SLIAC Senior Send-Off: Baseball

The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference would like to send our best wishes to its 2019-20 senior baseball players. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, all spring seasons were canceled and while the NCAA has announced that seniors will not lose a year of eligibility due to the cancelation, not all will return. With that in mind, we salute the 2019-20 seniors. 

The 2020 SLIAC senior baseball class has plenty of hardware to pack up as they leave campuses. Among the honors this year's class has garnered is seven All-American honors, 16 All-Region selections, two SLIAC Players of the Year, two SLIAC Pitcher of the Year awards, one SLIAC Newcomers of the Year, and a Region Rookie of the Year. 

The Webster University class includes seniors that helped the Gorloks to three NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. Headlined by pitcher Matt Mulhearn, who was a three-time All-Region selection and two-time All-American, the Gorloks advanced to the D3 World Series last year with Mulhearn being named the Region Tournament MVP. Mulhearn picked up All-Conference honors twice in his career and leaves as the Gorloks single-season leader in wins, 3rd in career wins, and top 10 in both career strikeouts and career earned-run average. Kyler Kent was a key bat in the Gorlok lineup and has earned All-American honors while being a two-time All-Region and All-Conference selection. He set the Webster single season hits record in 2018. A fixture behind the plate, Joe Swanson leaves as a two-time All-Conference selection. A weapon out of the bullpen for the Gorloks, Shane Donovan was named All-American in 2018 and was also a All-Region performer while earning All-Conference honors. Outfielder A.J. Smith was important to the Gorloks SLIAC title run in 2018, earning All-Tournament team. 

Klaiton Wolff was an impact player for Greenville University since arriving four years ago. The utility player was a three-time All-Conference selection; twice earning Second Team honors. He was chosen to the SLIAC All-Tournament team twice in his career and was the Region Rookie of the Year. His teammate Sam Hodges was a two-time All-Conference selection while Sam Alender earned an All-Tournament team nod last spring.

Spalding University's class includes the last two SLIAC Players of the Year; Eric Meyer and Garrett Wilson. Meyer has picked up two All-Region and All-Conference selections in each of the last two years while Wilson leaves with two All-Conference honors, three All-Region nods, and was an All-American in 2018.

Over the past few years, Luke Summers has been one of the top pitchers in the history of the SLIAC. He leaves as a two-time SLIAC Pitcher of the Year while being named All-Region and All-Conference twice and All-American last year. He has a 25-8 overall record in a Griffin uniform and is the program's career leader in strikeouts with 290. Teammate Gus Purschke was a 3rd team All-Conference selection in 2018.

The Westminster class includes a trio of players that earned All-Conference honors during their careers. Ryan Clavin, a former SLIAC Newcomer of the Year, earned All-Conference honors twice and was All-Region in 2018 and 2019. Branden Beeler twice earned All-Conference honors while Will Stonecipher was an All-Conference selection in 2019.

Stephen Strong was named All-Conference as a member of Principia College's team while teammate Will Adler was a All-Sportsmanship selection. Iowa Wesleyan University's Jake Leonard and MacMurray College's Wyatt Logsdon and Brendan Schanz were also All-Sportsmanship recipients. 

We wish the best of luck to every student-athlete as they move forward and salute them for their efforts in competition and the classroom over the years! 

Will Adler Principia		Sam Alender Greenville		Braxten Ary Eureka		Branden Beeler Westminster		Dakota Borman Webster		Charlie Brauch MacMurray
Grant Carman Greenville		Jake Carter Eureka		Kyle Cashdollar Eureka		Lance Chapman Fontbonne		Ryan Clavin Westminster		Garrett Davis Webster
Shane Donovan Webster		Ryan Eisenauer Principia		Clarence Falls Greenville		Kyle Finke Eureka		Dominic Gerace Iowa Wesleyan		Sammy Gordon Blackburn
Cooper Hake Webster		Mason Hale MacMurray		Sean Hannan Principia		Sam Hodges Greenville		Aron Hopp Webster		Brandon Howell Iowa Wesleyan
Ryan Howell Fontbonne		John Hughes Fontbonne		Mike Jacobson Fontbonne		Chase Jones Fontbonne		Kyler Kent Webster		Logan Koch Spalding
Clayton Lathen Iowa Wesleyan		Austin Lawrence Greenville		Jacob Leonard Iowa Wesleyan		Isaac Lineberry Spalding		Wyatt Logsdon MacMurray		Parker Lutz Greenville
Sean Markley Westminster		Hunter Martin MacMurray		Nick Martin MacMurray		Zak Merchant MacMurray		Eric Meyer Spalding		Matt Mulhearn Webster
Logan Murphy Greenville		Alex Phillips Fontbonne		Austin Presley Blackburn		Gus Purschke Fontbonne		Austin Rexroad Greenville		Trevor Rhoads Westminster
Brendan Schanz MacMurray		Kyler Sherrill Blackburn		A.J. Smith Webster		Will Stonecipher Westminster		Stephen Strong Principia		Luke Summers Fontbonne
Joe Swanson Webster		Everett Swinson  Iowa Wesleyan		Alec Taylor MacMurray		Nate Thomas Spalding		Tyler Thulean Eureka		Andrew Torbeck  Greenville
Garrett Wilson Spalding		Klaiton Wolff Greenville		Joe Wood Greenville		Nathan Wood Principia