Big Ten announces baseball awards for 2025 season

The Big Ten announced its 2025 baseball awards for the season as the Big Ten Tournament got underway Tuesday. Awards were handed out for individuals, as well as teams of players that performed the best this regular season.

For the first time in the conference’s history, there was a Defensive Player of the Year award, as well as an All-Defensive Team. The Big Ten also included its expanded teams for the first time: Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA.

Let’s dive into the Big Ten award winners for the 2025 baseball season. We’ll start with the individual award winners.

Big Ten announces 2025 Baseball Award winners

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Roch Cholowsky, So., SS, UCLA
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Joseph Dzierwa, Jr., SP, Michigan State
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Roch Cholowsky, So., SS, UCLA
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Jake Hanley, Fr., 1B, Indiana
COACH OF THE YEAR: Mark Wasikowski, Oregon

ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM
SP — Cade Obermueller, Jr., Iowa
SP — Aaron Savary, Jr., Iowa
SP — Joseph Dzierwa, Jr., Michigan State +
SP — Grayson Grinsell, Jr., Oregon
RP — Will Rogers, Sr., Michigan
RP — Seth Mattox, Sr., Oregon
RP — Isaac Yeager, Jr., Washington
C — Alex Calarco, Sr., Maryland
1B — Jacob Walsh, Sr., Oregon
2B — Mitch Voit, Jr., Michigan
SS — Roch Cholowsky, So., UCLA
3B — Ethan Hedges, Jr., USC
OF — Korbyn Dickerson, So., Indiana
OF — Devin Taylor, Jr., Indiana
OF — Mason Neville, Jr., Oregon
UTL — Reese Moore, So., Iowa
At-Large — Ryan Cooney, So., Oregon (2B)
At-Large — Paxton Kling, Jr., Penn State (OF)
+ unanimous selection

ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM
SP — Cole Gilley, Sr., Indiana
SP — Reece Beuter, Sr., Iowa
SP — Michael Barnett, Jr., UCLA
SP — Max Banks, Sr., Washington
RP — Luke Broderick, Jr., Nebraska
RP — Michael Vallone, Gr., Purdue
RP — Brodie Purcell, So., USC
C — Daniel Rogers, Gr., Iowa
C — Weber Neels, Jr., Minnesota
1B — Logan Sutter, Sr., Purdue
1B — Mulivai Levu, So., UCLA
2B — Ryan McKay, So., Michigan State
SS — Chris Hacopian, So., Maryland
3B — Roman Martin, So., UCLA
OF — Vytas Valincius, Sr., Illinois
OF — Trevor Cohen, Rutgers
OF — AJ Salgado, Sr., UCLA
UTL — Jack Porter, So., Penn State
At-Large — Jake Hanley, Fr., Indiana (1B)
At-Large — Benny Casillas, Gr., Michigan (SS)

ALL-BIG TEN THIRD TEAM
SP — Kyle McCoy, So., Maryland
SP — Jason Reitz, Jr., Oregon
SP — Caden Aoki, Sr., USC
RP — Zach Bates, So., Illinois
2B — Abbrie Covarrubias, So., USC
SS — Maddox Molony, So., Oregon
3B — Owen McElfatrick, Jr., Northwestern
OF — Ben Wilmes, Sr., Iowa
OF — Anson Aroz, Jr., Oregon
OF — AJ Guerrero, Sr., Washington
UTL — Dominic Hellman, Jr., Oregon
At-Large — Jacob Schroeder, Gr., Illinois (C)
(no C, 1B due to second team ties)

Big Ten announces 2025 Baseball Award winners cont’d

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
P — Caden Aoki, Sr., USC
C — Jacob Schroeder, Gr., Illinois
1B — Mulivai Levu, So., UCLA
2B — Mitch Voit, Jr., Michigan
SS — Roch Cholowsky, So., UCLA
3B — Ethan Hedges, Jr., USC
OF — Korbyn Dickerson, So., Indiana
OF — Paxton Kling, Jr., Penn State
OF — Malakhi Knight, Sr., Washington

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Jake Hanley, Fr., 1B, Indiana
Cooper Malamazian, Fr., SS, Indiana
Will Moore, Fr., 3B, Indiana
Jaixen Frost, R-Fr., 3B, Iowa
Tate Carey, Fr., SP, Michigan
Brayden Jefferis, Fr., OF, Michigan
Devin Nunez, Fr., UTL, Nebraska
Burke-Lee Mabeus, Fr., C, Oregon
Yomar Carreras, Fr., SS, Rutgers
Landon Mack, Fr., SP, Rutgers
Justin Shadek, R-Fr., SP, Rutgers
Wylan Moss, Fr., RP, UCLA
Andrew Johnson, Fr., RP, USC
Augie Lopez, Fr., UTL, USC

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Payton Hutchings, Sr., RP, Illinois
Grant Holderfield, Jr., RP, Indiana
Max Burt, Fr., C, Iowa
Jacob Orr, Sr., UTL, Maryland
Cole Caruso, Sr., 3B, Michigan
Sam Busch, Sr., 1B, Michigan State
Jack Spanier, So., SS, Minnesota
Dylan Carey, Jr., SS, Nebraska
Tyler Ganus, Gr., UTL, Northwestern
Will Carpenter, Sr., 3B, Ohio State
Ryan Cooney, So., 2B, Oregon
Cole Wagner, Gr., 1B, Penn State
Michael Vallone, Gr., RP, Purdue
Joe Mazza, Sr., RP, Rutgers
Michael Barnett, Jr., SP, UCLA
Andrew Lamb, So., UTL, USC
Malakhi Knight, Sr., OF, Washington