Ranking the Top 50 Names in College Baseball in 2020

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

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

Also back near the top of the list are Zacchaeus Raspberry of Presbyterian and Zebulon Vermillion of Arkansas, who also came in at Nos. 2 and 3 a year ago. 

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 are 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. Quest Mock, Incarnate Word
5. D’Artagnan Padron, Texas Southern
6. Bubba Hubbard, East Tennessee State
7. Rojo Prarie, William & Mary
8. Mojo Hagge, Nebraska
9. Alaska Abney, Coastal Carolina
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/Trevor Beer, UC Santa Barbara
16. Blake Deatherage, UNC Wilmington
17. Konnor Zickefoose, UC Irvine
18. Socrates Bardatsos, Rider
19. Aristotle Peter, Western Kentucky
20. Kumar Rocker, Vanderbilt
21. Spencer Torkelson, Arizona State
22. Shaddon Peavyhouse, Coastal Carolina
23. Gunner Hellstrom, Nebraska
24. Jackson O’Boy, UC Davis
25. Fox Semones, James Madison
26. Grayson Stoneking, Presbyterian
27. Paddy McKermitt, Northern Illinois
28. Burl Carraway, Dallas Baptist
29. Chesdin Harrington, Virginia
30. Zach Boop, Lehigh
31. Towns King, Samford
32. Vincenzo Bologna, Oklahoma
33. Easton Rhodehouse, Valparaiso
34. Carson McCusker, Oklahoma State
35. Jarod Norcross Plourde, Hartford
36. Cullen Kafka, Oregon
37. Raider Tello, Portland
38. Cassius Shy, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
39. Padraig O’Shaughnessy, Youngstown State
40. Octavien Moyer, Florida A&M
41. Cruz Daddario, Cal State Northridge
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. Hamp Skinner, Samford
48. Montana Quigly, Valparaiso
49. Patrick Tomfohrde, Wisconsin-Milwaukee
50. Javin Drake, Western Illinois