The Middlebury baseball team saw three student-athletes selected to the D3baseball.com and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) all-region squads. Henry Ayers was tabbed the Region 1 Rookie of the Year by the media outlet while collecting a pair of first-team nods, while both organizations tabbed Sam Gersch to the second team and Christian Zebrowski landed on D3baseball.com's third team.
 
HONOREE HIGHLIGHTS

• Ayers (Rookie of the Year & First Team)
  • Ayers becomes the program's first player since at least 2012 to garner the rookie of the year laurel.
  • In his collegiate introduction, the Panther logged a .476 batting average that headlined the NESCAC and currently slots second in Division III.
  • Ayers was sent down on strikes just five times across 145 at-bats, making him the league's most difficult batter to fan and the 10th toughest nationally (29.0).
  • He also led the conference in hits (69), slugging percentage (.676) and on-base plus slugging (OPS - 1.182). His base hit mark rewrote the single-season school record.
  • The Panther reached base safely in 33 of his 34 starts and logged multi-hit efforts in each of the team's five postseason contests.
• Gersch (Second Team)
  • After his initial season with the navy and white, Gersch's hitting clip trailed only Ayers and Tufts' Jack Kamin in the conference and ranked 56th in Division III (.418).
  • The first-year athlete was the lone Middlebury player to compete in all 36 games during the campaign.
  • The rookie ranked in the top 10 across numerous categories leaguewide, including on-base percentage (fourth - .503), OPS (fourth - 1.085), stolen bases (fourth - 23), hits (tied for sixth - 51) and slugging percentage (eighth - .582).
  • Gersch logged hits in each of the five NESCAC Tournament bouts, with multiple knocks in four of the five. He tallied eight runs scored during action in the league bracket.
• Zebrowski (Third Team)
  • Zebrowski claims the first regional honor of his career.
  • The sophomore posted 34.1 innings of action across 14 appearances, tallying a 2.36 earned-run average (ERA) and a perfect 6-0 mark.
  • Zebrowski limited baserunners, scattering 27 hits across the body of work. He conceded just 10 free passes while punching out 42 opposing hitters.
  • The hurler closed the season with 7.1 scoreless innings and seven strikeouts in NESCAC postseason competition.

The full list of D3baseball.com awards can be found here. The ABCA list can be found here.