MWC Announces Baseball All-Conference & Major Awards for 2022

Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Assistant Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
 
GRINNELL, Iowa – Today, the Midwest Conference (MWC) announced the All-MWC First Team, Second Team, and major award selections for the 2022 baseball season.
 
Following up on a historic regular season, the Vikings of Lawrence University swept the awards for Newcomer of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, Position Player of the Year, and Coach of the Year.
 
Freshman outfielder Parker Knoll captured the MWC Newcomer of the Year award. Knoll hit a .406 batting average with 26 RBIs, 52 runs scored, 12 doubles, four triples, and two home runs. Knoll led the league in stolen bases with 34.
 
Sophomore pitcher Quinn Berglin was tabbed MWC Pitcher of the Year. Berglin picked up six victories (against one loss) during the regular season and leads the league with a 1.39 earned run average, a .204 opposing batting average, and 19 runs allowed.
 
Senior outfielder Jacob Charon was named MWC Position Player of the Year. Charon paced the MWC with 19 homeruns, 59 RBIs, and a .916 slugging percentage, while ranking second in batting average (.412) and on-base percentage (.512). Charon scored 48 runs in 35 games for the Vikings, good for fourth in the conference.
 
In his fourth season as head coach of the Vikings, Chris Krepline was selected by his peers as the 2022 MWC Baseball Coach of the Year. Krepline led Lawrence to a 26-11 overall record and 18-6 in MWC play. Lawrence led the league in batting average as team with .326, scoring a league high 211 runs, slugging .512, hitting 27 home runs, and 184 RBIs. The Vikings swept the MWC regular season championship and the tournament title this season, moving on to the NCAA Baseball Championship field for the first time in forty-three years.
 
The league’s head coaches also voted Ripon College as the recipient of the Sportsmanship Award for the 2022 season. The honor is awarded to the team that best exemplifies the MWC sportsmanship ideals.
 
The full list of baseball major award selections and All-Conference Team honorees can be found below:

2022 MWC Baseball All-Conference & Major Award Winners 
 
Pitcher of the Year Quinn Berglin Lawrence University Sophomore
Position Player of the Year Jacob Charon Lawrence University Senior
Newcomer of the Year Parker Knoll  Lawrence University Freshman
Coach of the Year Chris Krepline Lawrence University
Sportsmanship Award Ripon College
First Team All-Conference
Garrison Ferone Senior Beloit College Infield
Matt O'Leary  Junior Beloit College Infield
Mac McCain Freshman Grinnell College Infield
James Marcinowski Senior Illinois College Outfield
Cullen McBride Junior Illinois College Utility
Quinn Berglin Sophomore Lawerence University Pitcher
Jacob Charon  Senior Lawrence University Outfield
Michael Duttlinger Junior Lawrence University Pitcher
Taylor Freeman Freshman Lawrence University Infield
Parker Knoll Freshman Lawrence University Outfield
Mitchell Lukasik Freshman Ripon College Pitcher/Utility
Samuel Ott Freshman Ripon College  Infield/Pitcher
Nick Terrell Senior Ripon College Infield
Carson Weekley Senior University of Chicago Infield
Second Team All-Conference
Aiden Phipps         Freshman Beloit College Pitcher
Kole Hinrichsen Junior Cornell College Pitcher
James Kent Junior Cornell College Infield
Peyton Abbott Junior Illinois College Outfield
Jeff Cambra Freshman Lawrence University Outfield
Zach Leslie Sophmore Lawrence University First Base
AJ Hatlestad Senior Monmouth College Pitcher
Cormac Madigan Senior Ripon College Outfield
Cam Stampfl Freshman Ripon College Outfield
Mau Villegas Freshman Ripon College Infield/Pitcher
Drew Bryan Sophomore University of Chicago Pitcher
Noah Nelson Sophomore University of Chicago  Infield
Brett Riegler Senior University of Chicago Catcher
Dylan White Junior University of Chicago Pitcher

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