Seven Warhawk Earn All-Region Honors

Posted on: May 27, 2026

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team was represented on both the D3baseball and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-Region Teams.

Gradin Taschner (Neenah, Wis./Neenah) was selected to the All-Region First Team for both D3baseball and ABCA. The junior right-handed pitcher for the Warhawks highlighted one of the top pitching staffs in the nation. As a team, the Warhawks were 9th in ERA and 9th in WHIP. Taschner himself, ranked 12th in the nation among qualified pitchers with a 0.96 WHIP. In 2026, Taschner was 5-0 with five saves, with just a 1.84 ERA in 49.0 innings pitched.

Joining Taschner on the D3baseball First Team is Evan Olson (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly). Olson was one of the Warhawks’ top bats, hitting a .362 average with an 1.138 OPS. Olson had a team-high .518 on-base percentage, drawing 29 walks and being hit by 26 pitches. The 26 HBP is a single-season record at UWW and ranked 8th most in the nation for 2026. Olson was selected to the All-Region Third Team by the ABCA.

Jackson Spring (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) earned Second Team honors from both D3baseball and ABCA. Spring led the Warhawks with a .373 batting average, starting at shortstop in all 49 games of the 2026 campaign. Spring had a team-high 63 hits, hitting nine doubles, five triples, and five home runs for a 1.067 OPS.

Joining Spring on the D3baseball Second Team, were two of the other standout Warhawk pitchers, Ben Lee (Amherst, Wis./Amherst) and Sam Steuber (Muskego, Wis./Muskego). Lee made 10 starts for the Warhawks with a 5-1 record, with a 2.76 ERA and 1.29 WHIP. Steuber Led the Warhawks with an 8-0 record on the mound, pitching 59.1 innings with a 2.88 ERA and 1.11 WHIP.

In addition to the Second Team D3baseball honors, Lee was selected to the ABCA All-Region Third Team.

Rounding out the All-Region Teams, Andy Thies (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles) and Jackson Koenig (Blaine, Minn./Blaine) were both selected to the D3baseball Third Team. Andy Thies (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles), the Warhawks starting second baseman, was one of the Warhawks power hitters, helping the team hit the 7th most home runs in the nation with 61 as a team. Thies tallied 13 home runs himself, with a .300 average at the dish. In addition to the athletic accolade, Thies was also named the WIAC Max Sparger Scholar Athlete this season. Read More….

Jackson Koenig (Blaine, Minn./Blaine) was recognized as a two-way played by D3baseball. On the mound for the Warhawks, Koenig went 7-0 with a team-high 64.0 innings pitched. Koenig record a complete game shut-out, going 9.0 innings with only two hits against UW-Stout on April 25th. For that outing, Koenig was named to the D3baseball Team of the Week. At the dish, Koenig had 14 hits in 54 at-bats, with two doubles, two triples, and two home runs in the 2026 season.

The Warhawks finished the 2026 season with a 43-6 record, reaching the NCAA Tournament for the 27th time in program history. UW-Whitewater also put together a school-record 36-game winning streak, finishing the WIAC season with a perfect 28-0 record on their way to the second-highest winning percentage in school history.

D3baseball All-Region IX
First Team