Indiana Baseball's Devin Taylor Wins Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Six Other Hoosiers Honored

Indiana baseball's Big Ten postseason awards were highlighted by Devin Taylor winning Freshman of the Year as a total of six other Hoosiers earned honors for the cream and crimson. See the full awards list inside the story.

OMAHA, Neb. — Freshman outfielder Devin Taylor highlights Indiana baseball's awards as he won the Big Ten Freshman of the Year honor as the third Hoosier to do so in program history. Six other Hoosiers earned postseason accolades as well.

Taylor is also just the second Hoosier rookie to earn All-Big Ten first team and the first position player with the honor. Taylor started 44-of-48 games and hit .328 ranking third on the team out of the starters. Fielding, he totaled 55 putouts on the season.

He led all Big Ten freshman in batting average, OPS (1.146), runs scored (58), home runs (16), RBIs (56), total bases (121), slugging percentage (.695), walks (34) and on-base percentage (.451). Taylor's 16 homers rank third all time by a Big Ten freshman and is No. 2 in Hoosier freshman history behind Carter Mathison's 22 dingers in 2022.

Hoosier sophomore relief pitcher Ryan Kraft also earned First Team All-Big Ten honors leading all Big Ten pitchers in ERA with a 2.51 mark across 19 games. Senior shortstop Phillip Glasser, sophomore pitcher Luke Sinnard and sophomore catcher Brock Tibbitts earned second team honors.

Glasser accumulated a team-high 28 multi-hit games, Sinnard led the conference with 104 strikeouts and Tibbitts paced the Hoosiers with a .387 batting average. 

Sophomore third baseman Josh Pyne landed on the third team, and freshman infielder Tyler Cerny was featured on the freshman team. 

Pyne finished with a 70-hit, 50-RBI campaign as Cerny led Big Ten freshman with four triples and 12 hit-by-pitches. 

Big Ten Postseason Awards

PLAYER OF THE YEAR Matt Shaw, Jr., SS, Maryland

PITCHER OF THE YEAR Connor O’Halloran, Jr., Michigan

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Devin Taylor, OF, Indiana

COACH OF THE YEAR Rob Vaughn, Maryland

All-Big Ten First Team

C Luke Shliger Jr. Maryland

1B Brock Vrandenburg Jr. Michigan State

2B Max Anderson Jr. Nebraska

SS Matt Shaw Jr. Maryland

3B Nick Lorusso Sr. Maryland

OF Devin Taylor Fr. Indiana

OF Sam Petersen So. Iowa

OF Ryan Lasko Jr. Rutgers

SP Brody Brecht So. Iowa

SP Connor O’Halloran Jr. Michigan

SP Christian Coppola Fr. Rutgers

RP Ryan Kraft So. Indiana

DH Keaton Anthony So. Iowa

At-Large Brice Matthews (SS) Jr. Nebraska

All-Big Ten Second Team

C Bryan Broecker So. Michigan State

1B Brock Tibbitts So. Indiana

2B Trent Farquhar Jr. Michigan State

SS Phillip Glasser Sr. Indiana

3B Chris Brito Sr. Rutgers

OF Ryan Moerman So. Illinois

OF Brett Bateman Jr. Minnesota

OF Gabe Swansen So. Nebraska

SP Jack Wenninger Jr. Illinois

SP Luke Sinnard So. Indiana

SP Marcus Morgan So. Iowa

SP Jason Savacool Jr. Maryland

RP Wyatt Rush Sr. Michigan State

DH Ian Petrutz So. Maryland

At-Large Brennen Dorighi (1B) Gd. Iowa

All-Big Ten Third Team

C Cade Moss Jr. Iowa

1B Jake Parr Sr. Purdue

2B Ted Burton Sr. Michigan

2B Paul Toetz Jr. Purdue

SS Mitch Jebb Jr. Michigan State

3B Josh Pyne So. Indiana

OF Elijah Lambros So. Maryland

OF Stephen Hrustich Sr. Northwestern

OF Evan Sleight Jr. Rutgers

SP Nick Dean Sr. Maryland

SP Tucker Novotny So. Minnesota

SP Khal Stephen So. Purdue

SP Drew Conover Jr. Rutgers

RP Shay Schanaman Gd Nebraska

RP Ben Gorski Jr. Rutgers

DH Bobby Marsh Fr. Penn State

At-Large Jonathan Kim (OF) Fr. Michigan

All-Big Ten Freshman Team

C Matthew Graveline Ohio State

1B Weber Neels Minnesota

2B Tyler Cerny Indiana

SS Henry Kaczmar Ohio State

3B Mitch Voit Michigan

OF Devin Taylor Indiana

OF Jonathan Kim Michigan

OF Trevor Cohen Rutgers

SP Kyle McCoy Maryland

SP Joseph Dzierwa Michigan State

SP Christian Coppola Rutgers

RP Mitch Voit Michigan

DH Bobby Marsh Penn State

At-Large Sam Garewal (SP) Northwestern

Up next, the Hoosiers will face Illinois Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET to start the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha, Neb. Indiana enters the tournament 40-16 in the regular season.

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