Scobey Earns USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Camp Invite
CARY, N.C. – Sophomore-to-be infielder KJ Scobey of the University of South Carolina baseball team has been invited to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team tryouts, the organization announced this morning (Thursday, June 26).
Scobey becomes the first Gamecock to attend to the USA Baseball CNT camp since Ethan Petry in 2023. Carolina has had 12 players make the CNT team 13 times, most recently Will Sanders in 2021.
Scobey started 56 games for Carolina this season, scoring 34 runs with seven doubles, eight home runs and 27 RBI. The Lakeland, Fla., native had nine multi-hit games and a .419 slugging percentage. He hit a walk-off ground-run double in the 10th inning in a win over North Florida on April 22 and had a game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth in a walk-off victory over No. 1 LSU on May 15. Scobey was 3-for-4 with four RBI and a home run at Auburn on May 9.
The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp will feature 56 of the premier non-draft-eligible college players for a five-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina from June 29-July 3. USA Baseball will name the final Collegiate National Team following Training Camp on July 3.
The first game will be held at Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis at 5:35 p.m. ET, the next three games will be played at USA Baseball’s National Training Complex in Cary at 6:30 p.m. ET, and the series finale will be hosted at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville at 6:35 p.m. ET. The Collegiate National Team will play in the 45th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series in various locations across Japan on July 8-13. The remaining players from the Collegiate National Team Training Camp will play in a Fourth of July game against the Appalachian League Select Team at Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis at 6:35 p.m. ET.
South Carolina Players Competing for the USA Collegiate National Team
1986 – David Hollins
1989 – Brian Williams
1991 – Jared Baker
1993 – Jason Haynie
1994 – Jason Haynie
1997 – Adam Everett
2002 – Landon Powell
2003 – Matt Campbell
2007 – Justin Smoak
2010 – Jackie Bradley Jr.
2013 – Grayson Greiner
2016 – Tyler Johnson
2021 – Will Sanders
2025 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Schedule
Stars vs. Stripes Series
June 29 – Atrium Health Ballpark, Kannapolis, N.C. (5:35 p.m.)
June 30 – National Training Complex, Cary, N.C. (6:30 p.m.)
July 1 – National Training Complex, Cary, N.C. (6:30 p.m.)
July 2 – National Training Complex, Cary, N.C. (6:30 p.m.)
July 3 – Segra Stadium, Fayetteville, N.C. (6:35 p.m.)
Collegiate National Team Prospects vs. Appalachian League Select Team
July 4 – Atrium Health Ballpark, Kannapolis, N.C. (6:35 p.m.)
45th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series
July 8 – Es Con Field, Hokkaido, Japan (4 a.m. ET)
July 9 – Es Con Field, Hokkaido, Japan (4 a.m. ET)
July 11 – Hard Off Eco, Niigata, Japan (3 a.m. ET)
July 11/12 – Hard Off Eco, Niigata, Japan (10 p.m. ET)
July 13 – Jingu Stadium, Tokyo, Japan (3 a.m. ET)
