Centerfielder Braedon Stokes was an all-conference and all-Midwest Region selection for the Tritons last season. (Photo: Thomas Grove)
DeMarcus Dixon
Staff Writer
The 2025 college baseball season is set to begin this weekend, with games in different parts of the country.
And one day before the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons play their season opener, at an event in Oklahoma, UMSL leadoff man and centerfielder Braedon Stoakes was named to the 2025 D2 Baseball Preseason All-America Third Team.
Last year, as a junior for UMSL, Stoakes hit .417 for the season — with 65 hits in 156 at-bats — 21 of those hits were for extra-bases, including a school-record nine triples. Stoakes also had a .686 slugging percentage, a .466 on-base percentage, and was 23-for-24 on stolen base attempts.
The 6-foot-1, 180-pounder from Grand Ledge, Mich., also hit six home runs, totaled 39 RBIs, and scored 51 runs in 38 games played, before his season ended early due to an injury.
This season, Stoakes is fully healthy and expected to lead the Tritons to another successful season.
UMSL will play its first game of 2025 on Friday, when it travels to Edmond, Okla., to play in the Central Oklahoma First Pitch Classic.
The Tritons will play three games in three days against the host school, Central Oklahoma on Friday, then against Oklahoma Baptist on Saturday, before completing the weekend with a game against Northeastern State on Sunday.
UMSL’s first home games of the season will be on February 23, when the Tritons will host Davenport University in a doubleheader at the UMSL Baseball Field.
2025 UMSL TRITONS BASEBALL SCHEDULE
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 31, 2025 (Friday) | 4 p.m. | Away | Central Oklahoma | Edmond, Okla. / Wendell Simmons Field |
| February 1, 2025 (Saturday) | 9:30 a.m. | Neutral | Oklahoma Baptist | Edmond, Okla. / Wendell Simmons Field |
| February 2, 2025 (Sunday) | 12:30 p.m. | Neutral | Northeastern State | Edmond, Okla. / Wendell Simmons Field |
| February 7, 2025 (Friday) | 3 p.m. | Away | Alabama – Huntsville | Huntsville, Ala. / Charger Park |
| February 8, 2025 (Saturday) | 12 p.m. | Away | Alabama – Huntsville | Huntsville, Ala. / Charger Park |
| February 8, 2025 (Saturday) | 2:30 p.m. | Away | Alabama – Huntsville | Huntsville, Ala. / Charger Park |
| February 9, 2025 (Sunday) | 12 p.m. | Away | Alabama – Huntsville | Huntsville, Ala. / Charger Park |
| February 18, 2025 (Tuesday) | 2 p.m. | Away | Missouri Western | St. Joseph, Mo. / Griffon Baseball Field |
| February 21, 2025 (Friday) | 12 p.m. | Away | McKendree | Lebanon, Ill. / Hypes Field |
| February 21, 2025 (Friday) | 3 p.m. | Away | McKendree | Lebanon, Ill. / Hypes Field |
| February 23, 2025 (Sunday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Davenport | UMSL Baseball Field |
| February 23, 2025 (Sunday) | 3 p.m. | Home | Davenport | UMSL Baseball Field |
| February 28, 2025 (Friday) | 2 p.m. | Home | Walsh | UMSL Baseball Field |
| March 1, 2025 (Saturday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Walsh | UMSL Baseball Field |
| March 1, 2025 (Saturday) | 3 p.m. | Home | Walsh | UMSL Baseball Field |
| March 2, 2025 (Sunday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Walsh | UMSL Baseball Field |
| March 7, 2025 (Friday) | 2 p.m. | Away | Missouri S&T | Rolla, Mo. / Ballpark at S&T |
| March 8, 2025 (Saturday) | 12 p.m. | Away | Missouri S&T | Rolla, Mo. / Ballpark at S&T |
| March 8, 2025 (Saturday) | 3 p.m. | Away | Missouri S&T | Rolla, Mo. / Ballpark at S&T |
| March 9, 2025 (Sunday) | 12 p.m. | Away | Missouri S&T | Rolla, Mo. / Ballpark at S&T |
| March 14, 2025 (Friday) | 4 p.m. | Away | Lincoln | Jefferson City, Mo. / Vivion Field |
| March 15, 2025 (Saturday) | 12 p.m. | Away | Lincoln | Jefferson City, Mo. / Vivion Field |
| March 15, 2025 (Saturday) | 3 p.m. | Away | Lincoln | Jefferson City, Mo. / Vivion Field |
| March 16, 2025 (Sunday) | 12 p.m. | Away | Lincoln | Jefferson City, Mo. / Vivion Field |
| March 21, 2025 (Friday) | 2 p.m. | Home | Illinois Springfield | UMSL Baseball Field |
| March 22, 2025 (Saturday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Illinois Springfield | UMSL Baseball Field |
| March 22, 2025 (Saturday) | 3 p.m. | Home | Illinois Springfield | UMSL Baseball Field |
| March 23, 2025 (Sunday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Illinois Springfield | UMSL Baseball Field |
| March 25, 2025 (Tuesday) | 1 p.m. | Home | Missouri Western | UMSL Baseball Field |
| March 28, 2025 (Friday) | 2 p.m. | Away | Lewis | Romeoville, Ill. / Brennan Field |
| March 29, 2025 (Saturday) | 12 p.m. | Away | Lewis | Romeoville, Ill. / Brennan Field |
| March 29, 2025 (Saturday) | 2 p.m. | Away | Lewis | Romeoville, Ill. / Brennan Field |
| March 30, 2025 (Sunday) | 12 p.m. | Away | Lewis | Romeoville, Ill. / Brennan Field |
| April 4, 2025 (Friday) | 5 p.m. | Away | Drury | Springfield, Mo. / Mark Worley Field |
| April 5, 2025 (Saturday) | 1 p.m. | Away | Drury | Springfield, Mo. / Mark Worley Field |
| April 5, 2025 (Saturday) | 3:30 p.m. | Away | Drury | Springfield, Mo. / Mark Worley Field |
| April 6, 2025 (Sunday) | 12 p.m. | Away | Drury | Springfield, Mo. / Mark Worley Field |
| April 11, 2025 (Friday) | 2 p.m. | Home | Rockhurst | UMSL Baseball Field |
| April 12, 2025 (Saturday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Rockhurst | UMSL Baseball Field |
| April 12, 2025 (Saturday) | 3 p.m. | Home | Rockhurst | UMSL Baseball Field |
| April 13, 2025 (Sunday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Rockhurst | UMSL Baseball Field |
| April 17, 2025 (Thursday) | 2 p.m. | Home | Upper Iowa | UMSL Baseball Field |
| April 18, 2025 (Friday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Upper Iowa | UMSL Baseball Field |
| April 18, 2025 (Friday) | 3 p.m. | Home | Upper Iowa | UMSL Baseball Field |
| April 19, 2025 (Saturday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Upper Iowa | UMSL Baseball Field |
| April 22, 2025 (Tuesday) | 5 p.m. | Away | Lindenwood | St. Charles, Mo. / Lou Brock Sports Complex |
| May 1, 2025 (Thursday) | 2 p.m. | Home | Maryville | UMSL Baseball Field |
| May 2, 2025 (Friday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Maryville | UMSL Baseball Field |
| May 2, 2025 (Friday) | 3 p.m. | Home | Maryville | UMSL Baseball Field |
| May 3, 2025 (Saturday) | 12 p.m. | Home | Maryville | UMSL Baseball Field |
| May 7-11, 2025 | TBD | Neutral | GLVC Tournament | Marion, Ill. / Mtn Dew Park |