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2022 HCAC Baseball All Conference and Awards Announced

Following the 2022 season, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced the Baseball major award winners and members of the All-Conference Teams.

Following a stellar senior campaign, Josh Mesenbrink (Troy, Ill.) from Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology was named the 2022 HCAC Player of the Year in a vote among coaches. Mesenbrink started in all 18 conference contests for the Fightin’ Engineers, boasting a hot .425 hitting percentage, the second best mark in the conference. Mesenbrink racked up 27 runs, 31 hits, six doubles, three triples, nine homeruns and 25 RBI in 2022. He also has an impressive .959 slugging percentage and a .511 on base percentage. Messenbrink was solid for Rose-Hulman in the field, with a league leading 141 catches, 135 putouts and six assists, all behind 1.000 percent fielding percentage.

On the mound, it was Franklin College’s Nick McClanahan (Union, Ky.) who was tabbed as the 2022 HCAC Baseball Pitcher of the Year. The senior pieced together an impressive campaign, going 4-0 in six starts with 38 innings pitched. He was second in the league in strikeouts with 54, including 13 looking, with a 3.79 ERA.

Anderson University had a fresh face earn recognition, with Jake Stank (McCordsville, Ind.) voted as the 2022 HCAC Baseball Newcomer of the Year. The first year was a leader at the plate in the HCAC, with a .371 batting average and an impressive 1.103 on base percentage. Stank started every contest for the Ravens, with 26 hits, four doubles, four triples and three homeruns. He also batted in 18 RBI over the course of 2022, with a .671 sugging percentage.  

Franklin skipper Lance Marshall led the Grizzlies to a regular season title with a 29-12 regular season record. For his efforts, Marshall was voted as the 2022 HCAC Coach of the Year by his peers.

Player of the Year: Josh Mesenbrink, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Pitcher of the Year: Nick McClanahan, Franklin College

Newcomer of the Year:  Jake Stank, Anderson University

Coach of the Year: Lance Marshall, Franklin College

The HCAC also honors an All-Conference First Team, Second Team, and Honorable Mention. The members of those teams are selected by a vote of league coaches and are listed below.

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First Team

Matthew Alter	Pitcher	Hanover College
Jake Baumgartner	Second Base	Bluffton University
Andrew Bradley	Designated Hitter	Earlham College
Logan Demkovich	Catcher	Franklin College
Carter Hooks	Pitcher	Manchester University
Nate Kaffenbarger	Shortstop	Defiance College
Ian Kline	Pitcher	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tysen Lipscomb	Outfield	Franklin College
Andrew Littlefield	Outfield	Hanover College
Nick McClanahan	Pitcher	Franklin College
Josh Mesenbrink	First Base	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Garrett O’Reilly	Utility	Bluffton University
Alex Reinoehl	Relief Pitcher	Franklin College
AJ Sanders	Shortstop	Franklin College
Tyler Smitherman	First Base	Anderson University
Sean Sullivan	Outfield	Franklin College
Brett Tuttle	Third Base	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Trent Youngblood	Outfield	Transylvania University

Second Team

Devin Basley	Third Base	Earlham College
Charlie Burton	Catcher	Hanover College
Alex Christie	First Base	Hanover College
Colter Couillard-Rodak	Second Base	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Evan Doan	Pitcher	Anderson University
Harrison Finch	Outfield	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rocco Hanes	Utility	Manchester University
Kasey Henderson	Pitcher	Anderson University
Charlie Joyce	Relief Pitcher	Hanover College
Christian Lancianese	Second Base	Earlham College
Nathan Lancianese	Outfield	Earlham College
Manuel Lopez	Shortstop	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Ryan Murray	Outfield	Mount St. Joseph University
Logan Nickel	Relief Pitcher	Anderson University
Cohen Nies	Pitcher	Defiance College
Harrison Pittsford	Designated Hitter	Manchester University
Justin Reed	Shortstop	Anderson University
Grahm Reedy	Outfield	Anderson University
Jake Stank	Outfield	Anderson University
Aidan Talarek	Pitcher	Earlham College

 

Honorable Mention

Andrew Collinsworth	Pitcher	Bluffton University
Matthew Earley	First Base	Franklin College
Jacob Hughes	Pitcher	Mount St. Joseph University
Cameron McCabe	Outfield	Earlham College
TJ Price	Middle Infield	Anderson University
Eric Roudebush	Outfield	Hanover College
Calvin Schubert	Outfield	Transylvania University
Adam Taylor	Utility	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Sam Thombs	Pitcher	Defiance College
Zach White	Pitcher / Infield	Manchester University

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