EASTON, Pa. - Lafayette baseball head coach A.J. Miller has announced the addition of 12 first-year players and two transfers to the baseball roster for the 2026 season. Comprised of players from seven states, the recruiting class will join the Leopards in the upcoming fall 2025 semester.
 
"We are very excited for this year's incoming class," Miller said.  "The staff worked hard and diligently to put this group together, and we believe it's a perfect fit to represent both the Lafayette baseball program and the College."
 
Nick DeSena | RHP | Florham Park, N.J.
AT SETON HALL PREP: Played baseball, football and basketball…two-time GNT Conference champion in baseball…honor roll member.
 
Merritt Hole | RHP | Darien, Conn.
AT DARIEN: Three-year starter in baseball…2025 FCIAC All-East selection…National Honor Society member.
 
Braden Pomponi | LHP | Kennett Square, Pa.
AT UNIONVILLE: Two-year starter in baseball…pitched 39.2 innings as a senior, with 65 strikeouts and a 1.70 ERA…recorded over 100 career strikeouts…2025 First-Team All-Ches-Mont…honor roll member…National Honor Society member.
 
Ben Herrmann | INF | Canfield, Ohio.
AT BOARDMAN/GEORGIA PREMIER: Three-year starter in baseball and a four-year starter in swimming…2024 All-Ohio selection in swimming…two-time AAC and NEAC all-conference selection in swimming…2025 NAA champion on the diamond and a two-time All-AAC selection…National Honor Society member.
 
Curtis Chropuvka | OF | Red Bank, N.J.
AT RANNEY: Four-year starter…2022 state champion…2023 Monmouth County champion…batted .353 in high school…two-time all-conference selection…honor roll member…National Honor Society member.
 
Ryan Burke | RHP | Sudbury, Mass.
AT WINCHENDON: Four-year starter…2024 Mass ASFL All-Star…2023 PBR New England All-Star…2023 Mass Futures Game participant…2.20 ERA as a senior…1.88 ERA as a junior…student body president…honor roll member…National Honor Society member.
 
Wesley Maksimow | RHP | Chatham, N.J.
AT CHATHAM: Four-year starter…Garden State Games selection…second-team all-conference selection…batted .381 with a 2.76 ERA as a senior…batted .310 with a 1.83 ERA as a junior…Bell Award winner.
 
Gregory Quintana | RHP | Haymarket, Va.
AT PAUL VI: Three-year starter in baseball…pitched 38.2 innings as a junior, with a 2.53 ERA…2024 WCAC champions…2024 First-Team All-WCAC…Baseball Factory Under Armour Preseason All-American…2024 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American…2025 Perfect Game Preseason All-American…scholar-athlete award winner…honor roll member.

Ryan Stoddard | INF | Sarasota, Fla.
AT IMG: Three-year starter in baseball…batted .300 as a senior…honor roll member.
 
MJ Wright | OF | Hoboken, N.J.
AT DELBARTON: Two-year starter in baseball…batted .327 as a senior…student ambassador coordinator…honor roll member.
 
Kyle McKernan | C | Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
AT WILLIAM PENN: Four-year starter…batted .330 with 94 hits in high school.…four-time all-league selection…Carpenter Cup Champion…honor roll member.
 
Roman Baldwin | RHP | Summit, N.J.
AT SETON HALL PREP: Four-year starter in baseball…two-time GNT Champion…2.30 ERA on the mound…honor roll member.
 
Trey Deitelbaum | RHP | Milford, Conn.
AT FORAN/BRYANT: Two-year starter in baseball…allowed just nine earned runs in 37.1 innings in 2022...struck out 52…All-SCC Second Team as a junior…finished 3-3 with a 6.75 ERA in 22.2 innings in 2025...walked 15 and struck out 22…tossed 3.0 scoreless innings in his first-career start vs. Rhode Island…struck out a career-high six in 4.0 scoreless at Merrimack.
 
Vince Libretto | C | Lexington, Mass.
AT LEXINGTON/DELAWARE: Four-year starter in baseball…Middlesex Conference MVP…all-conference selection…All-MIAA selection…honor roll member…Special Olympics volunteer.