Horan & Nold Lead Cobber MIAC Postseason Crew
Thomas Horan and Jacoby Nold led a group of five Cobbers who received MIAC postseason honors. Horan and Nold were both placed on the MIAC All-Conference Team.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (5/14/24)---Concordia had five players receive MIAC postseason honors as selected by the conference coaches it was announced on Tuesday.
Senior Thomas Horan (Moorhead, Minn.) and junior Jacoby Nold (Jamestown, N.D.) were named to the MIAC All-Conference Team, while first-year pitcher Grant Anderson (Dilworth, Minn./Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton HS) and juniors David Dorsey (Delano, Minn.) and Alex Rudquist (Rochester, Minn./Rochester Lourdes HS) all garnered MIAC All-Conference Honorable Mention honors.
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Horan is the only player of the Cobber five honorees to be awarded a conference postseason honor for the second time. Horan also received MIAC All-Conference honors in 2023. Concordia has now had 13 conference postseason award winners in the past two years.
Horan played in all 20 conference games this season and led the team in hitting. He posted a .378 average that included a team-high 28 hits. He also came through with a .460 on-base percentage and a .514 slugging percentage.
Horan was one of the keys to the Cobbers' playoff drive in the last 10 games of the year. He finished the year by going 11-for-16 in the final four games of the season and hit safely in 10 of the last 11 games of the year. Horan also recorded a pair of milestones during the year. He posted his 100th career RBI and passed former head coach Chris Coste for second place on the school's all-time hit list.
Nold was Concordia's No.1 pitcher against MIAC opponents. He started the year slowly but then came on to finish with a 2.61 earned run average in five starts and 31.0 innings in conference play. Nold won three of his last five starts and pitched complete games in all three of those wins.
Nold ended the year with the fourth-best ERA in the conference and was in the Top 10 in innings pitched and strikeouts (26).
Anderson had a solid season in his first year of collegiate baseball. He started four games in conference play and went 2-1 with a 2.66 ERA. His ERA was No.5 in the MIAC and he limited opponents to a .233 average, which was ninth-best in the league.
Dorsey hit .338 in 20 conference games. He hit safely in 15 of those games and had a 10-game hit streak to finish the year. Dorsey also posted an eye-opening 10 multiple-hit games in MIAC play and had two hits in each of the final four contests. Dorsey led the team in home runs (3), RBI (24) and slugging percentage (.571) during the year.
Rudquist was seventh among all MIAC pitchers in opponent's batting average. He held league hitters to a .228 average in his four conference starts. Rudquist went 3-1 for the Cobbers and pitched in 25.0 innings. His top game of the year came against St. Scholastica when he went 6.0 innings, while only allowing one earned run and striking out five.
Past Cobber MIAC All-Conference Award Winners
2023 - Andy Gravdahl, Matt Gruber, Isaac Henkemeyer-Howe, Thomas Horan, Ashwin Stratton
2022 - Isaac Henkemeyer-Howe, Andy Gravdahl
2021 - Matt Gruber, Ty Syverson
2019 - Cole Christensen, Ty Syverson, Austin Ver Steeg
2018 - Austin Ver Steeg
2017 - Nate Hoeft, Cody Rahman
2016 - Tim Carlson, Alex Sandahl
2015 - Nick Bornhauser, Eric Carlsen, Bryce Feia, Aaron Green, Devin Johnson
2014 - Jordan Gefroh
2013 - Devin Johnson, Jackson Meland, Michael Olson
2012 - Michael Olson, Braden Rahman
2011 - Michael Carlson
2010 - Adam Johnson, Jake Krause, Dan Wackler
2009 - Kyle Johnson, Scott Schumacher
2008 - Adam Johnson, Kyle Johnson, Scott Schumacher
2007 - Kyle Johnson, Brian Knoblauch
2006 - Billy DeNet, Brian Schumacher, Blake Trenbeath
2005 - Bryant Bergeson, Billy DeNet, Nick Esala, Bryan Romsa, Brian Scumacher
2004 - Ryan Hebrink, Jeremy Hinderks, Luther Kangas
2003 - Derek Dormanen, Ryan Hebrink, Jeremy Hinderks
2002 - Derek Dormanen, Chad Felstul
2001 - Derek Dormanen, Chad Felstul, Jesse Rostad
2000 - Clayton Horgen
1999 - David Feir, Clayton Horgen
1998 - David Feir, Dan Geizler
1997 - Scott DeBrito, Noah Johnson
1996 - Joe Cuchna, Jeremy Holm, Stuart Lang, Randy Razidlo, Jeff Spanier
1995 - Chris Coste, Scott DeBrito, Jeremy Holm, Jeremy Kovash, Ron Litzau, Greg Salvevold
1994 - Clark Christiansen, Chris Coste
1993 - Chris Coste, Chris Marsden, Gary Ullrich
1992 - Dan Holgate, Brad Keenan, Chris Marsden, Jeff Morken
1991 - Wade Beavers, Jeff Morken
1990 - Mike Klindt
1989 - Terry Horan, Doug Toivonen
1988 - Scott Oeffling
1987 - Colin Kerslake
1986 - Eric Jacobson, Doug Kovash, John Riewer, Greg Toivonen
1985 - Tim Anderson, Ray Brekke, Kent Kuball, Joel Smith, Greg Toivonen
1984 - Howard Berglund, Kent Kuball, Mark Nelson
1983 - Stephen Anderson, Brent Helmeke, Mark Nelson
1982 - Dan Olson
1981 - Howard Berglund, Mark Redemske
1980 - Bryon Novotny, Tom Simon, Bob Wentzel
1979 - Steve Atchison
1977 - Kris Gulsvig
1970 - Tom Cummings, Kerry Knoff
1969 - Joe Langemo
1968 - Joe Langemo, Tim Braaten
Past Cobber MIAC Honorable Mention Award Winners
2023 - Jake Christianson, Caiden Kjelstrom, Luke Levasseur
1977 - Steve Atchison, Bob Gullick
1968 - Paul Linde, Wayne Nelson