NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Six from the Allegheny College baseball team received 2023 All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) accolades, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon.
Second-year outfielder Tyson Bryant-Dawson (Oakland, Calif./Manvel (Texas)) led the way for the Gators on the All-PAC First Team. Second baseman Sullivan Schueltz (Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley) and outfielder Ryan Dougherty (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) were included on the All-PAC Second Team. First baseman Brady Nolin (Cumberland, Maine/Greely), plus pitchers Mark Schweickert (Glen Allen, Va./John Randolph Tucker) and Brent Herrmann (Canfield, Ohio/Canfield), garnered honorable mention status.
Allegheny's six honorees are the most since the Gators placed seven on the 2015 All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Teams.
Bryant-Dawson's sophomore campaign was anything but a slump. He slashed .333/.419/.600 and led all Gators in slugging percentage and OPS (1.019). Not only did he flex his muscle with a PAC-leading eight home runs, but he also ranked second in the conference with 20 stolen bases. The only player to start all 36 games this spring for Allegheny, Bryant-Dawson drove in 34 runs, scored 29, and against PAC teams, he recorded more walks (14) and strikeouts (13).
Schueltz experienced a true breakout season in his final go-round at the keystone for the Gators. In his first year in a starting role, the infielder posted career highs hits (42), runs (33), RBIs (25), and stolen bases (8), while all three numbers in his slash line far exceeded his production from previous years. Schultz led all Allegheny batters with a .362 average and was second in hits (42) and runs (33).
Buoyed by a 21-game on-base streak, Dougherty excelled as a lead-off hitter for the Gators. The junior center fielder drew 22 walks and reached base at a .439 clip, both of which were team bests. He also hit .320 with 40 hits, 10 extra-base knocks, 16 RBIs, and a team-leading 38 runs scored. He swiped 15 bases, fifth-most in the PAC and more than his first two years in Meadville combined.
Another big bat in the heart of the lineup came from Nolin. The second-year first baseman doubled his hit total from 2022, finishing this season with 40 hits, a figure that included six doubles, two triples, and three home runs. He was one shy of the team lead in RBIs (33), thanks in part to a six-RBI performance against Waynesburg University on April 21 and five more ribbies in the following contest against Thiel College on April 26.
On the mound, Herrmann and Schweickert entered the 2023 season penciled into mid-week starting roles. But by the season's end, the duo had ascended into two of the most reliable arms on the staff.
A hard-throwing righty, Schweickert led all Allegheny starters with a 3.43 earned-run average and a paltry .181 batting average against. He also fanned a team-high 53 and ranked 50th in Division III with 11.36 strikeouts per nine. In his fourth victory against Thiel, Schweickert produced Allegheny's only complete game of the spring with 7.0 innings of one-run ball and nine punch outs.
Herrmann's five wins were tied for fourth-most in the league, as the southpaw went 5-1 with a 4.44 ERA in 10 appearances (eight starts). He logged a team- and career-high 48.2 innings and struck out a career-best 35. Herrmann's biggest victory came against No. 3 nationally-ranked Baldwin Wallace University on March 22, and in his next start on April 6, he lasted a career-high 7.0 innings against Westminster College.
In addition to Allegheny's six All-PAC recipients, Chase Chodkowski (Buffalo, N.Y./West Seneca West) represented the Gators on the conference's 2023 PAC Baseball Sportsmanship Team. The senior shortstop batted .323 with career highs in hits (40), doubles (9), home runs (3), runs scored (26), and RBIs (17) while starting all but one game.