NAPERVILLE – The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin officially released the list of Baseball All-CCIW honorees on Tuesday afternoon. Regular-season co-champions Millikin and North Park each placed a league-high seven student-athletes on the league’s annual postseason honor roll.
 
North Park senior utility player Bobby Bartlett was voted CCIW Student-Athlete of the Year, while Millikin graduate student Caleb Buehrle earned the CCIW Pitcher of the Year award. North Central’s Jackson Bland, one of two freshmen named to the All-CCIW Team on Tuesday, was selected CCIW First-Year Student-Athlete of the Year.
 
Brandon Townsend of Millikin and Luke Johnson of North Park were tabbed CCIW Co-Coaches of the Year after leading their teams to a share of conference championship.
 
Bartlett – NPU’s third CCIW Student-Athlete of the Year in the last four seasons – was a dual threat for the Vikings. He earned the All-CCIW First Team utility spot after hitting .388 with a .483 on-base percentage in 19 appearances against CCIW opponents. He was also a huge part of the NPU pitching staff, posting a 1.53 earned-run average and a 3-0 record in 29.1 innings of work. He struck out 19 hitters and limited opposing hitters to a .208 batting average.
 
Buehrle finished the league slate as the CCIW leader in ERA (1.03), innings pitched (43.2) and wins (six). He was the only pitcher to throw a complete-game shutout against a conference opponent this spring and was one of only five CCIW aces to make six starts. He is the first CCIW Pitcher of the Year from Millikin since at least 1980.
 
Bland, an NCC infielder, ranked among the top five of CCIW hitters with 34 hits (second), 21 RBI (third), two triples (third) and 22 runs scored (fifth). He also finished the 20-game slate with a .405 batting average, one of only six players to reach the .400 mark. 
 
Johnson is now a four-time CCIW Coach of the Year honoree after previous selections in 2006, 2011 and 2012. The Vikings, picked fifth in a preseason CCIW coaches’ poll, surged to win their first league title since going back to back in 2011 and 2012.
 
Townsend is also a multiple-time CCIW Coach of the Year recipient after also earning the award in 2019. The 12th-year head coach piloted the Big Blue to a share of their first league title since 1975. 
 
CCIW Student-Athlete of the Year
Bobby Bartlett, North Park
 
CCIW Pitcher of the Year
Caleb Buehrle, Millikin
 
CCIW First-Year Student-Athlete of the Year
Jackson Bland, North Central
 
CCIW Co-Coaches of the Year
Brandon Townsend, Millikin
Luke Johnson, North Park
 
All-CCIW First Team
C, Ryan Janssen, Millikin, Sr., Nokomis, Ill., Nokomis
IF, Justin Gadomski, Illinois Wesleyan, Jr., Schaumburg, Ill., Schaumburg
IF, Kyle Gibson, Millikin, Jr., Niles, Ill., Niles West
IF, Tommy Shaw, Millikin, Sr., Elburn, Ill., Kaneland
IF, Justin Swanson, North Park, Sr., Johnson Creek, Wis., Johnson Creek
IF, Kyle Wu, Wheaton, Sr., Mercer Island, Wash., Mercer Island
OF, Joey Appino, Carroll, So., Loves Park, Ill., Boylan Catholic
OF, Trey Roach, North Central, Sr., Dekalb, Ill., Deklab
OF, Alex DiVito, North Park, Jr., Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Bloomfield Hills
OF, Joe Klein, Wheaton, Sr., Wheaton, Ill., Wheaton North
DH, Garrett Bragg, North Park, Sr., Geneva, Ill., Geneva
UTIL, Bobby Bartlett, North Park, Sr., Winfield, Ill., West Chicago
P, Bryce Schaum, Carthage, Jr., Munster, Ind., Munster
P, Cole Shamhart, Illinois Wesleyan, So., Oak Park, Ill., Oak Park River Forest
P, Caleb Buehrle, Millikin, Gr., Wildwood, Mo., St. John Vianney
P, Drew Detmers, Millikin, Sr., Chatham, Ill., Glenwood
 
All-CCIW Second Team
C, Tyler Woltman, Illinois Wesleyan, Jr., Wheaton, Ill., Wheaton North
IF, Daniel Mosele, Augustana, Jr., Bloomington, Ill., University
IF, JP Ferraro, Illinois Wesleyan, Fr., Oak Park, Ill., Oak Park River Forest
IF, Jackson Bland, North Central, Fr., Batavia, Ill., Batavia
IF, John Michael Scumaci, North Central, Jr., Orland Park, Ill., Sandburg
IF, Harrison Stanton, Wheaton, Sr., Elmhurst, Ill., Timothy Christian
OF, Louis Perona, Illinois Wesleyan, Sr., Chicago, Ill., Lane Tech
OF, Sam Bushur, Millikin, So., Teutopolis, Ill., Teutopolis
OF, Tyler Gade, Millikin, Jr., Rochester, Ill., Rochester
OF, Joe Perona, North Park, So., Chicago, Ill., Lane Tech
DH, Mason Diel, Wheaton, Jr., Charlotte, N.C., Charlotte Christian
UTIL, Luke Lehnen, North Central, Sr., Chatham, Ill., Glenwood
P, Connor Nolen, Carroll, Sr., Poplar Grove, Ill., North Boone
P, Will Davidsmeier, Illinois Wesleyan, So., Virginia, Ill., Beardstown
P, Ethan Condit, North Park, So., Putnam, Ill., Henry-Senachwine
P, Brandon Leidolph, North Park, So., Joliet, Ill., Plainfield Central
 
CCIW RESPECT Award Recipients
Alec McGinnis, Augustana, Sr., Normal, Ill., Normal West
Casey Mir, Carroll, Sr., Menomonee Falls, Wis., Menomonee Falls
Trey Zastrow, Carthage, Sr., Manitowoc, Wis., Lutheran
Cole Bozzi, Elmhurst, Sr., Darien, Ill., Hinsdale South
Mike Passarelli, Illinois Wesleyan, Sr., Chicago, Ill., De La Salle
Nolan Shannon, North Central, Sr., McHenry, Ill., McHenry West
Christian Badorek, Millikin, Gr., Bloomington, Ill., Normal Community
Cole Fiorenza, North Park, Sr., Libertyville, Ill., Libertyville
Payton McClowry, Wheaton, Neenah, Wis., Neenah