Five AU Baseball Players Earn Spots On CSC Academic All-District Team

The 2026 College Sports Communicators (CSC) baseball Academic All-District teams were released on Tuesday (June 2) afternoon, and five Ashland University players were selected for inclusion on the NCAA Division II team:

• Junior right-handed pitcher Jackson Grine sported a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average as an Exercise Science major through the spring 2026 semester. During the 2026 season, Grine, a second-team All-Great Midwest Athletic Conference selection, was 6-0 with a 3.34 earned-run average and 39 strikeouts in 16 appearances (nine starts), over 64 2/3 innings.
• Junior catcher Nate King has a 3.84 cumulative GPA as a Criminal Justice major. This spring, King hit .284 with 29 runs scored, seven doubles, four home runs, 34 RBIs and four stolen bases.
• Sophomore outfielder Sean Krueckeberg is an Accounting major with a 3.80 cumulative GPA. This past season saw Krueckeberg hit .284 with 43 runs scored, seven doubles, four triples, seven home runs, 32 RBIs and 14 stolen bases.
• Graduate shortstop Collin Overholt had a 3.54 cumulative undergrade GPA as a Finance major, and has a 3.89 postgrad GPA in the online MBA program. A .369 hitter in 2026, Overholt also collected 53 runs scored, 19 doubles, a triple, eight home runs, 37 RBIs and nine stolen bases. He was voted to the 2026 Great Midwest all-tournament team.
• Sophomore right-handed pitcher Ben Zink has a 3.63 cumulative GPA as a Business Administration major. Zink was 4-3 with four saves and a 4.96 ERA this spring, striking out 29 in 32 2/3 innings over 20 relief appearances.

The 2026 CSC Academic All-America baseball teams will be revealed on June 23.
 
Ashland baseball ended this spring at 37-16 overall and 23-8 in the Great Midwest, qualifying for the conference tournament.
  2026 – Jackson Grine, Nate King, Sean Krueckeberg, Collin Overholt, Ben Zink
2025 – Brendan Beaver, Gavin Dobbels, John Essig, Collin Overholt, Ben Peltz
2024 – Gavin Dobbels, Cam Miller, Cam Scott
2023 – Cam Miller, Seth Schroeder
2022 – Tim Zeller
2020 – Carson Mittermaier
2016 – Brandyn Sittinger
2015 – Stephen James
2013 – Austin Erb
2010 – Jacob Petkac
2009 – Jacob Petkac
2007 – Casey Jirsa
2006 – Casey Jirsa