Jace LaViolette and Texas A&M had a historic season this year, producing the Aggies best ever season and coming up just two runs short of a college world series title in the Tompkins graduate’s sophomore season.

“Tennessee has a really good pitching staff and you have to give a lot of credit to them,” LaViolette said after game two of the championship series. “If we made a few better swings and a few balls land differently then this miht have gone a different way, but that’s baseball and it happens. Credit to them.”

A&M had its baseball season in school history this year and LaViolette was a huge part of that. The Tompkins graduate had a .305 batting average and a .449 on base percentage with a .72 slugging percentage. LaViolette had 79 hits, including 16 doubles, three triples and 29 home runs, driving in 78 runs and scoring 87 runs himself to cement his status as one of the top prospects in the 2025 draft.

He led A&M to a 53-15 overall record and the second best record in the SEC-West with a 19-11 record in conference play. The Aggies got to the College World Series by not dropping a game in the regional or super regional round and then won three straight games in the college world series to clinch a spot in the championship series.

LaViolette  went 0-4 in the 9-5  championship series opening win against Tennessee, but he turned heated up in game two, driving in the games only run on a solo home run in the first inning and going 2-2 on the night and also drawing two walks in the 4-1 loss. In the closeout game of the series LaViolette went 1-5 with a single as A&M lost a heartbreaker 6-5.

LaViolette had a small struggle at the plate before game two, but after a talk with A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle he was able to clear his head and get back into a flow.

“You have to try not to ride the highs or lows too much in this game and I feel like I had been riding the lows too much recently, LaViolette said. “Coach talked to me about my body language and he told me I’m one of the best players in the nation and need to act like it. I feel like fixing that changed things today.”

A&M will still have a loaded roster going into next year and LaViolette seems to love College Station. He sent a message to fans and to potential transfers and recruits after the end of the season.

“Thank you @12thMan from the bottom of my heart for everything you did for us throughout the year,” Laviolette posted on X (formerly Twitter). If you’re in the portal you are missing out if you don’t want to be a part of the best University in the Nation. This is where people come to be great! Let’s go get it done next year!”