GREENSBORO, N.C., For the first time since 2019 and just the third time in program history, Saint Mary's has produced an ABCA All-West Region First Team selection. After a historic season, junior first baseman
Eddie Madrigal was named to the First Team to represent the Gaels and was just one of two WCC players to be named to the all-region teams as Gonzaga's Mikey Bell was named to the Second Team. Madrigal broke the single-season program records for hits (89), runs scored (66), and RBI (78) en route to an All-WCC First Team selection and the WCC Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Madrigal came back from a season ending knee injury in 2024 and was able to put together one of the most complete seasons in program history. He finished the 2025 season with a .368 batting average, 13 doubles, 21 home runs, 78 RBI, a .698 slugging percentage and a 1.160 OPS. He led the WCC in slugging, OPS, runs scored, hits and RBI. Madrigal led the team with 30 multi-hit games, 24 multi-RBI games, two multi-homer games and also recorded a career high four hits twice including in an 18-11 win over LMU in the conference tournament. His 21 home runs also ranked second most in a single-season behind
Christian Almanza who broke the single-season program record in 2024.
Madrigal becomes just the third player in program history to be named to the ABCA All-West Region First Team and the first since junior outfielder Joe Vranesh who was named to the First Team in 2019. Program great Kyle Jensen was the other player named to the First Team back in 2008. Head coach
Eric Valenzuela is now responsible for five of the program's seven ABCA all-region selections dating back to 2016.
Saint Mary's finished 36-26 overall and won their second ever WCC Tournament Championship in a one-run victory over San Diego. They went on to win their first ever NCAA Regional game in an upset over eighth ranked Oregon State 6-4 in the Corvallis Regional.
About the ABCA…
The 2025 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-Region Teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America & Coach of the Year Committee.
The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America teams will be announced the morning of Friday, June 13 prior to the start of the 2025 NCAA Div. I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. First Team All-Region selections are eligible for All-America honors.
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