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2025 Fall Baseball Roster

Roster

1

Chase Williams

OF
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2

Carter McCulley

INF
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3

Trey Beard

LHP
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4

Cal Fisher

INF
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5

Gabe Fraser

INF
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7

Wes Mendes

LHP
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9

John Stuetzer

OF
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12

Myles Bailey

1B
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13

Noah Sheffield

INF
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14

BJ Gibson

OF
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16

Brayden Dowd

OF
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17

Charlie Buckles

OF/1B
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18

Manny Lantigua

RHP/INF
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19

John Abraham

RHP
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20

Jace Estes

INF
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21

Nathan Cmeyla

C
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24

Cole Stokes

RHP
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25

Hunter Carns

C
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26

Eli Putnam

INF
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27

Kevin Mebil

LHP
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28

Jacob Marlowe

LHP
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30

Bryson Moore

RHP
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31

Braxton Varnes

RHP
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32

Cooper Whited

LHP
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33

Ben Barrett

RHP
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35

Will Bavaro

INF
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40

Brodie Purcell

RHP
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41

Chris Knier

RHP
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42

Jake Echols

RHP
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45

Cade O'Leary

RHP
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47

Rhett Vaughn

RHP
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53

Cam Odom

RHP
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54

Presley Woodson

RHP
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55

Payton Manca

LHP
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2025 FSU Baseball Team: Headshots: Payton Manca Use Image #24-195RL (004)
Jersey Number 55

Payton Manca

  • Position:
    LHP
  • Year:
    Redshirt Sophomore
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Weight:
    255
  • Hometown:
    Winchendon, Mass.
  • High School:
    P27 Academy (S.C.)
  • Bats/Throws:
    L/L

2025 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN

  • Academic All-ACC Team
  • Helped Florida State to a second consecutive NCAA Super Regional appearance, a first since 2015-17, and a runner-up finish in the ACC, the team’s first in 11 years
  • Appeared in 13 games with four starts with a 2-1 record and a 6.56 ERA
  • In 23.1 innings, allowed 19 runs, 17 earned, on 17 hits with 24 strikeouts and 16 walks while holding opponents to a .202 batting average
  • Earned the win with 4.0 shutout innings with four strikeouts, two hits and no walks in a start against USF on April 15
  • Registered two strikeouts in 0.2 no-hit innings at Notre Dame on March 30
  • Got the win while making first start and struck out three and allowed one run on two hits with one walk in 2.1 innings against Bethune-Cookman on March 5
 

2024 / AS A FRESHMAN

  • Redshirt season
 

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Graduated from the P27 Academy in Lexington, South Carolina
  • 2023 Perfect Game Preseason All-American honors
  • Ranked the No. 3 overall pitcher and No. 2 LHP in home state of Massachusetts
  • Also played basketball in high school
 

PERSONAL

  • Born on May 4, 2004
  • Majoring in business
  • Parents are Peter and Amanda Manca
  • Has a sister, Mia
  • Father, Peter, played Division III baseball and coached Payton at Winchendon High in Massachusetts
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