Maximum-Five TU Baseball Players Receive CSC Academic All-District Honors
UPLAND, Ind. – The No. 9 Taylor baseball team saw five student-athletes named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators’ Academic All-District Team on Tuesday, four of whom also earned First-Team All-Crossroads League honors and have advanced to the Academic All-America Ballot.
All-CL athletes Jake Boyer, Mason David, Sam Gladd and Kaleb Kolpien each received the academic honor, while Conner Miller also earned the distinction to put the Trojans at the maximum-allowable number of honorees per baseball team.
Boyer was named CSC Academic All-District for a second consecutive season following a dominant junior year toeing the rubber. Working in a combo-role as a starter and reliever, Boyer posted a 2.45 ERA across 51.1 innings, collecting eight wins, four saves and 60 strikeouts in the process. The First-Team All-Crossroads League pitcher has also boosted his GPA to 3.84 as a finance major in the classroom, where he has already achieved senior status.
David received the distinction for a third straight year, including a 2024 campaign in which he was named to the CSC Academic All-America First Team. The senior biology major has posted a remarkable 3.99 GPA while being one of the most productive players in TU baseball history. In 2025, David hit for a .367 average and .495 on-base percentage out of the leadoff spot, collecting 81 hits, 12 homers, 55 RBIs and a record-79 runs scored. The infielder finishes his career in the top-five in program history in doubles, home runs, total bases and RBIs while also holding the record for all-time runs scored.
Gladd repeated as a CSC Academic All-District selection, with the junior slugger maintaining a 3.86 GPA as an exercise science major. A two-time All-CL honoree, Gladd posted his most powerful season yet with the Trojans in 2025, mashing 15 homers and slugging .637. The Columbia City, Indiana, native has already cracked the program’s top-10 list in RBIs, and he ranks third all-time with 36 home runs.
Kolpien, the 2025 CL Player of the Year and three-time First-Team All-CL selection, snatched his second career CSC Academic All-District honor. The outfielder put up eye-popping numbers this season with a slash line of .432/.508/.696, producing a record-tying 98 hits, including a matching 15 doubles and 15 homers that helped him drive in 72 runs. Kolpien sits alone at the top of Taylor’s all-time hits list with 327 base knocks, and throughout the Fort Wayne native’s senior season, he has cemented himself as a top-four performer all-time in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs scored, doubles, total bases and RBIs. Kolpien has also excelled as a management major with a 3.72 GPA.
Despite not being an All-Crossroads League selection, Miller was statistically the most effective pitcher for TU in 2025. Making a team-high 29 appearances while throwing 46.2 innings, the fireman reliever posted team-bests with a .175 batting average-against and a 2.12 ERA, both of which slot in as one of the top-10 single seasons in program history. The senior also worked to a perfect 8-0 pitching record and tallied one save. In his studies, Miller has a cumulative 3.79 GPA as an accounting and finance major.
The CSC Academic All-District distinction is designed to recognize student-athletes for outstanding achievements, both in the classroom and on the diamond. To receive the honor, an athlete must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.0 scale, must have achieved sophomore status academically and must have played in 90 percent of his team’s games, made 66 percent of starts or, for pitchers, thrown 25-plus innings or made 17 appearances.
Student-athletes are nominated for the award by their institution’s Sports Information Department. A select number of CSC Academic All-District honorees advance to the Academic All-America ballot for sports information directors to vote on, with Boyer, David, Gladd and Kolpien advancing for TU. CSC Academic All-Americans are announced on Tuesday, July 1.