2025 ORVC Baseball All-Conference Team Announced

Conf. Champ Southwestern and Switz. Co. led the way with four selections each.

Photo by Southwestern Baseball.

(Hanover, Ind.) - Eighteen baseball stars have earned All-Conference honors from the Ohio River Valley Conference.

The 2025 ORVC Baseball All-Conference Team, Mental Attitude Award recipients and Coach of the Year were announced on Tuesday.

2025 ORVC Standings and All-Conference Selections

  • Southwestern (11-1) - Jeter Chatham, Austin Jenkins, Adam Traylor, Andrew Varble
  • Switzerland County (8-4) - Carson Byrd, Roman Hite, Zayne Smith, Cooper Todd 
  • Milan (7-5) - John McKeown, Noah Morgan
  • South Ripley (6-6) - Trevor Castner, Mason McNew 
  • Rising Sun (5-7) - Weston Cumberworth, Aiden White
  • Jac-Cen-Del (5-7) - Brody Huff, Neil Sullivan, Blake Wagner
  • Shawe Memorial (0-12) - Tyler Hill

The Mental Attitude Award went to Roman Hite, of Switzerland County. 

Southwestern head coach Dan Thurston was named the ORVC Coach of the Year.

2025 ORVC Stat Leaders

*All Stats are via MaxPreps (please note some teams may have not reported season stats)

Batting Average

  1. Jeter Chatham, Southwestern (.408)
  1. Roman Hite, Switz. Co. (.405)
  1. Andrew Varble, Southwestern; Noah Morgan, Milan (.400)

Home Runs

  1. Mason McNew, South Ripley (3)
  1. Jackson Sparks, Switz. Co. (2)
  1. Austin Jenkins, SW; Carson Byrd, SC; Adam Traylor, SW (1)

Slugging %

  1. Mason McNew, South Ripley (.712)
  1. Jackson Sparks, Switz. Co. (.574)
  1. Carson Byrd, Switz. Co. (.568)

RBI

  1. Adam Traylor, Southwestern (28)
  1. Andrew Varble, Southwestern (23)
  1. Jackson Sparks, Switz. Co. (22)

Runs

  1. Austin Jenkins, Southwestern (28)
  1. Roman Hite, Switz. Co. (27)
  1. Jeter Chatman, Barron Welsh, Southwestern (26)

On-Base %

  1. Jackson Sparks, Switz. Co. (.587)
  1. Andrew Varble, Southwestern (.575)
  1. Roman Hite, Switz. Co. (.538)

Stolen Bases

  1. Austin Jenkins, Southwestern (15)
  1. Jeter Chatham, Southwestern (15)
  1. Tyler Hill, Shawe
  2. Parker Pindell, JCD
  3. Jackson Sparks, Switz. Co. (13)

 

Earned Run Average

  1. Jackson Sparks, Switz. Co (0.88)
  1. Adam Traylor, Southwestern (1.28)
  1. Tryson Warren, Southwestern (1.70)

Strikeouts

  1. Zayne Smith, Switz. Co. (96)
  1. Adam Traylor, Southwestern (81)
  1. Neil Sullivan, JCD (76)

Wins

  1. Zayne Smith, Switz. Co. (8)
  1. Tryson Warren, SW
  2. Blake Wagner, JCD
  3. Neil Sullivan, JCD (5)
  1. Braxton Lewis, Southwestern (3)

Fielding %

  1. Traevin Liston, Shawe (1.000)
  1. Ethan Schmaltz, South Ripley (.983)
  1. Cooper Todd, Switz. Co. (.982)

 

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