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USC Upstate transfer INF Vance Sheahan commits to Miami

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Vance Sheahan Miami baseball transfer
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Former USC Upstate infielder Vance Sheahan has committed to Miami, he announced on Monday on X. Sheahan was an All-Big South First-Team selection this season and was the Big South Freshman of the Year in 2024.

In his two years at USC Upstate, Sheahan tallied 103 appearances and 100 starts. He posted a .321/.396/.480 slash line, along with 14 home runs and 76 RBI’s.

In the field, Sheahan has 111 career putouts. However, he also has 21 errors, including 15 this season, for a .939 fielding percentage. Sheahan will look to erase some of those pesky errors in his season at Miami.

Vance Sheahan played high school baseball at Cardinal Newman (FL), where he was the No. 626 overall player and No. 105 shortstop in Florida in the 2023 recruiting cycle, according to Perfect Game. As a senior, Sheahan recorded a 321/.427/.423 slash line and collected 22 runs, eight doubles, and 17 RBI’s.

He’ll be a major addition for the Hurricanes, who are coming off a standout year. Miami finished this season with a 35-27 overall record and a 15-14 mark in conference play.

The team went 3-1 in the Hattiesburg Regional to advance to the super regionals for the first time since 2016. Alas, the Hurricanes weren’t able to keep their momentum rolling, and ultimately fell short of the College World Series in a Game 3 loss against Louisville in the super regionals.

Admittedly, the narrow loss wasn’t the ending that Miami head coach JD Arteaga was envisioning. Nonetheless, he’s proud of his team’s efforts this season and, moreover, excited for the future of the program.

“I’m proud of our guys,” Arteaga said after Miami’s season-ending loss. “We fought to the very, very end. That’s all I can really ask for. So, it hurts. It stinks to lose, you know, but I don’t think we lost today, I think they just played a little bit better than we did.

“… We’re a step closer… Not where we want to be, but just a step closer. And I’m satisfied that we were close, but we’re not in this to just get close, you know, but we’re closer today or yesterday, and definitely closer than what we were last year.”

This season was only Arteaga’s second at the helm of the program. The Hurricanes took a significant step forward after failing to reach the NCAA Tournament in Arteaga’s debut campaign with the program. Now, Miami will look to continue to build on the foundation it has laid.