WICHITA, Kan. — Coastal Carolina University catcher Caden Bodine was named a semifinalist for the 2025 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, the award committee announced.
 
The offensive and defensive anchor for a 40-plus-win Coastal club which won the Sun Belt Regular Season Championship, Bodine ranked among the Sun Belt leaders in on-base percentage (.519) and finished second in batting average (.354) in league games. He tallied 34 hits, 12 doubles and 20 RBIs in Sun Belt action while committing zero errors behind the plate. 
 
Nationally, Bodine ranked among the NCAA leaders in walks and times on base. He threw out 64.3 percent of runners trying to steal against him and had a .998 fielding percentage. A consistent force in the top half of the order, he helped Coastal lead the conference in multiple offense categories. 
 
He was also a key reason the Chants led the league in pitching as his experience behind the dish paid dividends for a developing pitching staff.
 
The list of 13 semifinalists will be trimmed to three finalists on June 5.
 
2025 BUSTER POSEY AWARD SEMIFINALISTS
Caden Bodine, Junior, Coastal Carolina
Jack Collins, Junior, Cal Poly
Rylan Galvan, Junior, Texas
Adonys Guzman, Junior, Arizona
Luke Heyman, Junior, Florida
Grant Jay, Junior, Dallas Baptist
Vahn Lackey, Sophomore, Georgia Tech
Steven Lancia, Senior, UTRGV
Jack Quinlan, Junior, Army
Luke Stevenson, Sophomore, North Carolina
Justin Stransky, Senior, Fresno State
Carson Tinney, Sophomore, Notre Dame
Wilson Weber, Senior, Oregon State
 
Up Next: Coastal Carolina will enter the Sun Belt Championship in Montgomery, Alabama, as the No. 1 overall seed. The tournament begins Tuesday. The Chants are set to play at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 21 against ninth-seeded Georgia Southern.