Overview
- Sawyer Solitaria has announced he will transfer to the Texas Longhorns after a two-year run at Kent State that included a .294 batting average and a team-high 16 home runs in his most recent season.
- Solitaria earned MAC Freshman of the Year honors and made all-conference teams, and he arrives with two seasons of NCAA eligibility remaining.
- He is the latest addition to Texas’ 2026 transfer class alongside infielder Linkin Garcia and catcher Ian Armstrong.
- Texas had an outfield opening because Aiden Robbins is expected to pursue professional options and Dariyan Pendergrass has exhausted his college eligibility.
- Multiple players will compete for outfield time next season, including returning breakout Anthony Pack Jr., Ashton Larson, Maddox Monsour, incoming freshman Trent Maybin, and the health-dependent two-sport athlete Jonah Williams.