May 23, 2018

D3baseball.com 2018 All-America team

All-America team, top awards

Connor Reeves

Senior starting pitcher
Salisbury
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Pitcher of the Year

Ryan McCarty

Freshman second baseman
Penn State-Abington
 D3baseball.com
 Rookie of the Year

Daytona Bryden

Senior outfielder
UW-Whitewater
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 Player of the Year

A total of 888 players were nominated for the 12th annual D3baseball.com All-America team. Here are our top award-getters, plus the full All-America team.

Daytona Bryden completed a tremendous senior season leading the nation in runs and total bases. He hit .488 (4th in D-III) and slugged .855 (6th in D-III) and is the 2018 D3baseball.com Player of the Year. The 2018 D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year, Connor Reeves, led the nation in wins as he compiled a 14-4 record for Salisbury. His WHIP of 0.73 also led all pitchers in 2018. Ryan McCarty burst onto the scene for Penn State-Abington and sits atop nearly every offensive category for the Lions. He is the 2018 D3baseball.com Rookie of the Year.

The D3baseball.com Coach of the Year is Brent Porche.

All statistics are through Sunday, May 20, including any postseason games.

First team

Pos. Name, School Yr. Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld.%
C Austin Parent, Pitt-Bradford Jr. .495 47 59 17 3 9 48 4 .963
1B Barry Casey, Texas-Dallas  Sr. .435 48 83 16 2 5 62 1 .983
2B Rocco Maue, Case Western Reserve Jr. .358 52 57 12 0 11 35 26 .976
3B Toby Welk, Penn State-Berks Jr. .492 52 58 15 5 13 57 4 .927
SS Michael Wielansky, Wooster Jr. .411 76 78 19 7 6 50 16 .964
OF Brady Ballstadt, Piedmont Jr. .397 49 73 16 5 7 53 32 1.000
OF Daytona Bryden, UW-Whitewater Sr. .488 75 80 17 9 9 41 28 1.000
OF Riley Schaefer, Texas Lutheran Sr. .434 60 86 14 3 8 40 20 .982
DH Cal Aldridge, UW-Whitewater Jr. .451 53 69 19 1 15 52 4 .903
UTL Jake Dexter, Southern Maine Jr. .382 36 71 13 1 3 30 7 .947

 

Pos. Name, School Yr. ERA W-L Sv.  IP  H ER BB SO Opp. avg.
SP Matt Cronin, Mass-Dartmouth Jr.  0.99 6-1 0 63.2 35 7 23 67 .157
SP Nathan Malinovsky, Texas Lutheran Jr.  1.34 11-1 2 100.1 70 15 39 98 .191
SP Connor Reeves, Salisbury Sr. 1.19 14-3 2 120.3 71 16 17 113 .167
SP Troy Terzi, Keystone Sr. 1.85 9-1 1 92.2 68 19 28 94 .177
RP Shane Emrich, La Roche Sr. 0.71 3-0 7 25.1 11 2 9 40 .117
UTL Jake Dexter, Southern Maine Jr. 2.44 5-4 13 44.1 37 12 11 47 .222

 

Second team

Pos. Name, School Yr. Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld.%
C Nick Raposo, Wheaton (Mass.) So. .434 45 69 19 3 3 39 6 .987
1B Chris Fowler, Mass-Boston Sr. .384 45 68 22 2 7 50 4 .986
2B Ryan McCarty, Penn State-Abington Fr. .433 49 65 16 3 4 47 17 .971
3B Michael Mateja, North Central (Ill.) Jr. .444 54 72 20 4 4 38 11 .926
SS Colin Kelly, Union  So. .396 47 65 18 4 12 59 4 ..957
OF Sean Guida, Roanoke Sr. .403 55 71 17 7 7 40 5 .972
OF Mike Wisz, North Central (Ill.)  So. .408 46 73 21 3 9 73 2  1.000
OF Garrett Wilson, Spalding  So. .470  67 86 15 8 3 28 32 .975
DH Dan Harwood, Wooster  So. .381  58 71 17 1 14 72 9 .968
UTL Jake Vesling, Union Sr. .407  30 50 10 1 3 33 2 .966

 

Pos. Name, School Yr. ERA W-L Sv.  IP  H ER BB SO Opp. avg.
SP Tommy Parsons, Adrian Sr. 1.72 11-0 1 94.0 82 18 7 109 .234
SP Colin Selby, Randolph-Macon Jr. 2.60 11-2 0 90.0 72 26 27 122 .219
SP Danny Serreino, Rowan Jr. 1.25 7-2 0 79.0 34 11 32 89 .130
SP Ian Scheidemann, Rutgers-Camden Jr. 1.69 7-2 0 74.2 59 14 9 58 .205
RP Mike Formella, Concordia-Chicago Sr. 2.10 6-1 14 68.2 53 16 12 58 .210
UTL Jake Vesling, Union Sr. 2.15 8-1 1 71.0 62 17 8 69 .229

 

Third team

Pos. Name, School Yr. Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld.%
C Jacob Delk, Berry Sr. .417 39 68 10 1 7 58 1 .985
1B Brennan Cotter, Catholic Sr. .370 34 64 20 0 11 70 3 .989
2B Kyle Hartenstein, Mitchell Sr. .390 52 62 11 2 3 33 11 .967
3B Seth Woodard, Christopher Newport Jr. .386 57 68 17 0 13 65 4 .881
SS Chris Seibert, Wesley Sr. .475 32 57 13 1 10 43 2 .925
OF Ryan Bixler, Franklin  So. .369 63 65 10 2 15 56 11 .989
OF Tyler Cauley, Texas Lutheran  So. .384 60 86 14 3 8 40 20 .982
OF Bryan Gillen, Arcadia Jr. .415 65 80 13 6 3 36 24 1.000
DH Ryan Arena, Babson Sr. .368 53 67 14 0 10 45 9 .917
UTL Jacob Pilarski, Virginia Wesleyan  So. .308 22 40 11 1 4 28 9 1.000

 

Pos. Name, School Yr. ERA W-L Sv.  IP  H ER BB SO Opp. avg.
SP Mike Harrington, Cortland Sr.  2.14 8-1 0 75.2 56 18 14 61 .207
SP Michael Kaska, UW-Whitewater Jr.  1.41 9-1 1 63.2 49 10 16 55 .221
SP Jimi Keating, Spalding Sr. 2.38 9-1 0 79.1 65 21 13 107 .224
SP Andrew Spinnenweber, Merchant Marine Jr. 1.73 7-3 0 67.2 40 13 21 99 .166
RP Shane Donovan, Webster So. 1.72 6-1 8 62.2 49 12 14 33 .228
UTL Jacob Pilarski, Virginia Wesleyan So. 2.05 11-0 0 92.0 67 21 35 80 .201

Honorable mention

Pos. Name, School Yr. Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld.%
C Alex Kachler, Methodist So. .397 43 69 18 4 4 59 6 .990
1B Hunter Hayes, Adrian Sr. .351 41 66 18 4 8 56 10 .991
2B Jesse Russo, Old Westbury Sr. .386 36 59 19 4 1 26 11 .918
3B Brendan Gardiner, Redlands Sr. .405 57 70 17 4 4 45 28 .892
SS Ben Beachy, Otterbein Jr. .385 49 69 23 2 9 47 8 .951
OF Mike Dellicarri, Oswego State Jr. .358 54 59 10  5  8 54 8 .990
OF Tanner Johnson, Denison Sr. .378 57 65 14 5 10 53 25 .964
OF Grant Myers, Monmouth Sr. .453 48 72 12 4 10 54 7 .968
DH Keegan Woolford, Shenandoah So. .346  43 59  20 1 10 66 3 .857
UTL Nick Bosma, Rhodes Jr. .286 35 52 10 3 8 32 7 .978

 

Pos. Name, School Yr. ERA W-L Sv.  IP  H ER BB SO Opp. avg.
SP Joey Cardamon, Luther Jr. 1.43 9-1 0 81.2 63 13 14 53 .214
SP Austin Heenan, Salisbury Sr. 2.24 10-4 0 100.2 66 25 55 118 .190
SP John Howard, Washington U. Jr. 1.01 6-3 0 71.1 58 8 14 63 .222
SP Tre Thomas, La Roche So. 1.47 9-1 0 61.1 41 10 35 70 .188
RP Justin Traxler, Concordia (Texas) Sr. 3.00 6-1 8 69.0 63 23 27 65 .243
UTL Nick Bosma, Rhodes Jr.  2.89 3-4 16 43.2 33 14 18 32 .212