May 19, 2015

D3baseball.com 2015 All-America team

More than 800 players were nominated for the ninth annual D3baseball.com All-America team. Here are our top award-getters, plus the full All-America team.

Sam Dexter

Junior shortstop
Southern Maine
D3baseball.com 
 Player of the Year 
USM athletics photo 

Blake Stevens

Senior starter
Birmingham-Southern
D3baseball.com
Pitcher of the Year 
Photo by Cari Dean 

Austin Filiere

Freshman third baseman
MIT
 D3baseball.com
 Rookie of the Year 
Photo by DSPics.com 

Joe Brown

Cortland State
D3baseball.com
Coach of the Year
Photo by Larry Radloff,
d3photography.com

Sam Dexter, who led Southern Maine to an LEC title and a top seed in the New England Regional, is the 2015 D3baseball.com Player of the Year. Blake Stevens of Birmingham-Southern adds 2015 D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year to his long resume. Austin Filiere was a key cog for MIT and is the D3baseball.com Rookie of the Year. Coach of the Year was announced after the championship round.

All statistics are through Sunday, May 17, including any postseason games.

First team

Pos Name, School Yr. Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld.%
C Matt Foley, Rhode Island College Jr. .453 43 53 10 3 11 45 0 .988
1B Connor Bertsch, Concordia (Texas) Jr. .403 34 52 13 2 8 42 7 .998
2B Joe Venturino, Ramapo Jr. .399 47 73 19 0 5 40 13 .962
3B Ryan Hanahan, Marietta Sr. .381 52 75 18 5 10 60 5 .911
SS Sam Dexter, Southern Maine Jr. .441 57 82 21 5 8 44 11 .948
OF Cody Hanke, UW-Stevens Point Sr. .366 38 67 14 3 12 56 15 .948
OF Chris Lowery, Washington U. Sr. .412 44 84 9 2 5 67 26 .946
OF Ben Sawyer, Alvernia Sr. .398 52 72 19 2 5 62 3 .966
DH Casey Grimes, Rowan Sr. .429 39 70 11 1 7 44 6 .983
UTL Keith Shumaker, Millsaps Sr. .390 52 64 14 1 3 28 7 .917

 

Pos Name, School Yr. ERA W-L SV  IP  H ER BB SO Opp. avg.
SP Tommy Bergjans, Haverford Sr. 1.07 5-3 0 67.1 48 8 14 111 .195
SP Clayton Freimuth, Frostburg State Sr. 1.62 8-2 2 77.5 51 14 27 97 .193
SP Ryan Gray, Trinity (Texas) Jr. 1.72 8-0 2 62.2 29 12 22 70 .136
SP Blake Stevens, Birmingham-Southern Sr. 1.70 9-3 0 100.2 73 19 19 108 .202
RP Andrew Richards, Southern Maine Sr. 1.73 11-5 9 114.1 94 22 19 108 .224
UTL Keith Shumaker, Millsaps Sr. 2.48 8-3 0 87.0 90 24 13 40 .268


Second team

Pos Name, School Yr. Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld.%
C Jono Haught, Mary Washington Sr. .457 41 64 9 4 10 52 2 .980
1B Jaime Lackner, Wooster So. .420 59 74 16 1 17 69 1 .995
2B Tim LeSuer, RPI Sr. .411 50 67 12 1 1 36 14 .957
3B Austin Filiere, MIT Fr. .436 68 71 14 3 14 54 14 .901
SS Nick Dean, Maryville Sr. .454 47 74 15 2 8 51 16 .930
OF Derek Hug, Heidelberg Jr. .376 55 70 11 3 12 45 21 .962
OF Taylor Kohlwey, UW-La Crosse Jr. .439 52 79 20 4 6 42 10 .941
OF Nick Walker, Frostburg State Sr. .372 51 71 14 5 7 54 28 .987
DH Donovan Pogue, Thomas More Jr. .450 49 67 13 0 7 55 5 .000
UTL Jayson Yano, Stevens Jr. .344 38 52 13 0 1 37 27 .979

 

Pos Name, School Yr. ERA W-L SV  IP  H ER BB SO Opp. avg.
SP Sean Conroy, RPI Sr 1.87 6-2 1 82.0 67 17 21 87 .223
SP Cameron Cox, Concordia (Texas) Sr. 1.57 10-1 1 92.0 68 16 25 83 .205
SP Andrew Doring, John Carroll Sr. 2.17 10-1 0 78.2 52 19 24 92 .189
SP Brandon Serio, Cortland State Jr. 1.98 7-0 0 54.2 47 12 7 44 .227
RP Taylor Henry, Centenary (La.) Sr. 1.59 5-2 9 62.1 39 11 19 85 .190
UTL Jayson Yano, Stevens Jr. 2.09 6-3 0 73.1 57 17 17 61 .217


Third team

Pos Name, School Yr. Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld.%
C Joshua Davis, Whitworth Sr. .352 45 59 14 2 10 36 7 .997
1B Ryan Caparoni, Centenary (N.J.) Sr. .413 38 50 13 3 10 45 3 .996
2B Zack Creekmore, Edgewood Sr. .418 35 59 12 4 4 50 10 .939
3B Frank Vance, Wooster Sr. .405 56 81 24 8 7 57 3 .874
SS Mikole Pierce, UW-Whitewater Sr. .379 45 64 15 3 10 48 18 .958
OF Ben Buerkle, St. Mary's (Minn.) So. .462 46 61 11 4 7 47 18 .981
OF Cory DeMedeiros, Mass-Dartmouth Sr. .415 40 66 19 2 10 43 15 .979
OF Mike Odenwaelder, Amherst Jr. .380 38 63 10 2 7 30 15 .992
DH Danny Breen, Salisbury Sr. .438 38 56 10 3 4 35 12 1.000
UTL Jared Helmich, Carthage Jr. .354 33 64 11 0 6 33 1 .995

 

Pos Name, School Yr. ERA W-L SV  IP  H ER BB SO Opp. avg.
SP Walker Larson, Ramapo Sr. 2.10 10-2 2 111.2 92 26 23 91 .228
SP Daniel Morris, Rhodes Jr. 1.61 10-0 2 78.2 61 14 22 43 .214
SP Bryan Polowy, North Central (Ill.) Jr. 1.09 8-1 0 74.1 48 9 17 61 .183
SP Jackson Weeg, Emory So. 2.53 11-1 0 92.2 85 26 22 93 .241
RP Kevin Becker-Menditto, Alvernia Sr. 0.35 1-2 16 25.2 19 1 1 20 .202
UTL Jared Helmich, Carthage Jr. 2.21 4-1 0 61.0 52 15 20 55 .234


Honorable mention

Pos Name, School Yr. Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld.%
C Josh Gall, Hood Fr. .435 21 57 16 3 5 55 0 .983
1B Kyle Uhrich, Webster So. .364 39 68 12 2 17 61 4 .986
2B Craig Hoelzer, Johns Hopkins Sr. .411 36 72 13 2 4 53 3 .949
3B Kyle Engel, Chicago Sr. .486 36 68 25 0 4 43 6 .932
SS Michael Polcyn, Ripon Sr. .380 44 54 11 1 13 40 1 .916
OF Will Cates, Southwestern Jr. .391 51 66 10 8 5 36 31 .983
OF Caleb Lang, Cairn Jr. .444 37 60 18 6 9 55 11 .984
OF Conrad Ziemendorf, Cortland State Jr. .345 44 48 14 3 2 38 4 .976
DH Justin Anderson, UW-La Crosse Jr. .392 39 67 8 1 6 40 1 .984
UTL Greg Schneider, Frostburg State Fr. .346 23 28 5 2 3 14 7 .975

 

Pos Name, School Yr. ERA W-L SV  IP  H ER BB SO Opp. avg.
SP Mitch Beau, UW-Stevens Point Sr. 2.36 8-2 2 91.1 87 24 41 62 .243
SP Sam Elias, Wesleyan Sr. 1.53 8-1 4 76.1 57 13 15 66 .209
SP Tim Ingram, SUNY-Old Westbury Sr. 1.82 8-3 0 69.1 47 14 20 92 .194
SP Cory Vogeli, Misericordia Jr 1.14 8-0 0 63.0 43 8 24 63 .191
RP Jameson Sadowske, UW-La Crosse Sr. 0.74 4-0 9 36.2 26 3 9 30 .194
UTL Greg Schneider, Frostburg State Fr. 1.90 8-1 0 80.1 52 17 26 94 .183