• ODAC baseball lived up to its monikers as one of the best conferences in Division III with seven of the league's 12 programs posting better than .500 records.
• Lynchburg (48) and Shenandoah (42) both eclipsed the previous ODAC record for wins in a season (41 by SU in 2017), while Randolph-Macon (32) won more than 30 games.
• The ODAC  Tournament continued with its newer format featuring four best-of-3 series on the first weekend followed by a four-team double-elimination playoff for the title at a neutral site.
• Each of the top-four seeds won their respective series on the first weekend
  • #1 Lynchburg def. #8 Bridgewater (6-7, 11-1, 11-)
  • #2 Shenandoah def. #7 Guilford (6-3, 7-6)
  • #3 Roanoke def. #6 Washington and Lee (5-3, 4-1)
  • #4 Randolph-Macon def. #5 Hampden-Sydney (2-0, 9-8)
• Lynchburg, Shenandoah, Roanoke, and Randolph-Macon traveled to the University of Richmond to play at Pitt Field for the ODAC championship; Pitt Field and Richmond hosted for the first time in league history.
• LYN (3-0 over RMC) and SU (11-2 over RC) both won on the first day and Lynchburg got the best of Shenandoah (13-5) on day two to clinch a spot in the final with a game in-hand
• SU setup a second showdown with Lynchburg for the title with a 5-3 win over Roanoke.
• Shenandoah looked like it would force a winner-take-all seventh game after jumping out to an 8-0 lead through 4.5 innings, but Lynchburg put up two runs on the bottom of the fifth and posted a seven-spot in the sixth to take a 9-8 lead. LYN added two more in the ninth and then withstood a comeback attempt in ninth that saw SU plate one run and load the bases with two out. A strikeout ended the game with Lynchburg winning, 11-9.
• The win marked Lynchburg's second title in three years and the Hornets' 10th overall, second-most in the ODAC behind Bridgewater's 14 crowns.

• The most successful NCAA baseball tournament in ODAC history saw three teams enter the field of 64 and Lynchburg emerge as the national champion.
• Shenandoah and Randolph-Macon joined ODAC automatic qualifier Lynchburg as at-large selections.
• Randolph-Macon was eliminated in regional play hosted by Johns Hopkins University; RMC went 1-2 with a 10-3 win over St. John Fisher followed by a 10-3 loss to host JHU and a narrow 10-9 loss to STJU.
• Shenandoah an Lynchburg both won their regional tournaments. SU hosted its four-team pod and went 4-1; after opening with a 22-9 loss to TCNJ, SU rattled off wins over Immaculata (11-7), TCNJ (8-1), and Christopher Newport twice (14-5, 5-3) to advance to the super regional round.
• Lynchburg traveled to N.C. Wesleyan and 3-1 en route to winning the regional; LYN downed Lebanon Valley (2-1 in 10 inn.) and the host Bishops (16-9) before falling to Lebanon Valley (8-4) in the first of two deciding games; in the winner-take-all final, the Hornets defeated the Dutchmen (5-3).
• Lynchburg and Shenandoah were pitted against each other in the super regionals as a rematch of the ODAC championship; Lynchburg won the first two games in the best-of-3 format (9-6, 3-1) to move on to the championship series.
• Eight teams converged on PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
• Lynchburg went 3-0 to put itself into the final series against Johns Hopkins; the Hornets defeated Wisconsin-La Crosse (8-6) and East Texas Baptist twice (8-3, 7-1).
• In the final series, Lynchburg opened with a 5-2 win over JHU, but the Blue Jays rebounded with an 11-6 triumph in game two to setup a winner-take-all showdown for the national championship.
• In the final, JHU jumped out a 4-0 lead before Lynchburg came to bat, but the Hornets scored two runs each in the first and second frames for a 4-4 reset; Hopkins plated one run in the top of the fifth, but Lynchburg responded with three in the bottom of the inning to take a 7-5 lead; JHU added one run in the eighth, but that would be the final run of the game as Wesley Arrington set down the Blue Jays 1-2-3 in the ninth, closing the game with a strikeout to seal Lynchburg's 7-6 title-winning triumph.

• D3BASEBALL.COM/NCBWA PRESEASON TOP-25: two ODAC schools open the season inside the top-25 preseason poll published by D3baseball.com and the NCBWA; defending champion Lynchburg garnered five first place votes to open sixth in the poll, while Shenandoah is just one spot back in sixth position; Randolph-Macon (29) garnered votes towards the top-25; Johns Hopkins opens the season at #1.
• D3BASEBALL.COM PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS: two ODAC standouts earned distinction as Preseason All-Americans – both on the First Team -- in a release published by the D3baseball.com on January 14.
  • 1st Team - OF: Gavin Horning, Shenandoah
  • 1st Team - RP: Jack Bachmore, LYN

A year ago, 30 All-ODAC standouts returned to league rosters for the 2023 season. Entering 2024, the story is a bit different with 19 all-league players returning to conference diamonds.

Shenandoah leads the way with 5-of-9 All-ODAC players back, while Lynchburg features four of its seven all-conference stars. Two other schools feature multiple returners – Washington and Lee with 3-of-4 back in Lexington and Guilford with 2-of-4 first team Quakers back in Greensboro.

Of the five special individual award winners, only two will be back in league stadiums. Lynchburg closer Jack Bachmore was the 2023 ODAC Pitcher of the Year, while Shenandoah mentor Kevin Anderson returns to the Hornets dugout after earning ODAC Coach of the Year laurels.

• All-ODAC First Team Returners (5)
  • RP: Jack Bachmore, LYN
  • 1B: Isaiah Hairston, GC
  • SS: Frankie Ritter, SU
  • OF: Gavin Horning, SU
  • UT: Chase Wade, GC
• All-ODAC Second Team Returners (6)
  • SP: Jacob Bell, SU
  • RP: Evan Blair, WLU
  • 1B: Pearce Bucher, SU
  • SS: Jonny Wall, RC
  • OF: Matt Myers, RMC
  • UT: Bryce Thacker, FC
• All-ODAC Third Team Returners (8)
  • SP: John Benner, WLU
  • RP: Brian Ferreira, SU
  • C: Campbell Charneco, WLU
  • 1B: Josh Gjormand, LYN
  • 2B: Benton Jones, LYN
  • 3B: Nick Arnold, EMU
  • SS: Brandon Garcia, LYN
  • DH: Brandan Hartman, BC

The athletes listed below represent the top-three returning statistical leaders for major statistical categories from the 2023 season.
Batting Minimums: 2.5 plate appearances per game and played in 75% of team games
Pitching Minimums: 1.0 innings pitched per team game

• The ODAC features some of the best coaches in Division III. Five coaches feature better than .500 career winning percentages with three – Shenandoah's Kevin Anderson (.694), Roanoke's Zach Ullrich (.642), Randolph-Macon's Ray Hedrick (.622) – feature higher than .600 winning percentages.
• SU's Anderson is among the Division III's active leaders with 763 wins. Another strong season could see him eclipse 800 victories this season.
• Bridgewater's Ben Spotts (185), Ferrum's Ryan Brittle (184), and Virginia Wesleyan's Chris Francis (183) are each approaching 200 career wins.
   

Below are the win-loss records for each coach entering the 2024 spring campaign.

• The ODAC's 12 sponsoring teams will compete in a full double round-robin ODAC slate of 22 games in addition to their selected non-conference games.
• The first non-conference games of the season are slated for the weekend of February 10-11.
• The ODAC Tournament will be competed over two weekends:
  • Friday-Sunday, May 3-5 – Best-of-3 Series
    • #8 at #1 - #7 at #2 - #6 at #3 - #5 at #4
  • Thursday-Sunday, May 9-11 – Double Elimination
    • Capital One Park in Tysons, Va.
    • Teams Re-Seeded as Necessary