21 Northwoods League Players Win Conference Player, Pitcher, Newcomer, Freshman or Defensive POY
Rochester, Minn. – The Northwoods League begins their 31st season filled with countless amounts of talented amateur baseball players who compete in the League year after year. For the 2024 Division 1 Baseball Season, 243 Northwoods League alums and current players earned All-Conference selections for their stellar performance throughout the Spring Collegiate season.
Some of the most notable Northwoods League players include Charlie Condon (St. Cloud 2022) winning SEC Player of the Year, Brandon Compton (Duluth 2023) winning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Brett Sears (Rockford 2023) winning Big Ten Pitcher of the Year, Jakob Christian (Willmar 2022) winning West Coast Conference Player of the Year, Kendal Ewell (Green Bay 2023) winning Missouri Valley Player of the Year and Kade Lewis (St. Cloud 2024) winning Big East Freshman of the Year.
Several conferences were represented with multiple Northwoods League players including the Big 12 (23), Summit (22), Missouri Valley (19), Big Ten (18), Pac-12 (15), West Coast (14), MAC (14), Big West (11), Horizon (10) and Atlantic Sun (10).
America East (1)
2nd Team: RHP Aidan Kidd – NJIT – St. Cloud 2023
American (4)
1st Team: RHP Caden Favors – Wichita State – Wisconsin Rapids 2021, 2022
2nd Team: C Colin Tuft – Tulane – Wisconsin Rapids 2022
SS Gavin Lewis Jr. – UAB – Kalamazoo 2023
OF Derek Williams – Wichita State – Signed Willmar 2024
ACC (5)
1st Team: SS Griff O’Ferrall – Virginia – Kalamazoo 2022
2nd Team: OF Harrison Didawick – Virginia – Wisconsin Rapids 2023
3rd Team: 1B Garrett Pennington – North Carolina State – St. Cloud 2022
2B Henry Godbout – Virginia – Kalamazoo 2023
Freshman: 3B Eric Becker – Virginia – Signed Kalamazoo 2024
Atlantic Sun (10)
Def. POY: SS Jon Jon Gazdar – Austin Peay – Kokomo 2022
1st Team: 1B Casey Sorg – Bellarmine – Signed Mankato 2024
2B Ambren Voitik – Austin Peay – Duluth 2021, 2022
SS Jon Jon Gazdar – Austin Peay – Kokomo 2022
2nd Team: RHP Tony Roca – North Florida – La Crosse 2020, 2021
OF John Bay – Austin Peay – Lakeshore 2022
OF Clayton Gray – Austin Peay – Waterloo 2022
3rd Team: LHP Jacob James – North Alabama – Wisconsin Rapids 2022
RHP Collin Witzke – Lipscomb – Kalamazoo 2021
Freshman: OF Evan Dempsey – Florida Gulf Coast – Signed Minot 2024
Big 12 (23)
1st Team: C Jake English – Kansas – Wausau 2023
INF Michael Snyder – Oklahoma – Kokomo 2021
INF J.J. Wetherholt – West Virginia – Madison 2022
RHP Derek Clark – West Virginia – Traverse City 2022
2nd Team: INF Colin Brueggemann – Oklahoma State – Wausau 2023
INF Peyton Powell – Texas – Duluth 2021, 2022
UTIL Christian Mitchelle – Cincinnati – Wausau 2023
RHP Tyson Neighbors – Kansas State – Mankato 2022
Hon. Mention: RHP Mason Olson – BYU – St. Cloud 2023
C Collin Reuter – BYU – Wausau 2022
LHP Dominic Castellano – UCF – Signed St. Cloud 2024
C Danny Neri – UCF – La Crosse 2023
SS Harold Coll – Houston – Battle Creek 2021
3B Michael Brooks – Kansas – Duluth 2021, Wausau 2022
C Ben Hartl – Kansas – Rockford 2023
OF John Nett – Kansas – St. Cloud 2022, 2023
LHP Owen Boerema – Kansas State – Mankato 2021, 2022
C Raphael Pelletier – Kansas State – Waterloo 2022
RHP Jackson Wentworth – Kansas State – Wisconsin Rapids 2023
LHP Ace Whitehead – Texas – La Crosse 2022
OF Drew Woodcox – Texas Tech – Minot 2023
RHP Aidan Major – West Virginia – Wausau 2022
OF Kyle West – West Virginia – Green Bay 2023
Big East (5)
Freshman of the Year: 1B Kade Lewis – Butler – Signed St. Cloud 2024
1st Team: OF Joey Urban – Butler – Signed Kokomo 2024
UTL Jared Cushing – Xavier – Rockford 2021
2nd Team: 1B Kade Lewis – Butler – Signed St. Cloud 2024
OF Nolan Sailors – Creighton – Wisconsin Rapids 2023
DH Connor Misch – Xavier – Bismarck 2023
Big South (5)
Freshman of the Year: 3B Vance Sheahan – USC Upstate – Signed Wausau 2024
1st Team: INF Alec Burns – Gardner-Webb – Green Bay 2020
OF/RHP Cael Chatham – High Point – Wisconsin Rapids 2021, 2022
2nd Team: INF Chandler Tuupo – Charleston Southern – Signed Kokomo 2024
OF Jace Rinehart – USC Upstate – Rockford 2023
Freshman: 3B Vance Sheahan – USC Upstate – Signed Wausau 2024
Big Ten (18)
Pitcher of the Year: RHP Brett Sears – Nebraska – Rockford 2023
1st Team: RHP Brett Sears – Nebraska – Rockford 2023
LHP Connor Wietgrefe – Minnesota – Minnesota 2022, St. Cloud 2023
C Camden Janik – Illinois – Wausau 2022, Kenosha 2023
2B Sam Hojnar – Maryland – Rochester 2021, La Crosse 2022, Lakeshore 2023
OF Stephen Hrustich – Michigan – Green Bay 2020, Lakeshore 2021-22
DH Jake Schroeder – Illinois – Green Bay 2021, Wausau 2023
2nd Team: RHP Logan Berrier – Maryland – Green Bay 2022
2B Brody Harding – Illinois – Rockford 2020, 2021, 2022, Mankato 2023
OF Ryan Moerman – Illinois – Bismarck 2023
OF Josh Fitzgerald – Minnesota – Willmar 2021, 2022
3rd Team: RHP Blaine Wynk – Ohio State – Battle Creek 2023
1B Drake Westcott – Illinois – Kenosha 2022, Waterloo 2023
2B Mack Timbrook – Michigan – Lakeshore 2021
OF Andy Nelson – Iowa – Lakeshore 2022, 2023
OF Case Sanderson – Nebraska – Signed La Crosse 2024
OF Mike Bolton Jr. – Purdue – Rochester 2021
Freshman: 2B Jasen Oliver – Indiana – Signed Traverse City 2024
SS Jack Spanier – Minnesota – Willmar 2023, Signed Willmar 2024
OF Case Sanderson – Nebraska – Signed La Crosse 2024
Big West (11)
First Team: 2B Nick Oakley – UC Santa Barbara – Bismarck 2023
Second Team: 1B Joe Yorke – Cal Poly – Eau Claire 2022
SS Jordan Donahue – Hawaii – La Crosse 2022, 2023
OF Jakob Simons – Cal State Northridge – Kokomo 2021, Bismarck 2023
Honorable Mention: 2B Kyson Donahue – Hawaii – La Crosse 2018, 2019, 2020
3B Elijah Ickes – Hawaii – La Crosse Signed 2024
OF Kyle Ashworth – Long Beach State – Kalamazoo 2020
OF Matthew Miura – Hawaii – La Crosse Signed 2024
DH Kevin Fitzer – Cal State Northridge – Willmar 2023-24
RHP Tanner Sagouspe – Cal Poly – Eau Claire 2023
RHP Seth Tomczak – Cal State Fullerton – Wisconsin Rapids 2023
CAA (6)
Player of the Year: INF Tyler MacGregor – Northeastern – Wisconsin 2021
Def. Player of the Year: INF Luke Beckstein- Northeastern – Mankato 2021
1st Team: C Canyon Brown – North Carolina A&T – Madison 2023
INF Tyler MacGregor – Northeastern – Wisconsin 2021
2nd Team: INF Luke Beckstein- Northeastern – Mankato 2021
INF Tatsunori Negishi – North Carolina A&T – Kokomo 2023
Hon. Mention: OF Elijah Dickerson – Towson – Wisconsin Rapids 2021
INF Ryan Sprock – Elon – Madison 2023
C-USA (6)
1st Team: INF Miguel Santos – Dallas Baptist – Rochester 2021
OF Ethan Mann – Dallas Baptist – St. Cloud 2022
RHP Jaron DeBerry – Dallas Baptist – Duluth 2022
RHP Conner Mackay – Dallas Baptist – Eau Claire 2021
2nd Team: INF Brylan West – Florida International – Duluth 2023
Freshman: RHP Drew Whalen – Western Kentucky – Signed Eau Claire 2024
Horizon (10)
Reliever of the Year: Kevin Fee – Purdue Fort Wayne – Madison 2023
1st Team: OF Carson Hansen – Milwaukee – Lakeshore 2023, Green Bay 2024
RHP Luke Hansel – Milwaukee – K-Town 2020, Madison 2021, Lakeshore 2024
RHP Jacob Gehring – Youngstown State – Kenosha 2022
RHP Kevin Fee – Purdue Fort Wayne – Madison 2023
2nd Team: C Brandon Heidal – Oakland – Kenosha 2023
OF Sean Tillmon – Milwaukee – Kenosha 2021, Lakeshore 2023
DH Mitch Wood – Northern Kentucky – La Crosse 2023, Signed La Crosse 2024
LHP Adrian Montilva – Milwaukee – Madison 2022
RHP Clay Brock – Northern Kentucky – Fond du Lac 2020
Freshman: INF Aidan Orr – Oakland – Signed Kenosha 2024
Ivy (9)
1st Team: RHP Jacob Faulkner – Princeton – Green Bay 2023
SS Sam Miller – Columbia – Signed Green Bay 2024
OF John Quinlan – Cornell – Duluth 2023
DH Cole Hage – Columbia – Bismarck 2020
2nd Team: RHP Cole Zaffiro – Penn – Kokomo 2021
1B Alec Atkinson – Yale – Traverse City 2022-2023
OF Matt Scannell – Princeton – Madison 2021, Green Bay 2022
Hon. Mention: RHP Derek Yoo – Columbia – Great Lakes 2020
SS Davis Baker – Penn – Signed Bismarck 2024
MAAC (4)
Player of the Year: 1B Eric Rataczak – Niagara – Rochester 2021
1st Team: 1B Eric Rataczak – Niagara – Rochester 2021
OF Jackson Strong – Canisius – Green Bay 2022
OF Josiah Ragsdale – Iona – Signed Thunder Bay 2024
2nd Team: UTL Carlin Dick – Canisius – Green Bay 2022
MAC (14)
Def. Player of the Year: INF Michael Hallquist – Ball State – Duluth 2022, 2023
1st Team: INF Michael Hallquist – Ball State – Duluth 2022, 2023
INF Ryland Zaborowski – Miami Ohio – La Crosse 2021
OF Zach MacDonald – Miami Ohio – Kalamazoo 2022
OF Josh Johnson – Kent State – Lakeshore 2022
DH CJ Richmond – Western Michigan – Signed Bismarck 2024
RHP Calvin Bickerstaff – Kent State – Lakeshore 2022
LHP Carson Byers – Miami Ohio – Kalamazoo 2022, 2023
2nd Team: C Colin Summerhill – Northern Illinois – Traverse City 2021, 2022, 2023
3B Leighton Banjoff – Bowling Green – Wisconsin 2020
OF Jack Krause – Bowling Green – Mandan 2020
OF Jacob Donahue – Central Michigan – Rockford 2021
OF Dylan Nevar- Western Michigan – Madison 2023
RHP Adam Brouwer – Northern Illinois – Kokomo 2023
Defensive: INF Michael Hallquist – Ball State – Duluth 2022, 2023
INF JR Nelson – Ohio – Signed Rockford 2024
OF Zach MacDonald – Miami Ohio – Kalamazoo 2022
Missouri Valley (19)
Player of the Year: OF Kendal Ewell – UIC – Green Bay 2023
Newcomer of the Year: OF Kendal Ewell – UIC – Green Bay 2023
Defensive Player of the Year: C Grant Magill – Indiana State – Rockford 2021
1st Team: 3B Mason Landers – Belmont – Mankato 2023
SS Zane Zielinski – UIC – Green Bay 2023
OF Kendal Ewell – UIC – Green Bay 2023
OF Mark Shallenberger – Evansville – Wausau 2022, 2023
OF Daniel Pacella – Illinois State – Lakeshore 2023
RHP Brandt Thompson – Missouri State – Minnesota 2022
2nd Team: C Grant Magill – Indiana State – Rockford 2021
C Jackson Bassette – UIC – Signed Eau Claire 2024
3B Mike Sears – Indiana State – Kalamazoo 2019, Lakeshore 2021
OF Parker Stinson – Indiana State – Kenosha 2022, Willmar 2023
OF Dom Listi – Indiana State – Kenosha 2023
Hon. Mention: INF Kip Fougerousse – Evansville – Mankato 2023
LHP Brandon Bak – UIC – Signed Kenosha 2024
RHP Dillon Schueler – UIC – Eau Claire 2023
RHP Joe Ruzicka – Belmont – Signed Mankato 2024
RHP Anthony Pron – Southern Illinois – Waterloo 2021, 2022
Defensive: C Grant Magill – Indiana State – Rockford 2021
2B Josue Urdaneta – Indiana State -Rockford 2021
3B Mason Landers – Belmont – Mankato 2023
SS Zane Zielinski – UIC – Green Bay 2023
OF Adam Pottinger – Indiana State – Kenosha 2023
OF JT Sokolove – Illinois State – Battle Creek 2023, Signed Traverse City 2024
Mountain West (6)
1st Team: 1B Hunter Dorraugh – San Jose State – Wausau 2022
OF Will Asby – New Mexico – Rochester 2022
OF Austin Kryszczuk – UNLV – Wisconsin Rapids 2020
2nd Team: OF Chase Spencer – Air Force – Rochester 2023
OF Khalil Walker – New Mexico – Rockford 2023
LHP Micky Thompson – San Jose State – La Crosse 2022
NEC (4)
1st Team: OF Jake Mastillo – Long Island – Green Bay 2022
RHP Garrett Yawn – Long Island – Bismarck 2022, 2023
RHP Alec Burnett – Wagner – Wisconsin Rapids 2022, 2023
2nd Team: SS Ben Fierenzi – Long Island – Signed Battle Creek 2024
OVC (5)
Player of the Year: 1B Roman Kuntz – Morehead State – Great Lakes 2020, Battle Creek 2021,
Wisconsin 2021, Kokomo 2023
1st Team: 1B Roman Kuntz – Morehead State – Great Lakes 2020, Battle Creek 2021,
Wisconsin 2021, Kokomo 2023
2nd Team: SS Ben Palmer – Southeast Missouri State – Minnesota 2021
3B Mac Danford – UT-Martin – La Crosse 2022, 2023
UTL Ty Stauss – Southeast Missouri State – Battle Creek 2021
Freshman: C Mack Whitcomb – Tennessee Tech – Signed Rockford 2024
Pac-12 (15)
Freshman of the Year: DH Brandon Compton – Arizona State – Duluth 2023
All-Conference: RHP Clark Candiotti – Arizona – Mandan 2020, Kenosha 2022
OF Brendan Summerhill – Arizona – Traverse City 2022, 2023, Rockford 2023
1B Jacob Tobias – Arizona State – Kenosha 2022
DH Brandon Compton – Arizona State – Duluth 2023
INF Core Jackson – Utah – Battle Creek 2022
OF Kai Roberts – Utah – Mankato 2022, 2023
RHP Micah Ashman – Utah – St. Cloud 2023
Honorable Mention: OF Emilio Corona – Arizona – La Crosse 2022
LHP Connor Markl – Arizona State – La Crosse 2021
OF Mason Neville – Oregon – Lakeshore 2023
1B Jimmy Nati – Stanford – Kalamazoo 2023, Signed Kalamazoo 2024
RHP Rashad Ruff – UCLA – Green Bay 2022, Madison 2023
OF Ryan Jackson – USC – St. Cloud 2022
OF Nate Swarts – Washington State – St. Cloud 2020, 2021
All-Defensive: OF Isaiah Jackson – Arizona State – Madison 2023
SEC (3)
Player of the Year: 3B Charlie Condon – Georgia – St. Cloud 2022
1st Team: 3B Charlie Condon – Georgia – St. Cloud 2022
UTIL Nick Lopez – Kentucky – Eau Claire 2019
2nd Team: C Cole Messina – South Carolina – Fond du Lac 2022
SoCon (5)
Freshman of the Year: C Daniel Jackson – Wofford – Signed Traverse City 2024
1st Team: OF Marshall Toole – Wofford – Traverse City 2022
2nd Team: C Daniel Jackson – Wofford – Signed Traverse City 2024
SS Aidan Brewer – UNC Greensboro – Traverse City 2021, Wis Rapids 2022, 2023
OF Tommy Barth – East Tennessee State – Wisconsin Rapids 2022
DH Nick Iannantone – East Tennessee State – Kenosha 2022
Freshman: C Daniel Jackson – Wofford – Signed Traverse City 2024
Southland (4)
1st Team: C Miguel Useche – New Orleans – Traverse City 2021, Kenosha 2023
2B Isaac Webb – Texas A&M Corpus Christi – Signed Wausau 2024
LHP Colton Mercer – New Orleans – Wausau 2023
2nd Team: RHP Caleb Bunch – Northwestern State – Thunder Bay 2023, Signed Thunder Bay 2024
SWAC (4)
Player of the Year: OF Ali LaPread – Alabama State – Green Bay 2019
1st Team: DH Jose Gonzalez – Bethune-Cookman – St. Cloud 2023
OF Ali LaPread – Alabama State – Green Bay 2019
RHP Caleb Granger – Florida A&M – Signed Fond du Lac 2024
2nd Team: SS Kyler McIntosh – Alabama State – Signed Wisconsin Rapids 2024
Summit (22)
Defensive Player of the Year: OF Matt Goetzmann – Omaha – St. Cloud 2023
1st Team: C Max Moris – St. Thomas – Minnesota 2022
1B Drew Stahl – Oral Roberts – Mankato 2020, Fond du Lac 2020
SS Jake Schaffner – North Dakota State – Madison 2023, Signed Madison 2024
OF Matt Goetzmann – Omaha – St. Cloud 2023
OF Brigs Richartz – St. Thomas – Eau Claire 2022-2023, Signed Eau Claire 2024
OF Jordan Sagedahl – South Dakota State – Bismarck 2021, 2022, Will. 2022-23
RHP Harrison Kreiling – Omaha – Duluth 2022
2nd Team: C Will Busch – North Dakota State – Willmar 2022
1B Luke Luskey – South Dakota State – Minnesota 2023, Signed Minnesota 2024
3B Tyler Bishop – Omaha – Signed St. Cloud 2024
SS Tanner Recchio – St. Thomas – Minnesota 2023, Signed St. Cloud 2024
OF Drew Lechnir – Omaha – Eau Claire 2021
DH Noah Geise – Omaha – St. Cloud 2023
UTL Matthew Maulik – St. Thomas – Signed Minnesota 2024
RHP Jacob Mrosko – St. Thomas – Minnesota 2022, 2023
LHP Evan Esch – St. Thomas – St. Cloud 2023, Signed Eau Claire 2024
Hon. Mention: C Cardel Dick – Omaha – Signed Duluth 2024
1B Joe Roder – St. Thomas – Minnesota 2023
2B Zach Lechnir – Omaha – Eau Claire 2021
3B Mikey Gottschalk – St. Thomas – Mankato 2020, 2022, 2023
OF Cadyn Schwabe – North Dakota State – Eau Claire 2022
UTL Garret Hill – North Dakota State – Wausau 2022, Bismarck 2023
Sun Belt (4)
Newcomer of the Year: OF Banks Tolley – Appalachian State – Kalamazoo 2022, 2023
1st Team: 1B Trey LaFleur – Louisiana – Fond du Lac 2021
OF Banks Tolley – Appalachian State – Kalamazoo 2022, 2023
2nd Team: SS Ozzie Pratt – Southern Miss – St. Cloud 2023
3B Will Mize – Georgia State – Great Lakes 2020
WAC (7)
First Team: RHP Isaac Lyon – Grand Canyon – Eau Claire 2023
RHP Grant Garza – Tarleton State – Mankato 2023
Second Team: RHP Nate Hemmerling – California Baptist – Wis Rapids 2019, 2020, 2021,22
OF Cade Verdusco – Grand Canyon – Mankato 2022
All-Defensive: SS Emilio Barreras – Grand Canyon – Signed Eau Claire 2024
OF Eddy Pelc – Grand Canyon – Eau Claire 2021
OF Cade Verdusco – Grand Canyon – Mankato 2022
OF Tyler White – Sacramento State – Rochester 2022, 2023
WCC (14)
Player of the Year: OF Jakob Christian – San Diego – Willmar 2022
Defensive POY: C Ariel Armas – San Diego – Mankato 2022, 2023
1st Team: RHP Austin Smith – San Diego – La Crosse 2023
C Ariel Armas – San Diego – Mankato 2022, 2023
2B Christian Dicochea – Loyola Marymount – La Crosse 2020,
Northern Michigan 2020, La Crosse 2021, Willmar 2022
OF Jakob Christian – San Diego – Willmar 2022
OF Jake Holcroft – Portland – Madison 2023
2nd Team: RHP Ryan Wiltse – St. Mary’s – Willmar 2023
1B Jack Gurevitch – San Diego – Wisconsin Rapids 2023
OF Brendan Bobo – Loyola Marymount – Wisconsin Rapids 2022, 2023
OF Connor Walsh – Pepperdine – La Crosse 2021, 2022
DH Will Worthington – San Diego – St. Cloud 2022
Hon.Mention: LHP Tanner Douglas – Portland – Signed Battle Creek 2024
SS Justin DeCriscio – San Diego – Mankato 2022, La Crosse 2023
OF Jack Costello – San Diego – Mankato 2021
OF Vincent Temesvary – Gonzaga – Kokomo 2023, Signed Kokomo 2024
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The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Now in its’ 31st season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 26 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, over 355 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (STL) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, 2021 and 2023 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove and Silver Slugger winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). League games are viewable live on Northwoods League+ (at watch.northwoodsleague.com), ESPN+, and the Northwoods League Network. Learn more and find complete streaming schedules at watchnwl.com. For more information, visit www.northwoodsleague.com or download the Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play.
