Schneiderman Named to D3baseball.com All-Central Region
May 23, 2017
2017 D3baseball.com All-Central Region
The 2017 season marks the sixth year that D3baseball.com has named All-Region teams, with 800 players nominated. The ballot was then made available to SIDs, who voted for a predetermined number of players in their region, as well as D3baseball.com staff and contributors.
The University of Dubuque's Nathan Schneiderman (LHP, L/L, 6-5, 220, So., German Valley, Ill./Forreston HS) was the lone Spartan to collect D3baseball.com All-Central Region honors for 2017. As a relief pitcher, Schneiderman had not given up an earned run until the Spartans final game of the season and helped UD to their best record ever for most wins (23-17 overall, 17-7 in the Iowa Conference - 2nd place).
Schneiderman finished with a 6-1 record, 0.47 ERA, appeared in 15 games and 38 innings and fanned 42 batters and walked just eight. In the 124 at bats he faced, he allowed just four extra base hits, and picked up five saves. The Spartans qualified for the Iowa Conference tournament for the second consecutive season and look to carry that momentum into the 2018 season.
Head Coach Paul Wyczawski led the Spartans to a record breaking season as the Spartans set the school record with 23 overall wins and 17 Iowa Conference wins. The previous record for wins in a season was set in 1995 with 22 overall wins, while the previous conference wins mark was 13 wins in both the 1985 and 1986 seasons. The second place regular season finish in the Iowa Conference is also the best finish in the conference standings school history.
The Iowa Conference named Wyczawski 2017 Coach of the Year and seven Spartan players to the 2017 All-Iowa Conference team, headlined with four first team picks. It is the most All-Iowa Conference selections in a single year in school history.
- All-New England
- All-New York
- All-Mid-Atlantic
- All-Mideast
- All-South
- All-Central
- All-Midwest
- All-West
For each of the eight regions, there is a regional player of the year (a batter), a pitcher of the year, a rookie of the year (must be a freshman) and a coach of the year. D3baseball.com wishes to thank all the Sports Information Directors at the various institutions who nominated players. All SIDs and coaches were contacted as the season wound down with information on how to get their players considered.
Player of the Year: Michael Mateja, 3B, So., North Central (Ill.)
Pitcher of the Year: Josh Fleming, SP, Jr., Webster
Rookie of the Year: Klaiton Wolff, UTL, Greenville
Coach of the Year: Pat Bloom, Washington U.
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First team |
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Pos. |
Name |
Team |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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C |
Pat Mollo |
Illinois Wesleyan |
Jr. |
Naperville, Ill. |
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1B |
Nick Sotiros |
North Central (Ill.) |
Jr. |
New Berlin, Wis. |
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2B |
Eric Willis |
Wartburg |
Jr. |
Waverly, Iowa |
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SS |
Austin Darmawan |
Washington U. |
Sr. |
Honolulu, Hawaii |
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3B |
Michael Mateja |
North Central (Ill.) |
So. |
Bourbonnais, Ill. |
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OF |
Carter Amundsen |
Augustana |
Jr. |
Sheboygan, Wis. |
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OF |
Drake Sykes |
Knox |
Sr. |
Galesburg, Ill. |
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OF |
Jacob Thumann |
Wartburg |
Sr. |
Dewitt, Iowa |
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DH |
AJ Johnson |
Carroll |
Jr. |
Waunakee, Wis. |
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UT |
Kyle Uhrich |
Webster |
Sr. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
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SP |
Josh Fleming |
Webster |
Jr. |
Columbia, Ill. |
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SP |
Jimi Keating |
Spalding |
Jr. |
Bardstown, Ky. |
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SP |
Brad Margolin |
Washington U. |
Sr. |
Northbrook, Ill. |
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RP |
Nathan Schneiderman |
U. of Dubuque |
So. |
German Valley, Ill. |
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Second team |
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Pos. |
Name |
Team |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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C |
Travis Ralls |
Greenville |
Jr. |
Florissant, Mo. |
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1B |
Walker Breard |
Cornell |
Jr. |
Washington, Iowa |
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2B |
Ben Browdy |
Washington U. |
Sr. |
Deerfield, Ill. |
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SS |
Jesse Getz |
Greenville |
Jr. |
Tremont, Ill. |
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3B |
Joe Silversmith |
Luther |
Sr. |
St. Paul, Minn. |
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OF |
Ethan Boyer |
Fontbonne |
Sr. |
Ellsinore, Ill. |
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OF |
Tanner Branneky |
Westminster (Mo.) |
Sr. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
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OF |
Connor Hickey |
Chicago |
So. |
Wheaton, Ill. |
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DH |
Ben Greenway |
Fontbonne |
Sr. |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
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UT |
Ben Havel |
Elmhurst |
Sr. |
Carol Stream, Ill. |
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SP |
Taylor Gilson |
Wartburg |
Sr. |
Oelwein, Iowa |
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SP |
Jason Malkowski |
St. Norbert |
Jr. |
Greenville, Wis. |
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SP |
Michael McCraith |
Wheaton (Ill.) |
So. |
Evans, Ga. |
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RP |
Jake Mintz |
Washington U. |
Sr. |
Chevy Chase, Md. |
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Third team |
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Pos. |
Name |
Team |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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C |
Cody Hyler |
Wartburg |
Jr. |
Des Moines, Iowa |
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1B |
Kam Brunner |
Spalding |
Sr. |
Shelbyville, Ky. |
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2B |
Michael Golich |
Fontbonne |
Jr. |
Aurora, Ill. |
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SS |
Matt Wollnik |
Webster |
Sr. |
Naperville, Ill. |
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3B |
Conner Wardlaw |
Webster |
Jr. |
Arnold, Mo. |
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OF |
Jalen Davis |
Beloit |
So. |
Chicago, Ill. |
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OF |
Griffin Jack |
St. Norbert |
So. |
Neenah, Wis. |
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OF |
Blake Mahoney |
Wartburg |
Jr. |
Des Moines, Iowa |
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DH |
Peter Doughty |
Augustana |
Sr. |
Elmhurst, Ill. |
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UT |
Eric Daubach |
Cornell |
Sr. |
Omaha, Neb. |
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SP |
Dylan Diveney |
Central |
Jr. |
Marshalltown, Iowa |
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SP |
Carson Jacques |
St. Norbert |
Fr. |
De Pere, Wis. |
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SP |
Kyle Olliges |
Spalding |
Sr. |
Louisville, Ky. |
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RP |
Dalton Mason |
Buena Vista |
Sr. |
Altoona, iowa |
