May 31, 2021

World Series banner logos

St. Thomas (Minn.)

Champion of Collegeville Regional

5/28 at Scranton W, 8-4 BX RC
5/29 vs. York (Pa.) W, 8-7 BX RC
5/30 at Pacific L, 1-10 BX
5/30 vs. Chapman W 4-2 BX RC
5/31 at Pacific W, 7-4 BX RC
5/31 at Pacific W, BX RC

 

 

  St. Thomas (Minn.) logo

 

Stats:

Runs per game

5.62

Earned run average

2.24

On-base percentage

.374

Strikeout-to-walk ratio

2.93

Slugging percentage 

.372

Walks+hits/IP

1.07
   

Key hitters

Second Baseman Sam Kulesa

The Tommies' freshman second baseman was a stalwart at second and with the bat. He committed no errors all year and leads St. Thomas in batting.

Stats: .391 BA, 33 runs, 22 RBIs, 1.000 Fld%

Key pitchers

LHP Graham Laubscher

Laubscher was voted conference Pitcher of the Year in the MIAC and an All-American by the ABCA and D3Baseball.com. Laubscher is the Tommies' first baseball All-American since Tyler Peterson in 2014, and their first pitching All-America honoree since Dylan Thomas in 2013.

Stats: 2.11 ERA, 8-2, 109 K

Catcher/Outfielder Max Moris

Moris was tabbed as Rookie of the Year in the MIAC. He has started all 31 games this season.

Stats: .275 BA, 29 runs, 49 RBIs, 19 SB

LHP Andrew Tri

Tri made second team ABCA honors. In three seasons with the Purple the St. Thomas Academy grad has 28 appearances including 16 starts with four complete games and 145 strikeouts in 108 innings.

Stats: 1.96 ERA, 6-4, 89 K

Scouting report

  • St. Thomas (Minn.) is playing their last season in D-III and would like to make it three World Series titles. The Tommies won the D-III world Series in 2001 and 2009. This will be St. Thomas' seventh World Series appearance since 1999, the season when current head coach Chris Olean was an All-America pitcher and led the Tommies to an NCAA runner-up finish.
  • St. Thomas needed to win two on the final day of the Collegeville Regional against Pacific and did just that to win the Collegeville Regional. St. Thomas needed for their offense to score some runs and they did at more than a run/game that their regular season average.
  • Head coach, Chris Olean, described his team in the beginning of the 2021 campaign like this. "We have a very deep team with some key returners back. We will be very athletic in the field and should be able to run and have added a few guys with some power to the middle. We will be very good on the mound and have swing in miss potential across the entire staff. This team is built to make a nice run if things come together".

Roster

 
No. Name Pos Ht. Cl. Hometown / High School
1 Avery Lehman OF 6-2 Sr. Coon Rapids, Minn. / Coon Rapids
2 Matthew Enck INF 6-0 R-Fr. Edina, Minn. / Edina
3 Tyson Stritesky P 5-10 R-Fr. Eden Prairie, Minn. / Eden Prairie
4 Michael Fleischhacker INF 5-5 R-So. Woodbury, Minn. / Hill-Murray
5 Adam Krajewski C 6-0 Sr. Eau Claire, Wis. / Memorial
6 Sam Kulesa INF 5-9 R-Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. / De La Salle
7 Kyle Halverson INF 6-2 R-Jr. Shoreview, Minn. / Totino-Grace
8 Josh Thorp OF 6-0 5th Plymouth, Minn. / Armstrong
9 Andrew Enck INF 6-0 R-Fr. Edina, Minn. / Edina
11 Jordan Amundson OF 5-11 R-Fr. Eden Prairie, Minn. / Eden Prairie
12 Kyle Chiriboga C/OF 6-0 R-So. Hopkins, Minn. / Hopkins
13 Owen Best C/1B 5-11 Fr. Aurora, Colo. / Regis Jesuit
14 Jeremy Klick P 6-3 R-Fr. Maple Grove, Minn. / Maple Grove
15 Bryan Pierson OF 5-9 Sr. Lino Lakes, Minn. / Centennial
16 Will Jackson P 6-0 R-So. Glenview, Ill. / Loyola Academy
17 Cole Schnichels P 6-1 So. Rosemount, Minn. / Rosemount
19 Jack Schwietz P 6-3 Sr. Mahtomedi, Minn. / Mahtomedi
22 Jack Cole UTIL 6-0 R-So. Fond du Lac, Wis. / Fond du Lac
23 Dylan Krumrei INF 6-4 R-Fr. Oshkosh, Wis. / Oshkosh North
24 Tommy Cummings INF 6-1 R-So. St. Paul, Minn. / Cretin-Derham Hall
25 Max Moris C/UTIL 6-0 Fr. Woodbury, Minn. / East Ridge
26 Graham Laubscher P 6-0 Sr. Stillwater, Minn. / Stillwater
27 Charlie Bartholomew C 6-3 R-So. Mahtomedi, Minn. / Mahtomedi
28 Kolby Gartner P 6-2 Fr. St. Michael, Minn. / St. Michael-Albertville
29 T.J. Constertina P 6-1 R-So. Arlington Heights, Ill. / Buffalo Grove
31 Chris Chiriboga P 6-4 R-So. Hopkins, Minn. / Hopkins
32 Jake Lindsay P 5-11 R-So. River Falls, Wis. / River Falls
33 Nate Rivers P 6-0 R-So. Minneapolis, Minn. / Southwest
34 Jake Porter OF 5-11 R-Fr. Castle Pines, Colo. / Thunder Ridge
35 Jack Blesch P 6-1 Fr. Richland, Mich. / Gull Lake
36 Riley Dvorak P 5-11 R-So. St. Louis Park, Minn. / St. Louis Park
37 Jonah Hoeg 1B 6-1 Fr. Prior Lake, Minn. / Prior Lake
38 Jake Orthober P 6-1 Fr. Cedarburg, Wis. / Marquette
39 Jonathan Bunce C 6-3 Fr. Edina, Minn. / Edina
40 Adam Landsman UTIL 6-1 R-Fr. Oak Park, Ill. / Oak Park River Forest
41 Matt Moore P 6-4 Fr. Stillwater, Minn. / Stillwater
42 Kyle Wichlinski INF 5-10 R-Fr. St. Paul, Minn. / Central
43 Mike Wallace OF 6-0 R-So. Minneapolis, Minn. / Southwest
44 Duke Coborn P 6-3 R-Fr. North St. Paul, Minn. / St. Thomas Academy
45 Evan Maass P 6-2 R-Fr. Excelsior, Minn. / Minnetonka
46 Austin Selz P 5-10 R-So. Eau Claire, Wis. / Memorial
47 Andrew Tri P 6-3 5th Hastings, Minn. / St. Thomas Academy
48 Charlie Eldredge OF 5-11 R-Fr. Elk River, Minn. / Elk River
49 Ryan Parker P 6-0 R-Fr. Woodbury, Minn. / East Ridge
51 Isaac Peterson INF 6-1 R-Fr. Alexandria, Minn. / Alexandria
  Drew Acosta INF 6-0 R-Fr. Scurry, Tex. / Scurry-Rosser
  Brady Bean P 6-2 R-Fr. Farmington, Minn. / Farmington
  Carson Blasing INF 6-0 Fr. Farmington, Minn. / Farmington
  Ross Cochran P 6-4 R-So. Apple Valley, Minn. / Eastview
  Nate Ebeling P 6-0 Sr. Rosemount, Minn. / Rosemount
  Nick Friedman INF 6-2 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. / Southwest
  Ian Grubich P 5-10 R-So. Mchenry, Ill. / East
  Isaac Harrill P 6-2 Fr. Eden Prairie, Minn. / Eden Prairie
  Jake Higgins 1B 5-11 R-So. Riverside, Calif. / Hillcrest
  Thomas Kenney C 5-11 Fr. Gurnee, Ill. / Warren Township
  Quinn Krueger P 5-10 Fr. Woodbury, Minn. / Woodbury
  Griffen Leiner P 6-3 Fr. Eagan, Minn. / Minnehaha Academy
  Noah Meffert P 6-2 Fr. Edina, Minn. / Edina
  James Pfarr P 6-0 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. / De La Salle
  Blake Ritzer P 6-1 Fr. Woodbury, Minn. / East Ridge
  Will Scheil P 5-10 R-Fr. Roseville, Minn. / Nova Classical
  Colin Spellman P 5-10 R-Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. / Armstrong
  Ryan Thelen P 6-1 R-Fr. Woodbury, Minn. / East Ridge
  Colby Watland P 6-0 Fr. Nisswa, Minn. / Brainerd