WICHITA, Kan. — Coastal Carolina junior Caden Bodine was named the winner of the 2025 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, the Wichita Sports Commission announced Thursday. 
 
Bodine adds to his lengthy postseason haul with four All-America nods — D1Baseball, College Baseball Foundation (First), Perfect Game (second) and NCBWA (third) ­— along with a Rawlings Gold Glove Award at catcher, the first in program history.
 
"Congratulations to Caden Bodine on winning the Buster Posey Award, honoring college baseball's top catcher," Head Coach Kevin Schnall said. "Your hard work, professional mentality, leadership and elite performance behind the plate have earned you this well-deserved recognition. The entire Coastal Carolina baseball family — past and present — celebrates this incredible achievement. No one is more deserving. Well done, Caden!"
 
Coastal Carolina had a nation-leading and school record 56 wins, a Sun Belt Conference Championship, Sun Belt Tournament Championship, Conway Regional Championship, Auburn Super Regional Championship and a 3-0 run in Omaha to the Men's College World Series Championship Final. Over the last quarter of the season, Coastal posted a 26-game winning streak, the fourth-longest winning streak in DI in the last five years. 
 
One of the premier catchers in college baseball, Bodine turned in an elite all-around campaign in 2025. The First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection started 67 games for the Chanticleers — 66 behind the dish, one at DH — guiding a pitching staff that ranked No. 2 nationally in both ERA and WHIP. Offensively, he hit .318 with a team-best .454 on-base percentage, drawing 47 walks and being hit by 17 pitches. He added 24 extra-base hits, drove in 42 runs and slugged .461, serving as a consistent presence atop the lineup.
 
Behind the plate, Bodine was a defensive anchor. He threw out 19 would-be base stealers on 44 attempts — tied CCU's career record with 46 runners caught stealing — and finished with a .998 fielding percentage. 
 
His leadership helped elevate Coastal to the Sun Belt Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championship, where he was named the Most Outstanding Player and also earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team. He followed that up with All-Tournament honors in the NCAA Conway Regional as the Chants advanced to the Super Regionals and Men's College World Series for the first time since 2016.