CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The 2024 All-American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Baseball Team by the league’s head coaches: 

2024 All-American Rivers Conference Baseball Team
Position Player of the Year - Jake Brosius, Coe College
Pitcher of the Year - Johnny Blake, University of Dubuque
Coach of the Year - Steve Cook, Coe College
Pitcher of the Year	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Johnny Blake	Dubuque	Sr.	P	Dubuque, Iowa/Senior
Pos. Player of the Year	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Jake Brosius !	Coe	Jr.	OF	Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert
First Team	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Tegan Bock -h1	Buena Vista	So.	OF	Boone, Iowa/Boone
Caden Richards	Coe	Jr.	P	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Prairie
Mitchell Eckardt $	Coe	Sr.	2B	O'Fallen, Mo./Wentzville Liberty
Tyce Johnson	Coe	Sr.	UTL	Indianola, Iowa/Indianola
Colin Husko #	Dubuque	So.	SS	Wauconda, Ill./Wauconda
Nick DiBenedetto -h1	Loras	Sr.	OF	Lake in the Hills, Ill./Crystal Lake South
Jackson Cullen	Loras	So.	DH	Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic
Daniel Rogers % * $	Loras	Sr.	C	Grayslake, Ill./Grayslake Central
Harrison Blum !	Luther	5th Year	P	Fridley, Minn./Fridley
Noah Kindem	Luther	Fr.	OF	San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch
Blake Jondle	Luther	Sr.	RP	Long Beach, Calif./St. Anthony
Josh Matanich -h1	Luther	5th Year	1B	Lake City, Minn./Lincoln
Trey Castile ^ !	Simpson	Sr.	P	Urbandale, Iowa/Des Moines Christian
Cael Boehmer $	Wartburg	5th Year	P	Lake Mills, Iowa/Lake Mills
Keaton Gray !	Wartburg	Sr.	3B	Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial
*Zach Walton ^ -h3 $	Wartburg	Sr.	1B	Farmington, Minn./Farmington
Second Team	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Morgan Smith @ -h2	Buena Vista	Jr.	P	Boone, Iowa/Boone
Drew Taylor $	Buena Vista	Jr.	3B	Redfield, Iowa/Panorama
Mark Eddie	Buena Vista	So.	RP	Storm Lake, Iowa/Storm Lake
Joel Garcia !	Buena Vista	Jr.	SS	Laredo, Texas/John B. Alexander
Jordan Mathewson % $ !	Buena Vista	5th Year	2B	La Vista, Neb./Platteview
Mark Kenney	Central	So.	P	Fennimore, Wis./Fennimore
Colton DeRocher % !	Central	Sr.	OF	Sioux City, Iowa/East
Ethan O'Donnell -h1	Coe	Jr.	P	North Liberty, Iowa/Liberty
Reid Rausch	Coe	5th Year	DH	Cascade, Iowa/Cascade
Jon Wille	Coe	Fr.	SS	Dubuque, Iowa/Senior
Aidan Elfering	Dubuque	Jr.	P	Bird Island, Minn./BOLD
Jake Cekander $	Dubuque	Gr.	OF	Chula Vista, Calif./East Lake
Vince Polizzi	Loras	So.	1B	Naperville, Ill./St. Francis
Gavin Scurr	Luther	Jr.	C	San Diego, Calif./University City
Brady Bell	Nebraska Wesleyan	Jr.	UTL	Lincoln, Neb.
Eliot Jurgensen $	Wartburg	Jr.	OF	Ames, Iowa/Ames
Honorable Mention	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Zack Beekmann !	Buena Vista	5th Year	1B	Grimes, Iowa/Dallas Center-Grimes
Grant Oseka	Buena Vista	5th Year	DH	Papillion, Neb./Papillion La-Vista South
Ryan Thoreson	Coe	So.	C	Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley
Jack Allison	Coe	Sr.	3B	Pleasant Hill, Iowa/Southeast Polk
Daniel Maller	Dubuque	Jr.	OF	St. Charles, Ill./St. Francis College Prep
Charlie Jaeger	Dubuque	Sr.	P	Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert
Max Mccallum ^ !	Loras	Jr.	OF	Aurora, Ill./St. Francis
Mark Prince	Luther	Jr.	OF	Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon
Evan Kling	Nebraska Wesleyan	5th Year	DH	Santa Barbara, Calif./Dos Pueblos
Tyson Romero	Nebraska Wesleyan	Jr.	P	Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln East
Nate Cagley	Simpson	So.	DH	Jesup, Iowa/Jesup
Eli Feekin	Simpson	Jr.	RP	Papillion, Neb./Papillion La-Vista
Drew Carlson	Simpson	Fr.	2B	Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City High
Joey Ciero	Wartburg	5th Year	P	Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West
Max Hansen	Wartburg	5th Year	RP	Grand Mound, Iowa/Calamus-Wheatland
Previous Awards Key
* At Large Selection
@ - 2023 Pitcher of the Year
# - 2023 Position Player of the Year
! - 2023 First-Team All-Conference
$ - 2023 Second-Team All-Conference
-h1 - 2023 Honorable Mention
% - 2022 First-Team All-Conference
^ - 2022 Second-Team All-Conference
-h2 - 2022 Honorable Mention
& - 2021 First-Team All-Conference
* - 2021 Second-Team All-Conference
-h3 - 2021 Honorable Mention

 
The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced today its major awards and 32-member All-Conference team for the 2024 season. Coe College outfielder Jake Brosius (Jr., Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert) was voted as the American Rivers Conference Position Player of the Year and University of Dubuque’s Johnny Blake (Sr., Dubuque, Iowa/Senior) has been tabbed the A-R-C Pitcher of the Year. For the fourth time in his career (2011, 2019, 2021, 2024), Coe College head coach Steve Cook was voted as the A-R-C Coach of the Year by his peers. 
 
Brosius is the first Kohawk to earn a major award since 2021 when TJ Deardorff, now assistant coach, was named Pitcher of the Year. He is the third player from Coe to earn Position Player of the Year honors joining Nick Stein (2013) and Grant Henning (2018). Brosius recorded a .456 batting average in league play. He recorded 47 hits, 37 RBI, and 33 runs. He was successful in 16 of his 18 attempts at stealing a bag. Additionally, he walked 12 times and knocked two home runs. 
 
Blake is the first pitcher from Dubuque to earn Pitcher of the Year after the award was split in 2008. The senior appeared in seven league games, starting in six. He recorded a record of 5-1 while allowing just a 1.21 ERA on 152 bats. He recorded 69 strikeouts, 24 hits, and 13 walks. Additionally, he only allowed six earned runs when he was on the mound. Opponents batted .158 against him this conference season, proving to be a dominant threat. 
 
Cook, in his 28th season at the helm of the Coe College baseball team, is picking up his fourth career Coach of the Year accolade. He is the only coach in Kohawk baseball history to be named Coach of the Year. Cook guided the Kohawks to an overall record of 29-14 overall and a 19-6 mark in league play, winning both the regular season and tournament title. The Kohawks coach led the team to a .339 batting average overall. Cook’s staff is made up of AJ Reuter, John Heald, Nolan Arp, Drew Schmit, Deardorff, and Kevin DeLaney. 
 
The All-American Rivers Conference first-team highlighted players from seven of the conference’s nine schools. The 16-member first-team saw eight individuals earn All-Conference accolades for at least the second time in their careers. Luther College led the way with four first-team All-Conference honorees. 
 
Joining Brosius on first team for the Kohawks is Caden Richards (Jr., Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Prairie), Mitchell Eckhardt (Sr., O’Fallen, Mo./Wentzville Liberty), and Tyce Johnson (Sr., Indianola, Iowa/Indianola). All three student-athletes are earning their first career first-team all-conference honors. Eckhardt was named to the second-team just a season ago. Richards, a pitcher, appeared in eight games for Coe during the conference slate, starting five of those appearances. He posted a 2.10 ERA while allowing 32 hits, eight earned runs, and three batters walked during 34.1 innings of work on the mound. He forced a .242 batting average onto opponents. Eckhardt made his way onto the first-team as a second baseman. He posted a .339 batting average, recording 32 hits, seven doubles, and two home runs during his 109 trips to the plate. He slugged for .495 and was successful eight of the ten times he tried to grab an extra base. In the field, Eckhardt recorded 50 assists, 46 putouts, and just four errors. Johnson had a standout senior season batting .400 during 17 conference games. He stepped up to the plate 45 times, posting 18 hits, 12 RBI, and eight runs. 
 
Tegan Bock (So., Boone, Iowa/Boone) is the lone Beaver to be named to the first-team this season. Bock is stepping up to first-team after being named honorable mention his freshman campaign. The sophomore outfielder batted .416 over 23 conference contests. During his 77 at bats, Bock recorded 19 hits, 16 runs, and nine RBI. He found his way to first by way of 12 walks and one hit by pitch. In the field, he posted 79 putouts and only a single error. 
 
The 2023 Position Player of the Year, Colin Husko (So., Wauconda, Ill./Wauconda), earned his way onto the first-team honorees after another impressive season. Husko posted an impressive .424 batting average in his 22 conference games this season. Making his way to the plate 92 times, he recorded 39 hits, 21 runs, and 19 RBI. Additionally, he found his way down the line seven times by hit by pitch and five walks. In the field, the shortstop recorded 58 assists, 29 putouts, and two errors. 
The Loras College Duhawks are represented on the first team by Nick DiBenedetto (Sr., Lake in the Hills, Ill./Crystal Lake South), Jackson Cullen (So., Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic), and Daniel Rogers (Sr., Grayslake, Ill./Grayslake Central). Rogers is earning his second first-team honor, after previously earning two second-team honors in his career. DiBenedetto finds his way onto first-team after being named honorable mention a season ago, while Cullen is earning his first all-conference honor. DiBenedetto batted .354 during his 24 appearances in conference games this spring. He started 23 of those appearances. He recorded 34 hits, 23 runs, and 23 RBI. He found his way onto first by six walks and seven hit by pitches. In the field, the outfielder recorded 58 putouts and two errors for a field percentage of .968. Cullen posted a batting average of .391 over 21 conference games. He posted 27 hits, crossed the plate 19 times for the Duhawks, and drove in 14 runs. Rogers was consistent throughout 24 conference contests, batting .417. Playing in all 24 games, the senior catcher recorded 40 hits, 29 runs, and 24 RBI. Dominant behind the plate, Rogers posted a fielding percentage of .991 recording 195 putouts and only two errors. 
 
Luther College led the conference this spring for first-team all-conference performers with four. Harrison Blum (Fifth Yr., Fridley, Minn./Fridley), Noah Kindem (Fr., San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch), Blake Jondle (Sr., Long Beach, Calif./St. Anthony), and Josh Matanich (Fifth Yr., Lake City, Minn./Lincoln). Blum, a fifth year pitcher, posted a 4.31 ERA in his eight appearances this spring. In his 48.0 innings of work, he allowed just 44 hits, 23 earned runs, and struck out 49 batters. Kindem batted .358 over the conference season while recording 29 hits, 24 RBI, and 20 runs. In addition, he was four-for-five on stolen base attempts. In the field, the freshman outfielder recorded 36 putouts and just one error. Jondle, a senior relief pitcher, appeared in 14 games this spring conference season for the Norse. He was on the mound for 31.2 innings of work and allowed 30 hits, eight earned runs, and recorded 29 strikeouts. Matanich made his way onto the first-team list after earning honorable mention a season ago. The fifth year first baseman posted a .362 batting average while recording 38 hits, 33 runs, and 25 assists. He was walked 10 times and hit by a pitch eight additional times. 
 
The Simpson College Storm are represented by Trey Castile (Sr., Urbandale, Iowa/Des Moines Christian). Castile is earning his second consecutive first-team honor, after earning second-team honors two seasons ago. The senior pitcher appeared in seven conference games posting a 4.60 ERA. He was at work for 45.0 innings allowing 38 hits, 23 earned runs while striking out 49 batters and walking 20. 
 
Rounding out the first-team all-conference performers this season is Wartburg’s Cael Boehmer (Fifth Yr., Lake Mills, Iowa/Lake Mills), Keaton Gray (Sr., Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial), and Zach Walton (Sr., Farmington, Minn./Farmington). Boehmer is earning his first selection to the first-team after earning second-team honors for his efforts in the 2023 season. Gray is finding himself on the first-team all-conference team for the second consecutive season. Walton is earning his first selection to the first-team all-conference team after earning second-team twice and honorable mention once in his career for the Knights. Boehmer, a fifth year pitcher, was seen on six occasions on the mound this conference season. While on the mound, he posted a 2.21 ERA. He was at work for 36.2 innings, allowing 32 hits and nine earned runs. Boehmer recorded 45 strikeouts during his conference season. Gray, a senior third baseman, led the Knights while in the batters box this season with a .396 batting average. During his 96 conference at bats, he recorded 38 hits, 24 runs, and 17 RBI. In the field, he recorded 30 assists and 14 putouts. Walton, the at-large selection to first base, only recorded three errors on the season while recording 189 putouts. At the plate, number 17 posted a .358 batting average. He recorded 29 hits, 27 RBI, and 23 runs. He was walked 21 times and hit by a pitch on six occasions.