Ballinger Receives Invite to USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp

CARY, N.C. – Kansas All-American Brady Ballinger earned an invitation to the 2025 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp, the organization announced today.

Ballinger is one of 56 college players receiving an invite to participate in training camp, which features the premier non-draft-eligible collegiate players in the country. Kansas has had a player invited to training camp for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in each summer under 2025 Big 12 Coach of the Year Dan Fitzgerald, with Dominic Voegele participating in 2024 and Kodey Shojinaga in 2023.

Already labeled an All-American by ABCA/Rawlings, NCBWA and Perfect Game, Ballinger was named a Third Team All-American by D1Baseball on Thursday.

An All-Big 12 First Team selection and ABCA All-Region First Team honoree, Ballinger's first season at Kansas ended with him leading the team in batting average (.353), walks (56), OPS (1.165), runs scored (71), hits (79), doubles (21), total bases (150), multi-hit games (24) and multi-walk games (16).

Those marks cemented Ballinger in the record books as his 71 runs were second most in school history, his 56 walks tied for second in program history and his 150 total bases were the sixth most ever in a season by a Jayhawk.

A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, Ballinger ended the regular season first in the Big 12 in walks, tied for first in runs scored and doubles and second in on-base percentage, slugging percentage and total bases. Ballinger's first season as a Jayhawk ended with 16 home runs, which tied for the fifth most in school history.

The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp will feature a five-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina from June 29-July 3. USA Baseball will name the final Collegiate National Team following Training Camp on July 4.

The Collegiate National Team will play in the 45th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series in various locations across Japan from July 8-13. The remaining players from the Collegiate National Team Training Camp will play in a Fourth of July game against the Appalachian League Select Team at Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis at 6:35 p.m. ET.

The full 2025 Collegiate National Team schedule is as follows:
(Date; Matchup; Location; Time (subject to change))

Team USA Stars vs. Stripes Series
• June 29; Stars vs. Stripes; Atrium Health Ballpark (Kannapolis, N.C.) 5:35 p.m. ET
• June 30; Stars vs. Stripes; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6:30 p.m. ET
• July 1; Stars vs. Stripes; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6:30 p.m. ET
• July 2; Stars vs. Stripes; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6:30 p.m. ET
• July 3; Stars vs. Stripes; Segra Stadium (Fayetteville, N.C.); 6:35 p.m. ET

USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Prospects Fourth of July Game
• July 4; Collegiate National Team Prospects vs. Appalachian League Select Team; Atrium Health Ballpark (Kannapolis, N.C.); 6:35 p.m. ET

45th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series
• July 8; USA vs. Japan; Es Con Field (Hokkaido, Japan); 4 a.m. ET/6 p.m. local
• July 9; USA vs. Japan; Es Con Field (Hokkaido, Japan); 4 a.m. ET/6 p.m. local
• July 11; USA vs. Japan; Hard Off Eco (Niigata, Japan); 3 a.m. ET/5 p.m. local
• July 11/12; USA vs. Japan; Hard Off Eco (Niigata, Japan); 10 p.m. ET/12 p.m. local
• July 13; USA vs. Japan; Jingu Stadium (Tokyo, Japan); 3 a.m. ET/5 p.m. local

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Ballinger Receives Invite to USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp

Players Mentioned

Brady Ballinger

Kodey Shojinaga

Dominic Voegele

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