LANSING, Mich. -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) announced its 2023 All-GLIAC Baseball Teams and postseason awards in conjunction with the conference's annual tournament, held this year at the Jackson Field in Lansing, Mich. The awards were voted on by the conference baseball coaches.

Rudy Ramirez, from the GLIAC regular season champion Wayne State Warriors, earned player of the year honors while WSU's Karter Fitzpatrick was selected as pitcher of the year. Another Warrior, Tony Hatzigeorgiou, received the GLIAC Freshman Player of the Year award.

Tyler McKinstry of Davenport was named GLIAC Freshman Pitcher of the Year. 

Wayne State skipper Ryan Kelley was honored as GLIAC Coach of the Year for leading the Warriors to a first-place conference finish and the regular season crown. 

Ryan Szlachcic of Wayne State is the 2023 recipient of the Troy Berry Award. The honor, named for the University of Findlay head baseball coach, is presented annually to the GLIAC baseball player who best combines outstanding character and leadership on the field, in the classroom and in the community.

Wayne State all conference teams with six first-team selections followed by Grand Valley State and Davenport with three each.

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2023 GLIAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR Rudy Ramirez, Wayne State Rudy Ramirez (Brighton, Mich.) is Wayne State's first GLIAC Player of the Year since catcher, Brad Guenther, in 2013 and the sixth in program history. Ramirez started all 48 of Wayne State's games in left field and finished with a .384 batting average (66-for-172). That clip was good for second in the league while his .423 conference average (47-for-111) was the best. The six-foot slugger also finished first in the league in runs scored (53), doubles (17), and RBI (58), second in total bases (107), sacrifice flies (6), and slugging percentage (.622), third in hits (66), and fifth in both home runs (6) and stolen bases (15-for-16).

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2023 GLIAC PITCHER OF THE YEAR Karter Fitzpatrick, Wayne State Karter Fitzpatrick (Monroe, Mich.) is the third Wayne State hurler to garner GLIAC Pitcher of the Year honors in the last four times it's been awarded joining Ryan Korolden (2022) and Hunter Brown (2019) as well as the fifth overall. The 6-5 right-hander's 2.15 ERA was good for second in the conference and came thanks in part to a league-leading seven complete games. Fitzpatrick struck out 63 batters and walked just 12 in his 67 innings pitched with a .243 batting average against. He pitched two shutouts, at PNW on April 2 and vs. DU on May 6, and gave up just three earned runs in his final 21 innings pitched of the regular season.

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2023 GLIAC FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR Tony Hatzigeorgiou, Wayne State Tony Hatzigeorgiou (Oxford, Mich.) is the school's first GLIAC Freshman Player of the Year since Hunter DeLanoy in 2019 and fifth since it was first awarded in 1992. The distinction comes after Hatzigeorgiou finished the regular season 7-for-11 (.636 batting average), was given the final GLIAC Player of the Week honor of 2023 and raised his season average above the .300 mark at .315 (41-for-130). In just league games, the 5-11 rookie hit .333 (26-for-78) while appearing as both a third baseman and designated hitter.

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2023 GLIAC FRESHMAN PITCHER OF THE YEAR Tyler McKinstry, Davenport Tyler McKinstry provided much needed innings late in the season due to injuries. He started in four GLIAC games and had a 1-1 record with a 6.75 ERA in 16 innings. He walked eight and struck out 20. He picked up his GLIAC win against Parkside on April 23 with five innings of work and struck out seven Rangers.

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2023 TROY BERRY AWARD Ryan Szlachcic, Wayne State Szlachcic is the head volunteer and liaison for WSU baseball for the Detroit Tigers Kids Club. He's volunteered three summers in a row as a camp counselor for Camp Sunshine, a camp for adults with special needs. Szlachcic was a student teacher at Detroit Public Schools John R. King Academy and did 40+ hours over the past two years for the Detroit Lions/Henry Ford Health's 50/50 Raffle benefiting Game On Cancer. He and his family have also volunteered three years in a row for Santa Claus Girls where they've delivered Christmas presents to the less fortunate in the Grand Rapids/Kent County area. Szlachcic is the first Leadership Council Commissioner of WSU baseball in charge of assigning off the field jobs for players such as laundry runners, who sets up practice, etc. He carries 3.81 cumulative GPA, including a pair of 4.00 semesters in 2022-23.

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2023 GLIAC COACH OF THE YEAR Ryan Kelley, Wayne State Ryan Kelley has been named GLIAC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career, the other being in 2010, after guiding his program to the GLIAC Regular Season Championship. The 15th-year skipper joins Angelo Gust (1980-82) and Jay Alexander (2005, 08) as Wayne State head coaches to receive the honor multiple times. Kelley's second honor comes after leading the Warriors to 38 wins (38-10), the most in program history passing the previous mark of 37 set just last season. WSU also racked up 24 GLIAC wins (24-6), which is tied for the most in school history (1999).

First Team All-GLIAC
C Brett Zimmerman, Wayne State
1B Nathan Logan, Grand Valley State
2B Tucker Roe, Saginaw Valley State
SS Ben Mets, Davenport
3B Chris Tanderys, Wayne State
OF Hunter Delanoy, Wayne State
OF Ray Hilbrich, Purdue Northwest
OF Rudy Ramirez, Wayne State
OF Gaetano Vallone, Davenport
DH Max Bruff, Parkside
UT Spencer Nelson, Grand Valley State
SP Karter Fitzpatrick, Wayne State
SP Ryan Korolden, Wayne State
SP Tyler McClaren, Saginaw Valley State
SP Nick Rutkowski, Grand Valley State
RP Sam Carlisle, Purdue Northwest
RP Spencer Vainavicz, Davenport

Second Team All-GLIAC
C Brendan Guciardo, Grand Valley State
1B Carter Troncin, Davenport
2B Connor Schuman, Grand Valley State
SS CJ Maury, Wayne State
3B Khale Showers, Davenport
OF Colin Cornwell, Saginaw Valley State
OF Luke Montgomery, Purdue Northwest
OF Kyle Nott, Grand Valley State
OF Reed Raymond, Saginaw Valley State
DH Conner McCormack, Grand Valley State
UT Ryan Foley, Wayne State
SP Carson Fischer, Davenport
SP Seth Marano, Wayne State
SP Hunter Merillat, Saginaw Valley State
SP Isaac Van Dyke, Davenport
RP Brennan Cox, Wayne State
RP Sam Leck, Grand Valley State

Honorable Mention All-GLIAC
James Kohl, Davenport
Coltrane Rubner, Davenport
Jonas Gulbrandsen, Grand Valley State
Colby Phipps, Grand Valley State
Ryan Brouch, Parkside
Andrew Harris, Parkside
Hayden Matulich, Purdue Northwest
Tyler Nelson, Purdue Northwest
Austin Schweiger, Saginaw Valley State
Jaccar Watkins, Saginaw Valley State
Griffin Kilander, Wayne State
Noah Miller, Wayne State