Fifth-year senior Jack Hutchins named 2024 D3baseball.com Preseason All-American

January 16, 2024

By Wes Mayberry

| 2024 D3baseball.com Preseason All-America Team |

ADA — Ohio Northern fifth-year senior pitcher Jack Hutchins (Bright, Ind./East Central) was named to the D3baseball.com Preseason All-America Third Team for the 2024 season.

Hutchins was one of 45 student-athletes selected among First, Second and Third teams based on the previous year's All-American and All-Region nominations.

During his senior season in 2023, Hutchins posted a 7-2 record and ranked third in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 1.91 ERA. In 66 innings spanning 12 appearances, including nine starts, he racked up 59 strikeouts, which ranked ninth in the OAC. After the season, he was named to the D3baseball.com All-America Fifth Team, D3baseball.com All-Region 7 First Team, ABCA/Rawlings All-Region 7 Second Team and All-OAC First Team.

Hutchins has a career 4.25 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 27 appearances spanning 84.2 innings at ONU.

The Polar Bears went 12-6 in OAC play, qualified for the OAC Tournament as the No. 3 seed and finished with a 27-15 overall mark last season.

They open their 2024 season with a doubleheader at Asbury (Ky.) on March 2 under 13th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte.