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Florida pitching duo invited to USA Collegiate National Team Camp

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Florida pitchers Aidan King and Liam Peterson. (Graphic by @GatorsBB/UAA Communications)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators starting right-handed pitchers Aidan King and Liam Peterson have been invited to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp in late June.

It’s the second trip for Peterson, while King becomes the 23rd different Gator to receive an invitation to CNT Training Camp and the 18th to attend since 2008 (UF has 27 invitations total).

King led Florida with a 2.58 ERA, .213 batting average against, 73 1/3 innings pitched and five quality starts. King set a program record with four SEC weekly honors in 2025 and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team, posting the lowest ERA by a Gator across a full season since Brady Singer in 2018 (2.55) King had a 7-2 record, 1.11 WHIP, 9.7 strikeouts per nine and 3.4 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He fanned 79 batters against 23 walks and gave just three home runs.

Peterson, the No. 1 pitcher for the 2026 MLB Draft per Baseball America, served as Florida’s ace throughout the 2025 season and led the Gators in victories (eight), games started (15) and strikeouts (96). Peterson posted a 4.28 ERA, .250 BAA, 1.43 WHIP and four quality starts in 69 1/3 innings while striking out 11 or more batters in three outings. His 12.5 strikeouts per nine ranked fifth in the SEC and 20th nationally.

USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp

The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp features 56 non-draft-eligible college players for a five-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina from June 29-July 3. USA Baseball will then name the final Collegiate National Team on July 3 after training camp.

The first game will be held at Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis at 5:35 p.m. ET while the next three contests will be played at USA Baseball’s National Training Complex in Cary at 6:30 p.m. ET. The series finale will be hosted at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville at 6:35 p.m. ET.

The Collegiate National Team will play in the 45­­th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series in various locations across Japan on July 8-13. The remaining players from the Collegiate National Team Training Camp will play in a Fourth of July game against the Appalachian League Select Team at Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis at 6:35 p.m. ET. 

Florida Gators on USA CNT Since 2008

2025: RHP Aidan King, HP Liam Peterson
2024: RHP Liam Peterson
2023: LHP/1B Jac Caglianone, RHP Brandon Neely, LHP Cade Fisher (invite only)
2022: OF Wyatt Langford
2021: LHP Hunter Barco, RHP Brandon Sproat
2019: RHP Tommy Mace (invite only)
2017: RHP Brady Singer (invite only)
2016: RHP Alex Faedo, INF Dalton Guthrie, C Mike Rivera
2015: LHP A.J. Puk, OF Buddy Reed, C/DH JJ Schwarz, RHP Logan Shore
2012: RHP Jonathon Crawford
2011: INF Nolan Fontana, LHP Brian Johnson, C Mike Zunino (invite only)
2010: INF Nolan Fontana, LHP Brian Johnson, C Mike Zunino (invite only)
2009: OF Preston Tucker (invite only)
2008: OF Matt den Dekker

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