The Tulane Green Wave baseball team has several stars receiving All-Conference preseason honors ahead of the 2026 campaign.
The Tulane Green Wave baseball team is riding the momentum of the last several seasons that saw them advance to three straight American Conference Championship games. Since 2023, the Green Wave have won nine of their last 10 games in American tournament play. Accordingly, the team was chosen fourth overall in the 2026 American Preseason Baseball Poll voted on by the league’s coaches. They received 57 points and are behind No. 1 East Carolina, No. 2 UTSA, and No. 3 Charlotte.
As Tulane looks to the 2026 campaign featuring one of the most talented transfer portal classes in college baseball, they’ll do so with several stars already on the conference’s radar. Outfielder Jason Wachs and designated hitter Matthias Haas were chosen as Preseason American All-Conference. Wachs led the team as a true freshman batting .335 in 51 games. He posted a .335/.457/.479 slash line with a .936 OPS, 46 runs, 56 hits, 14 doubles, two triples, two home runs, 25 RBIs, and 80 total bases. He was a unanimous selection to the American’s 2025 All-Freshman Team. Wachs ended his true freshman campaign on a 23-game hitting streak and 26-game on-base streak.
Haas slashed .303/.384/.471 with a .855 OPS, 35 runs, 63 hits, 21 doubles, a triple, four home runs, 40 RBIs, and 98 total bases. He was hit by 11 pitches and had four sacrifice flies in 55 games in 2025. Haas’ 21 doubles were second in the American, and he was tied second on the team with nine multi-RBI games and 21 multi-hit contests.
As the Green Wave look to continue their sustained success in baseball, they do so with a track record of sending their stars to the Majors. After going 33-25 last season, the program had three players selected in the 2025 MLB draft. Pitcher Michael Lombardi was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the second round, reliever Tayler Montiel was selected in the 12th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks, and first baseman Connor Rasmussen was taken in the 15th round by the Royals to join his former teammate.
The 2026 campaign will kick off on the road for Tulane with a three-game slate in Los Angeles in a series against Loyola Marymount on Feb. 13. It will be the team’s first opener on the road since 2023. The home opener at Turchin Stadium is Feb. 20, which will be a three-game series against Harvard from Feb. 20 to 22. They will host 27 games in total at Turchin, with one neutral-site game in Mississippi, and 28 away games. Notably, they face seven teams that made the 2025 NCAA Tournament: Southern Miss, UTSA, Creighton, East Carolina, TCU, Mississippi State, UCLA, and LSU.