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Georgia slugger Tre Phelps announces return for 2026 season

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Georgia infielder/outfielder Tre Phelps (1) before Georgia’s game against Florida at Condron Family Ballpark in Gainesville, Fl., on Friday, March 21, 2025. (Conor Dillon/UGAAA)

One of Georgia’s top hitters over the past two seasons is coming back for a third. Do-it-all slugger Tre Phelps announced Sunday ahead of the Major League Baseball Draft that he’s returning for his junior season in Athens.

Phelps is a true sophomore but is old enough to enter the draft. He has started 50 games in his Georgia career at five different positions. He has started 23 games as a designated hitter, 21 in right field, 19 at first base, 17 in left field, and four a third base.

His sophomore season saw him hit .318 with 10 home runs, 14 doubles and a triple while driving in 44 runs. Georgia was bounced from its own regional after just three games but Phelps made the All Regional team by going 7 of 13 at the plate with two home runs, two doubles, five runs scored, and five runs driven in.

Phelps battled a hamstring injury and struggled some at the plate through the middle portion of the season but caught fire late in the year. He had six RBI in one game against Alabama in the Bulldogs penultimate SEC series.

Perfect Game tabbed Phelps as a first-team Freshman All American after the 2024 season when helped Georgia reach a Super Regional for the first time since 2008. SEC coaches also named him first-team Freshman All-SEC.

He got there by hitting .353 with 12 home runs and 40 runs driven in. He played in 42 games and slugged .699 on the year. His first season of College Ball saw Phelps record 16 multi-hit games and was named to the Athens All-Regional Team after the Bulldogs went 4-0 to advance.

Phelps will anchor a Georgia lineup that was heavily aided by the transfer poral. Wes Johnson, for the third straight year, reached into the portal to land several sluggers and bolstered the pitching staff.

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