In news that sucks to report, Winston-Salem St will drop their baseball program after the conclusion of the 2019 season .  The program was reinstated 9 years ago, but after the CIAA dropped baseball due to a lack of participation, the logistics of running an independent program became daunting.  In news reports, the baseball program's budget of over $300,000 will be redistributed to revenue sports at WSSU.

Players that are on the Winston-Salem State roster, that are receiving aid will be able to finish their eligibility at WSSU on the aid they are currently receiving.  Players on the roster that decide to transfer to continue their baseball careers will be immediately eligible based on NCAA rules. 

Below are players in the PBR system that are currently attending Winston-Salem St.  While the coaching staff is dealing with trying to continue to win games to make an NCAA Regional, they will be dealing with schools calling about players, and players looking forward to plan their future. 

NAME	STATE	SCHOOL	CLASS	POS.	COMMITMENT
Wellington Guzman	NC	Garner	2017	SS	Winston-Salem State Unive
Tyrese Hearst	NC	Westchester Country Day	2017	RHP	Winston-Salem State Unive
Avery Cain	NC	Ledford	2018	C	Winston-Salem State Unive
Connor Garcia	NC	Jordan	2018	LHP	Winston-Salem State Unive
Layton Helms	NC	North Stokes	2018	2B	Winston-Salem State Unive
Syncere Pittman	NC	South Central	2018	OF	Winston-Salem State Unive
Chris Shepherd	NC	C E Jordan	2018	C	Winston-Salem State Unive
Christian Silvero-Jones	NC	Arendell Parrott Academy	2018	OF	Winston-Salem State Unive
Nick Tiller	NC	North Davidson	2018	OF	Winston-Salem State Unive

 

The players in the chart below are currently in high school and have committed to play at Winston-Salem St.  The news today re-opens their recruiting process.

NAME	STATE	SCHOOL	CLASS	POS.	COMMITMENT
Ty Choplin	NC	Westchester Country Day School	2019	RHP	Winston-Salem State Unive
Davis Downey	NC	C E Jordan	2019	3B	Winston-Salem State Unive
Hunter Hopkins	NC	West Davidson	2019	RHP	Winston-Salem State Unive
Javier Martinez	NC	Cresset Christian Academy	2019	3B	Winston-Salem State Unive
Macon Pickardd	NC	Southern Alamance	2019	RHP	Winston-Salem State Unive
Noah Robinson	NC	East Forsyth	2019	C	Winston-Salem State Unive
Bryce Snow	NC	Mount Tabor	2019	RHP	Winston-Salem State Unive
Hunter Ward	NC	Cleveland	2019	OF	Winston-Salem State Unive

 

Full Story from the WSSU Athletics Website is HERE.

More on this story with quotes from the coaching staff from the Winston-Salem Journal HERE.