Stu Fritz Tabbed Region 7 Coach of the Year; Eight MIAA Baseball Players Named All-Region by D3baseball.com

Stu Fritz Tabbed Region 7 Coach of the Year; Eight MIAA Baseball Players Named All-Region by D3baseball.com
Eight baseball players from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) were announced to All-Region 7 teams by D3baseball.com on Tuesday, May 31.
 
Hope College head coach Stu Fritz was deemed the Region 7 Coach of the Year.  Fritz led the Flying Dutchmen to their 10th MIAA championship crown in his 29th season and is now tied-for-third in Hope history with 28 wins in a single season.
 
Hope's Evan Maday and Kalamazoo's Blake Bean both represent the league on the All-Region 7 First Team.
 
Fifth-year senior outfielder Maday was named the 2022 MIAA Position Player of the Year after leading the Flying Dutchmen to the regular-season title.  The four-time All-MIAA honoree concluded the year as the conference leader in triples (7), home runs (11), total bases (121), batting average (.436), and slugging percentage (.812).  Maday is second in the league with 47 runs batted in, 24 stolen bases, and an on-base percentage of .547.
 
Bean, a senior outfielder, became a two-time All-MIAA recipient prior to leading the Hornets to the 2022 MIAA Tournament crown and the league's autmatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.  Bean is the conference leader with 59 runs, 18 doubles, and a .573 on-base percentage.  He is also second in the MIAA with nine home runs and a .431 batting average.
 

Hope's Sean Hoey and Brant Kym, along with Kalamazoo's Spencer Baldwin, all earned a spot on the All-Region 7 Second Team.

Senior pitcher Hoey was selected as the 2022 MIAA Pitcher of the Year and received First-Team All-MIAA honors for the first time in his career.  Hoey closed out the year as the league leader in multiple categories:  games started (12), wins (9), innings pitched (70.2), strikeouts (80), strikeouts per game (10.19), triples allowed (1), at-bats against (263), and earned run average (3.18).  Hoey set a Hope record for wins in a single season.

Kym, a fifth-year senior, earned a spot on the All-MIAA First Team for the first time in his career.  The shortstop had career bests in both batting average (.468) and RBIs (41) this season.  In conference play alone, Kym led the league with 41 hits, 13 doubles, 33 runs batted in, and a .500 hitting percentage.

Senior first baseman Baldwin has now received All-MIAA honors twice in his career.  The Hornet concluded the year second in the MIAA in hits (66), home runs (9), 114 total bases, and runs batted in (47).  He is also third with 160 at bats, a .412 batting average, a slugging percentage of .713, and 26 double plays.

Adrian's Don Goodes, Calvin's Rick Padilla, and Kalamazoo's Doug Propson all represent the MIAA on the All-Region 7 Third Team.

Goodes, a junior outfielder, received All-MIAA First Team honors for the first time in his career after assisting the Bulldogs to a third-place finish in MIAA play.  Overall, Goodes finished the season second in the conference with 17 doubles and five triples.  He was also third with 22 stolen bases.

Padilla became a three-time All-MIAA recipient after leading the Knights to an 11-10 league record.  The senior catcher concluded the year in the conference's top five for the following categories:  doubles (14), batting average (.385), and runners caught stealing (13).

Senior third baseman Doug Propson earned All-MIAA honors for the second time in his career this season.  Propson finished the season as the MIAA leader in games (40), plate appearances (201), at bats (178), hits (67), and runs batted in (52).  The Hornet was also second with 53 runs.

2022 D3baseball.com All-Region 7 Teams


MIAA Student-Athletes Honored by D3baseball.com

Adrian - Don Goodes (Third Team)

Calvin - Rick Padilla (Third Team)

Hope - Sean Hoey (Second Team), Brant Kym (Second Team), Evan Maday (First Team)

Kalamazoo - Spencer Baldwin (Second Team), Blake Bean (First Team), Doug Propson (Third Team)