WCIA — Illinois baseball lands two players on the All-Big Ten baseball teams announced Tuesday before the start of the conference tournament. Ryan Moerman and Jack Wenninger are both second team selections.

Moerman hit .308 for the Illini as a sophomore outfielder, tied for second on the team with 43 RBI and third on the team with 12 home runs.

Wenninger is the team’s ace, leading the Illini in wins, innings pitched and strikeouts.

Illinois is the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten tournament, facing No. 2 Indiana Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Omaha, Nebraska.

2023 BIG TEN BASEBALL AWARDS
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Matt Shaw, Jr., SS, Maryland
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Connor O’Halloran, Jr., Michigan
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Devin Taylor, Fr., OF, Indiana
COACH OF THE YEAR
Rob Vaughn, Maryland +
 
ALL-BIG TEN, FIRST TEAM
C – Luke Shliger, Jr., Maryland
1B – Brock Vrandenburg, Jr., Michigan State +
2B – Max Anderson, Jr., Nebraska +
SS – Matt Shaw, Jr., Maryland
3B – Nick Lorusso, Sr., Maryland
OF – Devin Taylor, Fr., Indiana
OF – Sam Petersen, So., Iowa
OF – Ryan Lasko, Jr., Rutgers
SP – Brody Brecht, So., Iowa
SP – Connor O’Halloran, Jr., Michigan
SP – Christian Coppola, Fr., Rutgers
RP – Ryan Kraft, So., Indiana
DH – Keaton Anthony, So., Iowa
At-Large – Brice Matthews, Jr., SS, Nebraska
 
ALL-BIG TEN, SECOND TEAM*
C – Bryan Broecker, So., Michigan State
1B – Brock Tibbitts, So., Indiana
2B – Trent Farquhar, Jr., Michigan State
SS – Phillip Glasser, Sr., Indiana
3B – Chris Brito, Sr., Rutgers
OF – Ryan Moerman, So., Illinois
OF – Brett Bateman, Jr., Minnesota
OF – Gabe Swansen, So., Nebraska
SP – Jack Wenninger, Jr., Illinois
SP – Luke Sinnard, So., Indiana
SP – Marcus Morgan, So., Iowa
SP – Jason Savacool, Jr., Maryland
RP – Wyatt Rush, Sr., Michigan State
DH – Ian Petrutz, So., Maryland
At-Large – Brennen Dorighi, Gd., 1B, Iowa
 
ALL-BIG TEN, THIRD TEAM*
C – Cade Moss, Jr., Iowa
1B – Jake Parr, Sr., Purdue
2B – Ted Burton, Sr., Michigan
2B – Paul Toetz, Jr., Purdue
SS – Mitch Jebb, Jr., MSU
3B – Josh Pyne, So., Indiana
OF – Elijah Lambros, So., Maryland
OF – Stephen Hrustich, Sr., Northwestern
OF – Evan Sleight, Jr., Rutgers
SP – Nick Dean, Sr., Maryland
SP – Tucker Novotny, So., Minnesota
SP – Khal Stephen, So., Purdue
SP – Drew Conover, Jr., Rutgers
RP – Shay Schanaman, Gd, Nebraska
RP – Ben Gorski, Jr., Rutgers
DH – Bobby Marsh, Fr., Penn State
At-Large – Jonathan Kim, Fr., OF, Michigan
 
ALL-BIG TEN FRESHMAN TEAM
C – Matthew Graveline, Fr., Ohio State
1B – Weber Neels, Fr., Minnesota +
2B – Tyler Cerny, Fr., Indiana +
SS – Henry Kaczmar, Fr., Ohio State
3B – Mitch Voit, Fr., Michigan +
OF – Devin Taylor, Fr., Indiana
OF – Jonathan Kim, Fr., Michigan
OF – Trevor Cohen, Fr., Rutgers
SP – Kyle McCoy, Fr., Maryland
SP – Joseph Dzierwa, Fr., Michigan State
SP – Christian Coppola, Fr., Rutgers
RP – Mitch Voit, Fr., Michigan
DH – Bobby Marsh, Fr., Penn State +
At-Large – Sam Garewal, Fr., SP, Northwestern
 
*Additional honorees due to ties
+ unanimous selection
 
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Joe Glassey, Jr., RHP, Illinois
Peter Serruto, Sr., C, Indiana
Ben Wilmes, So., IF, Iowa
Michael Bouma, Sr., 1B, Maryland
Tito Flores, Sr., OF, Michigan
Wyatt Rush, Sr., RHP, Michigan State
Richie Holetz, Sr., RHP, Minnesota
Corbin Hawkins, So., RHP, Nebraska
Michael Farinelli, Gd., RHP, Northwestern
Marcus Ernst, Gd., IF, Ohio State
Steven Miller, Gd., RHP, Penn State
Camden Melvin, So., OF, Purdue
Andy Axelson, Sr., C, Rutgers