0		.889
Nebraska ‍‍‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			41	–	14	–	0		.745
No. 13 Oregon ‍‍‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			38	–	15	–	0		.717
No. 15 USC ‍‍‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			42	–	14	–	0		.750
Purdue  ‍‍‍	18	–	13	–	0		.581			36	–	18	–	0		.667
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			29	–	24	–	0		.547
Michigan  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Iowa  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			30	–	21	–	0		.588
Illinois  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			27	–	27	–	0		.500
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			26	–	29	–	0		.473
Washington  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			23	–	31	–	0		.426
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	12	–	19	–	0		.387			22	–	31	–	0		.415
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			30	–	23	–	0		.566
Maryland  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			27	–	29	–	0		.482
Indiana  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			23	–	31	–	0		.426
Penn State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			16	–	35	–	0		.314
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			21	–	30	–	1		.413
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 19, 2026 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team is a baseball team that represents Purdue University in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Boilermakers are members of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Alexander Field in West Lafayette, Indiana. They are led by seventh-year head coach Greg Goff.

Previous season

The Boilermakers finished the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season 31–23 overall (11–19 conference) and fifteenth place in the conference standings.

Roster

2026 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Previous school Home town 1 INF Dylan Drake L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Sacramento City Sacramento, California 2 INF Charlie Vercruysse R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Notre Dame Bloomington, Illinois 3 OF Eli Anderson L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr North Iowa Area Fairmont, Minnesota 4 OF Brandon Rogers R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Arizona Chicago, Illinois 5 C Jackson Bessette R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr UIC Bartlett, Illinois 6 INF Westin Boyle R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr St. Thomas Aquinas H.S. Overland Park, Kansas 7 INF Kaden Frei R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Seton Hall Prep West Orange, New Jersey 8 OF Quincy Malbrough R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Folsom Lake Loomis, California 9 UTL Ali Banks R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Georgia Highlands Stone Mountain, Georgia 10 INF Sam Flores L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Kansas State Lufkin, Texas 11 LHP Lucas Grant L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Joliet Academy Joliet, Illinois 13 UTL Sergio DeCello S/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Sr Arizona Western Hamilton, Ohio 14 UTL Ross Highfill R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Mississippi State Madison, Mississippi 15 INF Zach Zychowski R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Southwestern Illinois Cedar Lake, Indiana 16 LHP Trevor Kester-Johnson L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Santa Barbara City Morgan Hill, California 17 OF Trey Swiderski R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr John A. Logan Joliet, Illinois 18 RHP Joe Trenerry R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Penn H.S. Granger, Indiana 19 OF Avery Moore R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Southeast Omaha, Nebraska 20 UTL Aaron Manias L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Sr Nebraska Uxbridge, Ontario 21 INF CJ Richmond L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Western Michigan Indianapolis, Indiana 22 RHP Jacob Boland R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Chipola Fairfield, Ohio 23 LHP Jarvis Evans L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr South Carolina Buford, Georgia 25 UTL Jimmy Dionne L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Howard Quebec City, Quebec 26 RHP Cole Van Assen R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Brother Rice H.S. Tinley Park, Illinois 27 RHP Nick Kolze R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Heartland Romeoville, Illinois 28 LHP Tro Fellings L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Kalamazoo Central H.S. Kalamazoo, Michigan 29 RHP Gavin Beuter R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Kellogg Three Rivers, Michigan 30 RHP Graham Kollen R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Gr Huntington Fort Wayne, Indiana 31 LHP Zach Erdman L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Texas Tech Keller, Texas 33 RHP Austin Klug R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr North Iowa Area Caledonia, Minnesota 34 RHP Noah Filer R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Wayzata H.S. Plymouth, Minnesota 35 UTL Thomas Lynch L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Fr Memorial H.S. Evansville, Indiana 37 RHP Jackson Greer R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Georgia Highlands Cartersville, Georgia 38 RHP Evan Schweizer R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Fr Garth Webb H.S. Oakville, Ontario 40 RHP Barron Sawyer R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Northeast Texas Abbeville, Louisiana 42 RHP Thomas Howard R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So John A. Logan Lexington, Kentucky 55 RHP Jake Kramer R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr California (Pa.) Greensburg, Pennsylvania	Head coach Greg Goff Assistant coach(es) Barrett Serrato Hitting coach(es) Jimmy Brenneman Pitching coach(es) Josh Newman Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: April 22, 2026

Schedule

2026 Purdue Boilermakers baseball game log (37–20)
Regular season (35–18)
February (7–3) # Date Rank Opponent Site Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 1 February 13 vs Portland* Constellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas 3–9 Newmann (1–0) Kramer (0–1) None 340 0–1 – 2 February 14 vs Portland* Constellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas 2–1 Klug (1–0) Via (0–1) None 290 1–1 – – February 14 vs Portland* Constellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas Game cancelled 3 February 15 vs Portland* Constellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas 10–7 Howard (1–0) Louis (0–1) Greer (1) 267 2–1 – 4 February 18 at Rice* Reckling Park • Houston, Texas 2–5 Arnett (2–0) Klug (1–1) Thames (1) 1,315 2–2 – 5 February 20 vs No. 20 Southern Miss* Dell Diamond • Round Rock, Texas 4–5 Clark (2–0) Kramer (0–2) None – 2–3 – 6 February 21 vs Baylor* Dell Diamond • Round Rock, Texas 6–5 Kramer (1–2) Ruais (0–1) None 4,391 3–3 – 7 February 22 vs No. 11 Oregon State* Dell Diamond • Round Rock, Texas 5–2 Evans (0–1) Segura (0–1) Kramer (1) – 4–3 – 8 February 27 vs Marist* North Main Athletic Complex • Holly Springs, North Carolina 9–4 Van Assen (1–0) Taylor (0–2) Trenerry (1) 244 5–3 – 9 February 28 vs Marist* North Main Athletic Complex • Holly Springs, North Carolina 11–10 Kramer (2–2) Scholl (0–1) None – 6–3 – 10 February 28 vs Marist* North Main Athletic Complex • Holly Springs, North Carolina 8–2 Klug (2–1) Ubner (0–1) Filer (1) 688 7–3 –
March (12–6) # Date Rank Opponent Site Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 11 March 1 vs Marist* North Main Athletic Complex • Holly Springs, North Carolina 18–17 Evans (2–0) Mazza (0–3) None 664 8–3 – 12 March 6 No. 23 Oregon Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 7–8 Sanford (3–0) Van Assen (1–1) Featherston (1) 1,927 8–4 0–1 13 March 7 Oregon Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 2–1 Erdman (1–0) Clarke (2–1) Kramer (2) 1,370 9–4 1–1 14 March 8 Oregon Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 4–158 Scolari (3–0) Evans (2–1) None 1,569 9–5 1–2 15 March 10 Milwaukee* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 17–1 Klug (3–1) Arnold (0–2) None – 10–5 1–2 16 March 13 at Maryland Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland 16–5 Howard (2–0) Hastings (1–1) None 647 11–5 2–2 17 March 14 at Maryland Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland 8–6 Erdman (2–0) Smith (0–1) Kramer (3) 969 12–5 3–2 18 March 15 at Maryland Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland 9–10 Hastings (2–1) Kramer (2–3) None 713 12–6 3–3 – March 17 at Butler* Bulldog Park • Indianapolis, Indiana Game cancelled 19 March 18 Oakland City* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 11–3 Klug (4–1) Rheinhardt (0–1) None 224 13–6 3–3 20 March 20 Penn State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 12–7 Van Assen (2–1) Fitzgerald (2–4) None 1,154 14–6 4–3 21 March 21 Penn State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 2–1 Erdman (3–0) Emmons (0–1) Kramer (4) 1,490 15–6 5–3 22 March 22 Penn State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 9–14 Shayter (1–3) Evans (2–2) None 1,269 15–7 5–4 23 March 24 Valparaiso* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 3–2 Kramer (3–3) Kafka (0–1) None 1,243 16–7 5–4 24 March 25 UIC* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 18–13 Beuter (1–0) Barrera (0–1) Howard (1) 1,403 17–7 5–4 25 March 27 at Michigan State McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan 3–4 Higgins (2–1) Van Assen (2–2) None 641 17–8 5–5 26 March 28 at Michigan State McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan 16–13 Boland (1–0) Grundman (0–3) Kramer (5) 813 18–8 6–5 27 March 29 at Michigan State McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan 11–4 Howard (3–0) Chambers (2–1) None 595 19–8 7–5 28 March 31 at Indiana State* Bob Warn Field • Terre Haute, Indiana 4–12 Seeman (2–0) Evans (2–3) None 1,351 19–9 7–5
April (10–6) # Date Rank Opponent Site Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 29 April 3 Illinois Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 6–1 Van Assen (3–2) Hall (4–3) None 1,165 20–9 8–5 30 April 4 Illinois Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 5–7 Remington (3–2) Boland (1–1) Gannon (1) 1,230 20–10 8–6 31 April 5 Illinois Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 10–5 Howard (4–0) Mommer (1–1) None 1,141 21–10 9–6 32 April 7 Bradley* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 13–6 Trenerry (1–0) Horras (0–2) None 1,020 22–10 9–6 33 April 10 at Northwestern Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois 11–3 Van Assen (4–2) Rifenburg (2–3) Howard (2) 203 23–10 10–6 34 April 11 at Northwestern Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois 3–210 Kramer (4–3) Dickson (0–1) None 301 24–10 11–6 35 April 12 at Northwestern Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois 8–3 Klug (5–1) Whitaker (2–2) None 351 25–10 12–6 36 April 14 Miami (OH)* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 3–511 Iozzo (1–0) Trenerry (1–1) None 2,263 25–11 12–6 37 April 17 Ohio State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 10–9 Van Assen (5–2) Kuzniewski (2–2) Kramer (6) 2,329 26–11 13–6 38 April 18 Ohio State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 12–7 Beuter (2–0) Domke (4–4) None 2,021 27–11 14–6 39 April 19 Ohio State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 6–2 Klug (6–1) Herrenbruck (4–2) None 1,505 28–11 15–6 40 April 21 Indiana State* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 5–6 Seeman (5–0) Kester-Johnson (0–1) Armstrong (1) 2,312 28–12 15–6 41 April 24 at No. 21 USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 3–4 Velazquez (4–1) Van Assen (5–3) Troy (11) 908 28–13 15–7 42 April 25 at No. 21 USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 1–6 Govel (8–1) Erdman (3–1) None 811 28–14 15–8 43 April 26 at No. 21 USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 4–11 Johnson (4–2) Klug (6–2) None 1,291 28–15 15–9 44 April 29 Southern Indiana* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 5–1 Beuter (3–0) Bell (0–1) None 1,565 29–15 15–9
May (6–3) # Date Rank Opponent Site Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 45 May 1 Murray State* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 7–5 Van Assen (6–3) Schutte (7–4) Kramer (7) 1,357 30–15 15–9 46 May 2 Murray State* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 11–4 Erdman (4–1) Hustedde (2–4) None 1,504 31–15 15–9 47 May 3 Murray State* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 17–8 Howard (5–0) Deremer (3–1) None 1,438 32–15 15–9 48 May 5 Ball State* Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Canceled 49 May 8 Indiana Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 11–9 Kollen (1–0) Seebold (2–4) Kramer (8) 1,915 33–15 16–9 50 May 9 Indiana Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 5–4 Beuter (4–0) Gubitosi (2–1) None 2,012 34–15 17–9 51 May 10 Indiana Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 11–8 Evans (3–3) Jacobi (1–2) Kramer (9) 1,800 35–15 18–9 52 May 12 at Ball State* Shebek Stadium • Muncie, Indiana Canceled 53 May 14 at Iowa Principal Park • Des Moines, Iowa 7–10 Hackett (1–1) Van Assen (6–4) Alivo (1) 2,293 35–16 18–10 54 May 15 at Iowa Principal Park • Des Moines, Iowa 5–14 Bleeker (6–5) Kollen (1–1) None 4,036 35–17 18–11 55 May 16 at Iowa Principal Park • Des Moines, Iowa 9–15 Frost (1–0) Klug (6–3) None 3,706 35–18 18–12
Postseason (2–2)
Big Ten Tournament (2–2) # Date Rank Opponent Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 19 (5) vs. (12) Michigan State Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, Nebraska 8–4 Donovan (6–3) Van Assen (6–5) None 35–19 0–1 May 20 (5) vs. (9) Illinois Charles Schwab Field ▪︎ Omaha, Nebraska 3–1 Howard (6–0) Flinn (1–3) Kramer (10) 36–19 1–1 May 21 (5) vs. (8) Iowa Charles Schwab Field ▪︎ Omaha, Nebraska 8–1 Evans (4–3) Frost (1–1) None 37–19 2–1 May 22 (5) vs. (1) No. 1 UCLA Charles Schwab Field ▪︎ Omaha, Nebraska 3–4 Hawk (4–2) Kramer (4–4) None 37–20 2–2
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1 Baseball Poll on the date of the contest. "()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 10 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.   = Win,   = Loss,   = Canceled/Postponed Bold = Purdue Boilermakers team member * = Non-Conference Game
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Rankings

Main article: 2026 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches'	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	RV
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*
NCBWA†	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV*
D1Baseball	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Perfect Game	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*

† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.