UTICA, Mich. -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) announced its 2026 All-GLIAC Baseball Teams and postseason awards in conjunction with the conference's annual tournament, held at the UWM Field in Utica, Mich. The awards were voted on by the conference baseball coaches.

The GLIAC regular season champion Grand Valley State earned the top two honors. Senior shortstop Evan Morrison was named player of the year and senior righthander Collin Bradley was recognized as GLIAC Pitcher of the Year.

Saginaw Valley State third baseman Austin Cicerone received the inaugural GLIAC Defensive Player of the Year Award. 

Purdue Northwest outfielder Drew Kosteba was honored as GLIAC Freshman Player of the Year. 

Grand Valley State hurler Jackson Kees received the 2026 GLIAC Freshman Pitcher of the Year award.

Grand Valley State skipper Jordan Keur was honored as GLIAC Coach of the Year for leading the Lakers to a first-place conference finish and the regular season crown.

Wayne State's Gabe Zeldes is the 2026 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.

Grand Valley State led all conference squads with seven first-team selections followed by Grand Valley State with four. 

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2026 GLIAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Evan Morrison, Grand Valley State
Senior shortstop Evan Morrison becomes the eighth GVSU Laker to be named the GLIAC Player of the Year, and the first since 2014. Morrison tallied another record-breaking year for the Lakers offensively, but also provided highlight plays defensively. Morrison hit .395 during the regular season, and led the league in hits (83), runs scored with a GVSU single-season record of 74 and triples with six. Morrison leads the GLIAC and ranks second nationally in the toughest to strike out category (6). He opened the year with a 31-game hitting streak and reached base in 45-of-49 games. He scored a run in 36 games and scored two or more runs 21 times. Morrison tallied 26 multi-hit games, including 12 games with three hits or more. He reached base via a hit, walk or hit by pitch 111 times and accounted for 110 runs (runs-RBI). Morrison has reached base safely in 100-of-106 games played in his two years with the Lakers, including 159 hits, 147 runs scored and 79 RBI. 

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2026 GLIAC PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Collin Bradley, Grand Valley State
Senior pitcher Collin Bradley is the sixth Grand Valley State hurler to earn GLIAC Pitcher of the Year honors, and the first since 2014. Bradley has been outstanding from the opening pitch of the 2026 season, recording a GLIAC-best 9-0 record with a 1.93 ERA. He has yielded 16 earned runs in 74.2 innings with 53 strikeouts and set program records earlier this season with 28.2 consecutive innings without allowing a run and 34.1 innings without allowing an earned run. He has allowed two runs or less in 10 of 12 starts and logged 6.0 IP or more in seven starts. Bradley leads the GLIAC in WHIP (0.92) and walks allowed per nine innings (1.81). During his career Bradley ranks third in wins with 24, fifth in strikeouts with 182 and sixth in innings pitched with 223.1. 

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2026 GLIAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Austin Cicerone, Saginaw Valley State
Austin Cicerone earned the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Year award as the starting third baseman for Saginaw Valley State. Cicerone posted a fielding percentage of .972 through 46 games with 107 total chances, 39 put outs, 65 assists, and only three errors. The junior also helped turn six double plays and raised his career fielding percentage to .914 while cutting down his errors by 11 from each of his first two seasons. His three errors rank as the least by a third basemen in the GLIAC.

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2026 GLIAC FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Drew Kosteba, Purdue Northwest 

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2026 GLIAC FRESHMAN PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Jackson Kees, Grand Valley State
Jackson Kees has been named the GLIAC Freshman Pitcher of the year after an outstanding season on the mound. Kees is 8-1 with a 3.47 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 59.2 innings pitched. He has logged 5.0 innings or more in eight of 12 starts and yielded two runs or less in nine starts. Kees’ eight wins as a freshman is the top single-season total in GVSU annals. He ranks in the top five of six individual GLIAC pitching categories and GVSU is 10-2 in games started by Kees. 

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2026 TROY BERRY AWARD
Gabe Zeldes, Wayne State
Gabe Zeldes (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Detroit Country Day), one of the 10 male honorees for the Allstate NACDA Good Works Team, became Wayne State's second Troy Berry Award recipient (Ryan Szlachcic - 2023) in the past four seasons.   The Exercise and Sport Science major with minors in Business Administration and Public Health earned Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) recognition for his first four semesters, including a 4.0 term (Winter 2024).  He will be a recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award for the second consecutive year this summer, and the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for a second straight season this spring.  The junior is a member, and Vice President, of the WSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) as well as Delta Epsilon Mu, a professional fraternity for students and professionals interested in health-related fields.  Zeldes was selected to serve as the GLIAC National SAAC representative and won the Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Award.  Zeldes has donated over 250 hours in the community during his collegiate career, including 34 in 2025-26.  This season, he's hit .214 (9-for-42) in 30 games (8 starts) with 11 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run, 2 RBI, 3 walks, 5 hit-by-pitches, and 2 stolen bases.

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2026 GLIAC COACH OF THE YEAR
Jordan Keur, Grand Valley State
Grand Valley State head coach Jordan Keur guided the Lakers to a 41-8 regular season mark, including the 2026 GLIAC Baseball regular season championship with a 20-4 mark. GVSU’s 41 regular season wins mark just the third time in program history that the Lakers eclipsed the 40-win mark in the regular season. GVSU leads the GLIAC in 15 team categories, while also holding down the top spot in the GLIAC individual rankings. GVSU is 84-22 under Keur the last two years, including a ledger of 38-10 in GLIAC games. In three years at the helm Keur has now guided GVSU to a GLIAC Tournament title, a GLIAC regular season championship and three appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Keur reached the 100-win mark faster than another head coach in GVSU baseball history (145 games).

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FIRST TEAM ALL-GLIAC
C	Dylan Pawenski, Davenport
1B	Jovan Gill, Grand Valley State
2B	Buck Snabes, Saginaw Valley State
SS	Evan Morrison, Grand Valley State
3B	Caleb Estrada, Grand Valley State
OF	Drew Hill, Wayne State
OF	Dylan Sayles, Parkside
OF	Aaron Bess, Saginaw Valley State
OF	Wyatt Epple, Davenport
DH	Joe Fleming, Grand Valley State
UT	Justin Johnson, Davenport
SP	Collin Bradley, Grand Valley State
SP	Owen Avery, Grand Valley State
SP	Will Lowery, Wayne State
SP	Easton Remick, Davenport
RP	Ethan Houghtaling, Grand Valley State
RP	Jack Decker, Saginaw Valley State

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SECOND TEAM ALL-GLIAC
C	Noah Brandt, Grand Valley State
1B	Ryan Jarvis, Saginaw Valley State
2B	Benjamin Loyd, Parkside
SS	Brayden Barrett, Purdue Northwest
3B	Joe Mrowiec, Parkside
OF	Caleb Sanders, Wayne State
OF	Ryan Stimac, Grand Valley State
OF	Drew Kosteba, Purdue Northwest
OF	Jake Skaggs, Grand Valley State
DH	Aiden Warn, Davenport
UT	Dylan Sayles, Parkside
SP	Gavin Nash, Wayne State
SP	Nathan Masar, Saginaw Valley State
SP	Keegan Pulford-Thorpe, Wayne State
SP	Brady Young, Saginaw Valley State
RP	Philip Miller, Wayne State
RP	Jaden Alberson, Davenport

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HONORABLE MENTION ALL-GLIAC
Sam Clay, Davenport
Travis Liford, Davenport
Jackson Kees, Grand Valley State
Caden Thielen, Grand Valley State
Noah Goddard, Parkside
Isaiah Terrell, Parkside
Joey Guiliano, Purdue Northwest
Billy Chidsey, Purdue Northwest
Quinn O’Bryan, Roosevelt
Alejandro Munoz, Roosevelt
Lucas Mead, Saginaw Valley State
Connor Cornwell, Saginaw Valley State
Bennett Hitzelberger, Wayne State
Owen Tuccinardi, Wayne State