D3baseball.com Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University junior designated hitter Max Nyrop (Alameda, Calif.) was named to the 2022 D3baseball.com Preseason All-America first team on Tuesday, Jan. 18.

Nyrop played all 41 games and led SJU in batting average (.395), hits (58), doubles (14), RBI (51), OPS (1.169), multi-hit games (18) and multi-RBI games (14) en route to 2021 D3baseball.com All-America first-team honors. He batted .464 (26-56) with runners in scoring position and .444 (40-90) with runners on base, including 5-for-7 (.714) with the bases loaded, and recorded SJU's longest hit streak at 14 games last spring.

He fell one RBI shy of SJU's single-season record of 52 set by Ryan Roder '97 in 1997. Nyrop's 104 total bases were third-most in an SJU season and the 10 homers were fourth. Nyrop was named All-MIAC after leading conference in RBI (26) and finished second in hits (34), doubles (10) and slugging percentage (.644) in league play.

SJU tied for third in the MIAC with a 16-9 record (29-12 overall) and made its 11th consecutive appearance in the MIAC Tournament last spring.  

The Johnnies open the 2022 season with a non-conference doubleheader against Wisconsin-Superior at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.