NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Junior Mason Buck of the St. Olaf College baseball team earned the first D3baseball.com All-Region accolade of his career by being a third-team honoree in Region 9, as the organization released its annual all-region lists on Tuesday.

After his junior season, Buck became the eighth St. Olaf student-athlete to collect D3baseball.com All-Region honors, which were first awarded in the 2013 season. The Oles have now had four all-region selections in the last three seasons after not having an honoree since 2018 prior to 2023.

The D3baseball.com All-Region Teams were compiled from more than 1,000 nominations, which were put on a ballot that was made available to D3baseball.com staff and contributors.

Earlier this month, Buck was named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Baseball Max Molock Co-Player of the Year and landed his first All-MIAC accolade after a standout season both offensively and defensively. Buck started all 39 games at shortstop and hit .386 (51-for-132) with nine doubles, two triples, three home runs, 27 RBI, 31 runs scored, 21 walks, and seven stolen bases while posting a .553 slugging percentage and .484 on-base percentage.

Buck was even better defensively, making just one error on 136 chances for a .993 fielding percentage at shortstop. The junior tallied 53 putouts, 82 assists, and was part of 24 double plays during the season, helping St. Olaf to the fifth-highest team fielding percentage (.976) in NCAA Division III entering the 2025 NCAA Division III Baseball World Series.

St. Olaf's D3baseball.com All-Region Selections

Year	Name	Position	Team
2025	Mason Buck	Shortstop	Third
2024	Brock Brumley	Relief Pitcher	First
	Sam Lavin	Utility	First
2023	Sam Lavin	Utility	Second
2018	Jake Mathison	Utility	First
2017	Jake Mathison	Utility	Third
2016	Joe Keiski	Catcher	Third
2014	Sam Maus	Third Base	First
2013	Nick Kulla	Second Base	Third
	Jack Schechinger	Catcher	Third