2022 Baseball News

Storm baseball receives ABCA academic award
Storm baseball receives ABCA academic award

July 27, 2022

The Simpson College baseball program earned the 2021-22 American Baseball Coaches Association’s Team Academic Excellence Award on Wednesday.

Senior Brady Held / Junior Cassie Nash
Held, Nash named SC ESPY Athletes of the Year

July 22, 2022

Senior Brady Held of Storm baseball and junior Cassie Nash of Simpson women’s soccer and women’s basketball have been named the 2021-22 SC ESPY Male and Female Athletes of the Year.

Simpson adds 51 to A-R-C All-Academic Team
Simpson adds 51 to A-R-C All-Academic Team

June 16, 2022

The American Rivers Conference released the spring sport members of the 2021-22 All-Academic Team on Wednesday and 51 student-athletes from Simpson College met the requirements for recognition.

Senior Brady Held
Held achieves All-American status

June 01, 2022

For the first time in 31 years, the Simpson College baseball team had a player earn All-American distinction as Brady Held was elected to the D3baseball.com All-America Second Team on Wednesday morning.

Senior Brady Held
Held named to pair of all-region teams

May 31, 2022

Simpson College baseball's Brady Held was selected to the D3baseball.com All-Region IX First Team as a utility player on Tuesday morning and the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Region IX First Team as a pitcher on Tuesday afternoon.

(L to R) Senior Brady Held, Sophomore Trey Castile, Junior Ty Cowley, Senior Brett Kauzlarich
Held headlines baseball’s four all-conference selections

May 18, 2022

Senior Brady Held was named American Rivers Conference Pitcher of the Year and three others were recognized on the 2022 All-Conference Team, as announced by the league on Wednesday.

Senior Luke Willis
Baseball concludes season with win over Duhawks

May 08, 2022

The Simpson College baseball team concluded the 2022 campaign with a 7-6 victory over RV Loras on Sunday afternoon.

Senior Kolton Arnold
Storm drop pair of games against Loras

May 07, 2022

Kolton Arnold went 6-for-9 overall with three hits and two RBIs in each game, but the Simpson College baseball team came up short in both games against RV Loras on Saturday.

Junior Kaleb Bauer
Storm rally late but fall in non-conference finale

May 04, 2022

The Simpson College baseball team nearly came back to win its 2022 non-conference finale, but Augustana escaped with an 8-6 midweek win.

Senior Keaton DeKock
Storm close home slate with 2-1 loss to Luther

May 01, 2022

The Simpson College baseball team closed its 2022 home slate with a 2-1 loss to Luther on Sunday.

(Back L to R) Luke Willis, Brett Kauzlarich, Colton Major, Brady Held, Zach Hollingsworth, Keaton DeKock, Kolton Arnold, Head Coach Nathan Roling; (Front L to R) Dunston Werner, Chris Miller, Cameron Liston, Ben Rupe, Brady Leonard
Baseball celebrates Senior Day with sweep of Norse

April 30, 2022

The Simpson College baseball team celebrated a cold and windy Senior Day with a doubleheader sweep of Luther in American Rivers Conference action. The Storm bats amassed 23 hits on the day and Simpson won 11-3 and 7-2.

Senior Kolton Arnold
Simpson wins series finale against Wartburg

April 24, 2022

The Simpson College baseball team overcame a late three-run deficit to top Wartburg 6-5 in the series finale on Sunday. The Knights took the first game 10-4.

Freshman Bennett Wadstrom
Knights power past Storm on Saturday

April 23, 2022

The Simpson College baseball team dropped its series-opening game with Wartburg by a score of 9-2 on Saturday.

Senior Matt Marquez
Simpson sweeps Central for second straight series win

April 19, 2022

The Simpson College baseball team defeated Central twice in a pair of one-run affairs on Tuesday, collecting its second-straight series win in American Rivers Conference action.

Senior Brennen Lemke
Lemke’s three-run blast clinches series with Coe

April 16, 2022

Brennen Lemke crushed a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Simpson College baseball team to a dramatic 6-3 victory over Coe in Saturday’s opener. The Kohawks wrapped the weekend with a 7-1 win in game two.

Sophomore Trey Castile (photo by C&M Photography)
Big inning, solid pitching leads Simpson past Coe

April 15, 2022

Trey Castile and Zach Hollingsworth combined for 17 strikeouts, Ty Cowley and Keaton DeKock drove in three runs each, and the Simpson College baseball team got back on track with a 9-3 win over Coe on Friday evening.