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The Daktronics All-AmericanTeams have been announced and Mitch Walser (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) has earned 2nd Team honors. Walser has already been named to the 1st Teams of the Daktronics All-Central Region, the Rawlings/ABCA Central Region, the NCBWA All-Central Region, and the Northern Sun All-Conference. He also has been listed on the ESPN the Magazine’s Academic All-District Second Team and was Upper Iowa’s male representative for the NSIC Honor Student-Athlete Award Winner.
Walser is the program's first All-American since moving up to Division II and the first All-American since Max Edmond (Outfield) was a Division III All-American 3rd Team selection in 1998. The program has had two other All-Americans since 1990; Tommy Martinez, a 2nd Team Shortstop, and Travis Mueller, a 3rd Team Pitcher. Both received the selection in 1996. Walser hit .427 (73-171) with 15 doubles, a pair of triples, and 11 homeruns to earn first team honors as an outfielder. The senior right fielder drove in 64 runs while scoring 53 and registering a .731 slugging percentage and a .505 on base percentage. Walser also stole 11 of 11 bases. The Cedar Rapids native led the team in several categories including batting average, runs, total hits, doubles, triples, homeruns, rbi’s, slugging percentage and on base percentage while playing in and starting all 50 games for the Peacocks this season. His two-year totals with the Peacocks are very impressive. Walser hit .399 (143-358) with 31 doubles, 4 triples, and 16 homeruns. The Kirkwood transfer scored 90 runs while driving in 118 UIU base runners and stole 14 of 17 bases. Walser played in and started every one of the Peacocks’ 100 games over the last two years as well. Walser set one new record for the baseball program this spring as he drove in 64 Peacocks breaking the old record of 57 by Max Edmond in 1998. The Peacocks finished the season with a 29-21 record overall and an 18-11 mark, good for fifth place, in their inaugural season in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Upper Iowa finished the Northern Sun Conference regular season with the second most wins trailing only conference leader Wayne State. |
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