Three Earn NAIA Baseball All-American Team Honors
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2022-23 Baseball All-America teams as selected by the NAIA-Baseball Coaches' Association All-America Committee.
The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) placed three players on the All-America Team with two making the second team and another earning an honorable mention.
Angel Mendoza of Union and Bryson Lofton of Bryan each made the second team, while Andrew Herbert of Reinhardt is an honorable mention. All three made the All-AAC First Team with Martinez being named the AAC Player and Newcomer of the Year. Herbert collected AAC Pitcher of the Year accolades.
The first and second teams are recognized as ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods. The ABCA began recognizing All-Americans in 1949 and named the first ABCA NAIA All-America team in 1969.
FIRST TEAM | |||
Name | School | Year | Position |
Max Harper | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Sr. | 1B |
Jhors Gomez | Southwestern Christian (Okla.) | So. | 2B |
Will McCall | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | Gr. | 3B |
Isaac Nunez | Southeastern (Fla.) | Jr. | SS |
Lucas Goodin | Indiana Wesleyan | Sr. | INF |
Ajay Sczepkowski | Georgia Gwinnett | Jr. | OF |
Jon Ponder | Georgia Gwinnett | Jr. | OF |
Ryan Major | LSU Shreveport (La.) | Sr. | OF |
Greyson Barrett | Texas Wesleyan | Sr. | OF |
Charlie Muniz | Cumberlands (Ky.) | So. | C |
Antonio Fernandez | McPherson (Kan.) | Sr. | C |
Eli Davis | Oklahoma City | Sr. | P |
Darien Smith | Southeastern (Fla.) | Jr. | P |
Michael Watson | Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) | Jr. | P |
Tyler Bryant | Ottawa (Kan.) | Sr. | P |
Reece Wissinger | Southeastern (Fla.) | So. | RP |
Cole Turney | Cumberland (Tenn.) | Sr. | DH |
SECOND TEAM | |||
Name | School | Year | Position |
Drew Fleming | Concordia (Mich.) | Jr. | 1B |
Langston Ginder | Huntington (Ind.) | Gr. | 2B |
Bryson Lofton | Bryan (Tenn.) | So. | 3B |
Jarrett Gable | Kansas Wesleyan | Sr. | SS |
Jaidan Quinn | Concordia (Neb.) | Jr. | INF |
Eric Maffie | St. Francis (Ill.) | Gr. | OF |
Joey Grabanski | Concordia (Neb.) | Jr. | OF |
RJ Stinson | William Carey (Miss.) | Jr. | OF |
Anthony Sharkas | Madonna (Mich.) | Jr. | OF |
Angel Mendoza | Union (Ky.) | Sr. | C |
Jayson Willers | Morningside (Iowa) | So. | C |
Anthony Green | Missouri Baptist | Jr. | P |
Alan West | Central Methodist (Mo.) | Sr. | P |
Bobby Vath | LSU Shreveport (La.) | So. | P |
Tyson Kleinfelter | Concordia (Mich.) | Gr. | P |
Jack Ross | Taylor (Ind.) | Jr. | RP |
Cayden Nicoletto | Columbia (Mo.) | So. | DH |
HONORABLE MENTION | |||
Name | School | Year | Position |
Blane Besse | Missouri Baptist | Sr. | OF |
Uly Duran | Westcliff (Calif.) | Gr. | 1B |
Jonah Hultberg | College of Idaho | Jr. | 2B |
Max Jung-Goldberg | Hope International (Calif.) | Sr. | 1B |
Jalin Thomas | Rust (Miss.) | Jr. | C |
Robbie Merced | Central Methodist (Mo.) | Sr. | SS |
Kanta Kobayashi | Bellevue (Neb.) | Sr. | OF |
Jared Campbell | Point Park (Pa.) | So. | OF |
Cameron Repetti | Georgia Gwinnett | So. | P |
Andrew Herbert | Reinhardt (Ga.) | So. | P |
Mikito Barkman | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | Jr. | P |
Sean Heppner | Brirish Columbia (B.C.) | So. | P |
Jake Ostrowski | Trinity Christian (Ill.) | Sr. | P |
Graham Kollen | Huntington (Ind.) | So. | P |
Aaron Forrest | Doane (Neb.) | Jr. | P |
Hector Garcia | Hope International (Calif.) | Jr. | P |
Dustin Schorie | Bellevue (Neb.) | Jr. | P |
Mychal Grogan | Thomas More (Ky.) | Jr. | P |
Sam Tyrpa | Dakota State (N.D.) | So. | P |
Lucas Letsinger | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | So. | P |
Andrew Shirah | William Carey (Miss.) | Jr. | P |
Bryan Peck | Westmont (Calif.) | So. | P |
Johnny Blake | Clarke (Iowa) | Jr. | P |
Garrett Hill | IU Southeast (Ind.) | Jr. | RP |
Gage Bihm | LSU Shreveport (La.) | So. | RP |
Cesar Avila | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Jr. | RP |
JD Kirchner | Dakota State (N.D.) | Jr. | RP |
Tyner Hughes | Cumberland (Tenn.) | Jr. | INF |
Trevor Campbell | IU Southeast (Ind.) | Gr. | SS |
Tucker Musgrove | Mobile (Ala.) | Jr. | INF |
Peyton McDowall | Science and Arts (Okla.) |
Sr. |
1B |
Arturo Disla | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | So. | INF |
Landon Rogers | Tennessee Southern | So. | OF |
Jake Lycette | William Carey (Miss.) | Jr. | 1B |