KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its postseason awards and All-MIAA teams for the 2024 baseball season.
 
Seventy-four baseball players earned All-MIAA honors in the 2024 season. Central Missouri, the 2024 MIAA Regular Season Champion, captured the majority of the Association’s major postseason awards as Brennen van Breusegen was named the Player of the Year, Connor Wolf was selected the Pitcher of the Year and Jack Scott shared the Freshman of the Year honor with Emporia State’s Logan Myers. Mules head coach Kyle Crookes was also voted the Coach of the Year by his peers.
 
Brennen van Breusegen was named the MIAA Player of the Year for the second time in his career. The redshirt senior from Columbia, Ill., had another impressive season in the box and was perfect in the field through the Mules 49 games of the regular season. In 167 at-bats, van Breusegen hit .395 with 666 hits, 57 runs scored and 55 RBI to rank in the league’s top ten in each category. With an MIAA-tying 18 home runs, van Breusegen’s .820 slugging percentage and 1.310 OPS ranks second in the MIAA. In the field, the Mules starting center fielder was responsible for 96 outs, three assists and one double play while owning a flawless 1.000 fielding percentage. van Breusegen was also named the league’s Co-Player of the Year in the 2022 season.
 
The MIAA Pitcher of the Year Connor Wolf is undefeated on the year and leads the league with 10 wins. A junior right-handed pitcher from Tipton, Mo., Wolf made 13 starts in the regular season and tossed the third most innings in the league with 73.0. He owns a 3.82 ERA and a .220 opposing batting average, ranking top five in the MIAA in each category. Wolf has allowed 59 hits, 31 earned runs and 14 walks while striking out 69 batters. His 25 batters struck out looking also ranks third in the MIAA.
 
Jack Scott and Logan Myers were each honored as the MIAA Freshman of the Year. Scott, a first-year right-handed pitcher from Olathe, Kan., is 4-0 on the mound for the Mules this season. He owns a 3.37 ERA with 34.2 innings pitched in 15 appearances. Myers is a first-year from Pittsburg, Kan., on the Hornets baseball team. He started the majority of his 44 starts at second base where he was responsible for 98 assists, 68 putouts and 21 doubles plays with a .988 fielding percentage. At the plate, he’s hitting .301 with 161 at-bats. He collected the second-most hits (53), runs scored (42) and walks (37) for the Hornets in the regular season.
 
Mules head coach Kyle Crookes was voted the MIAA Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season. In his tenth season leading Central Missouri, Crookes led the Mules to their fifth straight MIAA regular season title and the top seed in the MIAA postseason tournament. The Mules led the league in every offensive category: team batting average (.359), slugging percentage (.659), on-base percentage (.456), runs scored (533), hits (602), home runs (110), RBI (488) and stolen bases (159). Central Missouri’s defense also led the league with a .984 team fielding percentage.
 
Below is a complete list of the 2024 baseball postseason awards and All-MIAA teams.
 
The top eight teams from the regular season advanced to the 2024 MIAA Baseball Championship. The opening, best-of-three series begin Friday, May 3, on the campuses of the four highest seeds. To view the championship schedule and find more information on the Association's postseason baseball tournament, visit theMIAA.com/Championships.  
 
2024 MIAA BASEBALL POSTSEASON AWARDS
Player of the Year – Brennen van Breusegen – Central Missouri
Pitcher of the Year – Conner Wolf – Central Missouri
Co-Freshman of the Year – Jack Scott – Central Missouri
Co-Freshman of the Year – Logan Myers – Emporia State
Coach of the Year – Kyle Crookes – Central Missouri

ALL-MIAA FIRST TEAM
Starting Pitcher: Cole Gayman – Missouri Southern
Starting Pitcher: Ty Riley – Fort Hays State
Starting Pitcher: Conner Wolf – Central Missouri
Relief Pitcher: Valek Cisneros – Central Oklahoma
Catcher: Chase Heath – Central Missouri
First Base: Josh Patrick – Central Missouri
Second Base: Tyson Fourkiller – Northeastern State
Shortstop: Max Holy – Central Missouri^
Shortstop: Henry Kusiak – Missouri Southern^
Third Base: Dylan Kurahahi Choy Foo – Pittsburg State
Outfield: Payton McHarg – Washburn
Outfield: Brennen van Breusegen – Central Missouri
Outfield: Carter Young – Central Missouri
Designated Hitter: Vance Tobol – Central Missouri
Utility: Cash Jay – Washburn  
^Reflects Ties In Voting
 
ALL-MIAA SECOND TEAM
Starting Pitcher: Jacob Wilson – Central Missouri
Starting Pitcher: Brett Pense – Central Oklahoma
Starting Pitcher: Tanner Leslie – Pittsburg State
Relief Pitcher: Boston Dowd – Pittsburg State
Catcher: Nixon Brannan – Pittsburg State
First Base: Cale Savage - Washburn
Second Base: Cole Moore – Central Missouri
Shortstop: Jett Buck – Washburn
Third Base: Jacob Steele – Central Missouri
Outfield: Carson Carpenter – Central Oklahoma^
Outfield: Kaleb Glass – Central Oklahoma^
Outfield: Ryan Koval – Missouri Western^
Outfield: Jack Schark – Central Missouri^
Designated Hitter: Caden Robertson – Central Oklahoma
Utility: Drew Townsend – Missouri Southern
^Reflects Ties In Voting
 
ALL-MIAA THIRD TEAM
Starting Pitcher: Jack Scott – Central Missouri
Starting Pitcher: Dax Sharp – Central Oklahoma
Starting Pitcher: C.J. Briley – Northeastern State
Starting Pitcher: Casey Stalzer – Northwest Missouri
Starting Pitcher: Brady Gilmore – Central Oklahoma
Relief Pitcher: Jacob Gajic – Northwest Missouri^
Relief Pitcher: Landon Riley – Rogers State^
Catcher: Gage Williams – Northeastern State^
Catcher: Hayden Priest - Washburn^
First Base: Elliott Herrmann – Fort Hays State
Second Base: Deagan Brady – Pittsburg State
Shortstop: Orlando Gonzalez – Central Oklahoma
Third Base: Will Doherty – Missouri Southern
Outfield: Brady Kreutzer – Fort Hays State
Outfield: Isaiah Ural – Fort Hays State
Outfield: Isaiah Keller – Northeastern State
Designated Hitter: Trey Morris – Northwest Missouri
Utility: Ryan Williams – Northwest Missouri
^Reflects Ties In Voting

GOLD GLOVE TEAM
Pitcher: Conner Wolf – Central Missouri
Catcher: Chase Heath – Central Missouri
First Base: Elliott Herrmann – Fort Hays State
Second Base: Cole Moore – Central Missouri*
Shortstop: Orlando Gonzalez – Central Oklahoma^
Shortstop: Henry Kusiak – Missouri Southern^
Third Base: Trey DeGarmo – Fort Hays State
Outfield: Brennen van Breusegen – Central Missouri*
Outfield: Connor Scott - Washburn
Outfield: Carter Young – Central Missouri
^Reflects Ties In Voting
*Unanimous Selection
 
HONORABLE MENTION
Central Missouri: Harrison Babbitt (Relief Pitcher)
Emporia State: Cade Barton (Starting Pitcher), Graham Brunner (Starting Pitcher), Kadyn Williams (Third Base)
Fort Hays State: Rafael Espinoza (Starting Pitcher)
Missouri Southern: Trent Harris (Starting Pitcher), Kyle Moore (Relief Pitcher), Garrett Rice (First Base), Ethan Clark (Outfield), Treghan Parker (Outfield)
Missouri Western: Robert Farrell (Relief Pitcher)
Newman: Blake Mitchell (Outfield)
Northwest Missouri: Cole Slibowski (Second Base), Caden Diel (Outfield)
Pittsburg State: Brady Pacha (Starting Pitcher), Cade Clemens (Shortstop), Josh Holmes (Outfield), Blake Mozley (Designated Hitter)
Rogers State: Colton Anderson (Starting Pitcher), Matthew Delgado (Catcher), AJ Folds (Outfield)
Washburn: Cooper Carlgren (Starting Pitcher), Griffin Huiatt (Relief Pitcher), Cal Watkins (Second Base), Connor Scott (Outfield)