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EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Sophomore left-handed pitcher Kenton Deverman (Dardenne Prairie, Mo. / Fort Zumwalt West HS) has been named one of two starting pitchers on the Missouri Valley Conference Preseason All-Conference Team by league Head Coaches while the University of Evansville baseball team plays at Indiana on Tuesday evening.
| Evansville at Indiana | Tuesday, March 17 | 5 PM CT | |
| Site | Location | Bart Kaufman Field | Bloomington, Ind. |
| Links | Tuesday, 5 PM CT: Live Stats | TV: B1G+ (PPV) | Radio: None
Expected Pitching Matchup: UE RHP Parker MacCauley (0-0, 11.50 ERA) vs. IU TBA |
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Deverman was the Purple Aces breakout pitcher during the 2024 season in a historic run to the NCAA Super Regionals. Named the 2024 MVC Freshman of the Year Deverman had a stellar first collegiate season with a 9-2 record and a 4.22 ERA. In 2024 Deverman also lead all NCAA freshmen in victories (nine) and innings pitched (111.0). He set UE freshman records in both categories while striking out 83 men against just 23 walks in 111.0 innings of work. He also left the mound with the lead in 11 of his final 13 starts for Evansville. Deverman has made four starts in 2025 with a 1-1 record and a 6.55 ERA. He has pitched 22 innings so far striking out 17 batters while only allowing four walks.
Along with the preseason team, the league announced the preseason poll, which has the Aces picked fifth out of 10 schools with 49 votes. Missouri State was picked as the league favorite with five first place votes and 90 overall votes. Rounding out the top three in the preseason poll are Southern Illinois with four first place votes and 86 overall votes and Murray State with one first place vote and 84 overall votes. The other six teams in the Valley were selected as follows; Illinois State with 72 votes, Indiana State with 49 votes, UIC with 46 votes, Belmont and Bradley with 39 votes, and Valparaiso with 19 votes.
UE had a tough week across the diamond over spring break with five games in only six days. Evansville had 32 hits while scoring 24 runs on offense while the defense struck out 47 batters, committed seven errors, and turned two double plays. The Aces will quickly go back to work with their first game in the Hoosier state in over three weeks on Tuesday at Indiana. It will be the first of two games UE plays against IU as the two teams are playing a home-and-home series for the first time since 2022. In 2022 three games were played in Bloomington while one game was played at Evansville. The last true home-and-home series between the two was scheduled in 2016 but the game in Bloomington was called in the top of the fifth due to weather. Indiana makes the return trip to GAB Field on April 29.
The Aces had their fifth batter of the season record a home run over the weekend. Sophomore outfielder Charlie Longmeier hit his first collegiate home run for UE in the second game of the team’s doubleheader with Samford on Friday afternoon. Longmeier hit a ball out past the left center field wall in Birmingham recording the Aces eighth home run of the year. Only senior right fielder Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo. / Northeast CC) has multiple home runs for UE as he has launched four long balls in 19 games in 2025.
Senior center fielder Ty Rumsey has taken over the top of the offense for Evansville after this past week. As one of only three Aces to appear in every game this season Rumsey has a .370 batting average while leading the team in at-bats, hits, hit-by-pitches, and stolen bases. He is also the Missouri Valley Conference leader in four categories; hit by pitch (9), hit by pitch per game (0.47), stolen bases (12), and stolen bases per game (0.63).
