ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced the recipients of their 2026 baseball awards on Wednesday. The awards are nominated and voted on by the UMAC softball head coaches.
Tanner Voight of UW-Superior was named the Player of the Year. Against conference opponents, he hit .425 with 31 hits, four doubles, 22 runs and led the league in home runs (9) and RBI (36).
Zach Romans of UW-Superior earned Pitcher of the Year honors. In league games, he had a 2.13 ERA, four wins, two shutouts, 34 strikeouts in 38.0 innings pitched. Opposing batters hit just .181 against him.
Jayden Knutson of Bethany Lutheran was named Rookie of the Year. In UMAC games he hit .425 with 31 hits, two doubles, one home run, and 18 RBI. He was a perfect 13-13 in stolen bases and led the conference in runs (30) and triples (4).
TJ Oakes of UW-Superior was selected as Coach of the Year. The YellowJackets finished the season with a 25-12 overall record while tying for first-place in the league with a 14-4 conference record to earn a share of the regular season championship, the first UMAC title in program history.
Martin Luther won the team sportsmanship award, an accolade that is selected by the UMAC coaches and awarded to the team that best represents sportsmanship throughout the entire season.
Player of the Year: Tanner Voight, UW-Superior
Pitcher of the Year: Zach Romans, UW-Superior
Rookie of the Year: Jayden Knutson, Bethany Lutheran
Coach of the Year: TJ Oakes, UW-Superior
Team Sportsmanship of the Year: Martin Luther
All-Conference:
| SP |
Aidan Byrd |
Bethany Lutheran |
| SP |
Zach Romans |
UW-Superior |
| SP |
Dreyer Homan |
Northwestern |
| SP |
Aidan Berg |
Martin Luther |
| SP |
Josh Pritchard |
UW-Superior |
| SP |
Ryan McGie |
Minnesota Morris |
| SP |
Adryen Tietz |
Bethany Lutheran |
| RF |
Breckin Silvain |
Minnesota Morris |
| RF |
Gio Basile |
UW-Superior |
| OF |
Jayden Knutson |
Bethany Lutheran |
| OF |
Bryan Gerbers |
Crown |
| OF |
Ben Meuser |
Minnesota Morris |
| OF |
Trey Sybrant |
UW-Superior |
| OF |
Landen Meyerdirk |
Minnesota Morris |
| OF |
Vincent Curzie |
Bethany Lutheran |
| OF |
Tyler Olson |
Crown |
| IF |
Tanner Voight |
UW-Superior |
| IF |
Xander Meissner |
Bethany Lutheran |
| IF |
Yunior Pena Torres |
Bethany Lutheran |
| IF |
Bradie Black |
Minnesota Morris |
| IF |
Noah Dagostino |
UW-Superior |
| IF |
Max Athmann |
Bethany Lutheran |
| IF |
Joshua Miller |
Bethany Lutheran |
| IF |
Caden Esquerra |
Crown |
| C |
Gary Swann |
Bethany Lutheran |
| C |
Wylee Lottman |
UW-Superior |
| UTL |
Carter Thielke |
UW-Superior |
| UTL |
Kason Pietruszewski |
Northwestern |
| DH |
Juan Rodriguez |
North Central |
Honorable mention
Bethany Lutheran
Sean Gamble
Riston Wojcik
Crown
Easton Mckenzie
TJ Reilly
Martin Luther
Jackson Anderson
Parker Winghart
Minnesota Morris
Travis Godfrey
Kellan Oligmueller
North Central
Dawson Barson
Darrion Wesley
Northwestern
Jack Burns
Davis Winter
UW-Superior
Kaden Corlett
Brian O’Dwyer
All-Sportsmanship
| Xavier Palmer |
Bethany Lutheran |
| Blayke Reyburn |
Crown |
| Connor Heckendorf |
Martin Luther |
| Andrew Franson |
Minnesota Morris |
| Brayden Pinkerman |
North Central |
| Andrew Johnson |
Northwestern |
| Mason McKellar |
UW-Superior |