HATTIESBURG, Miss. - For the third consecutive year and seventh overall, William Carey University has been selected as one of 10 host sites for the 2025 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round, set to take place May 12–15 at Milton Wheeler Field.
The tenth-ranked Crusaders are currently 36-11 overall while boasting a 24-6 mark in conference play. WCU claimed their second SSAC Regular Season Title in the last three years and took home Coach and Player of the Year honors while earning six All-Conference awards. Carey started postseason play yesterday where they earned a 15-5 victory over Tennessee Southern in pool play of the SSAC Tournament.
The NAIA Baseball National Championship Selection Committee—made up of NAIA head coaches and administrators—chose host sites based on geography, facilities, host qualifications, and submitted bids, which were due April 15.
The 10 Opening Round sites will feature a total of 46 teams, with six sites using five-team brackets and four sites using four-team brackets. All tournaments will be conducted in a double-elimination format. Each site winner will advance to the 2025 Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series, to be held May 23–31 at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.
Details regarding teams, game times, and ticketing information for the Shreveport site will be announced soon.
For more information on the NAIA Baseball National Championship, visit
www.naia.org.
2025 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round Sites
| Host |
City |
Facility |
| Concordia (Neb.) |
Lincoln, Neb. |
Sherman Field |
| Cumberlands (Ky.) |
Williamsburg, Ky. |
Doyle Buhl Stadium |
| Georgia Gwinnett |
Lawrenceville, Ga. |
Grizzly Baseball Complex |
| Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
Lewiston, Idaho |
Harris Field |
| LSU Shreveport (La.) |
Shreveport, La. |
Pilot Field |
| Reinhardt (Ga.) |
Waleska, Ga. |
Ken White Baseball Field |
| Southeastern (Fla.) |
Lakeland, Fla. |
Ted A. Broer Stadium |
| Taylor (Ind.) |
Upland, Ind. |
Winterholter Field |
| Visit Kingsport |
Kingsport, Tenn. |
Hunter Wright Stadium |
| William Carey (Miss.) |
Hattiesburg, Miss. |
Milton Wheeler Field |
