Wisconsin-Whitewater Wins 2025 NCAA DIII Baseball Title

Wisconsin-Whitewater 2025 NCAA DIII baseball victory celebration

Wisconsin-Whitewater defeated Messiah handily in the 2025 NCAA DIII baseball final to capture its third national championship in program history and its first since 2014.

Using a double-elimination system, 64 teams competed in 16 regional brackets in 2025. Each bracket had four teams. There were eight super regional winners in the finals. In a best-of-three final series, the national champion was decided.

2025 NCAA DIII baseball championship bracket

Click here to see the interactive championship printable bracket.

2025 NCAA DIII baseball championship schedule

All times listed in Eastern Time.

National championship series (best of three) — June 3-4
- Game 1: No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater 18, No. 8 Messiah 3
- Game 2: No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater 21, No. 8 Messiah 5
  - WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER WINS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Finals | Friday-Thursday, May 30-June 5 (Eight Teams)

Friday, May 30
- Game 1: No. 4 Endicott 6, No. 5 Kean 4
- Game 2: No. 8 Messiah 16, No. 1 Johns Hopkins 7
- Game 3: No. 2 Denison 12, No. 7 Rowan 10
- Game 4: No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater 7, No. 6 Trinity (TX) 3
Saturday, May 31
- Game 5: No. 5 Kean 5, No. 1 Johns Hopkins 3
  - Johns Hopkins eliminated
- Game 6: No. 8 Messiah 9, No. 4 Endicott 5
Sunday, June 1
- Game 7: No. 7 Rowan 13, No. 6 Trinity (TX) 2
  - Trinity (TX) eliminated
- Game 8: No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater 11, No. 2 Denison 4
- Game 9: No. 4 Endicott 5, No. 5 Kean 4
  - Kean eliminated
- Game 10: No. 7 Rowan 6, No. 2 Denison 1
  - Denison eliminated
Monday, June 2
- Game 11: No. 8 Messiah 8, No. 4 Endicott 2
  - Endicott eliminated
- Game 12: No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater 17, No. 7 Rowan 4
  - Rowan eliminated

NCAA DIII baseball championship history

Wisconsin–Whitewater clinched the 2025 NCAA DIII baseball championship with a victory over Messiah. See the full NCAA DIII baseball championship history below:

Year	Champion (Record)	Coach	Score	Runner-Up	Site
2025	Wisconsin-Whitewater (49-6)	John Vodenlich	21-5	Messiah	Eastlake, Ohio
2024	Misericordia (44-11)	Pete Egbert	10-5	Wisconsin-Whitewater	Eastlake, Ohio
2023	Lynchburg (48-8)	Lucas Jones	7-6	Johns Hopkins	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2022	Eastern Connecticut St.	Brian Hamm	3-2	Salisbury	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2021	Salisbury (34-4)	Troy Brohawn	4-2	St. Thomas (MN)	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2020	Canceled due to Covid-19	—	—	—	—
2019	Chapman (44-12)	Scott Laverty	11-0	Birmingham-So.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2018	UT Tyler (40-18)	Brent Porche	9-6	Texas Lutheran	Appleton, Wis.
2017	Cal Lutheran (43-12)	Marty Slimak	7-3	Washington & Jefferson	Appleton, Wis.
2016	Trinity (Texas) (44-7)	Tim Scannell	10-7	Keystone	Appleton, Wis.
2015	SUNY Cortland (44-4)	Joe Brown	6-2	Wisconsin-La Crosse	Appleton, Wis.
2014	Wisconsin-Whitewater (44-7)	John Vodenlich	7-0	Emory	Appleton, Wis.
2013	Linfield (42-8)	Scott Brosius	4-1	Southern Maine	Appleton, Wis.
2012	Marietta (47-8)	Brian Brewer	7-2	Wheaton (Mass.)	Appleton, Wis.
2011	Marietta (47-4)	Brian Brewer	18-5	Chapman	Appleton, Wis.
2010	Illinois Wesleyan (31-21)	Dennis Martel	17-5	SUNY Cortland	Appleton, Wis.
2009	St. Thomas (Minn.) (41-13)	Dennis Denning	3-2 (12)	Wooster	Appleton, Wis.
2008	Trinity (Conn.) (45-1)	Bill Decker	5-4	Johns Hopkins	Appleton, Wis.
2007	Kean (43-8)	Neil Ioviero	5-4 (10)	Emory	Appleton, Wis.
2006	Marietta (43-11)	Brian Brewer	7-2	Wheaton (Mass.)	Appleton, Wis.
2005	Wisconsin-Whitewater (45-7)	John Vodenlich	11-4	SUNY Cortland	Appleton, Wis.
2004	George Fox (40-10)	Pat Bailey	5-3	Eastern Conn. St.	Appleton, Wis.
2003	Chapman (39-12)	Tom Tereschuk	15-7	Chris. Newport	Appleton, Wis.
2002	Eastern Connecticut St. (39-11-1)	Bill Holowaty	8-0	Marietta	Appleton, Wis.
2001	St. Thomas (Minn.) (39-10)	Dennis Denning	8-4	Marietta	Appleton, Wis.
2000	Montclair State (42-6-1)	Norm Schoenig	6-2	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Appleton, Wis.
1999	North Carolina Wesleyan (42-9)	Charlie Long	1-0	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Salem, Va.
1998	Eastern Connecticut St. (40-11)	Bill Holowaty	16-1	Montclair State	Salem, Va.
1997	Southern Maine (39-9)	Ed Flaherty	15-1	Wooster	Salem, Va.
1996	William Paterson (39-5-1)	Jeff Albies	6-5	Cal Lutheran	Salem, Va.
1995	La Verne (39-9)	Owen Wright	5-3	Methodist	Salem, Va.
1994	Wisconsin-Oshkosh (41-4)	Tom Lechnir	6-2	Wesleyan (Conn.)	Battle Creek, Mich.
1993	Montclair State (37-11)	Norm Schoenig	3-1	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Battle Creek, Mich.
1992	William Paterson (36-7)	Jeff Albies	3-1	Cal Lutheran	Battle Creek, Mich.
1991	Southern Maine (38-6)	Ed Flaherty	9-0	TCNJ	Battle Creek, Mich.
1990	Eastern Connecticut St. (40-6)	Bill Holowaty	8-1	Aurora	Battle Creek, Mich.
1989	North Carolina Wesleyan (33-11-1)	Mike Fox	8-7 (13)	Cal State Stanislaus	Bristol, Conn.
1988	Ithaca (36-4-1)	George Valesente	7-5	Wis.-Oshkosh	Bristol, Conn.
1987	Montclair State (34-14-1)	Kevin Cooney	13-12 (10)	Wis.-Oshkosh	Marietta, Ohio
1986	Marietta (48-13-2)	Don Schaly	11-6	Ithaca	Marietta, Ohio
1985	Wisconsin-Oshkosh (37-3)	Russ Tiedemann	11-6	Marietta	Marietta, Ohio
1984	Ramapo (35-11)	Mickey Ennis	5-4	Marietta	Marietta, Ohio
1983	Marietta (49-9)	Don Schaly	36-8	Otterbein	Marietta, Ohio
1982	Eastern Connecticut St. (38-6-1)	Bill Holowaty	11-6	Cal State Stanislaus	Marietta, Ohio
1981	Marietta (59-5)	Don Schaly	14-12 (12)	Ithaca	Marietta, Ohio
1980	Ithaca (33-4)	George Valesente	12-5	Marietta	Marietta, Ohio
1979	Rowan (29-5)	Michael Briglia	3-0	Cal State Stanislaus	Marietta, Ohio
1978	Rowan (29-11)	Michael Briglia	5-3	Marietta	Marietta, Ohio
1977	Cal State Stanislaus (33-18-1)	Jim Bowen	8-5	Brandeis	Marietta, Ohio
1976	Cal State Stanislaus (33-20-2)	Jim Bowen	13-6	Ithaca	Marietta, Ohio