IRVING, Texas – On Tuesday, the American Conference released its 2026 Baseball Postseason Awards. Top-seeded UTSA headlined the reveal with two superlative award winners and six total all-conference selections. Senior Drew Detlefsen was named the league’s Player of the Year and graduate Conor Myles earned Pitcher of the Year honors. Detlefsen joined his former outfield teammate Mason Lytle as the second straight Roadrunner to be tabbed the conference’s top player, while Myles became the program’s first to earn his distinction since UTSA joined the American three years ago.
Four other ‘Runners were recognized by the conference, including three First-Team honors for Caden Miller (first base), Andrew Stucky (catcher) and Sam Simmons (relief pitcher). Meanwhile, junior pitcher Connor Kelley rounded out his squad’s accolades with a Second-Team selection.
Drew Detlefsen was remarkable at the plate this spring for UTSA, pacing the squad in batting average, at-bats, hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs, total bases and slugging percentage. This season, Detlefsen ranks second among all of Division I individuals in hits (92), 15th in total bases (156), 20th in RBIs (67), 27th in total runs scored (65) and 29th in batting average (.385).
On the mound, Conor Myles was exceptional all regular season long, tallying five American Player of the Week Honorable Mention selections. The graduate went 7-0 in league play, finishing the campaign 9-1 overall. Last Friday against UAB, he dealt the first 3.2 innings of UTSA’s championship-clinching win, striking out three Blazers. His 3.52 ERA ranks fifth among qualified pitchers in the conference. The Australian’s 57 strikeouts came with just 19 walks as opponents hit just .244 against him.
Simmons and Kelley combined for 112 strikeouts and 12 wins with ERAs of 2.51 and 3.26, respectively. The first-team duo of Miller and Stucky racked up a total of 127 hits, 98 RBIs and 80 walks. Both batted over .300, with the sophomore’s .513 on-base percentage and 66 runs leading the conference.
2026 American Conference Baseball Major Awards and All-Conference (as voted by conference head coaches):
Player of the Year
Drew Detlefsen, Sr., OF, UTSA
Pitcher of the Year
Conor Myles, Grad, LHP, UTSA*
Newcomer Position Player of the Year
Jayson Jones, Sr., INF, Wichita State
Newcomer Pitcher of the Year
Tanner Wiggins, R-So., RHP, Rice
Defensive Player of the Year
Jevin Relaford, Sr., INF, South Florida
Coach of the Year
Casey Dunn, UAB
All-Conference First Team
P – Ethan Norby, Jr., East Carolina
P – James Litman, So., Florida Atlantic
P – Conor Myles, Grad, UTSA*
RP – Joseph Webb, Sr., East Carolina
RP – Sam Simmons, Sr., UTSA
C – Andrew Stucky, Grad, UTSA*
1B – Caden Miller, So., UTSA*
2B – Braden Burress, So., East Carolina
SS – Jevin Relaford, Sr., South Florida*
3B – Jayson Jones, Sr., Wichita State
OF – JP Head, So., UAB
OF – Drew Detlefsen, Sr., UTSA
OF – Jason Wachs, So., Tulane
DH – Dylan Koontz, Grad, Charlotte
UTL – Max Price, R-Jr., UAB
All-Conference Second Team
P – Ryland Urbanczyk, R-Jr., Rice
P – Connor Kelley, Jr., UTSA
P – Matthew Cuccias, Jr., Wichita State
RP – Ty Thames, Fr., Rice
RP – Brady Pacha, Grad, Wichita State
C – Lance Trippel, Sr., South Florida
1B – Cody Gunderson, Sr., Charlotte
2B – JC Davis, Jr., Rice
SS – Javon Hernandez, Grad, Memphis
3B – Nick Romano, R-Sr., Florida Atlantic
OF – Alec DeMartino, Grad, Charlotte
OF – Todd Hudson, Sr., Charlotte
OF – Jack Herring, Sr., East Carolina
DH – Landon Beaver, So., UAB
UTL – Matt Rose, Sr., South Florida
All-Freshman Team
Austin Pierzynski, C, UAB
Baylor Roberts, SS, UAB
Carter Samuelson, P, UAB
Grady Lenahan, OF, East Carolina
Ethan Rose, P, East Carolina
Ethan Sanders, P, Rice
Ty Thames, P, Rice
Jack Lutz, 3B, South Florida
Dominic Pontbriant, P, South Florida
Michael Senay, P, South Florida*
* denotes unanimous selection
Up next, UTSA will open play at the American Conference Championship on Friday, May 22. Eight teams punched their ticket to Clearwater, Fla., for a shot at the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals. The ‘Runners are set take the field at approximately 1 p.m. ET (Noon CT), with their opponent to be determined across Wednesday and Thursday’s matchups. All the action from BayCare Ballpark will be streamed live on ESPN+ and available via utsa.statbroadcast.com ahead of Sunday’s title bout on ESPNEWS.
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