CHSS Distinguished Alumni - Staff - Camp
Shawn Camp
BA Sociology '21
Shawn Camp guided the George Mason Patriots baseball team to a 40-21 overall record in 2025, including a mark of 20-10 in Atlantic 10 (A-10) play in his third season as head coach and sixth season overall.
The team’s 40 wins in 2025 are the most for the program since the 2009 season. The team’s 20 conference wins are the most wins the Patriots have posted since joining the A-10 and are the most league wins for the program since 2004 when George Mason went 20-4 in the Coastal Athletic Association.
The Patriots broke the NCAA record for runs in an inning by scoring 23 runs in the second inning against Holy Cross on March 4th at Spuhler Field. The record had stood for since 1984.
The 2025 club set seven team offensive records, and five players set single-season marks. The collective GPA of the Patriots fall team was 3.54, the highest-ever for the program.
Additional 2025 season highlights include:
- Eight George Mason players earned Atlantic 10 end of season accolades, with 11 awards given to those eight Patriots in five categories, the most among any school in the conference this season.
- Highlighted by junior center fielder James Quinn-Irons earning Player of the Year, seven other Patriots garnered awards. All-Conference First Team included Quinn-Irons in the outfield, junior Owen Clyne at shortstop and junior Brandon Cassedy and graduate student Connor O'Hara for starting pitchers.
- Sophomore outfielder Owen Hull earned All-Conference Second Team as an outfielder and designated hitter.
- Freshmen Lucas Alberti and Andrew Raymond were named to the All-Rookie Team, and pitchers O'Hara and Gardner Meeks earned All-Academic Team spots.
In 2023, Camp led George Mason to its eighth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. The Patriots defeated Northeastern and Maryland in the Winston-Salem NCAA Regional and advanced to the regional final for the first time in program history. Additionally, George Mason won two games in one NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.
Camp joined the Patriots as assistant/pitching coach for the 2020 and 2021 seasons and was elevated to associate head coach for the 2022 season.
A Fairfax native, Camp was a catcher at James W. Robinson High School and converted to a pitcher while at George Mason. He played for the Patriots from 1995 through 1997.
Camp was selected in the 16th round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres and played professionally from 1997 to 2014 for nine different organizations.
In his 11 seasons in the majors, Camp appeared in 541 major league games for the Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies. He finished his MLB career with a 29-33 record, 12 saves and compiled 405 career strikeouts.
During the 2012 season, Camp led the MLB with a career-high 80 appearances for the Cubs.
Camp ranks among the all-time leaders in George Mason program history in numerous categories, including strikeouts per nine innings (9.21), lowest opponent batting average (.258), saves (7), winning percentage (.636), complete games (7), strikeouts (175), wins (14) and appearances (53). His 78 strikeouts during the 1997 season are tied for the 10th-most in a single season in program history.