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