The 2025 national runners up Wood Ducks won awards and set school records on the field and in the classroom!
The 2025 national runners up Wood Ducks won awards and set school records on the field and in the classroom!
The Wood Ducks had an outstanding year!! They earned the title of NJCAA DII National Runner Up while knocking out the #1 undefeated team at the World Series. The team set school records and won multiple team awards both on and off the field. The team set the school record for the most wins in a season with 46. They achieved for the first time the NJCAA National Player of the Year, earned two Rawlings Gold Gloves, four NJCAA All-Americans and collectively had the highest full academic year GPA in school history with 3.29. All together the Ducks earned two team academic awards and 30 individual academic awards off the field.
By the numbers the Wood Ducks collected:
- 2 Gold Glove awards
- 3 Coach of the Year awards
- 5 World Series honors
- 6 Player of the Year honors (JBB, NJCAA, & MCAC)
- 7 NJCAA All-Academic honors
- 9 All-American awards (JBB & NJCAA)
- 10 All-Region/MCAC honors
- 10 All-Elite MCAC honors
- 13 MCAC South All-Division honors
- 23 MCAC All-Academic honors
All the awards are listed below
NJCAA Awards
NJCAA Player of the Year
https://www.njcaa.org/general/2024-25/releases/20250618hwu97y
Hunter Guenther P & IF 2025
NJCAA All-American
https://www.njcaa.org/sports/bsb/2024-25/div3/all-americans/index
Hunter Guenther P (1st Team) 2025
Seth Nelson IF (1st Team) 2025
Seth Tierney DH (1st Team) 2025
Nathan Bunyard P (2nd Team) 2025
NJCAA Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winners
https://www.njcaa.org/sports/bsb/2024-25/div3/gold_glove/index
Hunter Guenther P 2025
Seth Nelson 2B 2025
The JBB Awards
The 2025 JBB All-Juco Team
Two-way of the Year
Hunter Guenther P & IF 2025
Second Team
Seth Nelson 2B 2025
The JBB NJCAA DIII Player of the Year
Hunter Guenther P & IF 2025
The JBB NJCAA DIII All-American
Hunter Guenther P (1st Team) 2025
Seth Nelson 2B (1st Team) 2025
Shyane Pellin RP (1st Team) 2025
Nathan Bunyard P (2nd Team) 2025
2025 World Series Awards
https://www.njcaa.org/sports/bsb/2024-25/div3/national_championship/tournament_awards
Pitcher of the Tournament
Hunter Guenther RHP
Defensive Player of the Tournament
Cade Stern OF
All-Tournament Team
Adrian Warcken OF
Nathan Bunyard RHP
Joey Koch RHP
Region XIII & MCAC Awards
https://www.mcacsports.org/general/2024-25/releases/20250529ptrcrr
Region XIII & MCAC Player of the Year
Seth Nelson IF 2025
Region XIII & North Plains District Coach of the Year
Matthew Erzar 2025
All-Region XIII/All-MCAC
Seth Nelson IF (1st Team) 2025
Hunter Guenther IF (1st Team) 2025
Adrian Warcken OF (1st Team) 2025
Seth Tierney DH (1st Team) 2025
Nathan Bunyard RHP (1st Team) 2025
Hunter Guenther RHP (1st Team) 2025
Shayne Pellin RL LHP (1st Team) 2025
Joe Hansen IF (2nd Team) 2025
Caden Besemer C (2nd Team) 2025
Max Hudlow RHP (2nd Team) 2025
MCAC South Division Awards
https://www.mcacsports.org/general/2024-25/releases/20250517whdcqv
MCAC All-South Player of the Year
Seth Nelson IF 2025
MCAC All-South Coach of the Year
Matthew Erzar 2025
MCAC All-South Division
Seth Nelson IF (1stTeam) 2025
Hunter Guenther IF (1st Team) 2025
Joe Hansen IF (1st Team) 2025
Adrian Warcken OF (1st Team) 2025
Caden Besemer C (1st Team) 2025
Seth Tierney DH (1st Team) 2025
Nathan Bunyard RHP (1st Team) 2025
Hunter Guenther RHP (1st Team) 2025
Max Hudlow RHP (1st Team) 2025
Shayne Pellin RL LHP (1st Team) 2025
Connor Larsen IF (2nd Team) 2025
Jack Erickson OF (2nd Team) 2025
Jackson Huberty OF (3rd Team) 2025
Seth Nelson IF (1stTeam) 2024
MCAC All Elite team
https://www.mcacsports.org/general/2024-25/releases/20250618qj51ol
The award recognizes student-athletes who combined outstanding academic and athletic performance
Caden Besemer C/IF 2025
Nathan Bunyard, P 2025
Jack Erickson, OF/IF 2025
Hunter Guenther, P/IF 2025
Joe Hansen, IF 2025
Jack Huberty, OF 2025
Connor Larson, C/IF 2025
Seth Nelson, IF 2025
Seth Tierney, DH/IF 2025
Adrian Warcken, OF 2025
MCAC Sportsmanship Award
https://www.mcacsports.org/general/2024-25/releases/20250613krs07e
Caden Besemer C/IF 2025
Academic Awards
NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year
https://www.njcaa.org/awards/academic_teams
Fall and Spring Team GPA 3.29 2024-25
ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
https://abca.org/ABCA/Awards/Academic_Excellence/2024-25.aspx
Fall and Spring Team GPA 3.29 2024-25
NJCAA All-Academic
https://www.njcaa.org/awards/academic_student-athlete
Coby Brownlee OF (1st Team) 24-25
Connor Larsen C (1st Team) 24-25
Joe Hansen IF (2nd Team) 24-25
Seth Luther P (2nd Team) 24-25
Nathan Bunyard RHP (3rd Team) 24-25
Sadock Gnargio C (3rd Team) 24-25
John Tiegland C (3rd Team) 24-25
MCAC All-Academic
https://www.mcacsports.org/general/2024-25/releases/20250606rvu8rx
Caden Besemer C/IF 2025
Cody Brownlee OF 2025
Timothy Buckles P 2025
Nathan Bunyard P 2025
Riley Denning OF 2025
Ty Escobedo IF 2025
Jack Erickson OF/IF 2025
Wyatt Gavin OF 2025
Passitori "Sadock" Gnarigo C 2025
Gavin Goehner P/IF 2025
Hunter Guenther P/IF 2025
Joe Hansen: IF 2025
Ethan Heinen P 2025
Jack Huberty OF 2025
Aiden Keranen P 2025
Joe Koch P 2025
Kirill Landry P 2025
Connor Larson C/IF 2025
Seth Luther P 2025
Seth Nelson IF 2025
John Tiegland C 2025
Seth Tierney IF 2025
Adrian Warcken OF 2025