Alumni Roundup: Week Three

March 5, 2024

We’ve moved into March, and despite it being early in the season, Top Tier alums continue to post big-time performances. Some have been on a roll since opening weekend, while others are starting to take form.

Here are some of the highlights and notable stat lines from last week’s midweek action and this past weekend’s slate.

Tier Alum of the Week


Noah Edders (Bradley) continues to pitch well on Friday nights with a dominant performance against Omaha. In a 6-0 win for the Braves, Edders threw eight frames and struck out 10. He carries a 2-1 record into an upcoming series against Stetson University.


Edders is a 2021 high school grad out of Downers Grove South. He's a redshirt sophomore for the Braves. D1baseball.com listed Edders the No. 17 2024 eligible draft prospect in the MVC in its conference preview.

Notable performanceS


Jackson Kent (Arizona) continues to shine this season. In a Friday start against No. 25 Dallas Baptist, Kent tossed 5.1 innings, allowing two runs on six hits. He struck out seven and earned another quality start to his name. Aaron Fitt from D1baseball.com gave high praise to the lefty via social media.



Blake Wright (Clemson) homered in a midweek game against USC Upstate and added another jack to his season total of three against South Carolina. In the series against South Carolina, the Tigers swept the two games to improve to 9-1 on the young season.



Peyton Olejnik (Miami (OH)) earned a win against Oakland on Saturday. Olejnik threw 4.2 innings and gave up a run. He K’d four in his outing to tally his first win as a Redhawk.

Hunter Mink (USF) and Chase Centala (UCF) squared off in a Friday night contest in Orlando. Mink pitched well, allowing just one run on four hits in six frames. He struck out four, but the Bulls would drop the series opener to the Knights. Centala and Co. would walk-off the Bulls in a 3-2, 10-inning contest. Centala picked up his first win of the season.



Brendan Summerhill (Arizona) continues to put together a strong frontend of the season. In a tough schedule this weekend, the Wildcats were only able to secure one win, but that win came against a ranked Indiana squad. In the Sunday contest, Summerhill singled and drove in two.



Colin Summerhill (Northern Illinois) homered three times in the past week, including two jacks against Cincinnati. In a four-game set, the Huskies salvaged just one victory, but Summerhill continues to be a middle-of-the-order bright spot with a .347 average. Summerhill is tied for third in the country with seven homers on the year.



In an always highly-anticipated matchup between Miami and Florida, Cade Kurland (Florida) and the Gators took two of three. Kurland homered in the opener. The Gators now sit at 8-3.



Graham Mastros continues to see action and get at-bats as a freshman at Saint Louis University. He hit a midweek homer at SIUE - his second on the year.

Zach Kwasny picked up the win in Ball State’s victory over Jacksonville. He’s racked up nearly 10 innings on the mound this year so far.

Vytas Valincius (Illinois) picked up two hits in Saturday’s win over Western Michigan. He tallied a hit in a loss to Florida State and a win against Michigan State.



Sam Antonacci (Coastal Carolina) and the No. 18 Chanticleers are rolling, sitting at 9-2. Antonacci finished up a five-hit week, lifting Coastal to a series sweep over Liberty. Antonacci is hitting .385 this season and leads the team with 15 hits. He’s started all 11 games he’s played in.

Hank Liss (Belmont) saw action in two games over the past week and picked up a win against Tennessee Tech. Liss pitched 1.2 innings against the Golden Eagles in a tight, 9-8 final.

Lucas Spence (SIUE) has hit safely in his past five games, including an eight-hit series against South Dakota State. He had back-to-back, three-hit games and tallied a homer early in the weekend for the Cougars.

Benjamin Rosengard (UC San Diego) had a productive weekend against Stephen F. Austin. He tallied six hits and eight driven in. The Tritons swept SFA in four games. Rosengard was also recognized as the UCU Co-Athlete of the Week.



DII-JUCO standouts

Morton College went 5-0 on a trip to Myrtle Beach. In a doubleheader sweep against Rochester CC, Jeremy Fox went six innings allowing four hits and five K’s for the win. Sebastian Gutierrez threw game two and threw five innings striking out eight.

Luke Brabham and Angelo Luna had a great trip recording multiple XBH each. Luna homered in a 2-for-4 game against Eastern.


Colin Tarr (John A. Logan) pitched in the finale of a double header against Triton College. Tarr pitched up the win, throwing 5.2 innings and allowing just one run to cross. Tarr sits at 2-0 on the season with a 2.57 ERA and 14 K’s across 14 IP.





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