Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Associate Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
 
GRINNELL, Iowa – On Thursday, the Midwest Conference (MWC) announced its 2025 Baseball All-Conference Teams and major individual awards.
 
Headlining this year’s honorees are Charlie Lardi of Illinois College and Taylor Freeman of Lawrence University, who were named Pitcher of the Year and Position Player of the Year, respectively. Both standouts also earned spots on the All-Conference First Team.
 
Sophomore pitcher Charlie Lardi led the MWC with a 0.79 ERA in conference play. Over 45.1 innings, Lardi struck out 59 batters, including 19 looking, while holding opponents to a .150 batting average. He allowed just nine runs and posted a 5-1 record in league play.
 
Senior infielder Taylor Freeman paced the league with a .458 batting average and a 1.438 OPS, tallying 38 hits, 34 runs, 10 home runs, and 33 RBIs in conference action. Freeman also led the league with a .892 slugging percentage, went a perfect 22-for-22 in stolen bases, and ranked second with a .536 on-base percentage.
 
Beloit College freshman pitcher Maddon McArthur was named Newcomer of the Year and earned Second Team All-Conference honors. In MWC play, McArthur appeared in nine games for the Buccaneers, posting a 1-2 record and four saves. Over 21.2 innings, he recorded a 3.80 ERA, struck out 20 batters, and held opponents to a .213 batting average.
 
Alan Betourne, head coach at Monmouth College, was selected by his peers as the Coach of the Year. In his tenth season at the helm, Betourne led the Fighting Scots to a 12-9 record in MWC play and a third-place finish in the regular season standings, an improvement from sixth place a year ago. In the MWC Tournament, Monmouth won two games on opening day to advance to the tournament championship game, where the Scots ultimately fell to Beloit.
 
For the second consecutive year, Monmouth College received the Team Sportsmanship Award, presented to the baseball program that best exemplifies and upholds the ideals of sportsmanship.
 
The full list of major individual awards and All-Conference Team selections can be found below.

2025 Midwest Conference Baseball All-Conference & Major Awards                                                                  
Pitcher of the Year    
Charlie Lardi, Illinois College  
           
Position Player of the Year   
Taylor Freeman, Lawrence University                       

Newcomer of the Year          
Maddon McArthur, Beloit College    
           
Team Sportsmanship Award
Monmouth College    
           
Coach of the Year      
Alan Betourne, Monmouth College              
                                   
First Team All-Conference                            
INF – Connor Vogel, Beloit - SR
P – Ben Schweit, Beloit - SO
OF – Jack Alport, Beloit - JR
P – Harvey Pena, Beloit - SR
INF – Mac McCain, Grinnell - SR
INF – Connor Goodson, Grinnell - JR
C/DH – Ethan Crawford, Grinnell - SR
P – Charlie Lardi, Illinois College - SO
INF – Taylor Freeman, Lawrence - SR
P – Elden Santana, Lawrence - SR
INF – Tate Hartlaub, Lawrence - SO
1B/C – Raul Guillermo, Monmouth - SR
C – Daniel Lummus, Monmouth - SR
INF – Alex Pankratz. Ripon - JR
                                   
Second Team All-Conference
P – Aiden Phipps, Beloit - SR
P – Maddon McArthur, Beloit - FR
OF – Seth Brankey, Beloit - SO
OF – Vince Zipperer, Cornell - SR
INF/OF – Joe Chanis, Grinnell - SO
P – Shea Goel, Grinnell - FR
P – Andrew Wieneke, Illinois College - SR
OF – Louie Bartletti, Illinois College - SR
P – Brandon Ward, Knox - SR
INF – Edan Perez, Lawrence - SR
P – Shane Foley, Lawrence - SR
1B/OF – Nathan Reed, Monmouth - SR
DH – Jason Clark, Ripon - GR
INF – Kyler Hickman, Ripon - JR