D3baseball.com 2019 All-America team

Toby Welk

Senior shortstop
Penn State Berks
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Player of the Year

John Howard

Senior starting pitcher
Washington (Mo.)
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Pitcher of the Year

Jack Hodgins

Freshman starting pitcher
Hendrix
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Rookie of the Year

A total of 848 players were nominated for the 13th annual D3baseball.com All-America team. Here are our top award-getters, plus the full All-America team.

Toby Welk completed a senior season to marval about, leading the nation in slugging (.938) second in batting average (.482) and sixth in on base percentage (.555). His name is among the leaders in every offensive statistical category and is the 2019 D3baseball.com Player of the Year. The 2019 D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year, is John Howard. Howard was near the top of every major pitching category in 2019, including ERA (1.23, 5th), wins (11, 4th), and strikeouts (100,10th). Jack Hodgins burst onto the scene for Hendrix and is a big part of the Warriors first ever SSA regular season title and a program record 30 wins. He is the 2019 D3baseball.com Rookie of the Year.

The D3baseball.com Coach of the Year is Scott Laverty.

All statistics are through Saturday, May 25, including any postseason games.

First team

Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	Avg	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	Fld %
C	Casey Combs, East Texas Baptist	Sr.	0.417	46	68	1	1	13	48	13	0.989
1B	Tim Johnson, Sul Ross St.	Jr.	0.442	40	66	19	2	9	49	11	0.974
2B	Joe Professori, La Roche	Sr.	0.382	53	68	11	1	9	47	7	0.978
3B	Cal Aldridge, UW-Whitewater	Sr.	0.399	44	56	12	1	16	45	11	0.949
SS	Toby Welk, Penn St. Berks	Sr.	0.483	56	70	17	5	13	58	11	0.912
OF	Josh Goulet, Plymouth St.	Sr.	0.410	47	59	16	1	13	47	24	1.000
OF	Alex Mumme, Ursinus	Jr.	0.422	60	65	21	1	14	45	4	0.948
OF	Bret Williams, Penn St. Harrisburg	Jr.	0.431	75	88	17	1	18	70	7	0.919
DH	Dan Harwood, Wooster	Jr.	0.424	53	70	18	2	5	49	5	1.000
UTL	Jake Dexter, Southern Maine	Sr.	0.373	45	75	8	1	4	39	2	0.943

Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	ERA	W-L	Sv.	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	Opp. avg.
SP	John Howard, Washington (Mo.)	Sr.	1.23	11-1	1	87.2	67	12	12	100	0.208
SP	Tyler Peck, Chapman	Sr.	1.72	7-3	0	104.2	83	20	31	150	0.213
SP	Luke Summers, Fontbonne	Jr.	0.67	11-2	0	94	51	7	23	127	0.156
SP	Matt Valin, Cortland	Sr.	2.35	9-0	0	69	32	18	33	92	0.143
RP	Nick Garcia, Chapman	So.	0.56	8-0	9	48	28	3	12	75	0.163
UTL	Jake Dexter, Southern Maine	Sr.	1.49	2-2	8	36.1	21	6	3	39	0.164

Second team

Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	Avg	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	Fld %
C	Alex Kachler, Methodist	Jr.	0.406	42	67	17	2	7	54	2	0.996
1B	Davis Mikell, Castleton	Jr.	0.446	32	62	10	2	6	33	6	0.988
2B	Harry Witwer-Dukes, Wooster	Jr.	0.390	45	64	14	5	7	56	7	0.963
3B	Daniel Montgomery Jr., Southwestern	Jr.	0.364	48	60	15	4	9	45	10	0.934
SS	Nathan Sides, Alvernia	Sr.	0.453	59	86	15	5	3	49	17	0.963
OF	Nick Herzog, UMass Boston	Sr.	0.357	58	73	14	12	11	55	23	0.964
OF	Noah Payne, Howard Payne	Sr.	0.401	50	57	10	12	6	44	18	0.992
OF	Matt Woods, Rowan	Sr.	0.421	61	77	17	3	12	47	16	0.980
DH	Jeremy Jess, Pomona-Pitzer	Jr.	0.382	35	58	20	0	11	45	0	0.000
UTL	David Larson, WPI	Jr.	0.355	36	49	19	1	12	41	3	0.984

Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	ERA	W-L	Sv.	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	Opp. avg.
SP	Jonathan Cole, Franklin & Marshall	Jr.	1.02	7-2	0	70.1	45	8	12	76	0.174
SP	Nolan McCarthy, Occidental	Jr.	1.74	9-3	2	98	68	19	21	98	0.187
SP	Zach Pronschinske, UW-La Crosse	Jr.	1.99	5-2	0	58.2	41	13	15	77	0.195
SP	Nick Roth, Randolph-Macon	Sr.	1.93	10-0	0	84	70	18	7	98	0.223
RP	Gage Smart, Buena Vista	Jr.	1.14	5-1	8	47.1	20	6	13	54	0.125
UTL	David Larson, WPI	Jr.	2.41	6-1	0	67.1	50	18	29	68	0.201

Third team

Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	Avg	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	Fld %
C	Rob Marinec, North Central (Ill.)	So.	0.344	50	62	13	4	11	53	15	0.968
1B	Allen Murphy, St. John Fisher	Jr.	0.394	47	67	15	2	9	42	5	0.985
2B	Joseph Cutchins, Christopher Newport	Sr.	0.406	46	54	13	0	9	50	10	0.979
3B	Bryan VanDuser, Concordia Chicago	Sr.	0.385	56	75	17	2	4	57	17	0.934
SS	Kenny Jarema, Misericordia	Sr.	0.439	58	68	13	0	1	30	8	0.964
OF	Connor Harding, Scranton	So.	0.464	46	70	8	9	3	34	14	0.972
OF	Patrick Keohane, John Carroll	Sr.	0.466	44	62	14	0	5	39	18	0.965
OF	Will Welsh, Lancaster Bible	Sr.	0.453	42	58	11	2	9	43	0	0.965
DH	Nate Davis, Johns Hopkins	Jr.	0.331	49	42	12	0	16	44	1	0.994
UTL	Christopher Peres, La Verne	Sr.	0.338	35	55	13	2	3	41	1	0.964

Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	ERA	W-L	Sv.	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	Opp. avg.
SP	Michael Genaro, Babson	Sr.	1.65	8-3	0	87.1	69	16	6	66	0.210
SP	James Green, Saint Mary’s (Minn.)	So.	1.85	8-1	0	58.1	41	12	10	63	0.194
SP	R.J. Hall, Tufts	Sr.	1.45	8-0	0	62	45	10	15	48	0.205
SP	Ben Lambert, Southern Maine	Jr.	1.38	10-1	0	71.2	47	11	30	67	0.182
RP	Calvin Bush, Concordia Texas	Sr.	1.49	6-0	4	72.2	38	12	23	110	0.152
UTL	Christopher Peres, La Verne	Sr.	1.93	4-0	8	42	42	9	7	38	0.258

Fourth Team

Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	Avg	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	Fld %
C	Graham Low, Macalester	Sr.	0.452	27	52	15	2	2	21	5	0.989
1B	Cole Beeker, Swarthmore	Jr.	0.393	47	59	21	1	5	47	5	0.992
2B	Dave Tatoian, Gwynedd Mercy	Sr.	0.420	34	55	14	1	4	40	3	0.969
3B	Seth Woodard, Christopher Newport	Sr.	0.323	64	52	14	1	11	61	1	0.905
SS	Joey Murphy, Saint Joseph’s (Maine)	Sr.	0.427	50	70	11	3	1	24	37	0.939
OF	Connor Brandon, Concordia Chicago	Sr.	0.370	45	67	15	4	12	65	10	0.971
OF	Nick Fowkes, Thiel	Sr.	0.447	47	71	15	3	5	46	10	0.975
OF	Matt Psychas, Heidelberg	Sr.	0.365	57	73	18	6	8	54	7	0.946
DH	Dakota McFadden, Keystone	Sr.	0.389	43	58	13	0	12	56	11	1.000
UTL	Dugan Darnell, Adrian	Sr.	0.314	41	48	12	2	4	43	3	0.920

Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	ERA	W-L	Sv.	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	Opp. avg.
SP	Danny Cody, Baldwin Wallace	Sr.	1.89	9-1	0	85.2	63	18	30	109	0.202
SP	Emmett Dunn, Ithaca	Sr.	1.70	7-3	0	74.1	63	14	21	62	0.227
SP	Charlie Klemm, North Central (Ill.)	So.	2.20	9-0	0	69.2	55	17	21	84	0.212
SP	Mike Webb, Rhode Island College	Jr.	2.71	6-0	0	76.1	53	23	20	100	0.195
RP	Bobby Tramondozzi, UMass Boston	Sr.	1.47	3-2	12	36.2	26	6	7	443	0.200
UTL	Dugan Darnell, Adrian	Sr.	0.39	3-1	8	23	6	1	15	37	0.081

Honorable mention

Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	Avg	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	Fld %
C	Patrick Geiger, Skidmore	Sr.	0.452	36	53	17	1	9	29	2	0.984
1B	Vince Schwartz, Carthage	Jr.	0.413	39	66	18	2	5	52	0	0.997
2B	Bryce Rheault, Buena Vista	Jr.	0.399	49	75	6	5	3	21	24	0.958
3B	Clayton Noakes, Louisiana College	So.	0.381	44	59	14	0	11	46	0	0.915
SS	Ben Boran, Bethany Lutheran	Sr.	0.402	47	66	16	0	10	54	2	0.945
OF	Brady Ballstadt, Piedmont	Sr.	0.497	53	63	20	4	2	34	21	0.988
OF	Thomas Craig, Texas-Dallas	Sr.	0.396	48	72	18	2	11	56	3	1.000
OF	Anthony Crowley, Westfield St.	Sr.	0.377	30	49	10	2	9	38	9	0.981
DH	Brad Pearson, Clarkson	Sr.	0.371	42	52	20	1	3	34	2	0.933
UTL	John Brinkman, Washington (Mo.)	Jr.	0.417	35	70	11	0	3	51	9	0.981

Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	ERA	W-L	Sv.	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	Opp. avg.
SP	Zack Jones, Rockford	Jr.	1.68	5-1	0	64.1	38	12	18	85	0.167
SP	Jake Jourdain, NVU-Lyndon	Sr.	1.67	7-3	0	70	45	13	23	77	0.179
SP	Matt Mulhearn, Webster	Sr.	1.99	12-2	0	99.1	79	22	11	100	0.221
SP	Matthew Williams, Concordia Texas	Jr.	3.26	12-2	0	96.2	90	35	20	93	0.248
RP	Alex Sheetz, Monmouth	Sr.	0.80	3-1	6	21.1	10	2	1	25	0.128
UTL	John Brinkman, Washington (Mo.)	Jr.	0.00	2-1	5	11.2	6	0	2	17	0.140