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West Virginia infielder Chase Swaim enters NCAA transfer portal

IMG_0985by:Griffin McVeigh•06/11/25•

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NCAA BASEBALL: JUN 04 Winston-Salem Regional - West Virginia v Maryland
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According to On3’s Pete Nakos, West Virginia Mountaineers infielder Chase Swaim has entered the NCAA transfer portal. This will be the third time Swaim goes through the process, looking for the third stop of his career. Now proven at a power conference level, there should be plenty of suitors.

West Virginia brought Swaim in and deployed him in multiple ways defensively. Shortstop and third base were his primary positions but the Mountaineers used him a little in center field. Even so, the fielding percentage does not pop off the page at 87.8% with nine errors.

Teams are going to love what Swaim brings in the batter’s box, though. In 49 games played, he hit .321 in 134 at-bats. Swaim got on base just over 40% of the time and can do so at the top of any lineup. Not too much power will come off the bat, holding a slugging percentage of .455. Only 11 extra-base hits throughout the 2025 season — six doubles, three triples, and two home runs.

Not too bad considering Swaim is playing at this level for the first time in his career. An improvement should come during the 2026 season, where he winds up.

Swaim got his career started at Penn State Abington, spending two years there. Hitting the NCAA transfer portal for the first time, Manhattan was waiting for him on the other side. West Virginia was the latest to acquire his services but now, the race for Swaim is once again on.

West Virginia falls short of College World Series, loses to LSU in Baton Rouge Super Regional

The LSU baseball team is going to Omaha again. A 12-5 win over West Virginia on Sunday night was enough to wrap up the Baton Rouge Super Regional in style.

For a minute it looked like the Mountaineers might fight their way back into a contest that the Tigers blew open early. But only for a minute.

After West Virginia cut the lead to 6-4 in the fifth inning, LSU opened things back up in the top of the seventh inning. Aided by a pair of Mountaineers errors — a misplayed popup to shallow center and a throwing error to first base — the Tigers plated six runs in the top of the seventh inning.

By the time the frame had ended, LSU sported a 12-4 lead. Relief pitching did the rest, and the Tigers celebrated in style.

On3’s Thomas Goldkamp contributed to this report