Ranking College Baseball’s Top 50 Names In 2021

Image credit: Photo courtesy of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

For the fourth straight year, Baseball America is proud to present a list of the 50 best names in college baseball, and for the fourth straight year, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Itchy Burts tops the list.

Also back near the top of the list are Zacchaeus Rasberry of Presbyterian and Zebulon Vermillion of Arkansas, who also came in at Nos. 2 and 3 a year ago. Burts and Rasberry both took advantage of the NCAA’s eligibility relief last year to return for a fifth season of college baseball and another year of topping the best names list.

It’s important to be clear about what this list is and what this list isn’t. Talent, stats and prospect status have no bearing whatsoever. Everyone from All-Americans to little-used role players is represented. Rather, this list simply aims to present the 50 best names in college baseball.

1.       Itchy Burts, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
2.       Zacchaeus Rasberry, Presbyterian
3.       Zebulon Vermillion, Arkansas
4.       D’Artagnan Padron, Texas Southern
5.       Bubba Hubbard, East Tennessee State
6.       Rojo Prairie, William & Mary
7.       Mojo Hagge, Nebraska
8.       Alaska Abney, Coastal Carolina
9.       LuJames Groover III, Charlotte
10.     Hambleton Oliver, Baylor
11.   Roman Phansalkar, Oklahoma State
12.   Couper Cornblum, Wichita State
13.   Scotty Scott, Hawaii
14.   Kragen Kechely, Dallas Baptist
15.   Blake Beers, Michigan
16.   Trevor Beer, UC Santa Barbara
17.   Tiger Borom, Lipscomb
18.   Socrates Bardatsos, Rider
19.   Aristotle Peter, Western Kentucky
20.   Kumar Rocker, Vanderbilt
21.   Shaddon Peavyhouse, Coastal Carolina
22.   Gunner Hellstrom, Nebraska
23.   Jackson O’Boy, UC Davis
24.   Seth Sweet-Chick, Kansas
25.   Vinny Bologna, Fresno State
26.   Fox Semones, James Madison
27.   Paddy McKermitt, Northern Illinois
28.   Canyon McWilliams, Arkansas-Little Rock
29.   Towns King, Samford
30.   River Town, Dallas Baptist
31.   River Ridings, Texas Christian
32.   Easton Rhodehouse, Valparaiso
33.   August Haymaker, Lipscomb
34.   Carson McCusker, Oklahoma State
35.   Jarrod Norcross Plourde, Hartford
36.   Cullen Kafka, Oregon
37.   Rykker Tom, Utah
38.   Cassius Shy, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
39.   Padraig O’Shaughnessy, Youngstown State
40.   Octavien Moyer, Florida A&M
41.   Tyler Rando, Gonzaga
42.   Bay Witcher, Troy
43.   Jabronski Williams, Alabama State
44.   Jack Delongchamps, George Mason
45.   Orion Kerkering, South Florida
46.   Sky-Lar Culver, Arkansas State
47.   Sky Duff, Pittsburgh
48.   Hamp Skinner, Samford
49.   Patrick Tomfohrde, Wisconsin-Milwaukee
50.   Javin Drake, Indiana State