UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Three Penn State baseball players are set to compete at the MLB Draft Combine at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, from June 17-21. Junior pitcher Ryan DeSanto, junior outfielder Paxton Kling and junior shortstop Ryan Weingartner all earned invitations to the combine. MLB Network will provide live coverage of events on June 17.
Penn State is tied with Oregon (3) for the most invitees among Big Ten schools.
Ryan DeSanto · Jr. · LHP · 6-4 · 218 · Tuscarora, Md. · Tuscarora
- Tabbed ABCA All-Region second team.
- In his collegiate career, DeSanto has made 43 appearances (40 starts) with a 16-5 record and a 3.88 ERA. He has tallied 234 strikeouts in 206.1 innings, while holding hitters to a .193 average.
- DeSanto made 15 starts on the mound in 2025.
- He posted an 8-2 record with a 3.96 ERA, while collecting 72 strikeouts in 72.2 innings.
- DeSanto held opponents to 54 hits and a .202 average.
- The junior had six outings going 4+ innings and allowing no earned runs.
- He recorded 5+ strikeouts in eight outings.
- In Big Ten games, DeSanto went 5-2 in 10 starts and notched 48 strikeouts in 52.1 innings.
- He ranked second in the Big Ten in hits allowed per nine innings (6.44; 30th nationally), fifth in wins (8; 53rd) and games started (15; 69th) and eighth in WHIP (1.13; 72nd).
- At PSU, his eight wins are tied for eighth in a season.
Paxton Kling · Jr. · OF · 6-2 · 210 · Roaring Spring, Pa. · Central
- Tabbed ABCA All-Region second team.
- Was named to the All-Big Ten first-team and Big Ten All-Defensive team.
- Earned Big Ten All-Tournament Team honors.
- Ranked as the No. 143 prospect in the 2025 MLB Draft by MLB Pipeline and the No. 79 college draft prospect in the 2025 MLB Draft by D1Baseball.
- Named Perfect Game National Player of the Week (2/26).
- Tabbed Big Ten Player of the Week (2/24).
- In his collegiate career, Kling has made 174 appearances and 117 starts with a .304 average, 130 hits, 29 doubles, four triples and 18 homers. He has collected 84 RBI, 119 runs, 26 steals and 73 walks, while posting a .436 on-base percentage and a .516 slugging percentage.
- In 2025, he owned team highs in batting average (.358), hits (76), runs (63), slugging percentage (.632) and OPS (1.100), while tying for the team high in homers (13) and adding 54 RBI.
- Kling had a .353 average and 28 RBI in Big Ten play.
- Ranked fourth in the Big Ten in runs (63; 66th nationally) and sac flies (6; 47th), seventh in runs per game (1.13; 93rd) and eighth in batting average (.358).
- At PSU, he ranks tied for second in a season in sacrifice flies (7), tied for third in runs (63), sixth in total bases (134), tied for seventh in homers (13), tied for eighth in hits (76) and tied for ninth in walks (37) and RBI (54).
Ryan Weingartner · Jr. · SS · 5-11 · 184 · Berlin, N.J. · St. Augustine
- Has played in 161 games (159 starts) in his collegiate career.
- Has tallied 190 hits with 37 doubles, four triples, 36 homers, 135 RBI, 165 runs and 65 steals. He has a career .533 slugging percentage.
- Started all 56 games at shortstop in 2025, collecting 56 hits, 14 doubles, one triple, 11 homers, 40 RBI, 52 runs, 44 walks and 30 steals. Posted a .469 slugging percentage.
- Notched 14 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games.
- In conference games, he tallied 27 hits, nine doubles, three homers, 21 RBI, 21 runs, 20 walks, 11 steals and a .990 fielding percentage.
- Set a PSU season record with 30 steals, while ranking fourth in a season at PSU with 44 walks and tied for 10th with 52 runs.
- Paced the Big Ten in steals (30; 38th nationally) and steals per game (0.54; 53rd), while ranking seventh in walks (44; 79th) and 10th in walks per game (0.79).
- Was one of eight D1 players with 11+ homers and 30+ steals this season.
Penn State, led by head coach Mike Gambino, finished the 2025 season with a 33-23 record, posting its second-most wins in a season. PSU reached the 30-win mark for the first time since 2011.
The Nittany Lions made another strong run in the Big Ten Tournament, reaching the semifinals in back-to-back years for the first time since 2000-01.
In the Big Ten Tournament, PSU knocked off No. 5 seed Washington and No. 4 seed USC.
In Big Ten play, PSU won five Big Ten series in a season for the first time since 2012 and won three Big Ten road series for the first time since 2012. Its 15 Big Ten wins were its most since 2012 (not counting a Big Ten-only schedule in 2021).
Penn State had a .500 or better record in Big Ten games in back-to-back seasons for the sixth time in program history.
The Nittany Lions’ eight Big Ten road wins this season were its most since 2007 (9).
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The 2025 Penn State baseball season is presented by The Family Clothesline.