“A hometown listing of Sudbury Ont. will garner some attention on the back of the Gavin Roy baseball card.

These days, however, it’s the impressive numbers that are being posted by the local product that are causing watchers both north and south of the border to take notice.

Making his debut as an NCAA Division I junior with the Washington State Cougars, after spending two years with the Cloud County Community College Thunderbirds in Kansas, the 21-year-old slick-fielding middle infielder was expecting a stretch of acclimatization as he cleared another barrier.”

Gillespie fans 13 to hit 131 Ks on season for modern Canuck D1 record

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Dick Howser committee has decided on its semifinalists for the 2025 Dick Howser Trophy — awarded annually to the collegiate player of the year. UC Santa Barbara Gauchos RHP Tyler Bremner, whose parents are from Mississauga, Ont. and Queensville, Ont., and Arkansas Razorbacks OF Charles Davalan ((St-Bruno-De-Montarville, Que.) are the two Canucks to make the 64-player list.

With six strikeouts in his most recent start for the Charlotte 49ers, right-hander Blake Gillespie (Arva, Ont.) now has the eighth-most strikeouts by a Canadian pitcher in a D-1 season.

Matt Stocco (Guelph, Ont.) has been named head coach of the Guelph Gryphons program.

Ontario Nationals grad Blake Gillespie (Arva, Ont.) has fanned 112 hitters for the Charlotte 49ers this spring, which makes him just one of 11 Canuck hurlers to exceed 100 strikeouts in an NCAA Div. I season.

Right-hander Tyler Bremner, whose parents are from Mississauga and Queensville, Ont., set a new UC Santa Barbara record on Friday night when he recorded his 275th career strikeout.

Ontario Nationals grad Blake Gillespie (Arva, Ont.) has fanned 105 hitters for the Charlotte 49ers this spring, which makes him just one of 11 Canuck hurlers to exceed 100 strikeouts in an NCAA Div. I season.