CARMEL, Ind. - The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has announced Transylvania Baseball Senior Trent Youngblood has been named the 2024 HCAC Player of the Year. Youngblood becomes the first Transylvania Baseball player since Trey Simpson in 2015 to earn HCAC Player of the Year*.



Youngblood has been in the top ten in the country in multiple stat categories all season long, and leads the country in walks with 55 and walks per game with 1.25. He is currently twelfth in NCAA DIII with a .451 batting average, and is second in NCAA DIII with a .608 on base percentage. Youngblood's 69 runs are second best in the country, and he is fourth in runs per game.

Trent led the HCAC in average, OPS, runs, slugging percentage, walks, on base percentage, and stolen bases.

Youngblood has been a record breaker this season, cementing his legacy as one of the best, if not the best Transylvania Baseball player of all time. Youngblood became the Transylvania hit king earlier this season when he earned his 219th career hit against Rose-Hulman, a home run.

Youngblood also holds the career triples record, doubles record, walks record, total bases record, stolen bases record, and runs record. He is the single season leader in stolen bases and runs scored. 

Over the course of his career, Youngblood has hit .424 with 251 hits, 25 being home runs, while driving in 133 RBI's and stealing 81 bases. He has been walked 126 times in his college career, and has an on base percentage of .539.

Transylvania also placed 6 players on the All-Conference Awards list. Youngblood was First Team All-Conference. Matt Armstrong, Connor Arnold, Calvin Schubert, and Austin Taylor earned Second Team All-HCAC. Henry Mitcham earned Honorable Mention All-HCAC. 


* Jacob Schmidt was named HCAC Pitcher of the Year in 2021.


 

All-Conference 1st Team 

Name	Position	School
Matthew Alter	Pitcher	Hanover College
Alex Christie	Third Base	Hanover College
Colter Couillard-Rodak	Second Base	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Jake Danneman	Shortstop	Hanover College
Garrett DeHart	Outfield	Franklin College
Reid Douglas	Catcher	Hanover College
Matt Frye	Relief Pitcher	Mount St. Joseph University
John Girard	Pitcher	Hanover College
Ian Kline	Pitcher	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Kade Kline	Outfield	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tysen Lipscomb	Outfield	Franklin College
Ethan Mason	Designated Hitter	Mount St. Joseph University
Justin Maurer	First Base	Bluffton University
Anton Mere	Outfield	Mount St. Joseph University
Landen Southern	Pitcher	Anderson University
Trent Youngblood	Shortstop	Transylvania University

All-Conference 2nd Team  

Name	Position	School
Matt Armstrong	Relief Pitcher	Transylvania University
Connor Arnold	Pitcher	Transylvania University
Jake Baumgartner	Second Base	Bluffton University
Robert Carroll	Outfield	Hanover College
Jed Downham	Catcher	Anderson University
Dillon Fischer	Pitcher	Earlham College
Max Fries	Outfield	Earlham College
Gunner Gregg	Second Base	Defiance College
Chris Hautmann	Pitcher	Hanover College
Connor O'Connell	Third Base	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Eric Roudebush	Outfield	Hanover College
Calvin Schubert	Outfield	Transylvania University
Austin Taylor	First Base	Transylvania University
Jack Towell	Shortstop	Bluffton University
Noah Wathen	Pitcher	Anderson University
Griffin Wolf	Designated Hitter	Anderson University

All-Conference Honorable Mention 

Name	Position	School
Conner Gephart	First Base	Defiance College
Rocco Hanes	Utility	Manchester University
Charlie Jones	Second Base	Anderson University
Joel Kennedy	Designated Hitter	Manchester University
Henry Mitcham	Second Base	Transylvania University
Andrew Oesterling	Outfield	Hanover College
Jonathan Oliger	Pitcher/Third Base	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Aiden Post	Pitcher	Mount St. Joseph University
Riley Reyna	Pitcher	Bluffton University
Mitchell Roether	First Base	Earlham College
AJ Sanders	Shortstop	Franklin College