Florida Gators’ right-handed pitchers Liam Peterson and Aidan King were chosen for the USA Collegiate National Team training camp, as announced by Team USA on Friday morning. The 2025 USA Collegiate Baseball Team will participate in the 45th USA vs Japan Collegiate All-Star Series, which began in 1972 and will be played in Japan for the first time since 2019. The team will be managed by USC Baseball Head Coach Andy Stankiewicz while the roster for the series will be determined by the Stars vs Stripes series.
The Stars vs Stripes series will take place in North Carolina from June 29th through July 3rd while the Championship Series vs Japan will be played from July 8th through July 13th.
Peterson and King mark the 26th and 27th Gators selected for the USA Collegiate National Team since 2008, with 18 members joining the team for training camp. Peterson’s 2025 selection marks the second of his career.
2025: RHP Liam Peterson, RHP Aidan King
2024: RHP Liam Peterson
2023: LHP / 1B Jac Caglianone, RHP Brandon Neely, LHP Cade Fisher (invite only)
2022: OF Wyatt Langford
2021: LHP Hunter Barco, RHP Brandon Sproat
2019: RHP Tommy Mace (invite only)
2017: RHP Brady Singer (invite only)
2016: RHP Alex Faedo, INF Dalton Guthrie, C Mike Rivera
2015: LHP AJ Puk, OF Buddy Reed, C / DH JJ Schwarz, RHP Logan Shore
2012: RHP Jonathan Crawford
2011: INF Nolan Fontana, LHP Brian Johnson, C Mike Zunino (invite only)
2010: INF Nolan Fontana, LHP Brian Johnson, C Mike Zunino (invite only)
2009: OF Preston Tucker (invite only)
2008: OF Matt den Dekker
A total of 147 USA Baseball alumni were named to 2025 Major League Baseball Opening Day rosters. Overall, every MLB team has at least one USA Baseball alumni and 23 clubs have at least four former USA players on their 26-man squads.
In 2024, Peterson made one appearance in the Summer League tour vs Appy League East, where the hard throwing right hander racked up seven strikeouts in four scoreless innings for team USA. 2025 will mark King’s first appearance with the squad.