Baseball Lands Five on All-Conference List

(Sioux City, Iowa) - The 2024 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Baseball All-Conference team has been  announced after a vote of league coaches. The 2024 GPAC All-Conference Team consists of a first-team,  second-team and an honorable mention list along with a gold glove team. 

Joey Grabanski and Jaidan Quinn of Concordia University were selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Co GPAC Players-of-the-Year and Aaron Forrest of Doane University was selected as the Hauff Mid-America  Sports/GPAC Pitcher-of-the-Year. Matt Rhoades of Concordia was named the Freshman-of-the Year. Ryan  Dupic of Concordia University was named the 2023 Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year. The  17th annual Hauff Mid-America Sports Gold Glove Team was also named.  

FIRST TEAM: 

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SECOND TEAM: 

HAUFF MID-AMERICA SPORTS PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR:  

Joey Grabanski and Jaidan Quinn, Concordia 

HAUFF MID-AMERICA SPORTS PITCHER-OF-THE-YEAR:  

Aaron Forrest, Doane 

HAUFF MID-AMERICA SPORTS FRESHMAN-OF-THE-YEAR:  

Matt Rhoades, Concordia 

HAUFF MID-AMERICA SPORTS COACH-OF-THE-YEAR: 

Ryan Dupic, Concordia 

HONORABLE MENTION 

Briar Cliff – Carter Schorg (P), Logan Borboa (RP), Rance Bryant (UTL), Diego Trujillo (OF), Jared Sitzmann  (UTL) 

Concordia – Brad Hallock (DH), Jimmy Blumberg (SS), Caden Johnson (P) 

Dakota Wesleyan – Caleb Meyers (OF), Mitchell Sand (P), Seth Christiansen (P), Alex Mizsak (P), Lane  Darrow (OF) 

Doane – Dane Kelsey (2B), Kellan Voggesser (P), Kyler Beekman (RP), Isaiah Miller (RP), Dionysius Chialtas  (C), Aaron Vulcano (OF), Ethan Merk (RP) 

Dordt – Morgan Wilkins (C), Mason Price (RP), Chaz Gothard (P), Jared Hughes (P), Logan Harris (OF)

Hastings – Tyler Kissler (C), Jared Delgado (3B), Jace Valdez (SS), Eli Merritt (OF)

Midland – Deven Gomez (OF), Zach Vincent (P), Owen Kelley (RP), Alec Villanueva (2B), Cody Kent (RP),  Hadyn Crawford (3B) 

Morningside – Ryan Kiolbassa (SS), Cade Nolan (P), Logan Warkentin (RP), Aiden Bishop (P), Conner Maston  (P) 

Mount Marty – Kiko Nunez (1B), Noah McCandless (P), Jared Miller (P), Caden Dymann (RP), Ethan Wishon  (3B), Ryan Bachman (2B) 

Northwestern – Devin Dirkx (1B), Sam Stanford (3B), Mason Porepp (OF), Drew Dykstra (OF), Brad Tornow  (P), Peyton Montecinos (RP), Bryce Click (OF), Luke Wroblewski (OF), Dylan Kirkeby (P)

Jamestown – Ryan Radkey (RP), Hayden Brown (RP), Luke Zimmer (P), Jett Nelson (SS) 

GPAC GOLD GLOVE TEAM ON NEXT PAGE

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GPAC/HAUFF MID-AMERICA SPORTS BASEBALL GOLD GLOVE TEAM 

The 17th annual GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Baseball Gold Glove Team has been named. The GPAC  team will now be forwarded on to the NAIA level for further consideration. The NAIA has a National Gold Glove  team that is sponsored by Rawlings. 

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