BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – A program record-tying seven members of the St. Olaf College baseball team were honored as All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) selections in the 2026 MIAC Baseball Awards on Tuesday afternoon.

Senior Henry Black, senior Breckin Hadley, junior Kanen Kreafle, senior Jack Pettit, junior Cole Pleimann, senior Kevin Steel, and sophomore Josiah Utsch gave St. Olaf a MIAC-high seven all-conference honorees this season. The seven selections tied the 2000 and 2001 teams for the most in program history.

In his first season as a regular in the outfield, Black was one of the most productive hitters in conference play, leading the MIAC with 25 RBI in 20 conference games. The senior also ranked in the top 20 in doubles (t-6th, 7), total bases (t-11th, 39), hits (t-12th, 26), runs (t-16th, 18), home runs (t-16th, 2), slugging percentage (18th, .527), batting average (20th, .351), and OPS (20th, .947) against MIAC foes.

Hadley continued to be one of the conference's top catchers in his senior season, ranking tied for second in the MIAC with five home runs against conference opposition. The senior was also tied for ninth in slugging percentage (.600), tied for 10th in RBI (19), tied for 11th in total bases (39), 18th in OPS (.960), and tied for 18th in doubles (5) in 18 MIAC games.

In his first season as St. Olaf's primary first baseman, Kreafle was among the top hitters in the conference, ranking third in hits (29), sixth in batting average (.392), ninth in OPS (1.018) and on-base percentage (.477), and 10th in total bases (40) in MIAC play. The junior was also in the top 20 in slugging percentage (16th, .541), runs scored (t-16th, 18), and home runs (t-16th, 2).

Pettit was a regular towards the top of the lineup for St. Olaf and was in the top 10 in the conference in on-base percentage (7th, .486) and batting average (8th, .377) in MIAC games. The senior's .961 OPS (16th), 18 runs scored (t-16th), and 23 hits (t-19th) were also top-20 totals. Pettit also committed just two errors on 72 chances at second base to record a .972 fielding percentage in 20 conference contests.

Pleimann earned his third consecutive postseason accolade after a junior season where he was one of the top all-around hitters in the MIAC. Despite missing two conference games due to injury, he ranked fourth in batting average (.418), OPS (1.160), and slugging percentage (.687), tied for fourth in hits (28), fifth in total bases (46), tied for seventh in home runs (4), tied for 10th in doubles and on-base percentage (.473), and tied for 13th in RBI (17).

Steel secured All-MIAC honors for the first time as one of the conference's top starting pitchers this season. In six starts against MIAC foes, Steel was 2-1 with a 1.76 ERA and struck out 25 in 30.2 innings of work while holding opponents to a .207 batting average. Those numbers put him third in the conference in ERA, fifth in opponent batting average, eighth in strikeouts, tied for 10th in wins, and 11th in innings pitched. The right-hander only allowed more than one earned run in one of his six MIAC starts.

Utsch appeared in 11 of St. Olaf's 20 MIAC games in relief and led the conference in ERA (1.42) and opponent batting average (.157) this season. He was one of three pitchers in the conference to record at least one save and his 25.1 innings pitched were the most of any pitcher who did not start at least once. Utsch also ranked tied for 18th in the MIAC with 20 strikeouts in conference play.