2023 Michigan Baseball Awards and Honors
5/15/2023 4:30:00 PM | Baseball
• Voit Named To D1 Baseball Freshman All-America Team (6/30/23)
• O'Halloran Earns Spot On ABCA/Rawlings NCAA All-Region Team (6/13/23)
• Two Wolverines Named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team (5/29/23)
• Five Wolverines Selected CSC Academic All-District (5/16/23)
Mitch Voit (July 5)
Baseball America Freshman All-America Team -- University of Michigan baseball third baseman/pitcher Mitch Voit was named a second team Freshman All-American by Baseball America as a Utility player. On June 30, Voit earned a second-team Freshman All-America nod from D1Baseball. He also was named as an All-Big Ten Freshman Team member after 51 starts at third base and 36 innings pitched. Voit hit .267 with a .439 slugging percentage and seven home runs -- the fifth most all-time for a Michigan freshman -- while adding 32 RBI. On the mound, he had the lowest earned-run average (3.25) of any pitcher on staff in 19 appearances and one start. He held a 4-1 record on the year with five saves, fifth most as a U-M freshman all-time. Voit is the first Wolverine to earn Baseball America Freshman honors since Jesse Franklin earned a second-team nod in 2018. » Baseball America Release
Mitch Voit (May 15)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week -- Mitch Voit was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the second time in his career after propelling the Wolverines to a victory against Northwestern on Saturday (May 15). Voit hit a three-run home run to put the Wolverines up, 5-2, breaking a 2-2 tie. He also earned the win on the mound, the third of his season, with 2.1 innings of work. Voit allowed just one base runner and tallied two strikeouts. He added three hits, a run and an RBI on Friday (May 14), going 4-for-12 on the weekend. He is the third Wolverine to win Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors this season and first since Steven Hajjar in 2020 to win it twice in a season. » Big Ten Release
Jacob Denner (May 8)
Big Ten Pitcher of the Week -- Jacob Denner was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week for the first time in his career after a complete game victory over Minnesota. Denner pitched his first complete game of his career -- going the full nine innings, beating his previous career high of 6.2 innings that he set on March 6, 2022, against Indiana State. Over the course of the nine innings, Denner struck out seven batters, tying his career high for the sixth time. He allowed only seven base runners -- with just two walks and five hits. Denner faced the minimum three batters in four innings, including the final two. He is the first Wolverine to win Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors this season and first since Connor O'Halloran won it last year on March 23. » Big Ten Release
Jonathan Kim (April 3)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week -- Jonathan Kim was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the first time in his career after a five-hit game on Friday and a 9-for-16 week. With his five-hit game, Kim became just the 10th player for Michigan to achieve the feat since 2000 and the fourth freshman. Kim had a two-run home run and added two more RBI on two doubles. He added another three hits, a run and an RBI on Saturday in a 10-5 win. His RBI came with two outs in the top of the 8th to break a 3-3 tie. In the midweek game, Kim singled and scored in a two-run ninth that forced extra innings. He is the third Wolverine to win Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors this season as Greg Pace Jr. won the award on Feb. 27 and Mitch Voit won the award on March 13. » Big Ten Release
Mitch Voit (March 13)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week -- Mitch Voit was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the first time in his career after propelling the Wolverines to a comeback victory over UAB on Saturday. Voit knocked in the winning run, his second RBI of the game, when he hit a sacrifice fly to center field in the 8th inning to put the Wolverines up, 3-2. He also earned the win on the mound with 3.2 innings of work. Voit allowed just two base runners with one being an intentional walk and tallied four strikeouts. In the two other weekend games, Voit tallied four hits with a double and a run. Voit also pitched in the mid-week game versus Oakland and did not allow a baserunner in 3.2 innings of work and added three strikeouts. He is the second Wolverine to win Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors this season as Greg Pace Jr. won the award on Feb. 27. » Big Ten Release
Greg Pace Jr. (Feb. 27)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week -- Greg Pace Jr. was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the first time in his career on Monday (Feb. 27) after helping to lift the Wolverines to two victories over the Cal State Fullerton Titans over the weekend. In the first game of the Sunday doubleheader (Feb. 26), Pace hit a massive three-run home run to give the Wolverines the lead and he added another run later in the game. In the second game of the doubleheader, Pace tripled and scored a run. Over the two games, the freshman had two hits with three runs, three RBI and a stolen base. He is the first Wolverine to win Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors since Steven Hajjar won the award during the 2020 season. » Big Ten Release
Tito Flores, Connor O'Halloran, Mitch Voit (Feb. 15)
Big Ten Presesaon Players to Watch -- Tito Flores returns for another season with Michigan after helping lead the Wolverines to a Big Ten Tournament championship last season. Starting all 62 games last season, he hit .276 , with 11 home runs, and 49 RBI during the 2022 season. Named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team at designated hitter, Flores looks to assist U-M both offensively and defensively this season.
Connor O'Halloran, one of Michigan's top pitchers a year ago, was ranked second in the Big Ten in strikeouts with a total of 104 which also tied for eighth most in a season by a Wolverine. He started 18 games on the mound for the Maize and Blue and will look to be the dominant ace with the departure of Cameron Weston. In 2022, he was named Big Ten Conference's Pitcher of the Week on March 23 after striking out 13 and allowing just one run over eight innings of work against Dayton on March 17.
Mitch Voit, Wisconsin's 2022 Gatorade Player of the year, is one of Michigan baseball's newest additions. As he begins his collegiate career with U-M, he comes off of an incredible high school career where he hit .581 across 93 at-bats and held a 0.45 earned-run average across 10 starts. Voit was ranked third for right-handed pitchers and ninth overall in Wisconsin. Projected to be the Wolverines' third baseman and closer, he seeks to be a valuable asset to the Wolverines this season. » Big Ten Release
