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A trio of All-MIAC selections return as longtime Saint John’s University baseball coach Jerry Haugen ʼ76 looks to end his coaching career on a high note during the 2025 season.

Senior third baseman Joe Becker (New Prague, Minn.), senior pitcher Will Fazio (Minneapolis) and senior pitcher Connor Hartley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Rosemount) are all back for the Johnnies, who finished 13-7 in the MIAC and 24-16 overall a year ago –advancing to the MIAC tournament for the 14th-consecutive season.

Now the Johnnies hope to build on that success as Haugen – who announced last December that this will be his final season – begins his 48th campaign at the helm.

The legendary head coach boasts an 891-720-5 (.553) career record, which places him fifth on NCAA Division III’s winningest active coaches win list, as well as a 502-371 mark in MIAC play. He has directed the SJU baseball program to four MIAC playoff titles, three regular-season championships and 14 consecutive appearances in the MIAC Tournament (16 overall).

SJU in batting (.371), hits (53), extrabase hits (27), home runs (12), RBI (54), slugging percentage (.741), multiple-hit games (17), multiple-RBI games (13) and ended the season with a 14-game hit streak. Becker also led the way by batting .571 (4-for-7) with a .667 onbase percentage, a home run, triple, three RBI and two runs scored in two MIAC Tournament games en route to MIAC All-Playoff Team honors.

He batted .420 (34-for-81) with runners on base, including .472 (25-for-53) with runners in scoring position, and .368 (21-for-57) with 21 RBI with two outs. In conference play, Becker tied for first in the MIAC in runs scored (22), tied for second in both home runs (6) and RBI (24), was eighth in slugging percentage (.614) and ninth in total bases (43).

Becker started SJU’s last 124 games going back to 2021 and is the program’s all-time leader in RBI, both in a single season (54) and career (136). He is also second all-time in total bases (291), third in home runs (21), tied for third in doubles (39), fourth in runs scored (126), tied for fifth in triples (8), sixth in hits (173) and seventh in walks (54).

Key Arms Return

Becker returns for the Johnnies in 2025

NCAA’s extra year of eligibility granted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An American Baseball Coaches’ Association (ABCA) selection last his secondstraight AllMIAC honor after he led

SJU returns seven pitchers who saw action on the mound last spring. Hartley posted a 6-3 record with a 3.53 ERA and led SJU’s pitching staff in innings (63.2) and strikeouts (52). He ended the regular season second in Division III in walks allowed per nine innings (0.76) and third in strikeout-towalk ratio (10.00). Hartley tied for first in the MIAC in wins (5-1 record), was third among pitchers with 35 innings or more in ERA (4.00), tied for third in innings pitched (36.0) and tied for fourth in strikeouts (33) in conference play.

Lefties batted .200 (5-for-25) against the right-handed Hartley and he held the opposition to a .227 average (15for-66) with runners on base and .140

(6-for-43) with two outs.

Opponents batted .210 against Fazio, who collected a 2-2 record with a 3.27 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 33 innings (12 appearances with one start) last season. He went 1-0 with a 0.92 ERA, .197 opponent batting average and 22 strikeouts in 19.2 MIAC innings (seven appearances). Right-handed batters registered a .197 batting average against the southpaw.

Sophomore

Carter Theisen (Rosemount, Minn.) posted a 3-1 record with 22 strikeouts in seven appearances (six starts) covering 29.1 innings, while junior Vinny Schleper (Shakopee, Minn.) went 0-1 with a 3.79 ERA and a .118 opponent batting average in seven appearances (two starts), totaling 17 strikeouts in 19.0 innings. Senior Kade Bowar (Burnsville, Minn.) picked up a victory in six relief appearances (9.0 innings).

A pair of sophomores, Brady Drkula (Cottage Grove, Minn./Park) and Hunter Hoen (Belle Plaine, Minn.), each made a one-inning appearance last season and will be expected to contribute more to the Johnnies’ pitching staff this spring.

Familiar Faces in the Infield

A trio of infielders return after making 25 starts or more in the lineup last season. Junior shortstop Reed Marquardt (Lindstrom, Minn./Chisago Lakes) started 34 games at shortstop and batted .324 with 10 doubles, 27 runs scored, a homer and 16 RBI.

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(Northfield, Minn.) started 37 of the Johnnies’ 40 games behind the plate and tied for third on the team with four home runs. He batted .279 with six doubles, a triple and 23 runs scored.

Senior first baseman Owen Best (Aurora, Colo./Regis Jesuit) appeared in 30 games, including 26 starts (16 at designated hitter and 10 at first), and clubbed two homers with five doubles, a triple, 12 RBI and 11 runs scored.

A New Outfield

SJU will have an all-new outfield in 2025 after losing a combined 407 starts across the three positions to graduation. Five Johnnies are expected to contend for playing time right away: juniors Owen Amrhein (Waconia, Minn.), Brendan Hemr (Blaine, Minn./ Centennial) and Jake Slipka (St. Paul, Minn./Centennial); and sophomores Zach Helfmann (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and Riley Schwellenbach (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge). Schwellenbach recorded the most varsity experience last spring, where he made 16 appearances as a pinch runner and scored seven runs with six stolen bases.

Other New Faces to the Lineup

Four Johnnies are expected to see time right away in SJU’s lineup this spring. Senior second baseman Ryan Janzen (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral) made 13

appearances and went 2-for-5 at the plate with four runs scored in place of Owen Dauk ʼ23, who made 158 starts.

Sophomore infielder Justin Brooks (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) and junior first baseman Collin Kray (Little Falls, Minn.) are names to look for in 2025, as well as sophomore utility Alex Matchey (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area), a transfer from North Iowa Area C.C.

The 2025 Non-Conference Schedule

The Johnnies’ 40-game schedule includes 20 non-conference contests comprised of 14 different opponents. The 14 teams combined for a 319-263 record (.548) in 2024, of which five recorded 25 wins or more. Denison (Ohio) went 42-8 and reached the

NCAA Division III Super Regionals, while Johns Hopkins (Maryland) posted a 35-11 record and reached the national tournament.

The MIAC (Home) Schedule

The Johnnies open MIAC play with a March 29 doubleheader against Macalester in Collegeville and are scheduled to host four other doubleheaders against the following conference opponents:

• Gustavus Adolphus (Saturday, April 5)

• Hamline (Wednesday, April 9)

• Augsburg (Saturday, April 26)

• Concordia (Monday, April 28)

The four-team, double-elimination MIAC Tournament is scheduled for May 8-10 at Becker Park in Collegeville.

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JERRY HAUGEN

Haugen is in his 48th season as the Johnnies’ baseball head coach and has a 891-730-5 (.553) career record, which places him in the top 15 on the NCAA Division III winningest active coaches win list. Haugen has coached 123 All-MIAC performers. In 1993, team MVP Jon Dold became the first SJU player in over 30 years to be drafted at the professional level. More recently, former SJU pitcher Joey Stock ʼ20 signed with the Boston Red Sox in 2020 and outfielder Wyatt Ulrich ʼ20 signed with the San Diego Padres in 2022. Haugen is currently the dean of MIAC coaches with 45 seasons of conference play under his belt.

COACHING STAFF

JASON SPOHN Assistant Coach/ Recruiting Coordinator

Spohn is in his 23rd year of coaching at SJU. He is a 1997 graduate of St. Cloud State University. Prior to attending SCSU, Spohn played baseball at Ridgewater and Itasca community colleges. Prior to becoming full-time at Saint John’s, Spohn taught at the Sartell Middle School for 17 years.

JOSH BUNGUM — Assistant Coach

Bungum is in his ninth season as an assistant baseball coach for the Johnnies. A native of Paynesville, Bungum played baseball two years at Saint John’s. He graduated from SJU in 2016 and is also an assistant football coach for the Johnnies.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Haugen has coached 129 All-MIAC performers

• Guided the Johnnies to a conference championship season in 1994, 1998 and 2018

• Appeared in 15 MIAC tournaments since 2003

• MIAC tournament champions 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2019

• Eight-time national tournament participant

• Pitcher Joey Stock ‘20 signed with the Boston Red Sox in 2020

• Outfielder Wyatt Ulrich ‘20 signed with the San Diego Padres in 2022

SCOTT LIESER Assistant Coach

This is Lieser’s seventh season as an SJU assistant coach. A 2013 graduate of St. Cloud State University, Lieser completed his master’s degree and served as an assistant coach at Augsburg University in 2017-18. Lieser served as the activities director at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle High School 2019-21. Lieser is the associate director of annual giving in the Saint John’s Institutional Advancement office.

BRIAN HANSEN Assistant Coach

HAUGEN REFLECTS ON HIS FINAL SEASON AT THE HELM

When then-athletic director John Gagliardi offered Jerry Haugen the head baseball coaching job at Saint John’s University in the summer of 1977, it certainly wasn’t the type of promotion that would put him in a new tax bracket.

“I think I got a $900 raise,” said Haugen, who was already serving as an assistant coach on Gagliardi’s football staff and as the Johnnies head hockey coach. “So I was really making the big money then.

“I told John that what I really wanted to do was to get rid of hockey and just coach football and baseball. He said it was kind of late for us to be hiring a new hockey coach. They’d have to go through a search, and he didn’t know who they’d end up with. So I said OK and just went with it.”

After all, it was another chance for Haugen – a football and baseball standout for the Johnnies during his own playing career – to continue being around a sport he loved.

“It certainly fit into my passions,” said Haugen, who’d been an assistant under former coach Denny Lorsung, who left to take over the head job at St. Cloud State. “I don’t know if I’d call it a dream job. But it was certainly something I knew I wanted to dabble in. My plan at that time was to eventually go to law school at William Mitchell (in St. Paul). But I remember my dad, who was a 1942 Saint John’s graduate, telling me ‘Son, you can always go to law school. How many opportunities do you get to go back and coach a couple of the sports you love?’ That’s when I really decided to take this and move on with it.

“Of course, I never did get to law school.”

IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS AND LONGEVITY

The bar’s loss has been SJU’s gain as Haugen has remained in Collegeville for almost five decades now – serving as defensive coordinator in football

and as the head coach in baseball where he has led the Johnnies to three conference titles (1994, 1998 and 2018), four MIAC playoff championships (2012, 2015, 2016 and 2019) and 16 conference playoff appearances (including the past 14 seasons in a row).

He began the 2025 season – his 48th in the dugout – with a career record of 891-720-5, which places him fifth on NCAA Division III’s winningest active coaches win list.

“I was there for his 500th win and we had a banner and photos taken,” said Jed Riegelman, a 2004 SJU graduate and a three-time All-MIAC outfielder. “That was almost 400 wins ago. It’s like a whole other career. But what hasn’t changed is his love for the game. You don’t stick around as long as he has if you don’t love the sport, and he lives and breathes baseball. I think that’s why he’s been as successful as he has.”

But all things must come to an end eventually and Haugen – who stepped

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down as SJU’s defensive coordinator prior to the 2024 season – announced in December that the 2025 season would be his last, though he will serve as head coach emeritus in 2026.

“While my memories of coaching at Saint John’s will be cherished, I have decided it is time for a new adventure,” Haugen said in the release that accompanied the announcement. “For someone to begin a new chapter, an

sacrifices they have made from my 110 seasons of coaching sports. They shared me with many teams and players, and I missed more of their activities than I care to mention. Without their support and love, I would not have been able to do what I enjoyed. I love you all very much.”

HUGE IMPACT

Two of Haugen’s four children – sons Lincoln and Casey – went on to play for him at SJU. Casey earned All-MIAC

semester. I was busy all the time. They put up with a lot. Missing an ice show or even getting to graduations late. You name it. It’s probably on the list.”

Yet through his efforts, Haugen has made a huge impact on generation after generation of SJU athletes. In baseball alone, he’s coached 134 All-MIAC performers and six All-Americans.

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Among that group was Jon Dold, a two-time All-MIAC pick, who led all of Division III with a .562 batting average in 1993 and was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 40th round of that year’s MLB Draft – making him the first Johnnie to be drafted at the MLB level.

“He did a ton to help make me a better player,” said Dold, who was a 2023 inductee into the SJU J-Club Hall of Honor. “He really focuses on teaching the fundamentals, and my hitting improved a lot during my time there.”

Bill Kauffmann, an All-MIAC infielder in both 1985 and ’86, said Haugen

had a drive to win that was contagious, but was also able to keep things in perspective.

“He doesn’t like to lose, and I think it’s that competitiveness that’s helped sustain him for almost 50 years,” Kauffmann said. “St. Thomas and St. Olaf had great teams back then, but we were right there with them. We gave them some tough games, and Jerry was as disappointed as the rest of us if we lost. But he knew how to keep things in balance. He’d say ‘That was a tough loss. But the sun will come up tomorrow.’ And that was important.

“He was a great teacher. He wasn’t a rah-rah kind of coach. But he taught us so much about mechanics. I didn’t know there were more than two ways to turn a double play until I got to Saint John’s. He helped me turn into a pretty good second baseman. He knew how to develop talent and get the most out of the players he had.”

Those sentiments are shared by Connor Cline, an All-MIAC pitcher and first baseman in 2012 and ’13.

“There’s no doubt he loves baseball and has a passion for it,” Cline said. “When I was there, video was starting to become more elevated as a way to analyze pitching form and swing

stances and he embraced that. He was really passionate about everything involving the game.

“And he was consistent, even in things like his walk to the mound. We used to mimic it a little. It was kind of a strut. Never too fast or too slow. It was always the same whether you were performing well or having a tough outing. It never changed.”

TIMES-A-CHANGIN’

These days, the Johnnies – like most

teams – take spring trips to warmweather locales like Florida and Arizona, giving them a chance to get in games early in the season before the snow has melted in Minnesota. In the early days, though, escaping the winter meant driving (with Haugen at the wheel) somewhere south of the snowline – an approach that wasn’t always successful.

“I can remember driving down to Kansas one year through a snowstorm and wondering what we were doing there,” Haugen said. “In those days, travel was by van and we had no communication … no cell phones. We had road maps to guide us as we drove from East Central Oklahoma University to Oklahoma City or Wichita. I think we played in every little town in Kansas,

Oklahoma and Missouri. That would be our first time outside and those teams had played 15 or 16 games already. If we came back .500, it was a good trip.”

These days, the artificial playing surface (Haugen Field) at Becker Park, the state-of-the-art baseball complex that opened in 2013, means Haugen’s team is often able to play home games outdoors in March – either before or after their spring trips.

The on-site clubhouse that opened a year ago features 51 lockers (plus six in the coaches’ area), showers and bathrooms, a satellite training room, a laundry room, a

meeting room, a coaches’ office and a rooftop deck that can be used for viewing baseball games, as well as for tailgating prior to football games in the fall.

It’s a far cry from the way things were when Haugen was a player for the Johnnies, or for much of his tenure as head coach.

“Going way back, long before I was here, the field was where the (Abbey) Church is now,” Haugen said. “Then it was where the (Warner) Palaestra now stands. That opened my sophomore year and we moved across the road into the far corner (parallel to where the current field sits). That was a beautiful spot with the trees in the background, but there was no sun except in the late evenings. There’s probably still snow back there now. We just had snow fencing at first. I can still remember going back for a fly ball, catching it and getting jammed in the rib by a stake.

“I’d seen plans for a baseball field on the other side, and a sprinkler system

was already installed, so we moved in 1985. The soil there was a lot sandier and it was a better setup, but nothing like we have now.”

“The guys who never played at

that (post-1985) park never got to experience clearing rocks out of the infield,” Kauffmann added. “At the end of every practice, Jerry made sure we spent five minutes picking up rocks. That was just part of our routine back then.”

The new, stone-free facilities were made possible thanks to the generosity of the Becker family. Scott Becker ʼ77 was a teammate of Haugen’s in both football and baseball at SJU and served eight seasons as a volunteer assistant on the baseball coaching staff. He is a founder of Northstar Capital, a leading private equity firm based in Minneapolis.

“I’ve been very fortunate to have one of my best friends (Becker) in the right position to make this happen,” Haugen said. “We wouldn’t have any of this without him, and I probably would have retired 15 years ago.”

“We’ve got a great product here,” he continued. “Our location is great. We have a beautiful campus. There are a lot of positives, and the baseball complex is another way we try to give our student-athletes a great experience. It’s made a huge difference. We’ve never had a permanent locker room before now. We ended up getting moved all over the (Warner) Palaestra over the years.”

SUCCESS AND LEGACY

Instead, the new facilities have helped usher in a new era of success. SJU has made four NCAA Division III tournament appearances since 2012, and three in the last 10 years. That included the 2016 team that advanced all the way to the regional championship round.

“I think back on the teams that have won conference tournaments and advanced to regionals and those are

special years,” Haugen said. “The atmosphere and fun with those guys just gets extended. At that time of year, school is out, so all we’re doing is focusing on baseball.

“We’ve been awfully close to advancing out of regionals over the years. But we’ve faced some tough teams. That region final against Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2016 was exciting. But even in the ʼ90s (1994 and ’98) we had

some great battles against WisconsinOshkosh. They won a national title in 1994 after beating us. I think that team had like seven MLB draft picks.”

But while he will remember the victories and championships fondly, that isn’t what Haugen hopes to be remembered for.

“I really haven’t thought too much about what I want my legacy here to

be yet,” Haugen said. “But I guess I just want people to say our guys appreciated the game and played it the right way. I think if you talk to the other coaches in our league, they’d say we’ve done that. We haven’t tried to dig anybody in the back. We don’t recruit negatively. We just play the game hard and hopefully we win more than we lose.

“Then it’s the relationships with the guys. It always means a lot when a guy comes back after graduating and talks about what a great experience they had here. Because in the end, that’s really what it’s all about.”

FACILITIES

BASEBALL

BECKER PARK

A state-of-the-art baseball paradise smack dab in the woods of Central Minnesota.

That aptly describes Becker Park and Lynch Plaza – the home base for the Saint John’s University baseball team.

Construction of the on-campus facility began in 2013 and was concluded in 2016 as a part of the Forward Ever Forward campaign.

Haugen Field – named for longtime head coach Jerry Haugen – includes state-of-the-art features such as an artificial SprinTurf surface to allow teams to play in wet conditions, spacious dugout, bullpens and batting cages – as well as stadium lights for late games.

The 500-seat grandstand and press box also has standing room for an additional 200 fans, while Lynch Plaza includes spaces for concessions, ticketing and restrooms.

The park and grandstand were named in honor of Scott Becker ’77 and his family. Scott was a student-athlete during his time at SJU and an advocate for building new facilities. The plaza was named for Pat Lynch ’88, who is a loyal fan of SJU athletics and an active alumnus, in addition to funding an endowed scholarship in memory of his uncle William Drahota.

The facility has only been enhanced by the addition of a spacious, modern clubhouse that opened in the spring of 2024. It features 51 lockers (plus six in the coaches’ area), showers and bathrooms, a satellite training room, a laundry room, a meeting room, a coaches’ office and a rooftop deck that can be used for viewing

BASEBALL

1 KADE BOWAR

Sr. | P | R/R | 6-3 | 175 Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville

2 RYAN JANZEN

Sr. | INF | L/R | 5-8 | 165 St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral

3 BRENDAN HEMR

Jr. | OF | R/R | 6-1 | 190 Blaine, Minn./Centennial

4 JACKSON GEISLINGER

Jr. | INF | L/R 6-0 | 175 Grove City, Minn./Eden Valley-Watkins

5 JUSTIN BROOKS

So. | INF | R/R | 6-0 | 180 Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park

6 ALEX BROHOLM

Sr. | OF | R/R | 6-0 | 185 Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee

7 EASTON FLECK

Jr. | P | L/L | 6-3 | 185 Waconia, Minn./Waconia

8 JAKE SLIPKA

Jr. | OF | L/L | 6-0 | 185 St. Paul, Minn./Centennial

9 REED MARQUARDT

Jr. | INF | L/R | 6-1 | 185 Lindstrom, Minn./Chisago Lakes

10 WILL FAZIO

Sr. | P | R/L | 6-1 | 200 Minneapolis, Minn./Blake

11 VINNY SCHLEPER

Jr. | P | R/R | 6-3 | 195 Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee

12 HUNTER HOEN

So. | P | R/R | 5-11 | 195 Belle Plaine, Minn./Belle Plaine

13 OWEN AMRHEIN

Jr. | OF | R/R | 5-11 | 185 Waconia, Minn./Waconia

14 WILL WAREHAM

So. | C | R/R | 5-11 | 195 Lakeville, Minn./North

15 BLAKE MELLGREN

Sr. | C | R/R | 5-10 | 195 Northfield, Minn./ Northfield

16 JOE BECKER

Sr. | INF | R/R | 5-10 | 195 New Prague, Minn./New Prague

17 PARKER MEYERS

So. | INF | R/R | 6-0 | 190 Blue Earth, Minn./Blue Earth Area

18 ZACH HELFMANN

So. | OF | R/R | 6-3 | 240 St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park

19 P.J. JOHNSON

So. | C/P | R/R | 6-0 | 200 Glenwood, Minn./ Minnewaska Area

20 DREW LANGE

Fr. | INF/P | R/R | 6-0 | 185 Albany, Minn./Holdingford

22 JACK DOBESH

Jr. | OF | R/R | 6-0 | 200 Edina, Minn./Edina

23 NOAH JENSEN

Jr. | P | L/L | 5-11 | 200 St. Cloud, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice

24 CONNOR HARTLEY

Sr. | P | R/R | 6-1 | 195 Inver Grove Heights, Minn./ Rosemount

25 BRADY DRKULA

So. | P | R/R | 6-1 | 200 Cottage Grove, Minn./Park

26 JEFF SOLORZ

So. | C | R/R | 5-10 | 200 Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice

27 OWEN BEST

Sr. | 1B | L/R | 5-11 | 220 Aurora, Colo./Regis Jesuit

28 HUDSON POOLE

Fr. | OF | R/R | 5-10 | 165 Excelsior, Minn./ Minnetonka

29 JOE HESS

Fr. | INF | R/R | 6-0 | 190 St. Augusta, Minn./St. Cloud Tech

31 TEGAN MELLGREN

Fr. | P | L/L | 5-11 | 170 Northfield, Minn./ Northfield

32 SAM GARRY

So. | C | R/R | 6-1 | 195 Mahtomedi, Minn./ Mahtomedi

33 COLLIN KRAY

Jr. | 1B | R/R | 6-2 | 210 Little Falls, Minn./Little Falls

34 RILEY

SCHWELLENBACH

So. | OF | R/R | 5-9 | 160 Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge

SENIORS

35 TANNER HOEMANN

So. | INF | R/R | 6-0 | 195 Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View

36 WYATT MCCABE

So. | INF | R/R | 5-10 | 180 Mayer, Minn./WatertownMayer

37 NOLAN DUMONCEAUX

Fr. | OF | R/R | 6-1 | 205 Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake

38 BEN RUDSER

Fr. | C/P | L/R | 5-10 | 175 Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge

40 TYLER GRUYE

Fr. | P | R/R | 5-10 | 170 Lino Lakes, Minn./ Centennial

42 DYLAN MARCIULIONIS

Fr. | P/1B | R/R | 6-2 | 200 Esko, Minn./Esko

43 BRYCE VANDERBEEK

Fr. | P/3B | R/R | 6-3 | 190 Roscoe, Minn./Paynesville

44 NATE BODINE

So | OF | R/R | 6-0 | 160 Savage, Minn./Prior Lake

45 MASON DUROSE Fr. | 1B | R/R | 6-4 | 215 Mankato, Minn./West

46 CARTER THEISEN So. | P | R/R | 6-5 | 245 Rosemount, Minn./ Rosemount

48 ALEX MATCHEY

So. | UT | R/R | 5-9 | 180 Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area

49 MATTHEW MAGNUSON

So. | INF | R/R | 6-1 | 200 Chanhassen, Minn./Chaska

50 CARSON BENTROTT Fr. | P | R/R | 6-2 | 220 Spring Lake Park, Minn./ Spring Lake Park

54 NOAH MILLER Fr. | 2B | R/R | 5-8 | 185 Albertville, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville

55 ISAAC NELSEN Fr. | P | R/R | 6-2 | 190 Austin, Minn./Pacelli

RS = MIAC Regular-Season Champions

PO = MIAC Playoff Champions

NCAA = NCAA Tournament

Coach Unknown

Year Overall

1907 1-2

Frank Cassidy

2 seasons | 1908-09 | 5-4 (.555)

Year Overall

1908 5-2

1909 0-2

Edward Flynn

11 seasons | 1910-20

35-34-1 (.507)

Year Overall MDIC* Notes

1910 2-4

1911 2-3

1912 2-3

1913 3-3

1914 2-3

1915 2-4

1916 5-3

1917 3-1

1918 4-3-1

1919 8-2 5-1 RS

1920 2-5 1-4

Edward Cahill

2 seasons | 1921-22

5-10 (.333)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1921 3-6 1-5

1922 2-4 2-4

Fred Sanborn

2 seasons | 1923-24 | 3-8 (.272)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1923 2-4 1-4

1924 1-4 0-3

Eugene “Gene” Aldrich

1 season | 1925 | 2-4 (.333)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1925 2-4 0-4

Wilfred “Bill” Houle

5 seasons | 1926-30 | 18-25 (.418)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1926 4-5 3-4

1927 4-2 2-2

1928 3-5 3-5

1929 4-5 3-4

1930 3-8 0-5

Herman Linnemann

1 season | 1931 | 4-4 (.500)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1931 4-4 0-0

BASEBALL

Fr. Dunstan Tucker, OSB

18 seasons | 1932, 1934-37, 193944, 1947-50, 1968-71

160-82 (.661)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1932 4-4 2-2

George Durenberger

1 season | 1933 | 5-4 (.555)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1933 5-4 1-3

Fr. Dunstan Tucker, OSB

18 seasons | 1932, 1934-37, 193944, 1947-50, 1968-71

160-82 (.661)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1934 7-5 2-3

1935 10-3 4-2

1936 14-3 8-1 RS

1937 14-2 9-1 RS

Linus “Skeets” Ebnet

1 season | 1938 | 8-3 (.727)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1938 8-3 6-2

Fr. Dunstan Tucker, OSB

18 seasons | 1932, 1934-37, 193944, 1947-50, 1968-71

160-82 (.661)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1939 9-5 6-4

1940 7-5 4-4

1941 7-3 7-3

1942 11-0 9-0 RS

1943 3-2 3-2

Joe Benda

1 season | 1945 | 2-4 (.333)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1945 2-4 2-4

Henry “Bruts” Welsch

1 season | 1946 | 7-4 (.636)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1946 7-4 5-4

Fr. Dunstan Tucker, OSB

18 seasons | 1932, 1934-37, 193944, 1947-50, 1968-71

160-82 (.661)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1947 10-3 8-2

1948 9-4 6-4

1949 10-5 7-4

1950 9-4 7-4

John “Buster” Hiller

3 seasons | 1951-53

33-9 (.785)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1951 13-3 10-2

1952 12-2 9-1 RS

1953 8-4 8-4

William “Bill” Osborne 6 seasons | 1954-59 66-30-1 (.685)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1954 13-4 10-3 RS

1955 11-4-1 10-2 RS

1956 9-7 8-4

1957 14-2 11-2 RS

1958 11-5 9-3 RS

1959 8-8 6-6

Dr. Ross Horning 1 season | 1960 | 6-5 (.545)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1960 6-5 6-4

Edward Hasbrouck 4 seasons | 1961-64 21-31 (.403)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1961 9-5 5-5

1962 4-8 2-5

1963 1-10 1-10

1964 7-8 5-5

Elmer Kohorst

6 seasons | 1965-67, 1972-74 53-47 (.530)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1965 5-8

1966 9-4 7-4

1967 8-7 6-6

Fr. Dunstan Tucker, OSB 18 seasons | 1932, 1934-37, 193944, 1947-50, 1968-71 160-82 (.661)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1968 10-6 8-4

1969 13-4 11-3 RS

1970 9-7 8-6

1971 4-13 3-11

Elmer Kohorst 6 seasons | 1965-67, 1972-74

53-47 (.530)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1972 6-8 6-8

1973 10-13 7-9

1974 15-7 14-2 RS, NAIA

Gary Marlow

1 season | 1975 | 5-10 (.333)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1975 5-10 5-10

Year-by-Year

Dennis Lorsung 2 seasons | 1976-77 25-16 (.609)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1976 12-10 11-7

1977 13-6 11-2 RS

Jerry Haugen 47 seasons | 1978-Present 891-720-5 (.553)

Year Overall MIAC Notes

1978 12-12 10-8

1979 14-11-1 9-8-1

1980 11-21 7-11

1981 7-16 5-13

1982 14-16 9-9

1983 5-15 5-9

1984 9-23 6-12

1985 17-20 8-12

1986 11-16-2 8-8

1987 12-16 11-9

1988 17-16 13-7

1989 15-12 13-6

1990 18-16 12-8

1991 20-18 12-8

1992 19-18 9-11

1993 24-9 15-5

1994 29-8 17-3 RS, NCAA 1995 23-15 12-8

1996 19-18 10-10

1997 20-16-1 11-9

1998 24-13 15-5 RS, NCAA 1999 20-16 11-9

2000 19-17 11-9

2001 8-21 6-14

2002 16-19 10-10

2003 23-15 12-8

2004 18-18 11-9

2005 17-17 10-10

2006 16-18-1 8-12

2007 23-16 15-5

2008 16-17 10-10

2009 12-20 7-13

2010 21-18 14-6

2011 19-14 13-7

2012 29-16 14-6 PO, NCAA 2013 18-16 9-9

2014 21-10 13-7

2015 26-16 12-6 PO, NCAA

2016 32-14 13-7 PO, NCAA

2017 25-13 14-6

2018 33-8 16-4 RS

2019 32-14 13-7 PO, NCAA

2020 7-1

2021 29-12 16-9

2022 24-17 15-5

2023 23-16 14-6

2024 24-16 13-7

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

ABCA/RAWLINGS

GOLD GLOVE (NATIONAL)

2016 Alex Kendall

2022 Ethan Roe

ABCA/RAWLINGS

GOLD GLOVE (MIDWEST)

2007 Casey Haugen

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS

1993 Jon Dold first team

1996 Chris Palmer first team

1999 Brent Schloe first team

2000 Brent Schloe first team

2005 Chris Bell second team

2014 Brett Becker third team

2015 Brett Becker second team

Logan Hershey second team

2016 Logan Hershey first team

ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT V

1993 Jon Dold

1996 Steve Bruce

1996 Chris Palmer

1997 Ryan Roder

1999 Brent Schloe

2000 Brent Schloe

2003 Dusty Upgren

2005 Chris Bell

2008 John Heinbigner

2011 Matt Boys

Brett Kramer

2014 Brett Becker

Dylan Graves

Joe Lampe

2015 Brett Becker

Logan Hershey

2016 Logan Hershey

2017 Brennan Swan

2018 Thomas Meland

Brennan Swan

Jeron Terres

2019 Jack Schramel

2023 Owen Dauk

Rodney Erickson

Jack Haring

Luke McElroy

Casey Trapp

2024 Owen Dauk

Rodney Erickson

Connor Hartley

Quinn Krueger

Griffin Larson

NATIONAL TEAM RECORDS

DOUBLE PLAYS PER GAME

2.18 Saint John’s 1995

83 double plays in 38 games

BASEBALL

NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

CAREER BATTING AVERAGE

.489 Ryan Roder 1996-97

BATTING CHAMPION

.562 Jon Dold 1993

fifth highest single-season batting average in NCAA Div. III history

.540 Ryan Roder 1997 11th highest single-season batting average in NCAA Div. III history

.500 Wyatt Ulrich 2017

ALL-AMERICANS

1997 Ryan Roder first team

2007 Jay Kasner third team

2012 Joey Long second team

2014 Justin Thompson third team

2017 Wyatt Ulrich third team

2021 Max Nyrop first team

ALL-MIDWEST REGION

1993 Jon Dold

1994 Dave Furcht

Chris Wanner

1995 Jeremy Loretz

1997 Ryan Roder

1998 Tony Giuliani

Matt Ode

Andy Schneider

Joel Swenson

1999 Tony Giuliani

Chad Krueger

Brent Schloe

Joel Swenson

2000 Brent Schloe

2002 Jed Riegelman

2003 Cole Deibele

Matt Pilon

Jed Riegelman

2004 Cole Deibele

Jed Riegelman

2005 Chris Bell

Jay Kasner

2007 Casey Haugen

Jay Kasner

T.J. Nelson

2008 John Heinbigner

2010 Kyle Henkemeyer

Hayden Zimmerman

2011 Matt Butorac

Brett Kramer

2012 Connor Cline

Dylan Graves

Joey Long

Ryan Spengler

Hayden Zimmerman

2013 Connor Cline

Ryan Spengler

2014 Brett Becker

Joe Lampe

Justin Thompson

2015 Brett Becker

Justin Thompson

Logan Hershey

Kurt Jantscher

Gabe MacDonald

Aaron Pfaff

Derek Schiebel

2016 Logan Hershey

Alex Kendall

Nick Noack

Derek Schiebel

Patrick Strey

Cole Weaver

2017 Jake Dickmeyer

Ben Etzell

Wyatt Ulrich

2018 Jake Dickmeyer

Max Jackson

Brennan Swan

Jeron Terres

Bennett Wiggins

2019 Jake Dickmeyer

Joey Stock

2021 Max Nyrop

Ethan Roe

2022 Ethan Roe

2023 Jack Haring

Max Nyrop

2024 Joe Becker

PROUD

SPONSOR AND CONTRACTOR FOR JOHNNIE

ATHLETICS

SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS

Owen Best

First base, Regis (Colorado) Jesuit

What is your major and why did you choose it?

I’m a sociology and psychology major. I chose them because I wanted to understand how people work individually and together. I want this knowledge because I want to go into coaching, and this helps create a positive team environment and community.

What is your funniest memory from baseball at SJU?

We were practicing base running, and we were all hyping up fellow senior Alex Broholm right before he tripped and fell rounding first base.

What is something most people wouldn’t know about you?

I ran a marathon during my senior year of high school.

Alex Broholm Outfield, Shakopee High School

What is something most people wouldn’t know about you?

I have been to 28 of the 30 MLB stadiums.

Who is someone you really admire and why?

My parents. They are the best role models and provide me with the best advice in any aspect of my life.

What is your favorite spot on campus and why?

The baseball field and locker room because of all the memories formed there.

Connor Hartley

Pitcher, Rosemount High School

What is your funniest memory from baseball at SJU?

My freshman year, when we couldn’t get a bus to travel to the MIAC playoffs at CHS Field (in St. Paul). This resulted in our team taking multiple SJU minivans and one small SJU bus. I ended up on the small bus, and it turned out the back door wouldn’t shut. So on I-94, our back door was flailing open the whole time.

What is something most people wouldn’t know about you?

I work on my family’s Christmas tree farm every holiday season.

If you were trapped on a desert island, what teammate would you want with you and why?

Kade Bowar. We could ask each other hypothetical questions for days on end and probably never get bored.

Kade Bowar

Pitcher, Burnsville High School

What is your favorite food? French Dip Au Jus.

What is your funniest memory from baseball at SJU?

After losing in the MIAC playoffs, a few teammates and I decided to walk the Lake Wobegon Trail back to SJU that night from St. Joe. Since then, it’s become tradition for some of us to walk the Wob the night our season comes to an end.

What is something most people wouldn’t know about you?

I can play the piano.

SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS

Ryan Janzen

Infield, St. Cloud Cathedral High School

What made you decide to come to Saint John’s?

Growing up in Saint Cloud, I considered SJU a second home. I’d always go to Johnnie football games and take class field trips to the arboretum. When I started looking at colleges, I knew I wanted to go into accounting finance and stay close to home, so I found my home here.

What is the most interesting place to which you’ve traveled?

When I was abroad, I traveled to Stockholm (Sweden) to watch the Minnesota Wild play the Ottawa Senators. That game, along with the sightseeing and the Swedish meatballs, was why I found Stockholm so interesting!

What is something most people wouldn’t know about you?

I really enjoy pickleball. I first started playing during COVID and I never stopped. It’s one of my favorite things to do when I’m not at the baseball field.

William Fazio Pitcher, The Blake School

What is your favorite food?

Coach (Scott) Becker’s coffee brownies.

Who is someone you really admire and why?

My mom. She worked hard to raise my brother and I to be who we are today. I may not have recognized it as much back then, but I now admire her compassion and effort to make me a better person.

If you were trapped on a desert island, what teammate would you want with you and why?

Joe Becker because he takes cold showers in the morning. That speaks to his resilience and ability to overcome adversity.

Joe

Becker Infield, New Prague High School

What made you decide to come to Saint John’s?

The strong alumni network, and I felt there was a good chance I could play baseball early in my career.

What is your funniest memory from baseball at SJU?

Former teammates Quinn Kreuger and Isaac Harril yelling ‘C’mon Joe!’ from the dugout in a Micky Mouse voice during games.

If you were trapped on a desert island, what teammate would you want with you and why?

There are quite a few candidates, but I have to go with Zach Helfmann (aka Big Purr). I think he could fend off a bear if needed and we could build quite a good shelter.

Blake Mellgren Catcher, Northfield High School

What is your best memory of your time here – on or off the field?

Hitting a home run in my first at-bat of my first start on varsity against Wisconsin-Superior my junior year.

What is the most interesting place to which you’ve traveled?

Estes Park, Colorado, with its great scenery, hiking trails and huge mountains. It was also funny to see elk casually strolling through town, walking up and down the streets and sidewalks.

What is your funniest memory from baseball at SJU?

While we were in Florida, the lady at the hotel front desk told Kade Bowar he looked like Linguini from the Disney movie “Ratatouille.”

BASEBALL

Jon Dold ’94

INDUCTED 2023

Jon Dold was a two-time All-MIAC and one-time All-Region selection during his career with the Johnnies from 1990 to ʼ93.

In 1993, he put together – by far – the greatest performance at the plate in school history. The Rocori High School graduate led the nation that spring with a .562 batting average – a mark that still ranks as the fifth-best singleseason average in NCAA Division III history.

His .596 average in conference play remains an MIAC record.

Dold actually played both basketball and baseball for the Johnnies for three seasons. He got some playing time on the court, but it was on the diamond where he truly made his mark. After being named the Johnnies’ junior varsity MVP as a freshman in 1991, he won a varsity starting job and went on to earn All-MIAC honors as a sophomore.

That set the stage for his recordbreaking performance in 1993.

“He could have hit around .650 that year the way he was hitting the ball,” SJU head coach Jerry Haugen said. “Even with all the hits he had, there were so many more hard-hit balls that ended up getting caught.

“He hit one of the longest home runs I can remember from one of our guys. I think it was around 493 feet. It ended up landing in a mucky puddle about 106 feet beyond the fence in left centerfield at our old baseball park.”

Dold had already generated some attention from pro scouts. But his performance in 1993 helped persuade the Cincinnati Reds to select him in the 40th round of that year’s MLB Draft – making him the first Johnnie to be drafted at the MLB level.

He signed with the team, making the

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decision to forego his senior season at SJU, and spent the summer of 1993 in rookie ball with the Princeton (West Virginia) Reds of the Appalachian League. He recorded 31 hits, including six doubles, and 21 RBI.

Dold then went to spring training with the Reds in 1994, but chose to sign with the Minneapolis Loons of the independent North Central League instead of returning to rookie ball. He played for the Loons one season before bringing his professional career to a close.

But he went on to a stellar 17-year career at the amateur baseball level.

Vedie Himsl ’38

INDUCTED 2021

Vedie (real name Avitus) Himsl first made a name for himself playing for the local town team in Plevna, Montana, as well as in high school athletics where he was a four-year letterwinner in football and basketball – leading the basketball team to 23 consecutive home victories beginning in 1931.

That was just a prelude, though, to what he would achieve during his time at SJU. After arriving on campus in the fall of 1934, Himsl went on to star in basketball and baseball – earning All-MIAC honors and serving as team captain in both sports.

It was on the diamond where he really excelled, leading the Johnnies to backto-back MIAC titles in 1936 and ʼ37 (he did not play as a senior in 1938 after signing a pro contract).

As a junior, he batted over .500 and dominated on the mound, striking out 20 batters and allowing just four hits in nine innings of work in a 12-0 victory over Augsburg in Collegeville – still a single-game school strikeout record.

After graduation, he signed with the Cleveland Indians organization and was playing for the St. Paul Saints of the American Association. He spent four

seasons with the Saints (1939-42) and compiled a 51-52 pitching record. But his career was halted by military service in the Navy during World War II and he never reached the big leagues – at least not as a player. He spent the 1950s as a minor league coach and scout in the Chicago Cubs organization. He was promoted to the parent club in 1960, serving as a coach the next four seasons. That’s how he came to play a key part in one of the more unique experiments in Major League Baseball history.

During the 1961 season, Cubs owner Phillip Wrigley elected to replace the role of a traditional manager with what became known as a “College of Coaches.” Under the system, a platoon of coaches alternated through the organization, including serving fixed time periods as “head coach” of the big league club.

Himsl was first up in the rotation, going 5-6 over the Cubs’ first 11 games before departing to manage the Triple-A team in Wenatchee, Washington. He returned on May 12 and lasted another 18 games before ceding the reins again.

He continued on with the Cubs for more than two decades, retiring in 1985 as director of scouting. He continued to work for the organization off and on during the years that followed.

Jim Lehman ’56 INDUCTED 2021

Jim Lehman was a standout baseball player at SJU. But it was on the football field where he made his biggest impact.

He was so important to the team, in fact, that legendary head coach John Gagliardi pointed to an injury he suffered in 1954 as a big part of why the coach developed his famous list of No’s –especially no full contact in practice.

He was an All-American as both a junior and senior in 1954 and ʼ55, and was named the 1955 MIAC MVP after

JOHNNIES IN THE HALL OF HONOR

scoring 16 touchdowns that season. Perhaps his most impressive performance came in the season finale against Augustana (S.D.) in 1954 when he rushed for five touchdowns in a 39-7 Saint John’s victory.

Vic Moore ’72 INDUCTED 2021 (J-CLUB DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD)

When it came to delivering the sales pitch for Saint John’s University, Vic Moore could not have asked for more legendary persuasion.

Back in 1968, when the high school senior and standout athlete from Montgomery, Minnesota, was considering his college choices, he received a joint visit from SJU football coach John Gagliardi and basketball coach Jim Smith.

Five decades later, Moore, who went on to play football, basketball and baseball at SJU, would be onhand again as the president of the SJU J-Club, helping enshrine both Gagliardi and Smith as the charter members of the J-Club’s Hall of Honor – a continuation of 50-plus years of commitment and service to the school’s athletic programs.

Jeff Norman ’78 INDUCTED 2021

Jeff Norman was a fouryear starter in baseball who earned All-MIAC honors and boasted a .331 career batting average. He hit .436 as a sophomore in 1976 and helped lead Saint John’s to an MIAC title as a junior in 1977.

Of course, he was also a standout on the football field who finished his career with a record of 25-3-2 as the Johnnies’ starting quarterback, earning All-MIAC honors twice and All-American distinction once. He led the team to

the 1976 Division III national title, even kicking a 19-yard field goal as time expired to lift SJU to a 31-28 victory over Towson State (Maryland) in that season’s national championship game.

“I had been recruited by the University of Minnesota in both football and baseball, but the football coaches didn’t want their quarterbacks playing baseball because of spring practice,” Norman said. “I wanted to play both sports, so that ruled out the Gophers.

Chris Palmer ’96 INDUCTED 2023

Chris Palmer was an AllMIAC standout in baseball at SJU.

He was also one of the greatest wide receivers in school history, starting three seasons and earning All-American honors as a junior and senior.

During his senior season in 1995, he finished with 71 catches for 1,197 yards and 13 touchdowns – becoming the first SJU player to receive the Gagliardi Trophy honoring the most outstanding player each year at the NCAA Division III level.

The award was named after Palmer’s head coach, the legendary John Gagliardi, and was in just its third season of existence.

But perhaps his most impressive achievements have come postgraduation. A biology major, he went on to attend medical school and has spent the past 21 years at North Memorial Health in the Twin Cities. There, he works for Emergency Physicians Professional Association as the emergency department medical director.

Fr. Dunstan Tucker ’25

INDUCTED 2023 (J-CLUB DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD)

Fr. Dunstan Tucker made history, both as an athlete and as a longtime coach, faculty member and administrator at Saint John’s University.

He also lived history, serving his country as a Naval chaplain in the Pacific during World War II.

Then Tucker wrote history, chronicling the story of Johnnie athletics from the very beginning through the late 1970s in the definitive “Scoreboard: A History of Athletics at Saint John’s University,” which he co-wrote with fellow monk Martin Schirber and published in 1979.

He was a baseball standout for the Johnnies, playing a key role on the SJU squads of 1921 and ’ 22, even drawing a tryout offer from a pro scout.

“I told him I was flattered,” said Tucker in a Feb. 21, 1958, profile story in the Minneapolis Star. “But that I was going to study for the priesthood.”

Indeed, he entered the Saint John’s Benedictine community in 1923 and was ordained in 1929. In 1932, he became chair of the SJU English department – a role he held through 1952 except when his military duties took him away from campus. He later served as the school’s academic dean from 1958 to ’ 67.

He also became SJU’s head baseball coach in 1932, then after a one-year hiatus, took over again from 1934 to ’ 37. He returned to the post 1939-43 and 1947-50 before coming out of retirement for one last stint from 1968 to ’ 71.

Along the way his teams won four conference championships – in 1936, ’ 37, ’42 and ’ 69.

The star first baseman on Tucker’s early teams was Eugene McCarthy, who went on to serve as one of his assistant coaches before embarking on a political career that led to the U.S. Senate and multiple presidential runs.

LAST SEASON IN PICTURES

SCHOLARSHIP FEATURE

Scholarships help Deutschman thrive at SJU

It was one of his high school coaches who first put Saint John’s University on Jacob Deutschman’s radar.

Ben Sieben – an All-MIAC standout at wide receiver for the Johnnies in the late 1990s – is now an assistant coach at Anoka High School where Deutschman was the starting quarterback before graduating in 2022.

“I didn’t know much about Saint John’s before that,” Deutschman said. “But (Sieben) went here and he talked to me about it. So I took a visit and I really enjoyed the campus. When I discovered more about the quality of education that’s offered here, I knew this was where I wanted to be.”

And it was scholarships that helped make that possible. Deutschman – an exercise and health science major who will be a junior this fall –currently receives the Agee Family Scholarship, as well as an academic achievement scholarship.

“It takes away so much stress when you know you have scholarships in place to help make everything work financially,” said Deutschman, who hopes to one day pursue a chiropractic career. “It allows you to focus your energy on academic success.”

Deutschman is doing just that while continuing as a member of the SJU football team.

“Jacob is a testament to the kind of young men that we have here at Saint John’s,” Johnnies head coach Gary Fasching said. “As a

member of our football team, Jacob has battled through a couple of injuries but has persevered. He had a very good spring for us, and we hope that he can carry that into the coming season.”

Deutschman is the oldest in a family of four children – two of whom are cousins whom his parents Brent and Sarah adopted after his aunt died of cancer and his uncle died of complications from ALS within a month of one another in 2016.

“That was a really rough moment to go through as a family,” he recalls. “My cousins lost their mother and father and we lost an aunt and uncle. It was hard, but we got through it, and it drew us even closer together.

“We’re a very tight-knit family.”

Those close familial ties are part of why he values so deeply the sense of

community he’s found at SJU and the College of Saint Benedict.

“If I hadn’t been able to come here, I would have missed out on the bonding experiences I’ve had with my classmates, as well as the oneon-one relationships I’ve formed with my professors and coaches,” he said. “I’ve made such great friends during my time here. I can’t imagine being anywhere else.”

Which is why he’s so appreciative of the assistance scholarships have provided, and so grateful to the donors who’ve helped make that possible.

“I want to say thank you for giving me this opportunity,” he said. “It’s meant so much to me to be here.” Alumni

2025 SCHEDULE

DATE TIME OPPONENT

SITE

Mar 2 1 p.m. Luther (DH) Becker Park

Mar 7 1:30 p.m. MT vs. Rockford Tucson, Ariz. (Kino #4)

Mar 8 9 a.m. MT vs. Concordia, Wis. (DH) Tucson, Ariz. (Kino #6)

Mar 9 10 a.m. PT vs. Carthage Tucson, Ariz. (Kino #4)

Mar 16 2:30 p.m. ET vs. Simpson Davenport, Fla.

Mar 17 3 p.m. ET vs. Martin Luther (DH) Auburndale, Fla.

Mar 18 11:30 a.m. ET vs. The College of New Jersey (DH) Auburndale, Fla.

Mar 20 3:45 p.m. ET vs. Rutgers-Camden Davenport, Fla.

Mar 21 9:30 a.m. ET vs. Johns Hopkins Winter Haven, Fla.

Mar 21 1:30 p.m. ET vs. Denison Winter Haven, Fla.

Mar 22 12:30 p.m. ET vs. Union Auburndale, Fla.

Mar 26 2:30 p.m. at Northwestern (DH) Roseville, Minn.

Mar 29 1 p.m. Macalester (DH) Becker Park

Apr 1 2:30 p.m. at Carleton (DH) Northfield, Minn.

Apr 5 1 p.m. Gustavus Adolphus (DH) Becker Park

Apr 9 2:30 p.m. Hamline (DH) Becker Park

Apr 10 4:30 p.m. Minnesota-Morris Becker Park

Apr 14 4:30 p.m. Crown Becker Park

Apr 15 2:30 p.m. at St. Olaf (DH) Northfield, Minn.

Apr 19 1 p.m. at Bethel (DH) Arden Hills, Minn.

Apr 23 2:30 p.m. at Saint Mary’s (DH) Winona, Minn.

Apr 26 1 p.m. Augsburg (DH) Becker Park

Apr 28 2:30 p.m. Concordia (DH) Becker Park

May 3 1 p.m. at St. Scholastica (DH) Duluth, Minn.

May 8-10 TBA MIAC Tournament Becker Park

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