Contact: Brock Reisler, Assistant Executive Director, breisler@midwestconference.org
 
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – Nine Midwest Conference baseball players were tabbed with All-Region accolades in Region 9 by D3baseball.com on Tuesday morning.
 
Three athletes from the MWC champion Grinnell College Pioneers were named to the first team: Nikolas Ruden (second base), Wyatt Raymond (outfield) and Connor Pink (utility).
 
Four more players were named to the second team, as Grinnell (Connor Goodson, first base and Stuart Cash, third base) and Illinois College (Tyler Barker and Nathan Walker, outfield) each had two honorees.
 
Illinois College’s Nicholas Muskopf was named to the third team as a shortstop, while Beloit College’s Ben Schweit was also named to the third team as a starting pitcher.
 
The 2026 season marks the 14th season that D3baseball.com has named All-Region teams, with more than 1,000 players nominated. The ballot was then made available to D3baseball.com staff and contributors from which three teams in each region were determined.
 
The full list of MWC honorees is included below.
 
D3baseball.com All-Region 9

First Team
Nikolas Ruden	Grinnell College	Sr	2B
Wyatt Raymond	Grinnell College	So	OF
Connor Pink	Grinnell College	Fr	UT
Second Team
Connor Goodson	Grinnell College	Sr	1B
Stuart Cash	Grinnell College	Jr	3B
Tyler Barker	Illinois College	Sr	OF
Nathan Walker	Illinois College	Sr	OF
Third Team
Nicholas Muskopf	Illinois College	Jr	SS
Ben Schweit	Beloit College	Jr	SP