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Ohio State outfielder Matthew Graveline commits to West Virginia out of NCAA transfer portal

Danby: Daniel Hager07/10/25DanielHagerOn3
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Ohio State outfielder Matthew Graveline has committed to West Virginia via the NCAA Transfer Portal, D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers reported Thursday afternoon. Graveline was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2023.

The Centerville, OH, native started 53 games for Ohio State this season. He hit for a .284 average with 10 doubles, 10 home runs, 53 RBI, a .508 SLG% and a .371 OBP%.

Graveline has been a staple for the Ohio State baseball program, as he’s started 157 games over the past three seasons. He boasts a .277 career average with 36 doubles, 19 home runs, 116 RBI, a .449 SLG% and a .381 OBP%.

West Virginia Transfer Portal departures:

  • INF Spencer Barnett
  • RHP Carlos Caraballo
  • RHP Aiden Cody
  • LHP Cole Fehrman
  • LHP Joe Fredericks
  • INF Ellis Garcia
  • RHP Ben Hudson
  • INF/UTIL Alex Marot
  • OF Michael Perazza
  • RHP Aidan Smith
  • UTIL Chase Swain
  • OF Jorge Valdes
  • RHP Gavin Van Kempen

West Virginia Transfer Portal additions:

  • RHP Chansen Cole (Newberry College)
  • OF Matthew Graveline (Ohio State)
  • INF Matt Ineich (Ohio)
  • RHP Ian Korn (Seton Hill University)
  • C John Lemm (Southern Illinois)
  • RHP Dawson Montesa (Adelphi University)
  • RHP Owen Puk (FIU)
  • OF Paul Schoenfeld (Colorado Mesa University)
  • C Michael Smonsa (McMurray University)
  • OF Sean Smith (Georgia Southern)
  • LHP Joshua Surigao (Hawaii)
  • LHP Bryson Thacker (Tennessee)
  • OF Brock Wills (UNCW)

Graveline joins Tennessee transfer left-handed pitcher Bryson Thacker as West Virginia‘s two lone incoming transfers from power-four programs this offseason. Their staff has cleaned up at the Division II level, bringing in five such contributors, such as Division II National Pitcher of the Year Ian Korn and Division II All-American right-handed pitcher Dawson Montesa.

The West Virginia baseball program has seen a resurgence over the past two seasons, as it has reached back-to-back Super Regionals for the first time ever. It however wasn’t able to get over the hump and reach Omaha for the first time in program history, but the Mountaineers have certainly proven that they are on the right track.

In his first year as head coach, Steve Sabins led his program to a 44-16 (19-9) record. This was good enough to win the Big 12 Regular Season Championship for the second time since joining the conference in 2013 (2023). The Mountaineers won all three games of the Clemson Regional against Kentucky (x2) and Clemson, advancing to the Baton Rouge Super Regional against eventual National Champion LSU.