Horoszko, Thomas, Nemunaitis earn ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Region 7 honors

| 2024 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Region Teams |

SPRINGFIELD — Wittenberg senior pitcher Joe Horoszko (Seven Hills, Ohio/Saint Edwards), senior second baseman Luke Thomas (Tallmadge, Ohio/Tallmadge) and sophomore third baseman Alex Nemunaitis (Ottawa Hills, Ohio/Ottawa Hills) were named ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Region 7, the American Baseball Coaches Association announced on Tuesday.

All three student-athletes were named to the All-Region 7 Third Team. This marks the first career ABCA/Rawlings All-Region accolade for all three and second All-Region honor overall, as they were each named to the D3baseball.com All-Region 7 Team on Tuesday.

Horoszko, a 2024 D3baseball.com All-Region 7 Second Team and All-North Coast Athletic Conference First Team honoree, appeared in 16 games on the mound, making three starts. He posted a 5-1 record with four saves, 35 strikeouts and a 1.09 ERA in 41.1 innings pitched. He led the team in ERA and saves and tied for the team lead in wins. His season highlight came in a 9-1 win at Wabash when he threw a complete-game five-hitter with eight strikeouts.

In five seasons at Wittenberg, Horoszko has appeared in 46 games with 24 starts, posting a 15-6 record with five saves, 124 strikeouts and a 4.26 ERA in 160.2 innings pitched. He is tied for fifth all-time in saves.

Thomas, 2024 D3baseball.com All-Region 7 Third Team and All-NCAC First Team pick, played in 32 games in 2024 and posted a .376 batting average with 47 hits, 11 doubles, one home run, 20 RBIs, 38 runs and four stolen bases while recording a .960 fielding percentage. He ranked second on the team and 10th in the NCAC in batting average and tied for third on the team in doubles. After getting off to a hot start to the season, he was named NCAC Player of the Week on Feb. 27 and was recognized on the D3baseball.com Team of the Week on Feb. 28.

In 115 career games at Wittenberg, Thomas has a .369 batting average with 147 hits, 35 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 74 RBIs, 104 runs, 15 steals and a program-record 37 hit-by-pitches.

Already a 64 Analytics NCAA Division III All-American, D3baseball.com All-Region 7 Third Team and All-NCAC Second Team selection this year, Nemunaitis adds the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region accolade after posting a .386 batting average with 56 hits, 13 doubles, six home runs, 40 RBIs, 41 runs, one steal abd a .925 fielding percentage in 2024. He led the team in batting average and doubles, tied for second in hits and ranked third in home runs, RBIs and runs. He ranked eighth in the NCAC in batting average and tied for 10th in doubles.

In 59 career games at Wittenberg, Nemunaitis has a .374 batting average with 58 hits, 14 doubles, six home runs, 40 RBIs and 45 runs.

The ABCA/Rawlings All-Region teams are voted on by members of the ABCA in a process led by the ABCA NCAA Division III All-America & Coach of the Year Committee.

The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-America teams will be announced on Thursday evening immediately following the Opening Ceremony at the 2024 NCAA Division III World Series in Eastlake, Ohio. Only First Team All-Region selections are eligible for All-America honors.

The ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove teams for all divisions will be announced on Wednesday, June 19. The 2024 ABCA NCAA Division III Region All-Defensive teams will be announced on Thursday, June 20.

The ABCA All-America team was first recognized in 1949 and now includes nine divisions: NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA Divisions I, II and III, Pacific Association Division and high school. ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove teams were first recognized in 2007.

The Tigers posted a 26-17 overall record this season and won a share of the NCAC regular-season championship with a 13-3 mark in league play under eighth-year head coach Brian McGee. This year marked the team's first NCAC regular-season title in program history and its first conference title since winning the Ohio Athletic Conference in 1968. The Tigers earned the top seed for the NCAC Tournament and went on to finish as the runner-up while breaking the program's all-time single-season records for home runs (41) and pitching strikeouts (305).