2025: Two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District®s selection … Continued to split time between starting right fielder and right-handed reliever … Made 38 appearances with 36 starts, including 10 appearances on the mound … At the plate, batted .238 (30-for-126) with eight doubles, one triple, two home runs, and 18 RBI … Fifth on the team with 29 runs scored and third in walks with 20 … One of team’s top base stealers, converting 11-of-12 attempts … On the mound, posted a 1-1 record with a 7.47 ERA in 15 2/3 innings pitched … Tied for second on the squad with two saves … Gave up 15 runs (13 earned) on 17 hits … Notched second-most strikeouts among Scot relievers with 19 and walked six … Graduates tied for seventh in program history with eight career saves … Along with Maanav Bhatt swept NCAC Athlete of the Week honors on Feb. 18 … Saved Wooster’s first win of the season, working out of a bases-loaded jam against Centre (Feb. 14) and then setting down the side in order with two strikeouts en route to the weekly honor … Walked off Eureka (March 15) with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning … Started NCAC play with a five-game hitting streak, including two hits in the opener against Oberlin (April 1) … Notched five hits, a walk, and two RBI in the NCAC Tournament … Blasted a two-run homer in loss to Mount Union (April 13) … Went 5-for-9 in a two-game stretch against Brockport (March 9) and Chatham (March 11) with two doubles and four RBI … Punched out a season-best four batters in 2 2/3 innings of work vs. Ripon (March 21) … Had a stretch of 4 1/3 scoreless innings that spanned three games … Only allowed two hits to four strikeouts during that stretch … Fired 3 2/3 innings of strong relief to help lift Wooster to win over Allegheny (March 12) … Member of the NCAC Dr. Gordon Collins Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll … Member of both the fall semester and spring semester AD Honor Roll.
2024: CSC Academic All-District® selection … All-NCAC first-team in the utility spot after splitting time as top reliever and starting outfielder … Posted team-low 3.32 ERA … Had a 1-4 record across 21 2/3 innings … Logged a team-high four saves … Gave up 11 runs (eight earned) on 27 hits … Third on the team with 21 strikeouts, while allowing a team-low nine walks among pitchers who logged at least 10 innings of work … Offensively, batted .235 (16-for-68) with 16 hits, seven RBI, 12 runs scored, four doubles, and one triple … Had a three-hit game with a double in first game of Hiram doubleheader (April 27) … Recorded a hit in six of last seven games played … Did not allow a run across final 7 2/3 innings of work … Struck out four batters on two separate occasions – at LaGrange (March 18) and at Ohio Wesleyan (April 16) … Got the save in back-to-back games vs. Marywood (March 11) and Thiel (March 12) and did not allow any hits or runs … Tossed a scoreless, hitless inning for save in Wooster’s first win of the season vs. Spalding (Feb. 24) … Slammed the door with clean inning in win over Wittenberg (April 6) … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the fall and spring semester AD Honor Roll.
2023: Filled a lot of roles as a reliever, designated hitter, and reserve corner infielder … Led the team with two saves … Went 0-5 with a 10.30 ERA over 25 1/3 innings pitched … Pitched in 18 games, two of which were starts … Tied for second on the team in appearances … Offensively, hit .167 (2-for-12) with two RBI, a run scored, and a double … Recorded the final two outs to preserve Wooster’s 7-6 win over Wabash (May 12) at the NCAC Tournament … Recorded the final two outs to hold Wooster’s lead at 11-7 at DePauw (April 22) for first save of year … Longest outing came versus Mount Union (April 25) … Started and allowed one run on four hits in four innings … Worked three innings of shutout baseball at La Roche (April 16) … Hit a double against Heidelberg (April 23).
2022: Pitched in seven games … Went 1-0 with a 13.50 ERA over 9 1/3 innings … Allowed 15 runs on 15 hits … Earned win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings against Arcadia (March 15) … Allowed an unearned run in three innings of work against Hiram (April 6) … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Wooster: Earned all-district honors as a senior and was a two-time all-conference pick at Skyline High School … Prepped for Jon Evans.
Personal: Parents are Ina Hanel-Gerdenich and Mike Gerdenich … Political science major and history minor … Member of the gameday statistics crew for basketball and football home games.
