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BSB: Joey Volchko’s Four Hitter Leads UGA over Texas
Joey Volchko tossed a complete game four-hitter with a career-high 15 strikeouts to lead third-seeded Georgia over sixth-ranked Texas 7-1 in its College World Series opener Saturday in front of a crowd of 25,002 at Charles Schwab Field.
Fast Facts
- Junior Joey Volchko improved to 11-2 with Georgia’s first nine-inning complete game of the season and the first at the College World Series since Mike Rebhan did it twice in 1990 when the Bulldogs won the national title. Volchko struck out the side in the first and fourth innings, and his 15 strikeouts were the most by a Georgia pitcher in a College World Series game.
- Sophomore centerfielder Rylan Lujo put the Bulldogs in front 2-0 with a two-run blast off the fair pole in left field. It was his 14th of the year as Tre Phelps was on base after a leadoff walk. The Bulldogs eventually built a 4-0 lead in the first thanks to a pair of errors, two wild pitches and two hit batsmen.
- In the seventh, Lujo added an RBI-double and left fielder Kenny Ishikawa delivered a two-run single to extend the lead to 7-1.
- With tonight’s win, Georgia (52-12) tied the school record for wins in a season. The 1990 national championship team went 52-19.
- Tonight’s 7-1 win marked the 31st time this season that Georgia held its opponent to three runs or less.
- Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the game
“We got on the board early with Rylan’s home run and then they had a couple miscues in the first and you combine that with the way Joey (Volchko) was throwing tonight, and everybody could relax a bit. Then, Rylan gets another big hit and Kenny (Ishikawa) comes up with one and that really stretched it out. Obviously, the story tonight was Joey and the way he commanded pitches and hit spots. It was one of the most impressive complete game performances that I’ve been a part of.” - Joey Volchko | Jr. | RHP
On his complete game
“I felt a lot of confidence and comfort with the gameplan we came in with tonight. We had a very clear plan and executed. We always talk about it as a team in terms of don’t panic, don’t get sped up. I had to attack the zone, and I did that with the first hitter even after I got behind in the count 3-1 and then came back with a strikeout. I’ve grown as a pitcher and credit goes to coach Wes Johnson.”
- Up Next
Georgia (52-12) will face Oklahoma (39-22) on Monday at 7 p.m. ET here at the College World Series. The game will be televised by ESPN and available on the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network. The Sooners blanked Alabama 9-0 in their opener on Saturday.
T&F: Georgia Women Repeat As National Champions
EUGENE, Ore. — Powered by a pair of collegiate records, the Lady Bulldogs scored 50 points to win their second consecutive outdoor title to wrap up the NCAA Championships Saturday.
Redshirt freshman Adaejah Hodge, who set a collegiate record in the 100-meter dash on Thursday during the semifinal, returned to establish a fresh No. 1 all-time national mark in the 200m final. Three events before, senior teammate Dejanea Oakley locked down the NCAA record in the 400m to also pick up a national individual crown.
This marks the Lady Bulldogs’ second straight national title after registering the 2025 championship. The program now has 10 top-five finishes all-time.
Florida finished second in the women’s race with 43 points, Arkansas was third with 38 and Oregon finished fourth on its home track with 36 points.
The Georgia men finished second behind Arkansas on Friday, marking the Bulldogs’ top finish since winning the 2018 crown.
Oakley, a senior from Jamaica, parlayed her runner-up finish in 2025 into a gold medal in the 400m with a collegiate record finish (48.79). This bumped Oakley at the No. 2 spot past the 48.89 set in 2024 for the nation’s No. 1 all-time finish.
Hodge, who was the runner-up in the 100m final, blasted a 21.68 to leave Kentucky’s Abby Steiner (21.80 – 2022) in a distance second for the record. The legendary Gwen Torrence (1987) and Debbie Ferguson (1998) were the other two women’s 200m champions in school history prior to Saturday.
The Georgia women’s track and field team joins Equestrian (2008-10), gymnastics (2005-09) and women’s tennis (2025-26) as UGA squads to capture at least three straight national championships, counting track’s 2025 outdoor, 2026 indoor and 2026 outdoor titles. Georgia’s Director of Track & Field Caryl Smith Gilbert joins Texas’ Bev Kearney (1998-99) as the only female coaches to win two consecutive women’s outdoor titles, and Smith Gilbert also becomes the first female head coach to win four NCAA outdoor women’s championships (two while at USC).
What Bulldogs Scored On Day Four: Here is a summary of what Georgia women scored on Saturday:
*Kaila Jackson, Hodge, Reign Redmond and Jassani Carter passed the baton to a third-place finish with a school record. The relay last scored in 2023 with Jackson as one of the legs. She finishes her career as a 12-time scoring indoor/outdoor All-American.
*Hodge blazed to her fifth sub-11-second 100m to earn silver. This was the second of three events Hodge ran during the meet’s final day.
*Oakley then popped a collegiate record in the 400m to give Georgia back-to-back titles in the event after Aaliyah Butler won in 2025.
*Sophomore Michelle Smith made it two-for-two scoring at the NCAA meet after taking fourth in the 400m hurdles.
*Hodge took the track in the 200m after her silver in the 100m and ran a determined collegiate record to put Georgia on track to capture the team title.
*In the meet’s finale, the Lady Bulldogs came through with a runner-up finish in the 4x400m relay to pull off their seven-point team victory.
The Bulldogs had five scorers on Friday: Kimani Jack, high jump – 1st; men’s 4x400m relay – 1st; Jonathan Simms, 400m – 2nd; Sidi Njie, 400m – 3rd; Riyon Rankin, high jump – 5th.
Junior Nina Ndubuisi was Georgia’s sole scorer on Thursday with a sixth-place finish in the women’s shot put.
On Wednesday, Georgia had three scorers for the men: Jordan Davis – javelin, 4th; Nick Reynolds – javelin, 5th; Jayden Keys – long jump, 7th.
Meet Breakdown: Other than the decathlon running Wednesday-Thursday and the heptathlon going Friday-Saturday, the meet was set up to be a men’s competition on Wednesday and Friday and a women’s competition on Thursday and Saturday.
Heptathlon Summary: Senior Ella Rush tallied 5,709 points through the seven events over two days and finished 14th with 5,709 points.
Rush was in 19th with 3,370 points going into Saturday’s final three events.
Live Results: To check out results, please check: https://gado.gs/evp
The Lowdown: Georgia competed in five events, two relays and the last three events of the heptathlon on Saturday.
Oakley took the track after the 100m final in the 400m and promptly broke a two-year-old collegiate record (Nickisha Pryce, Arkansas – 48.89). Oakley came around on the final turn and muscled past USC’s Madison Whyte (48.97) for the women’s first national championship of the meet. Oakley is now the third Georgia woman to win it after Olympic medalist Lynna Irby captured gold in 2018.
Three events after Oakley’s collegiate record in the 400m, Hodge complemented her collegiate 100m record on Thursday with another NCAA record in the 200m. The second-year sprinter shot past the rest of the field in the straightaway to record a 21.68. This time shattered Steiner’s former collegiate No. 1 mark of 21.80 at this meet in 2022.
Oakley then used a 48.79 anchor split on the 4x400m relay to help clinch silver with a 3:20.96. This trimmed two seconds off the school record and clinched the team victory. Freshman Tianna Springer posted her yet another strong leg, going 50.07 before the handoff to Oakley. Vimbayi Maisvorewa and Michelle Smith also took part in the second-place relay.
The Lady Bulldog foursome finished third after clocking a blistering 41.89 in the first event on the track. Jackson, Hodge, Redmond and Carter took over their own school record set during the semifinal and moved to No. 4 on the all-time collegiate performer list. Prior to Saturday, the best finish for a UGA 4x100m relay team was fourth in 1999.
Hodge returned to the track in the 100m final and clocked a 10.93 to finish second by just .05. After setting the collegiate record in the event during the semifinal, Hodge had three events to recover before her third final of Saturday, the 200m.
Smith, who earned a bronze medal as a freshman in 2025, made her lap with the hurdles in 55.10 to collect another expected First Team All-America certificate by taking fourth.
Rush began the final three events of the heptathlon in the long jump. The fourth-year competitor answered a second attempt foul with a mark of 6.29m/20-7.75 to give her fourth in the event and surged her into 11th from 19th overall.
She returned in the javelin and approached her personal best with a third throw of 34.86m/114-4. This earned her a 17th spot in the competition and placed her 16th overall going into the hep’s finale. Rush wrapped up her seven events by taking 12th in the 800m with a 2:19.54.
In the women’s triple jump, sophomore Danah Nembhard hit a top effort of 12.90m/42-4 on her opening attempt and that gave her expected Second Team All-America honors with a 16th-place finish.
How To Keep Up With The Dogs: Results and recaps from the NCAA Outdoor Championships will be found at georgiadogs.com. News and updates from Georgia’s track and field and cross country teams are always located on X/Instagram at @UGATrack.
Bulldog Day 1 Scorers
Name Event Mark or Time – Place
Jordan Davis M. Javelin 77.83m/255-4 – 4th
Nick Reynolds M. Javelin 77.43m/254-0 – 5th
Jayden Keys M. Long Jump ^7.88m/25-10.25 – 7th
Bulldog Day 2 Scorers
Nina Ndubuisi W. Shot Put 17.67m/57-11.75 – 6th
Bulldog Day 3 Scorers
X. Ricks, S. Njie M. 4x400m Relay @2:57.93 – 1st
L. Costen, J. Simms
Kimani Jack M. High Jump 2.28m/7-5.75 – 1st
Jonathan Simms M. 400m +43.92 – 2nd
Sidi Njie M. 400m *44.20 – 3rd
Riyon Rankin M. High Jump ^2.22m/7-3.25 – 5th
Bulldog Day 4 Scorers
Dejanea Oakley W. 400m =48.79 – 1st
Adaejah Hodge W. 200m =21.68 – 1st
V. Maisvorewa, M. Smith W. 4x400m Relay -3:20.96 – 2nd
T. Springer, D. Oakley
Adaejah Hodge W. 100m 10.93 – 3rd
K. Jackson, A. Hodge W. 4x100m Relay &41.89 – 3rd
R. Redmond, J. Carter
Michelle Smith W. 400mH 55.10 – 4th
Heptathlon – (Ella Rush)
Event Mark or Time Event Place
100mH 14.01 16th
High Jump 1.66/5-5-5.25 21st
Shot Put 11.96m/39-3 13th
200m 24.54 15th
Day 1 Score 3,370 pts. 19th
Long Jump 6.29m/20-7.75 4th
Javelin 34.86m/114-4 17th
800m 2:19.54 12th
Final Score 5,709 pts. 14th
*personal best; ^season best; +school record, No.6 all-time collegiate performer/performance; @school record, No. 4 all-time collegiate performance; &school record, No, 4 all-time collegiate performer; =collegiate record; -No, 4 all-time collegiate performance
BSB: Daniel Jackson Named 2026 Buster Posey Award and the Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award
University of Georgia All-American Daniel Jackson has been named the 2026 Buster Posey Award winner as the nation’s top collegiate catcher and has also claimed the Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award, it was announced Saturday at the College World Series.
These are the latest national awards for Jackson, who on Friday took home the Dick Howser Trophy, which goes to the top Division I player in college baseball and is considered the baseball equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. He is the first Bulldog in school history to win the Posey Award and the second to claim the Bragan Award and Howser Trophy, joining Charlie Condon in 2024. Also, Jackson is one of three finalists for the Golden Spikes Award with USA Baseball announcing the winner live on MLB Network on Monday, June 29th at 7:30 p.m.
A 6-2, 200-pound native of Sandy Springs, Ga., Jackson is one of just three players (and first catcher) in NCAA Division I history to have at least 30 home runs and 25 stolen bases in a season. He is batting .396 with 31 home runs, 86 RBI, and 26 stolen bases. Jackson, the 2026 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Player of the Year and Triple Crown winner, ranks in the top five nationally in five offensive categories while starting all 63 games, including 53 at catcher.
Jackson has helped the Bulldogs (51-12) advance to the College World Series (CWS) after sweeping the NCAA Athens Regional and Super Regional. The Bulldogs will face Texas in their CWS opener Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.
“I’d like to thank everyone with the College Baseball Foundation and the Buster Posey Award for thinking of me,” said Jackson. “It feels great to be rewarded for what I love to do. I have a lot of passion for catching. I have to give a lot of credit to my family, my coaches and teammates for helping me. I have to give a shout out to my catching coach Brock Bennett because he’s been wanting a shout out for a while. I’m extremely excited and want to congratulate the other finalists too. I’ve gotten lucky to meet a lot of them and play with some of them, and they’re a bunch of great catchers.”
The Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, previously known as the Johnny Bench Award when it began in 2000, honors the nation’s top Division I catcher as voted on by head baseball coaches, sports information directors and Major League Scouts. It is presented by Hasty Awards, administered by the Wichita Sports Commission and named for former Florida State standout Buster Posey. He swept every major award while in college and was selected fifth overall by the San Francisco Giants in 2008. In his major league career, Posey won three World Series titles and was a seven-time All-Star. Currently, he serves as president of baseball operations for the Giants. This year’s Posey finalists were Jackson, Carson Tinney (Texas), Vahn Lackey (Georgia Tech), Chase Fralick (Auburn) and Jon Embury (Florida Gulf Coast).
The Bragan Award, presented by the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation based in Texas, recognizes the top offensive player in Division 1 college baseball based on athletic performance, academics, and personal integrity. The award was created in 2017. Bragan was a former major league baseball player, manager, and coach who established the foundation in 1991 to encourage children to stay in school and pursue their educational and career dreams. Along with Jackson, this year’s finalists were Roch Cholowsky (UCLA) and Tague Davis (Louisville).
After winning the Bragan Award at the press conference, Jackson thanked the Bragan Foundation and added that baseball is what he loves to do, including hitting home runs.
“There’s no better feeling than rounding the bases after leaving the yard,” said Jackson. “There’s a lot of criteria that goes into the Bragan Award, and I’m grateful that I can be a part of it and very thankful to be this year’s winner.”
As part of the festivities at the CWS, the College Baseball Foundation (CBF) announced the winners of seven national awards, including the Posey and Bragan, on Saturday during a press conference.
To date, Jackson has swept three awards for which he was a finalist this season, and the winner of the fourth one will be determined later this month. Fan voting will again play a part in the Golden Spikes Award. Baseball fans can vote for Jackson on GoldenSpikesAward.com, now through June 28. The 2026 Golden Spikes Award recipient will be announced June 29th.
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