D3P: A DIII Baseball Podcast

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we review scores and schedules of the Top 25 teams in the country as of April 13th, 2025—including season records, key wins and losses, upcoming games, and potential ranking impacts. We also cover bubble teams and national programs to watch—as well as the brand new NCAA National Power Index (NPI) rankings system. Division III baseball teams...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we review scores and schedules of the Top 25 teams in the country as of April 6th, 2025—including season records, key wins and losses, upcoming games, and potential ranking impacts. We also cover bubble teams and national programs to watch. Division III baseball teams covered in this update include Washington U., Keystone, Case Western Reser...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we review scores and schedules of the Top 25 teams in the country as of March 30th, 2025—including season records, key wins and losses, upcoming games, and potential ranking impacts. We also cover bubble teams and national programs to watch. Division III baseball teams covered in this update include SUNY Brockport Coe College, Rochester Tech...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we preview the 2025 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) season—reviewing last year's season and conference records, 2025 wins and losses to date, key player stats, key team stats, and other notes headed into MIAC conference play. We also make our MIAC playoff predictions, and offer a few suggestions for raising the visib...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we review scores and schedules of the Top 25 teams in the country as of March 23rd, 2025—including season records, key wins and losses, upcoming games, and potential ranking impacts. We also cover bubble teams and national programs to watch. Division III baseball teams covered in this update include Gustavus Adolphus, Piedmont, Keystone, Cal...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in on the 2025 season with Head Coach Ryan Bown from Penn State Harrisburg. During this interview we cover Coach Bown's path through baseball and coaching, recap the 2024 season, and look ahead to 2025—discussing key roster additions and losses, impact players to watch, key schedule matchups, team strengths, potential all-confer...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we review scores and schedules of the Top 25 teams in the country as of March 16th, 2025—including season records, key wins and losses, upcoming games, and potential ranking impacts. We also cover bubble teams and national programs to watch. This episode features special guest Will Miner, owner and moderator of @D3Region10base, the largest D...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in on the 2025 season with Head Coach Matt Noone from Babson College. During this interview we cover Coach Noone's path through baseball and coaching, recap the 2024 season, and look ahead to 2025—discussing key roster additions and losses, impact players to watch, key schedule matchups, team strengths, potential all-conference nods...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in on the 2025 season with Head Coach Ryan Rinsky from Ramapo College. During this interview we cover Coach Rinsky's path through baseball and coaching, recap the 2024 season, talk about his pro baseball journey, and look ahead to 2025—discussing key roster additions and losses, impact players to watch, key schedule matchups, te...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we review scores and schedules of the Top 25 teams in the country as of March 9th, 2025—including season records, key wins and losses, upcoming games and potential ranking impacts. Division III baseball teams covered in this update include Cal Lutheran, Ramapo, Gettysburg, Gustavus Adolphus, Centre, Babson, Case Western Reserve, East Texas B...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in on the 2025 season with Head Coach Greg Clifton from 2-time DIII National Champion North Carolina Wesleyan. During this interview we cover Coach Clifton's path through baseball and coaching, his experience as a 2-time State Champion Head Coach in High School, recap the 2024 season, and look ahead to 2025—discussing key roster...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in on the 2025 season with Head Coach Jim Weyandt from Hamline University. During this interview we cover Coach Weyandt's path through baseball and coaching, recap the 2024 season, and look ahead to 2025—discussing key roster additions and losses, impact players to watch, key schedule matchups, team strengths, potential all-conf...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in on the 2025 season with Head Coach Jamie Shevchik from Keystone College. During this interview we cover Coach Shevchik's path through baseball and coaching, recap the 2024 season, and look ahead to 2025—discussing current financial challenges at Keystone, status of the 2025 schedule, losing and replacing 35 rostered players,...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in on the 2025 season with Head Coach Brian Brewer from national powerhouse and 6-time DIII National Champion Marietta College. During this interview we cover Coach Brewer's path through baseball and coaching, recap the 2024 season, and look ahead to 2025—discussing key roster additions and losses, impact players to watch, key sched...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in on the 2025 season with Head Coach Michael Odenwaelder from national powerhouse and 2022 DIII National Champion Eastern Connecticut State. During this interview we cover Coach Odenwaelder's path through baseball and coaching, recap the 2024 season, and look ahead to 2025—discussing key roster additions and losses, impact players...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we interview 2024 Centennial Conference runner-up and 2023 Conference Coach of the Year Craig Hanson from Dickinson College. During this interview we cover Coach Hanson's path through baseball and coaching, his time at Stanford, the 2024 season, his All-Conference players, off-season recruiting strategies, his program's recent momentum, and...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we break down eight ways Travel and Club Baseball can help players get to the next level, and eight things to watch out for with Travel and Club programs. Topics of discussion include getting reps, escaping daddy ball, access to instruction, working out in the off-season, playing national competition, costs and fees, lack of a development fo...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we interview 2024 DIII National Champion and 2024 National DIII Baseball Coach of the Year Pete Egbert, Head Coach of Misericordia. During this interview we cover Coach Egbert's path to coaching, his 17 years at Misericordia, his team's run to the 2024 CWS Championship, developing as a coach, the Misericordia brand of baseball, turning aroun...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we unveil the 2025 Preseason Top 25 with Jim Dixon, Managing Editor of D3baseball.com. In addition to fully breaking down the preseason rankings, we talk with Jim about the history of D3baseball.com, his 30-year background as a DIII baseball writer, and Jim's take on a number of DIII baseball-related issues—including the rapidly increasing q...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we interview coaching legend and DIII Hall of Fame inductee Bob Babb, current Head Coach of Johns Hopkins. During this interview we cover Coach Babb's path to coaching, his 45 years at Johns Hopkins, maintaining excellence over nearly five decades, the decision to retire, his best piece of coaching advice, the pending legacy he's leaving for...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we interview two-time NCAA World Series Champion and current Head Coach of University of Wisconsin Whitewater John Vodenlich. During this interview we cover Coach Vodenlich's experience as a DIII player, his path to coaching and to UW Whitewater, his coaching and development approach, building and maintaining a nation-leading program, the im...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we interview Steve Bartlein, first-year head coach at University of Wisconsin River Falls—a program that has been reinstated after being shut down for financial reasons over 22 years ago. During this interview we cover Coach Bartlein's experience as a DIII player, his path to coaching and to River Falls, the process of rebuilding a program f...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we interview Colton DeRocher—former outfielder for Central College (2022-2024), two-time All Region selection, home run record holder, and congenital amputee. During this interview we cover Colton's path through sports and baseball, his jump to the NCAA, his workout routine, the importance of family, his mental approach to the game and life,...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we interview Casey Klunder, second-year head coach at Wartburg—and cover his path through baseball, the Wartburg coaching staff, results of this past season, his all conference players, 15 years as a Special Education teacher, making the jump from High School to NCAA coaching, and his favorite piece of coaching advice. 00:00:00-Introduction...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we break down the recently announced and most important rule changes in college baseball for the upcoming 2025 season—including rule changes related to pitching, hitting, speed of play, sportsmanship, cheating and electronic communications. During this podcast we also clarify a number of existing rules including the Step-Off Rule, the Force...