Garrett Workman made the most of his opportunities in his first college baseball season.

Now, he has paid off for it.

On Tuesday, May 20, Southwest Athletic Conference called Florida's first year A&M pitcher the freshman of the year.

Workman's nod was SWAC's top freshman, from being a North Florida Christian's high school season with a corner pitcher of the year.

Workers played a big role in the Rush team this season, with Caleb Granger starting Friday night after last year's annual SWAC pitcher Caleb Granger suffered an elbow injury at the end of the April season.

On the mound, the workers scored an 8-4 victory with the Rattlebacks. The lefty scored an average of 3.92 runs and 67 strikeouts in 80.1 innings.

This season, FAMU is the third best team in SWAC, with Carson Kelly and Jesus Campa joining the workers and entering the top ten in the league's statistics rankings.

Other FAMU baseball players who received SWAC playoff honors are catcher Broedy Poppell and third base Jay Campbell. Both entered the All-SWAC first team.

The Diamondbacks finished 30-23 in the regular season with an 11-game winning streak, becoming FAMU’s third team, winning 30 games before the playoffs.

FAMU will open the SWAC Championship as two seeds and face the No. 7 seed South on Wednesday, May 21 at 1pm at Birmingham.

Fans can watch the double elimination tournament of eight teams on the SWAC digital network via YouTube.

The SWAC Championship will be Sunday, May 25 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. ESPN Plus will stream the game.

SWAC Baseball 2025 Honors

Coach of the Year

• Jonathan Hernandez, Bethune-Cookman

Player of the Year

• Cardell Thibodeaux in the south

Colleague of the year

Colleague of the year

• Andrey Martinez, Baibai-Cookman

Pitcher of the Year

Annual Relief Pitcher

• Jean Carlos Zambrano

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• Agents of Garrett, Florida A&M

Newcomer of the year

• Cardell Thibodeaux in the south

All SWAC baseball first team

• Catcher - Broedy Poppell of A&M, Florida
• First Base - Juan Cruz, Alabama
• The second Chiehovah, betune-cookman
• Third Base – Jay Campbell of Florida A&M
• Shortstop - Bryce Hughes, Texas
• Designated batsmen - Taj Mahal, South
• Outfield - Southern Cardell Thibodeaux
• Outfield - Andrey Martinez, Bethune-Cookman
• Outfield - Alabama's Cameron Douglas
• Starting pitcher - Jackson State's Eric Elliott
• Starting pitcher - Kenney Fabian, Sombra, Arkansas
• Relief Pitcher - Jean Carlos Zambrano

SWAC Baseball Second Team

• Receiver - Chris Marcellus
• First Bae - Wilbert Perez, Jackson
• Second Base - Alex Espaillat, Alabama
• Third BAE - KJ White, South
• Shortstop - Jeter Polledo
• Designated batsman - Damian Garcia of Southern Texas
• Outfield - Trey Rutledge of Alabama A&M
• Outfield - Darryl Lee
• Outfield - Jordan McCladdie, Jackson State
• Starting pitcher - Jorhan Laboy, Alabama
• Starting pitcher - Edwin Sanchez
• Starting pitcher - Nick Luckett, South
• Relief Pitcher - Ethan Bates
• RP- PEYTON HUFF, South

SWAC Baseball Game 2025 Seeds

1. Baibai-Cookman
2. Florida A&M
3. Alabama
4. Arkansas Pine Bluff
5. Leather medicine status
6. Jackson State
7. South
8. Southern Texas

SWAC Baseball Game 2025 Timetable

Wednesday, May 21

• Game 1 - 1st Berthen - Cookman vs. 8th South of Texas, 10:00 a.m.
• Game 2 - Florida A&M with No. 7 South, 1:00 pm
• Game 3 - No. 3 Alabama and No. 6 Jackson State University, 4:00 pm
• Game 4 - No. 4 Arkansas Pine Cliff vs 5 Innovative State, 7:00 pm

Thursday, May 22

• Game 5 - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3, 10:00 AM
• Game 6 - Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4, 1:00 pm
• Game 7 - Champion Match 1 vs. Winner Game 3, 4:00 pm
• Game 8 - Championship 2 vs. Winner 4, 7:00 pm

Friday, May 23

• Game 9 - Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 10:00 AM
• Match 10 - Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8, 1:00 pm
• Game 11 - Winner Game 7 vs. Championship Game 9, 4:00 pm
• Match 12 - Champion Match 10 vs Winner Issue 8, 7:00 PM

Saturday, May 24 (if necessary)

• Game 11B - Loser Game 11 vs. Winner 11, 1:00 pm
• Game 12B - Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 12. 4:00pm

Sunday, May 25

Game 13 - Champion Game, 2:00 pm

All times listed Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Gerald Thomas of III is an award-winning journalist who reports in Tallahassee Democrats’ coverage of Florida A&M Rattler.

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