KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Brennen van Breusegen was voted the Player of the Year, Conner Wolf was tabbed the Pitcher of the Year, Jack Scott earned Co-Freshman of the Year and Kyle Crookes garnered Coach of the Year accolades to highlight numerous All-MIAA postseason accolades for the 2024 MIAA Regular Season Champion Central Missouri Mules baseball team, it was announced Thursday, May 2, by the conference office.

Van Breusegen (OF), Wolf (SP), Chase Heath (C), Josh Patrick (1B), Max Holy (SS), Carter Young (OF) and Vance Tobol (DH) earned First Team All-MIAA honors while Jake Wilson (SP), Cole Moore (2B), Jacob Steele (3B) and Jack Schark (OF) were Second Team All-MIAA selections. Scott (SP) earned Third Team All-MIAA accolades while Harrison Babbitt (RP) was an Honorable Mention All-MIAA recipient.

Van Breusegen (OF), Wolf (SP), Heath (C), Moore (2B) and Young (OF) all earned All-MIAA Gold Glove team honors for their defensive performance throughout the regular season.

A redshirt senior from Columbia, Ill., van Breusegen hit .395 in 48 games during the regular season, compiling 66 hits, 57 runs, 11 doubles, three triples, a team and MIAA-best 18 homers, 55 RBIs, a .820 slugging percentage, 28 walks, a .490 on-base percentage and 16 stolen bases. In addition, he has been stellar in the outfield this season, posting no errors on 99 chances while compiling three assists. Van Breusegen has 17 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI games this season. He was named the 2024 Vernon Kennedy Male Senior Athlete of the Year. This is van Breusegen's second MIAA Player of the Year honor, as he was also the 2022 MIAA Player of the Year.

Wolf, a junior right-hander from Tipton, Mo., went a perfect 10-0 on the mound in 13 appearances and starts during the regular season, compiling a 3.82 ERA with four complete games, including two shutouts. In 73 innings pitched, Wolf has allowed just 31 earned runs on 59 hits with 69 strikeouts and only 14 walks.

A freshman right-hander from Olathe, Kan., Scott compiled a 4-0 record with a 3.37 ERA in 15 appearances and three starts during the regular season. He has given up only 13 earned runs on 30 hits with 29 strikeouts and just 13 walks in 34 2/3 innings of work this season.

Mules head coach Kyle Crookes earned his fourth MIAA Coach of the Year honor after leading Central Missouri to their 30th MIAA Regular Season Championship in program history. Going into the MIAA Baseball Tournament Championship, UCM is 43-6 overall and wrapped up the MIAA regular season at 29-4. Crookes is the second-winningest coach in Mules' baseball history and has a career record of 389-129 (.751) in his 10 seasons as the skipper for Central Missouri.

The Mules are the number one seed in the 2024 MIAA Baseball Championship Tournament and will host No. 8 seed Fort Hays State in a best-of-three first round series May 3-5 at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field in Warrensburg.

2024 MIAA Baseball Postseason Awards and All-MIAA Teams
Player of the Year – Brennen van Breusegen – Central Missouri
Pitcher of the Year – Conner Wolf – Central Missouri
Co-Freshman of the Year – Logan Myers – Emporia State
Co-Freshman of the Year – Jack Scott – Central Missouri
Coach of the Year – Kyle Crookes – Central Missouri

FIRST TEAM
Starting Pitcher: Cole Gayman – Missouri Southern
Starting Pitcher: Ty Riley – Fort Hays State
Starting Pitcher: Conner Wolf – Central Missouri
Relief Pitcher: Valek Cisneros – Central Oklahoma
Catcher: Chase Heath – Central Missouri
First Base: Josh Patrick – Central Missouri
Second Base: Tyson Fourkiller – Northeastern State
Shortstop: Max Holy – Central Missouri^
Shortstop: Henry Kusiak – Missouri Southern^
Third Base: Dylan Kurahahi Choy Foo – Pittsburg State
Outfield: Payton McHarg – Washburn
Outfield: Brennen van Breusegen – Central Missouri
Outfield: Carter Young – Central Missouri
Designated Hitter: Vance Tobol – Central Missouri
Utility: Cash Jay – Washburn  
^Reflects Ties In Voting

SECOND TEAM
Starting Pitcher: Jake Wilson – Central Missouri
Starting Pitcher: Brett Pense – Central Oklahoma
Starting Pitcher: Tanner Leslie – Pittsburg State
Relief Pitcher: Boston Dowd – Pittsburg State
Catcher: Nixon Brannan – Pittsburg State
First Base: Cale Savage - Washburn
Second Base: Cole Moore – Central Missouri
Shortstop: Jett Buck – Washburn
Third Base: Jacob Steele – Central Missouri
Outfield: Carson Carpenter – Central Oklahoma^
Outfield: Kaleb Glass – Central Oklahoma^
Outfield: Ryan Koval – Missouri Western^
Outfield: Jack Schark – Central Missouri^
Designated Hitter: Caden Robertson – Central Oklahoma
Utility: Drew Townsend – Missouri Southern
^Reflects Ties In Voting

THIRD TEAM
Starting Pitcher: Jack Scott – Central Missouri
Starting Pitcher: Dax Sharp – Central Oklahoma
Starting Pitcher: C.J. Briley – Northeastern State
Starting Pitcher: Casey Stalzer – Northwest Missouri
Starting Pitcher: Brady Gilmore – Central Oklahoma
Relief Pitcher: Jacob Gajic – Northwest Missouri^
Relief Pitcher: Landon Riley – Rogers State^
Catcher: Gage Williams – Northeastern State^
Catcher: Hayden Priest - Washburn^
First Base: Elliott Herrmann – Fort Hays State
Second Base: Deagan Brady – Pittsburg State
Shortstop: Orlando Gonzalez – Central Oklahoma
Third Base: Will Doherty – Missouri Southern
Outfield: Brady Kreutzer – Fort Hays State
Outfield: Isaiah Ural – Fort Hays State
Outfield: Isaiah Keller – Northeastern State
Designated Hitter: Trey Morris – Northwest Missouri
Utility: Ryan Williams – Northwest Missouri
^Reflects Ties In Voting

GOLD GLOVE TEAM
Pitcher: Conner Wolf – Central Missouri
Catcher: Chase Heath – Central Missouri
First Base: Elliott Herrmann – Fort Hays State
Second Base: Cole Moore – Central Missouri*
Shortstop: Orlando Gonzalez – Central Oklahoma^
Shortstop: Henry Kusiak – Missouri Southern^
Third Base: Trey DeGarmo – Fort Hays State
Outfield: Brennen van Breusegen – Central Missouri*
Outfield: Connor Scott - Washburn
Outfield: Carter Young – Central Missouri
^Reflects Ties In Voting
*Unanimous Selection

HONORABLE MENTION
Central Missouri: Harrison Babbitt (Relief Pitcher)
Emporia State: Cade Barton (Starting Pitcher), Graham Brunner (Starting Pitcher), Kadyn Williams (Third Base)
Fort Hays State: Rafael Espinoza (Starting Pitcher)
Missouri Southern: Trent Harris (Starting Pitcher), Kyle Moore (Relief Pitcher), Garrett Rice (First Base), Ethan Clark (Outfield), Treghan Parker (Outfield)
Missouri Western: Robert Farrell (Relief Pitcher)
Newman: Blake Mitchell (Outfield)
Northwest Missouri: Cole Slibowski (Second Base), Caden Diel (Outfield)
Pittsburg State: Brady Pacha (Starting Pitcher), Cade Clemens (Shortstop), Josh Holmes (Outfield), Blaze Mozley (Designated Hitter)
Rogers State: Colton Anderson (Starting Pitcher), Matthew Delgado (Catcher), AJ Folds (Outfield)
Washburn: Cooper Carlgren (Starting Pitcher), Griffin Huiatt (Relief Pitcher), Cal Watkins (Second Base), Connor Scott (Outfield)