Stechschulte named Academic All-District in Baseball by College Sports Communicators

By Marissa Myers

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ADA — Ohio Northern junior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) was named 2024 Academic All-District in baseball by College Sports Communicators.

The 2023 Academic All-District Baseball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.

To be eligible for Academic All-District honors, each student-athlete must have at least a 3.5 GPA and have played in at least 50 percent of his team's games or pitched at least 10 innings during the season.

Stechschulte, an accounting major, has now earned the honor for a second year in a row and is also a two-time All-OAC First Team selection. He led the team in hits this year with 50, and also had 40 RBIs, 10 doubles, one triple, six home runs, 30 runs, and six stolen bases while batting .314. Defensively, he posted a .985 fielding percentage and a .447 caught-stealing percentage, throwing out 17 of 38 base-stealers.

He was also named Third Team All-Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association this season.

In three years at ONU, Stechschulte has played in 86 games and has a career .275 average with 84 hits, 56 RBIs, 19 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 51 runs, and 14 stolen bases.

Under 13th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte, the Polar Bears finished 24-17 overall in 2024, placing fourth in the OAC with a 11-7 league mark en route to earning their 21st all-time appearance in the OAC Tournament.