Report: Maryland baseball star Chris Hacopian plans to enter transfer portal

It was revealed on Saturday that Maryland sophomore shortstop Chris Hacopian will be entering the transfer portal. He will be one of the top prospects in the 2026 MLB Draft and immediately becomes one of the biggest names in the portal.

Hacopian has played in and started in 107 games over his freshman and sophomore seasons, where he hit for a .347 average with 22 home runs, 29 home runs and 103 RBI. His brother Eddie will likely be selected in the 2025 MLB Draft.

A Big Ten superstar is entering the Transfer Portal. Chris Hacopian batted .375 with a 1.158 OPS, 14 HR, 61 RBI and a 40/19 Walk/K ratio.

With his older brother Eddie most likely getting drafted out of Maryland, Chris is looking for a new place to play

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This comes as a big blow to a Maryland program that has missed the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons following the departure of head coach Rob Vaughn. In that span, the Terrapins went just 61-51 (22-32) and missed the Big Ten Tournament in both seasons.

The Potomac, MD native has already accrued many accolades in his career, as he was named Second Team All-Big Ten in both 2024 and 2025 and was a D1Baseball Second Team Freshman All-American last season. He was one of Maryland’s lone highlights this season, as he led the team in hits with 72 and had a .502 on-base percentage, good for ninth-best in program history.

Hacopian leaves the program his father played for

Hacopian was originally committed to Wake Forest but flipped to his home state team once head coach Matt Swope took over in 2024. He now leaves the program that his father, Derek, also played for in 1992.

Swope spoke highly of the second generation Terrapin last season, following his grand slam against James Madison on March 19, 2024.

“We knew at times watching him that he would have these streaks where he was really good, but it’s scary to see if he can figure it out,” Swope said. “This early in his career he’s taking what the game gives him and he’s just been unbelievable. I can’t say enough about him. What a great person, what a great teammate. Eventually hopefully a great leader but you just can’t say enough about him.”

He is the fourth player to already announce their departure from the program, joining junior first baseman Hollis Porter, freshman infielder Luke Keefer and freshman outfielder Dom Moats.

As a program, Maryland has never reached the Men’s College World Series and hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament Regional since 2015. It has made the NCAA Tournament on nine different occasions and has won just one Big Ten Conference Tournament (2023).