Indiana baseball redshirt sophomore center fielder Korbyn Dickerson led the Hoosiers to a 3-1 showing this weekend in DeLand, Florida, as it collected two wins over Mount St. Mary’s University and one over Stetson University.
Dickerson’s play was vital to the Hoosiers’ success throughout the weekend.
He got started right away during Indiana’s first game against Mount St. Mary’s on Feb. 28, as he blasted two home runs into center and right field, respectively, and drew in 2 RBIs along with three runs. Indiana would ultimately ride its newfound offensive momentum and put up 18 runs on the Mountaineers as the game quickly turned into a blowout.
The Hoosiers didn’t skip a beat offensively in their next game against Stetson, and this time it was a complete team effort all the way around. A monster ninth inning on the offensive side propelled Indiana to an 8-1 win over the Hatters, and sophomore second baseman Jasen Oliver’s 2-RBI single in the bottom of the ninth put the finishing touches on the win for good.
After dropping the next game against the Hatters, the Hoosiers came into their final game in the Sunshine State against Mount St. Mary’s looking to pounce, which is precisely what they did.
Dickerson led the way once again as he recorded a hit in three of his five at-bats, including drawing in three RBIs before the start of the fifth inning. And during the sixth inning, he sent a shot deep into center field and drew in three more RBIs, officially sealing the Hoosiers’ third win. Indiana dominated the Mountaineers 20-7 to close out the four-game stretch.
The center fielder ended the weekend for Indiana with a statline of .448, four home runs, 10 RBIs and 11 total runs. Dickerson, a University of Louisville transfer, has gone from a player who got little playing time with the Cardinals to putting up monster game after monster game in the early going for the Hoosiers.
Dickerson didn’t get a lot of opportunities to showcase his skills at Louisville, as the Jeffersonville, Indiana, native redshirted during his true freshman season in 2023, and he only played in 21 games in 2024. He hit .235 and only brought in three RBIs over the entire season.
But after he returned to his home state to play for Indiana in 2025, he has made an immediate impact for this high-powered Hoosiers offense. Dickerson hit three home runs over the course of three games against University of Nevada Las Vegas, Fordham University and Harvard University earlier in the season, and he hasn’t hit any lower than .300 during the first 12 games of his tenure in Bloomington.
And it wasn’t just Dickerson over the weekend, as Indiana’s offense was practically unstoppable, recording 50 total runs and 54 base hits across the four games.
Indiana will be back in action against Northern Kentucky University at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington.
