Five Mavericks Earn D2CCA All-Region Honors

5/19/2025 10:45:00 AM

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Louis Magers and Nathan Culley were named D2CCA Baseball All-Central Region First Team for Minnesota State on Monday, May 19. Matthew Fleischhacker, Aidan Byrne and Ike Mezzenga were also Second Team honorees.

Magers (Mankato, Minnesota) also earned D2CCA All-Central Region Second Team in 2024 for the Mavericks. He finished the season with 20 home runs (passed Jordan Hart, 19, for first on MSU all-time single season chart). Magers batted .319 with 68 hits, 14 doubles, one triple and 82 runs batted in. On the mound, he made 10 starts and held a 2.72 earned run average with 35 strikeouts and 23 walks over 43.0 innings.

Culley (Andover, Minnesota) went 12-1 with a 2.52 earned run average as a starting pitcher. He also recorded four complete games and two shutouts. He led the team with 98 strikeouts and walked 27. He worked 7.0 innings in the NCAA Central Region Tournament against Arkansas Monticello on May 15 and allowed three earned runs while striking out eight. Culley earned ABCA All-Central Region Second Team in 2022 and 2023.

Second baseman Matthew Fleischhacker (Woodbury, Minnesota) hit .377 in 58 games this season. He accumulated 15 doubles and two home runs with 45 runs batted in and 41 walks. He also stole nine bases and posted a .968 fielding percentage.

Shortstop Aidan Byrne (Eagan, Minnesota) set Minnesota State program records for career walks, singles, hits and runs batted in this spring. At the plate, Byrne hit .349 with a team-high 22 doubles, three triples and five home runs for 55 runs batted in. He also stole a team-best 18 bases. He will leave MSU with a .361 career batting average, 18 home runs and 188 runs batted in.

Ike Mezzenga (Shoreview, Minnesota) transferred to Minnesota State this season and broke the MSU single season record with 21 home runs, including three in the NCAA Central Region Tournament. Mezzenga hit .373 and slugged .732. He also led the squad with 85 runs batted in and posted 19 doubles.

Minnesota State baseball (51-8) tied a single-season record for most wins in program history in 2025. The team fell to Pittsburg State in the NCAA Central Region Tournament championship on May 18.

FIRST TEAM

C - Chaz Poppy, Arkansas-Monticello

1B - Dagen Brewer, Pittsburg State

2B - Luke Farrar, Henderson State

3B - Jacob Steele, Central Missouri

SS - Jett Buck, Washburn University

OF - Wesley Mitchell, Southeastern Oklahoma State

OF - Isaac Pegors, University of Mary

OF - Caden Robertson, Central Oklahoma

DH - Dayvin Johnson, Central Missouri

UT - Jack Hines, Augustana

UT/P - Louis Magers, Minnesota State

SP - Nathan Culley, Minnesota State

SP - Kolby Dougan, Pittsburg State

SP - Maddox Long, Harding

SP - Ty Riley, Fort Hays State

RP - Payton Byrd, Henderson State

SECOND TEAM

C - Jeremy Schork, Henderson State

1B - Ike Mazzenga, Minnesota State

2B - Matthew Fleischhacker, Minnesota State

3B - Logan Lacey, Harding

SS - Aidan Byrne, Minnesota State

OF - Jason Axelberg, Augustana

OF - Alex Rodgers, Pittsburg State

OF - Vance Tobol, Central Missouri

DH - DJ Van Atten, Oklahoma Baptist

DH - Bodi Wallar, Southwestern Oklahoma State

UT - Chase Keeton, Southeastern Oklahoma State

UT/P - Josh Dykhoff, Minnesota Crookston

SP - Jeremy Adorno, Southern Arkansas

SP - Ashton Michek, Augustana

SP - Dax Sharp, Central Oklahoma

SP - Maddox Thornton, Pittsburg State

RP - JD McReynolds, Central Missouri

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