2026 Baseball Honors Released

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The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) has announced conference honors for the 2026 Baseball season. First and Second Team consist of 17 individuals per team. Both teams include four starting pitchers, two catchers, five infielders, four outfielders, one DH, one utility player and one relief pitcher.  Additional awards include: Gold Glove Team, All-Academic Team, Champions of Character Team and Coach,  as well as Newcomer, Player and Pitcher of the Year. All-awards are selected based on a vote of baseball head coaches.

Player of the Year: Aamir Mitchell, Madonna

Aamir Mitchell has put together a historic season at the plate for the Crusaders. The junior is currently second in the nation with 22 home runs, which also broke the Madonna single-season home run record. In 50 games at the plate, the Detroit native is hitting .424 with 71 RBI, 65 runs scored and a .959 slugging percentage. On top of that, he's nabbed 31 bags and ripped 17 doubles and four triples. He ranks top 10 in the NAIA in home runs, RBIs, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage. His tremendous season has helped the Crusaders to 37-13 record and 20-8 mark in conference play. He is the seventh player in Madonna history to earn WHAC Player of the Year honors and the second in as many seasons. 

Pitcher of the Year: Daniel Healy, UNOH

For the second consecutive season, UNOH's Daniel Healy has been selected as the WHAC Pitcher of the Year. After a tremendous freshman campaign, the sophomore right hander made another leap forward in his sophomore season, making 12 starts and posting a 3.07 ERA, 1.38 WHIP and striking out 67 batters in 67.1 innings of work. Healy finished the season with a 9-1 record and tossed five complete games, three of which were shutouts. Healy's win total, complete game mark, hits allowed, strikeouts, strikeouts per game and ERA are all top 10 in the NAIA this season. He is the sixth Pitcher of the Year in UNOH history and the second in conference history to go back-to-back (first since 2006-07). 

Newcomer of the Year: Cesar Grau, UNOH

In his first season with the Racers, Junior catcher Cesar Grau has been a mainstay behind the dish and a force at the plate. The Los Teques, Venezuela native has appeared in 47 games, hitting .406 with eight home runs and 68 RBI. He leads the WHAC in doubles with 15 and is top five in plate appearances, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, total bases and walks. His offensive production combined with abilities behind the plate helped the Racers to a third-consecutive WHAC regular season title and a 35-14 overall and 25-3 mark in conference action. Grau becomes the second Newcomer of the Year in UNOH history and the first since the 2021 season. 

Coach of the Year: Kory Hartman, UNOH

For the third consecutive season and sixth time ever, UNOH head coach Kory Hartman has been selected by his peers as the WHAC Coach of the Year. The Racer skipper led the Racers to a third-straight WHAC regular season title this season and 92-11 record in conference play during that three-year span. Hartman is in his 16th season at the helm of the Racers. He collected his 500th career win earlier this season. 

Champion of Character Coach: Josh Bradford, Lourdes

Josh Bradford was voted WHAC Champion of Character Coach. Kolasinski wins this award for the third time in his career. He is recognized for exemplifying the NAIA's five core values: integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership.

In addition to the All-Conference awards, the WHAC also announced its All-Academic and Champions of Character teams. The All-Academic Team consists of sophomores or above with a cumulative 3.25 GPA who have been at their school for one full year. The Champions of Character Team comprises one player from each school who best represents the five core character values of integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership.