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.


 

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