ABCA Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's senior third baseman Joe Becker (New Prague, Minn.) was named to the American Baseball Coaches' Association (ABCA) All-Region 9 third team on Tuesday, May 28. 

The SJU baseball program has now had 42 All-Region selections since 2010.

The All-Region distinction is the first for Becker, who collected his second-straight All-MIAC honor this spring. He led SJU in batting (.371), hits (53), extra-base hits (27), home runs (12), RBI (54), slugging percentage (.741), multiple-hit games (17), multiple-RBI games (13) and ended the season with a 14-game hit streak. Becker also led the way by batting .571 (4-for-7) with a .667 on-base percentage, a home run, triple, three RBI and two runs scored in two MIAC Tournament games en route to MIAC All-Playoff Team honors.

He batted .420 (34-for-81) with runners on base, including .472 (25-for-53) with runners in scoring position, and .368 (21-for-57) with 21 RBI with two outs.

In conference play, Becker tied for first in the MIAC in runs scored (22), tied for second in both home runs (6) and RBI (24), was eighth in slugging percentage (.614) and ninth in total bases (43).

Becker started SJU's last 124 games going back to 2021 and ended his Johnnie career as the program's all-time leader in RBI, both in a single season (54) and career (136). He was also second all-time in total bases (291), third in home runs (21), tied for third in doubles (39), fourth in runs scored (126), tied for fifth in triples (8), sixth in hits (173) and seventh in walks (54).

SJU tied for second in the MIAC with a 13-7 record (24-16 overall) and made its 14th-consecutive appearance in the MIAC Tournament (16th overall) this spring.