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CHATHAM ANGLERS PLAYERS 2026

ZACH STRICKLAND
RHP | UCLA | FR.

A Perfect Game All-American out of Maranatha High School in Pasadena, California, Strickland was ranked 71st on MLB.com’s
2025 draft rankings before opting to attend UCLA. With the Bruins ranked as the nation’s top team, he served one of the key
cogs out of the bullpen. Strickland punched out 37 in his first 26.1 innings, picking up a six-out save against rival USC on April
5. UCLA won 37 of its first 40 games and Strickland earned the win in four of them.

BRYSON THACKER

LHP | WEST VIRGINIA | SO.
Thacker spent his first two collegiate seasons at Tennessee, redshirting his freshman season on the Volunteers’ 2024 National
Championship squad. After a redshirt freshman season in which he didn’t allow an earned run in just 4.1 innings, Thacker
transferred to West Virginia, where — in 2026 — he allowed just nine hits in his first 10 innings pitched. The Georgia native
was the No. 52 left-handed pitcher recruit in the 2023 high school class.

NOLAN TRAEGER
C | TCU | SO.

Traeger put together a monster freshman season for TCU in 2025 en route to Perfect Game Freshman All-American and All-Big 12
nods. He hit .327 for the Horned Frogs with three home runs and 17 RBIs, reaching base at a .429 clip. After an appearance with
Team USA’s Collegiate National Team last summer, he returned to Fort Worth and drove in 33 runs across his first 37 games in 2025.

BINO WATTERS
OF | NOTRE DAME | SO.

Watters followed up a sterling freshman season with an even better start to his sophomore campaign. He slugged to a
.317/.436/.549 slash line in 2025 to earn ACC All-Freshman Team honors and a selection to the ACC All-Freshman squad and
D1Baseball.com’s Freshman All-America Second-Team. In 2026, Watters’ 1.031 OPS through 35 games ranked third among
Fighting Irish hitters. He’s the former No. 4 overall recruit from Michigan.

RYAN WYNN

IF | GEORGIA | SO.
Wynn a native of Douglasville, GA is glad to be back home at Georgia after spending a couple of successful seasons at Wofford where
in 2025 he led the team in hits, doubles, RBI’s and runs. At Georgia Wynn has worked his way into the Bulldogs starting lineup
and heading into mid-May he is hitting .361with 5 HR’s. Ryan is expected to play both 2B and SS for the Anglers this summer.

2026 ANGLERS ADDITIONAL PLAYER ROSTER

JASON BODIN | RHP | OKLAHOMA ISAIAH LANE | IF | HOPE INTERNATIONAL
CODY BRASCH | RHP | LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE OISIN LEE | RHP | NOTRE DAME
JACKSON BURNS | RHP | TEXAS TECH CHASE MEYER | RHP | WEST VIRGINIA
KAIDEN DOSSA | OF | YALE OLIVER PUDVAR | LHP | UCONN
KENAN ELARTON | RHP | HOUSTON BAPTIST ROB RISPOLI | INF | UCONN
GAVIN GUIDRY | RHP | LSU DUKE STONE | RHP | MISSISSIPPI STATE
ARMANI GUZMAN | INF/OF | WEST VIRGINIA JOSH SWINK | LHP | LIBERTY
HARLAN HOVATOR | C | MERIDIAN CC BRADLEY ZAYAC | RHP | LIBERTY

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