West Liberty University Athletics

Men's Baseball

West Liberty University

NCAA D2 · Mountain East Conference · West Liberty, WV

$15.6k

Avg net price

60%

Grad rate

The program

Eric Burkle, Head coach · 13 seasons · eburkle@westliberty.edu

Assistants: Eric Burkle · Koby Bubash · Noah Mildren

The roster · 2026

39 on the roster17 Fr8 So6 Jr7 Sr1 Grad

Mason Chaney

So. · Right Handed Pitcher / Outfielder

Morgantown, W.Va.

Colby Conn

Jr. · Right Handed Pitcher

Newark, Ohio

John Thompson

Sr. · Right Handed Pitcher

Hopedale, Ohio

Brady Harman

Sr. · Infielder / Right Handed Pitcher

Edinburg, Pa.

Austin Wittreich

Fr. · Outfielder

Painesville, Ohio

Chase Bandy

Fr. · Catcher

Street, Md.

Luke Nipar

Fr. · Left Handed Pitcher

Latrobe, Pa.

Logan Cypher

So. · Outfielder

Saxonburg, Pa.

Giacomo Dolce

Fr. · Infielder

Concord, Ohio

Seth Cover

Fr. · Right Handed Pitcher / Infielder

Wheeling, W.Va.

Dustin Kohan

Fr. · Left Handed Pitcher

Sarver, Pa.

Evan Tice

Fr. · Catcher

East Liverpool, Ohio

Cole Lewis

Fr. · Outfielder

Kearneysville, W.Va.

Edwin Shaffstall

Sr. · Right Handed Pitcher

Cincinnati, Ohio

AJ Vanata

Fr. · Infielder

Dilliner, Pa.

Mason Bille

Sr. · Right Handed Pitcher

North Canton, Ohio

Aaron Flowers

Jr. · Right Handed Pitcher

Upper Sandusky, Ohio

Luca Baird

So. · Right Handed Pitcher

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A sample of the roster.

Roster turnover

Players graduating after the 2026 season, by position.

Pitcher5 of 18 graduating
Infield2 of 8 graduating
Outfield1 of 9 graduating

Where they're from

West Virginia 11Pennsylvania 11Ohio 10Maryland 4South Carolina 1New York 1Other 1

Cost & academics

Net cost after aid, by family income

Under $30k$12.7k/yr
$30-48k$14.5k/yr
$48-75k$15.1k/yr
$75-110k$17.4k/yr
$110k+$18.6k/yr

In-state prices shown; out-of-state students pay about $8.5k/yr more (public school).

SAT 25-75%

890-1123

Grad rate

60%

Admit rate

97%

Enrollment

2k

Also in the Mountain East Conference

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