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Wake has multiple 1st rounders

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Wake Forest continued to dominate the first round of the MLB Draft. Demon Deacons were taken with back-to-back picks in the 2025 draft, marking the third straight year that multiple Wake players have been selected […]

Wake makes MLB Draft history

August 2, 2024 Shawn Krest

The Cowtown Coliseum is normally home to rodeo events as the premiere attraction of the Fort Worth Stockyards, but, as host of the 2024 MLB Draft, it became Winston-Salem West. Wake Forest was the consensus […]

Top-ranked Deacons want to finish job in Omaha

February 28, 2024 Shawn Krest

Wake Forest has a simple goal for the 2024 season. “We want to go further than we did last year,” said coach Tom Walter. That’s not as easy as it may sound. The Demon Deacons […]

College World Series ends in heartbreak for Wake Forest

June 28, 2023 Shawn Krest

Wake Forest picked a bad time for its first two-game losing streak of the season. The Demon Deacons lost to LSU on back-to-back days at the College World Series to end their magical year one […]

Wake Forest’s season ends on walk-off homer by LSU

June 22, 2023 The Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. — Tommy White hit Camden Minacci’s first pitch into the left-field seats for a two-run homer in the 11th inning, giving LSU a 2-0 walk-off victory over No. 1 national seed Wake Forest […]

Drama follows Wake Forest to Omaha

June 20, 2023 Shawn Krest

There’s confidence, and there’s wild-eyed fanatical belief. Wake Forest’s baseball team is bordering on the latter as the Demon Deacons continue their undefeated run through the NCAA Tournament with two wild wins to open College […]

Wake Forest rallies late to win College World Series opener

June 17, 2023 The Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. — Danny Corona hit a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning to roust a dormant Wake Forest offense, and the Demon Deacons opened their first College World Series in 68 years with […]

Dominant Deacons head to Omaha

June 14, 2023 Shawn Krest

Wake Forest is headed to the third College World Series in program history. It’s the first trip to Omaha since 1955 when the Demon Deacons won the national title. Through five games of regional and […]

Wake Forest leads 8 NC teams in NCAA baseball tournament

June 1, 2023 Shawn Krest

Wake Forest, which spent the last few weeks of the regular season as the consensus No. 1 team in the nation, received the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Demon Deacons earned its […]

NCAA bids, hosting spots on the line as ACC Tournament returns to Durham

May 23, 2023 Shawn Krest

The ACC may be moving its conference headquarters to Charlotte and away from its Greensboro roots, but the league’s baseball capital remains in Durham. The ACC Tournament returns to the Bull City for the first […]