Seman and Parinello Lead the Way in WHAC Baseball Season Awards
(Howell, MI)-- The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference has announced the All-Conference teams and postseason awards, and multiple Cougars have been recognized.
After being named First-Team All-Conference last season, Brendan Seman would do it a second straight time, to become the first Cleary baseball player to ever be named First-Team All-Conference for multiple seasons. Seman, a senior from Sterling Heights, would finish the season with a 7-1 record, a 2.24 ERA, with 62 strikeouts in 56.1 innings pitched. In league play, he had a ridiculous 1.77 ERA (1st) with a 6-0 record (2nd) with 42 strikeouts (7th), and a 1.08 WHIP (13th). Not just a pitcher, Seman would hit .403 on the season with 73 hits, both school records, while scoring 52 runs, and had 39 RBI. He had a school record 27 extra base hits. In league play, he finished with a .425 average (8th), 45 hits (4th), 35 runs (12th), and 16 extra base hits (T-6th). A true two-way player, Seman would also earn recognition for his defense, and was named a Gold Glove winner for his defensive play. He is the third Cougar all-time to earn a Gold Glove.
Named Second-Team All-Conference was Joey Parinello. Parinello, a senior from Richmond, finished the season with a .381 batting average, 5 home runs, 32 RBI, and 16 runs scored. Against WHAC opponents he hit .414 with a .707 slugging percentage, had 16 RBI, and 11 extra base hits, including 3 home runs.
Parker Davis was named as Cleary's representative to the Champions of Character team, which demonstrates the NAIA's core values of integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership. He joins his counterparts from each team in the WHAC on the Champions of Character team.
Also recognized were student-athletes who were named to the All-Academic Team. To be honored, student-athletes must have had at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA and have attended Cleary for at least one full year. They were (in alphabetical order):
Noah Arbogast
Conner Boone
Kyler Castle
Parker Davis
Ryan Davis
Brody Fay
Nolan Green
Keegan Hutchinson
Ryan Lieng
Josh Lucier
Brodie Mackay
Zach Marsee
Joseph Miller
Hector Montilla
Peyton Mullins
Chase Palmer
Joey Parinello
Brett Parris
Ryan Rose
Jake VanderHaar
Brice Wesley
All-Time Cleary First-Team, Second-Team, Gold Glove Award Recipients:
Brendan Seman - First-Team All-Conference (2026)
Joey Parinello - Second-Team All-Conference (2026)
Brendan Seman - Gold Glove (2026)
Brendan Seman - First-Team All-Conference (2025)
Will Roberts - Second-Team All-Conference (2025)
Haden Fisk - Second-Team All-Conference (2024)
Billy Flohr - Second-Team All-Conference (2023)
Ben Cerven - Second-Team All-Conference (2023)
Lucas Withers - Second-Team All-Conference (2023)
Anthony Lacle - Gold Glove (2022)
Jeremy VanOosterum - Second-Team All-Conference (2021)
Kyle Miazgowicz - Gold Glove (2021)
Daniel Garcia - Second-Team All-Conference (2019)
James Edwards - USCAA 2nd Team All American (2018)
Rhett Holwerda - USCAA 2nd Team All American (2018)
John Grable - USCAA Honorable Mention All American (2018)
Reid Beffrey - USCAA 1st Team All American (2017)
Nick Hoogerhyde - USCAA 2nd Team All American (2017)
John Grable - USCAA 2nd Team All American (2017)
Mickey Motpas - USCAA Honorable Mention All American (2017)
Ryan Schaffer - USCAA 2nd Team All American (2016)
Jack Ropp - USCAA 2nd Team All American (2016)
Austin Forsythe - USCAA Honorable Mention All American (2015)