Stephen Schoch is the most exciting player in college baseball right now. Before playing for Virginia he played for UMBC and us.

Why did we lose this guy?

Stephen Schoch grew up admiring Brian O’Connor’s Virginia program, which was the biggest college baseball power near his home in Maryland. He still has a picture of himself as a 12-year-old in Cooperstown wearing a Virginia hat.

So when Schoch entered the transfer portal to look for a new school to play for after graduating from Maryland-Baltimore County in 2019 with one year of eligibility remaining and then-Virginia pitching coach Karl Kuhn was the first coach to contact him, Schoch was excited. After starting his college career at Appalachian State, then transferring to UMBC after one season following a coaching change, he was headed to his dream school.




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