Crossroads League Announces Baseball Award Winners

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Crossroads League Announces Baseball Award Winners

 

JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League announced its 2025 Baseball All-League honors on Wednesday, following Taylor’s second-straight sweep of the regular season and tournament championships.

 

TU head coach Kyle Gould was selected as the CL Coach of the Year for the eighth time, while the Trojans secured 14 All-CL honors, including eight First-Team All-CL nods. Taylor nearly swept the major awards, with Kaleb Kolpien being named the CL Player of the Year and Gabel Pentecost repeating as the CL Pitcher of the Year.

 

The other top honors went to Jared Hurlburt of Mount Vernon Nazarene as the Crossroads League Newcomer of the Year, while Bethel’s Andrew Dillon was recognized for the CL Baseball Courage Award.

 

The All-Crossroads League honors were voted on by the league’s head baseball coaches.

 

2025 Crossroads League Coach of the Year

Kyle Gould, Taylor

 

2025 Crossroads League Player of the Year

Kaleb Kolpien, Taylor

 

2025 Crossroads League Pitcher of the Year

Gabel Pentecost, Taylor

 

2025 Crossroads League Newcomer of the Year

Jared Hurlburt, Mount Vernon Nazarene

 

Crossroads League Baseball Courage Award

Andrew Dillon, Bethel

 

2025 All-Crossroads League First-Team

SP-Gabel Pentecost, Taylor
SP-Jared Hurlburt, Mount Vernon Nazarene
SP-Brock Buckley, Indiana Wesleyan
SP-Brody Fine, Taylor
RP-Jake Boyer, Taylor

C-Eli Riley, Saint Francis
C-Zach Pelletier, Huntington
1B-Ryan Stark, Grace
2B-Rider Minnick, Mount Vernon Nazarene
SS-Jayden Lepper, Saint Francis
3B-Mason David, Taylor
UT-Sam Gladd, Taylor
OF-Kaleb Kolpien, Taylor
OF-Brayden Manning, Taylor
OF-Brady Lester, Mount Vernon Nazarene
OF-Luke Sutter, Taylor
DH-Ty Mathews, Indiana Wesleyan

 

2025 All-Crossroads League Second-Team

SP-Lukas North, Saint Francis
SP-Grant Simmons, Huntington
SP-Davis Enfield, Marian
SP-Eric Pettipiece, Goshen
RP-Jace Stoops, Marian
C-Trevor Vojtkofsky, Indiana Wesleyan
C-Josh Cosme, Grace
1B-Zach Bale, Marian
2B-Kyle Wu, Indiana Wesleyan
SS-Caleb Engelsman, Indiana Wesleyan
3B-Beldon Glasgow, Huntington
UT-Ryan Gonzalez, Spring Arbor
OF-Luke Picchiotti, Taylor
OF-Maximo De Leon, Grace
OF-Joey Tessmer, Spring Arbor
OF-Grant Wheeler, Mount Vernon Nazarene
DH-Cam Clarkson, Huntington

 

2025 Crossroads League Gold Glove Team

P-RJ Anglin, Huntington
C-Eli Riley, Saint Francis

1B-Ryan Gonzalez, Spring Arbor
2B-Rider Minnick, Mount Vernon Nazarene
SS-Ben Kennedy, Taylor
3B-Justin Dambruck, Goshen
LF-Jose Ayala, Grace
CF-Luke Picchiotti, Taylor
RF-Grant Moore, Mount Vernon Nazarene

 

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