GREENSBORO, N.C. — Averett University baseball senior
Kevin Zischke was named to the 2025 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Region 6 Third Team, the organization announced Tuesday.
Zischke, a right fielder from Bumpass, Virginia, started all 36 games for the Cougars. He earned All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference First Team and American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Region Third Team accolades this season after he batted .367 with 55 hits, including eight doubles, two triples and nine home runs across 150 at-bats. He also scored 44 runs, drove in 25 RBIs, registered a .627 slugging percentage and a .452 on-base percentage, stole 13 bases in 16 attempts, tallied 17 multi-hit games and reached base in 33 of 36 contests. His nine home runs tied the program's single-season record and his three homers in a single game also tied the program mark for a single contest. In addition to all-conference honors, he was named the ODAC Player of the Week and selected to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week.
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2025 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III All-Region Teams: Region 6 |
NCAA Div. III Region 6 All-Region First Team |
Pos. |
Player |
Cl. |
School |
State |
C |
Chaz Harvey |
Sr. |
Randolph-Macon |
VA |
1B |
Riley Uhls |
Jr. |
Berry |
GA |
1B |
Noah Cornwell |
Gr. |
Shenandoah |
VA |
2B |
Nick Stavros |
Jr. |
Bridgewater |
VA |
3B |
Aidan Conley |
So. |
Emory |
GA |
3B |
Gray Berry |
Sr. |
Millsaps |
MS |
SS |
Jonathan Cruz |
Gr. |
Oglethorpe |
GA |
OF |
Tristen Melvin |
Sr. |
Methodist |
NC |
OF |
Bradley Pelle |
Sr. |
Millsaps |
MS |
OF |
Jaime Padilla |
Jr. |
Shenandoah |
VA |
DH |
Zack Chadwell |
Jr. |
Bridgewater |
VA |
UT |
Ben Prather |
Jr. |
Centre |
KY |
P |
Tyler Kaltreider |
Jr. |
Lynchburg |
VA |
P |
Nick Tarantino |
Sr. |
Millsaps |
MS |
P |
Zeke Swartz |
Sr. |
Piedmont |
GA |
|
NCAA Div. III Region 6 All-Region Second Team |
Pos. |
Player |
Cl. |
School |
State |
C |
Brody Pickette |
Gr. |
Shenandoah |
VA |
1B |
Jack Halloran |
Sr. |
Emory |
GA |
2B |
Benton Jones |
Jr. |
Lynchburg |
VA |
2B |
Brandon Mauger |
So. |
Methodist |
NC |
3B |
Ashton Smith |
So. |
Bridgewater |
VA |
SS |
Caleb Rogers |
Sr. |
Methodist |
NC |
OF |
Ayden Lohr |
So. |
Centre |
KY |
OF |
Jake Benedict |
Jr. |
Christopher Newport |
VA |
OF |
Colin Dunworth |
Jr. |
Maryville |
TN |
OF |
Jackson Deal |
Sr. |
Methodist |
NC |
DH |
Carter Schmitt |
Jr. |
Randolph-Macon |
VA |
UT |
Tristan Pearson |
Sr. |
Belhaven |
MS |
UT |
Ty Lowe |
Gr. |
Mary Washington |
VA |
P |
Kade May |
Sr. |
Belhaven |
MS |
P |
Nick Mattfield |
Gr. |
Lynchburg |
VA |
P |
Zac Sohosky |
Jr. |
Rhodes |
TN |
P |
Zach Heavern |
Jr. |
Centre |
KY |
P |
Colin McGuire |
So. |
Lynchburg |
VA |
|
NCAA Div. III Region 6 All-Region Third Team |
Pos. |
Player |
Cl. |
School |
State |
C |
David Smigelski |
Sr. |
LaGrange |
GA |
1B |
Cale Oehler |
Sr. |
Brevard |
NC |
2B |
Adam Dorn |
Sr. |
LaGrange |
GA |
2B |
Javier Quintana |
Sr. |
North Carolina Wesleyan |
NC |
3B |
Rylan Smith |
Jr. |
Guilford |
NC |
SS |
Cade Morgan |
Sr. |
Huntingdon |
AL |
OF |
Kevin Zischke |
Sr. |
Averett |
VA |
OF |
JD Weed |
Jr. |
Belhaven |
MS |
OF |
Matthew Sicoli |
Sr. |
Emory |
GA |
OF |
Joe Munitz |
So. |
Lynchburg |
VA |
DH |
Evan Scott |
Sr. |
Millsaps |
MS |
UT |
Kyle Garrett |
Jr. |
Shenandoah |
VA |
P |
Justin Ritz |
Gr. |
Mary Washington |
VA |
P |
Ian Swanson |
Fr. |
Methodist |
NC |
P |
Kyle Molivas |
Sr. |
Methodist |
NC |
P |
Braden Simms |
Sr. |
Piedmont |
GA |
P |
Liam Stewart |
Fy. |
Shenandoah |
VA |
|
Region Pitcher of the Year: Tyler Kaltreider, Lynchburg |
Region Position Player of the Year: Bradley Pelle, Millsaps |