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PRONUNCIATION:
Release: Byrne Signs with Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
MSU Career Notes: Graduated Minnesota State as career program leader in at bats (812), hits (293), singles (203), runs batted in (188), runs scored (236), games played (224)... One of three NCAA Division II baseball players to be named CSC Academic All-America in 2024 and 2025.
2025: CSC Second Team Academic All-America...
NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence... All-NSIC First Team... D2CCA All-Central Region Second Team... ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team... Played and started all 59 games for the Mavericks at shortstop... Hit .349 (third on team) with 73 hits (third), 22 doubles (first in NSIC), three triples (led team, fifth in NSIC), five home runs and 55 runs batted in (third, eighth in NSIC)... Walked 37 times (third) and stole 18 of 20 bases (team leader, sixth in NSIC)... Season high four hits at Minnesota Crookston (Apr. 18)... Season high two doubles at Wayne State College (Apr. 29)... Held a .929 fielding percentage with 64 putouts and 144 assists while turning 26 double plays... Helped Mavericks win NSIC Regular Season and Tournament Championships and recorded six hits in four games at NCAA Central Region Tournament... Extended 43 game on base streak from previous season to 72 games until its end on April. 19 at Minnesota Crookston... Season high four runs batted in at NCAA Central Region tournament game win vs. Henderson State (May 17).
2024 Summer: Willmar Stingers (Northwoods League)
2024: CSC Third Team Academic All-America...
CSC Academic All-District... Named NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year... Named All-NSIC Second Team...All-NSIC Defensive Team... All-NSIC Tournament Team (5 gp, 7-19, 4 RBI, 2-2B, 1 HR, 2 BB)... NSIC Academic Team of Excellence...
Tied MSU school records for hits in a season and at bats in a season...
One of two players to start all 57 games for the Mavericks, including 52 starts at shortstop... Hit a team-high .394 (sixth in NSIC) with .464 on base percentage (seventh in NSIC)... Led NSIC with 93 hits, including 18 doubles (first, third in NSIC), three triples (first), seven home runs (fourth) and 52 runs batted in (fourth)... Led NSIC with 236 at bats... Hit by pitch 16 times (fourth in NSIC)... 12 games with three or more hits and team-high 29 multi-hit games, including five against Bemidji State (Apr. 14) with four stolen bases and two runs batted in... Has reached base 43 straight games heading into 2025 season... Led team with 21 stolen bases on 22 attempts (fourth in NSIC)... Posted .970 fielding percentage with 19 double plays and seven errors... Grand slam vs. Wayne State College to help Mavericks in NSIC elimination game.
2023: NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence... NSIC All-Tournament Team... CSC Academic All-District...
Appeared and started 61 games (tied for first on team)...
Finished second on the Mavericks with a .347 average with team high 15 doubles, two triple, and six home runs... Second on team with 50 RBI, stole 17 bases on 19 attempts... Slugged .511 with 18 walks and 115 total bases (third).
2022: Saw action in all but one game for the Mavericks, making 47 appearances and 45 starts...Made Maverick debut March 3 vs. Gannon at the RussMatt Invitational in Davenport, Fla....Finished fifth on the Mavericks with a .345 batting average...Owned a .423 slugging percentage and .429 on-base percentage...Drove in 31 runs and scored 39 times while recording 60 total bases.
2021: Did not see any action in 2021.
THE BYRNE FILE: Eagan (Minn.) High School product was a ulti-sport athlete who played both hockey and baseball...Team captain in both hockey and baseball... Three-year starter at Eagan High School and for the Minnesota Mash, hit .323 with five doubles and three triples between high school and club baseball as a junior...All-conference honorable mention selection.
