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It was a momentous NCAA Regionals weekend, as a number of the top college Draft prospects saw their seasons come to an end, including No. 1 prospect Roch Cholowsky.
Roch Cholowsky, SS, UCLA
Barring a shocking decision to return to school, Cholowsky’s final weekend as a college player was one to forget. UCLA's offense sputtered as the No. 1 national seed suffered a stunning Regional exit. Cholowsky went just 2-for-12 and finished the season without an extra-base hit in his final nine games. He struck out with two runners aboard in the sixth inning of UCLA's elimination loss to Saint Mary's and later fouled out to first base in the ninth.
Vahn Lackey, C, Georgia Tech
Lackey still has a Monday game remaining, but he's already launched two of the longest home runs of the postseason. He crushed a 456-foot homer on Friday and followed with a 468-foot blast on Saturday. The latter cleared the scoreboard in left-center field and rolled onto the football practice field. Both home runs were measured at 110 mph off the bat.
Jackson Flora, RHP, UC Santa Barbara
The Gauchos held Flora back from their Regional opener in hopes that he would match up against Texas in the winner’s bracket. Instead, UCSB dropped its opener, so Flora was asked to both keep UCSB alive and save the bullpen for a team hoping to play three more games. He was up for the challenge. In 16 starts this season, Flora has allowed one run or fewer 13 times. His 1.06 ERA this season is almost .8 runs lower than any other qualified Division I pitcher.
Cameron Flukey, RHP, Coastal Carolina
Rain washed away Flukey's opportunity for a signature postseason performance. A lengthy delay cut short his outing and capped a junior season defined largely by what might have been. A rib injury limited him to just seven appearances. Flukey sat at 93-96 mph and touched 97 against Florida State. He got four whiffs among 64 pitches (two with his fastball and two with his slider). While he threw strikes on only 58% of his pitches, his command was better than it has been in recent weeks, as he consistently spotted his fastball at the top of the zone and showed feel for landing his curveball.
Liam Peterson, RHP, Florida
Peterson had been on a roll, striking out 19 and walking just one while allowing two runs over 12 innings in his previous two starts. But Troy hitters teed off on him on Sunday, which is unfortunately a postseason trend for Peterson. In 2025, East Carolina knocked him out of a postseason start after 1 1/3 innings, in which he allowed five hits and four runs. He was solid against Nebraska as a freshman in 2024, allowing just two runs over 5.1 innings, but he allowed eight runs, seven hits and 12 walks in 3.2 innings over three other postseason outings in 2024.
Ben Blair, RHP, Liberty
Blair's final outing for Liberty before July's Draft was a strong one. The right-handed ace delivered seven innings of two-run ball with seven strikeouts and no walks. High-octane, bat-missing stuff, advanced control and unique pitch traits have come to define Blair entering the summer, and he put all three on display in Athens, including a mid-90s fastball with sharp run and a flat approach angle.
Taylor Rabe, RHP, Ole Miss
Rabe posted another impressive outing, this time holding Nebraska to one run on four hits and two walks while striking out nine over six innings. It marked the fourth time in his last seven outings that he completed at least six innings. Rabe's Draft stock has soared recently thanks to a mid-to-high-90s fastball and a high-80s-to-low-90s cutter, both of which miss plenty of bats while consistently finding the strike zone.
Hunter Dietz, LHP, Arkansas
Dietz was impressive overall, as his 14 strikeouts attest, but he also gave up a triple that scored in the third, a two-run home run in the fifth and was pulled with two men on in the seventh. That run scored and was also charged to him. For pro teams, the memories of his 14 strikeouts will likely be much stronger than the four runs he allowed. It was his career high in strikeouts and Dietz got an amazing 17 whiffs on his 86-88 mph slider. He also got nine swings-and-misses on his 95-97 mph fastball.
Andrew Williamson, OF, UCF
Williamson put his gaudy power on display throughout the weekend, smashing four home runs, including three in UCF's tournament opener against NC State. Williamson has crushed velocity all season with plus bat speed, and it showed throughout the Auburn Regional even though UCF was unable to advance.
Tyson LeBlanc, SS, Kansas
LeBlanc's stock appears to be gaining fresh helium, especially after he homered in all three of Kansas' Regional games to help lead the Jayhawks to their first Super Regional appearance while also breaking the program's single-season home run record. The right-handed-hitting shortstop owns above-average exit velocities, contact rates and batted-ball angles with a tendency to pull his best contact in the air. LeBlanc is also fairly aggressive at the plate but doesn't expand the zone as much as many other aggressive hitters.