The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Four Blazers Honored in American Conference Postseason Awards
5/19/2025 1:45:00 PM | Baseball
BIRMINGHAM - Four Blazers were honored as part of The American Conference's Postseason Awards on Monday.
Todd Clay was voted Co-Newcomer Position Player of the Year by the league's coaches. Clay slashed .361/.473/.539 with 69 hits, 51 RBI, 34 runs scored 13 doubles, and seven home runs. He also had 103 total bases and six stolen bases. The junior from Auburn started all 53 games he played in with his lone absence coming on Senior Day.
Clay also was named to the All-Conference Second Team with Logan Braunschweig and Colin Daniel.
Braunschweig was named to the All-Conference Second Team for the second straight season. He finished his senior season with a .319 batting average, .437 on-base percentage, and had a career-high slugging percentage of .500. Seven of Braunschweig's 10 career home runs came in 2025 and had career-highs in hits (65), runs (52), RBI (31), and doubles (14). Braunschweig also led the conference with 27 stolen bases.
Preseason American Conference Pitcher of the Year Colin Daniel found himself on the All-Conference Second Team for the second consecutive year. Daniel was an anchor in the Blazers rotation as he started all 14 games this season. He finished the season with a 3.15 ERA after he finished 2024 with a 3.13 ERA. He struck out 80 and allowed just 15 walks (5.33 K/BB) in 91.1 innings. He also was named Conference Pitcher of the Week four times. Daniel posted a career-best .235 opponents' batting average and two complete games with a shutout coming against Rice on April 25 which also earned him National Pitcher of the Week honors by the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
Freshman reliever Brendan Conner was named to the All-Freshman team after his stellar 2025 season. Conner had an ERA of 3.96 in his rookie campaign and had 36 strikeouts to just 12 walks in 50.1 innings. He had 20 appearances this season and made three starts, two of which came in the month of May. Conner also led the team with six saves with his first three coming in his first three collegiate outings.
Player of the Year
Mason Lytle, Sr., OF, UTSA*
Pitcher of the Year
Blake Gillespie, Jr., P, Charlotte
Newcomer Position Player of the Year
Todd Clay, Jr., 3B, UAB
Drew Detlefsen, Jr., OF, UTSA
Newcomer Pitcher of the Year
Blake Gillespie, Jr., P, Charlotte
Defensive Player of the Year
Mason Lytle, Sr., OF, UTSA
Coach of the Year
Pat Hallmark, UTSA*
All-Conference First Team
P – Blake Gillespie, Jr., Charlotte*
P – Trey Beard, So., Florida Atlantic
P – Corey Braun, R-Jr., South Florida
RP – Michael Lombardi, Tulane
RP – Robert Orloski, So., UTSA*
C – Andrew Stucky, Sr., UTSA
1B – Cody Gunderson, Jr., Charlotte
2B – Connor Rasmussen, Jr., Tulane
SS – Ty Hodge, R-Jr., UTSA
3B – Dawson Bryce, So., Charlotte
OF – Marshall Lipsey, Jr., Florida Atlantic
OF – Mason Lytle, Sr., UTSA*
OF – James Taussig, Sr., UTSA
DH – Blaine Brown, Fr., Rice
UTL – Colby Wallace, So., East Carolina
All-Conference Second Team
P – Colin Daniel, Jr., UAB
P – Ethan Norby, So., East Carolina
P – Davion Hickson, Jr., Rice
RP – RJ Bollinger, So., Florida Atlantic
RP – Jack Nedrow, Sr., South Florida
C – Logan Poteet, R-So., Charlotte
1B – Sebastian Greico, Sr., South Florida
2B – Jordan Ballin, Fr., UTSA
SS – Brando Leroux, Sr., Florida Atlantic
3B – Todd Clay, Jr., UAB
OF – Logan Braunschweig, Sr., UAB
OF – Braden Burress, Fr., East Carolina
OF – Drew Detlefsen, Jr., UTSA
DH – Gavin Schulz, Sr., Tulane
UTL – Seth Cox, Sr., Memphis
All-Freshman Team
Brendan Connor, P, UAB
Braden Burress, INF, East Carolina*
Austin Irby, INF, East Carolina
James Litman, P, Florida Atlantic
Hiram Bocachica Jr., INF, Rice
Blaine Brown, P/OF, Rice*
Michael Zito, INF, Rice
Jordan Ballin, 2B, UTSA
Nathan Hodge, UTL, UTSA
Caden Miller, UTL, UTSA
Tanner Chun, OF, Tulane
Jason Wachs, OF, Tulane*
* denotes unanimous selection
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