LANSING, Mich. -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) announced its 2024 All-GLIAC Baseball Teams and postseason awards in conjunction with the conference's annual tournament, held at the Jackson Field in Lansing, Mich. The awards were voted on by the conference baseball coaches.
Hayden Jatczak, from the GLIAC regular season champion Saginaw Valley State Cardinals, earned player of the year honors.
Wayne State's Karter Fitzpatrick was selected as pitcher of the year for the second consecutive season. Another Warrior, Drew Hill, received the GLIAC Freshman Player of the Year award.
Leo Berger of Parkside was named GLIAC Freshman Pitcher of the Year.
Saginaw Valley State skipper Adam Piotrowicz was honored as GLIAC Coach of the Year for leading the Cardinals to a first-place conference finish and the regular season crown.
Logan Welch of SVSU is the 2024 recipient of the Troy Berry Award. The honor, named for the University of Findlay head baseball coach, is presented annually to the GLIAC baseball player who best combines outstanding character and leadership on the field, in the classroom and in the community.
Saginaw Valley State led all conference squads with five first-team selections followed by Grand Valley State and Wayne State with four each.
2024 GLIAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR Hayden Jatczak, Saginaw Valley State Hayden Jatczak is the first GLIAC Player of the Year from SVSU since 1993. He ranks top-five in all of NCAA DII in several categories including hits (1st), hits per game (1st), batting average (1st), doubles (5th), runs (3rd), and runs per game (2nd). The Bay City, Michigan, native has broken single-season records this season in doubles with 22, RBI with 67, hits with 90, runs scored with 74, and he is tied in home runs with 14. The two-time All-GLIAC honoree threw a no hitter, the first confirmed no hitter for SVSU since 1992, against Findlay early in the season. |
2024 GLIAC PITCHER OF THE YEAR |
2024 GLIAC FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR Drew Hill, Wayne State Drew Hill (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North) is Wayne State's second GLIAC Freshman Player of the Year in a row (Tony Hatzigeorgiou in 2023) and third in the last five times awarded (Hunter DeLanoy in 2019). This season, Hill (43 games played, 40 starts) ranked second among GLIAC rookies in batting average at .329, behind only Parkside's Jude Allen at .333. With that being said, Hill notched six more games played, 50 more at-bats, 16 more hits and 17 more RBI than Allen. The rookie right fielder totaled that .329 clip (48-for-146), which was second on the team, with 22 runs, 15 doubles, two home runs, 32 driven in, 69 total bases, 23 walks and a .888 OPS (on-base plus slugging).
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2024 GLIAC FRESHMAN PITCHER OF THE YEAR |
2024 TROY BERRY AWARD |
FIRST TEAM ALL-GLIAC | |
C | Kyle Ray, Wayne State |
1B | Austin Schweiger, Saginaw Valley State |
2B | Brandon Scheurer, Saginaw Valley State |
SS | CJ Maury, Wayne State |
3B | Jonas Gulbrandsen, Grand Valley State |
OF | Josh Robinson, Davenport |
OF | Colin Cornwell, Saginaw Valley State |
OF | Ryan Dykstra, Grand Valley State |
OF | Kyle Nott, Grand Valley State |
DH | Hayden Jatczak, Saginaw Valley State |
UT | Bennett Hitzelberger, Wayne State |
SP | Karter Fitzpatrick, Wayne State |
SP | Mike Morawski, Grand Valley State |
SP | Carson Fischer, Davenport |
SP | Hayden Jatczak, Saginaw Valley State |
RP | Leo Berger, Parkside |
RP | Sam Leck, Grand Valley State |
SECOND TEAM ALL-GLIAC | |
C | Brendan Guciardo, Grand Valley State |
1B | Jude Allen, Parkside |
2B | Connor Hnilo, Davenport |
SS | Connor McClennen, Saginaw Valley State |
3B | Austin Cicerone, Saginaw Valley State |
OF | Reed Raymond, Saginaw Valley State |
OF | Michael Tchavdarov, Davenport |
OF | Drew Hill, Wayne State |
OF | Peter Fusek, Parkside |
DH | Emanuel Andujar Ferreira, Parkside |
UT | Connor Schuman, Grand Valley State |
SP | Griffin Kilander, Wayne State |
SP | Chase Raymond, Saginaw Valley State |
SP | Nick Rutkowski, Grand Valley State |
SP | Kaleb Schulist, Parkside |
RP | Andrew Petsche, Purdue Northwest |
RP | Brandon Scheurer, Saginaw Valley State |
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-GLIAC
Anthony Aloisio, Davenport
Carson Price, Davenport
Will Goebel, Grand Valley State
Ayden VanEnkevort, Grand Valley State
Owen Brock, Parkside
Jared Heinzen, Parkside
Luke Montgomery, Purdue Northwest
Blake Newell, Purdue Northwest
Jack Decker, Saginaw Valley State
Jeff Reseigh, Saginaw Valley State
Mason McGuire, Wayne State
Ashton Potts, Wayne State