Grinnell College’s Mike Nodzenski ’12 (left), Greg Suryn ’11 (center) and Michael Goldfien ’12 (right) have been named to the Rawlings/ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association) All-Central Region Team.
Nodzenski was a first-team selection after being a second-teamer last year, while Suryn and Goldfien are making their first appearances on the squad. Both are second-team selections.
The three selections are the most in school history.
Nodzenski, a catcher from Naperville, Ill. (Naperville North), was recently named the Midwest Conference South Division Player of the Year for the third time in a row and currently ranks among the national leaders in several categories. He is fourth in slugging percentage (.850), fifth in batting average (.465) and on-base percentage (.556) and sixth in home runs (12). He leads the MWC in batting average, slugging percentage, home runs, RBI (47) and total bases (91) and is second in on-base percentage and runs scored (38). He has Grinnell school records for RBI and home runs in a career, as well as RBI in a game (nine), home runs in a game (three) and home runs in a season.
Suryn, from Littleton, Colo. (Front Range Christian), made the All-Region team at a designated hitter spot. He led the MWC in both doubles with 18 and triples with seven His mark for triples ranks ninth nationally. Additionally, he is second in the league in slugging percentage (.700) and total bases (91), fifth in runs scored (36) and sixth in batting average (.385). He has the Grinnell record for triples in a season and career.
Goldfien, a shortstop from Mill Valley, Calif. (Tamiscal), had another stellar season where he ranked third in the MWC in both runs scored (38) and fielding assists (99). He was also fifth in the league in batting average (.386) and on-base percentage (.497). Goldfien was the Pioneers’ second-leading hitter after Nodzenski.
2011 Rawlings/ABCA All-Central Region Team
FIRST TEAM
C Kevin Kloewer Sr. Buena Vista
C Mike Nodzenski Jr. Grinnell
1B Kevin Callahan So. Illinois Wesleyan
2B Chris Reynolds Jr. Luther
3B Nick Beaman Sr. Ripon
SS Brad Blum Sr. Buena Vista
OF Brandon Rogalski Jr. Washington
OF Nick Stein So Coe
OF Will Hodges Sr. Carthage
UT Trey Martin So. Wheaton
P Luke Probasco Sr. Buena Vista
P Jason Pankau Sr. Illinois Wesleyan
P Wade Morris So. Coe
P Alex Norman Jr. Beloit
P Brad Watson Sr. Wartburg
Player of The Year: Brandon Rogalski, Washington University
Pitcher of The Year: Jason Pankau, Illinois Wesleyan
Coach of The Year: Steve Eddie, Buena Vista
SECOND TEAM
DH Greg Suryn Sr. Grinnell
C Zach Deutscher Sr. North Park
C Michael Corrigan Sr. North Central
1B Andrew Jett Sr. Westminster
2B Nicholas Fazzari Sr. Chicago
3B Zach Hofer Sr. Elmhurst
SS Anthony Genna Sr. Webster
SS Michael Goldfien Jr. Grinnell
OF Dave Wolak Fr. Elmhurst
OF Andy Athans Sr. North Park
OF Mike Petti Sr. Carthage
OF Justin Zeller Jr. Wheaton
UT Kyle Billig Fr. Washington
UT Mike Kovach Sr. Beloit
P Kendall Paluch Fr. Loras
P Nick Mehn So. Illinois Wesleyan
P Kevin Baranowski Sr. Coe
P Steve Kuligowski Jr. North Park
THIRD TEAM
DH Bobby Czarnowski Fr. Illinois Wesleyan
C Stephen Williams Jr. Chicago
C A.J. Nathan So. Illinois Wesleyan
C Kevin Schuver Sr. Coe
1B Mike Domenick Sr. North Park
1B Ross Donnan Jr. Monmouth
2B Johnathan Erickson Fr. Illinois Wesleyan
3B Jordan Jaenicke Jr. Beloit
SS Trevor Popp Sr. North Park
OF Austin Brown Sr. Loras
OF Jack Cinoman So. Chicago
OF Mike Hoffman Sr. Buena Vista
P Stephen Bonser So. Washington
P David Mueller Jr. Webster
P James Stone Jr. Buena Vista
P Augie Lindmark Jr. Luther
P Danny Dahm Jr. Carthage
Rawlings/ABCA CENTRAL REGION GOLD GLOVE TEAM
C A.J. Nathan So. Illinois Wesleyan
1B Ryan Scheetz So. Buena Vista
2B Brian Evans So. Elmhurst
3B Angel Carrasco Sr. North Park
SS Trevor Popp Sr. North Park
OF Ryan Hopp Sr. Illinois Wesleyan
OF Tyler Leadley Jr. Coe
OF Taylor Koth So. Ripon
P Augie Lindmark Jr. Luther
