CARY, N.C. – Ethin Bingaman and Jackson Sanders accepted invitations to the 2026 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team training camp, joining a group of the premier non-draft-eligible players across the country.
The duo will join sophomore catcher Chase Fralick at training camp, which will take place from June 27-July 4. A total of six exhibition games will be played June 27-29 in North Carolina and Virginia before the Stars vs. Stripes series from June 30-July 4 in Fayetteville, N.C. and Cary, N.C.
Following the exhibition games, the final roster will be determined and the 2026 Collegiate National Team will compete in the inaugural World Collegiate Baseball Championship from July 11-15 in Taichung City, Taiwan.
Bingaman is coming off a freshman season in which he hit .330 (71-for-215) with a team-leading 60 runs scored to go along with nine doubles, 15 home runs and 50 RBI. His home run and RBI totals are good for fourth and sixth most, respectively, by an Auburn freshman, including the most since 2018. In SEC play, Bingaman upped his average to a team-best .333 (35-for-105) with 27 runs, six doubles, seven home runs and 32 RBI, the most by an Auburn freshman in conference play in the stat crew era (1993-present).
Sanders, who has already been named Second Team All-SEC and ABCA All-Southeast Region, served as both a starter and reliever for the Tigers and went 5-2 with a 2.94 ERA and earned four saves in 17 appearances, 10 of which came in relief. After beginning the year as the game two starter in the weekend rotation, he excelled in his extended relief role, allowing just nine runs in 33.1 innings pitched, good for a 2.43 ERA, and earning three wins and four saves.