Sophomore pitcher Michael Carpenter became the fourth Madison College baseball player to be named the Region 4 Division II Player of the Year after the region released the 2024 all-region teams. Second year catcher Will Johannes took home Region 4 Defensive Player of the Year accolades as part of a group of five players to be recognized. Carpenter, along with sophomore Charlie Marion and freshman Charlie Schau, were named to the first team, while Johannes received second team honors. Johannes and second year pitcher Liam were also named to the Region 4 Rawlings Gold Glove Team. Head coach Mike Davenport was named Region 4 Coach of the Year for the 12th time with Madison College, and freshman shortstop Jalen Gellings took home Region 4 Tournament MVP.

Official Region 4 Press Release

Michael Carpenter put together as masterful a season on the mound as has been seen at Madison College, as he led all of NJCAA Division II with a 1.03 earned run average and broke the program's single-season record for strikeouts with 111. The native of Hartland, Wisconsin, allowed just nine earned runs over 78.1 innings of work and posted a 10-2 record with seven complete games and one save. Carpenter, who walked 11 total batters over 14 appearances, strung together an impressive streak of 45 consecutive innings without allowing a run over the span of eight games between March 24 and May 10. The lefthander registered four games with ten or more strikeouts, topped by a 13 K effort on April 20 against Triton College that earned him NJCAA Division II Player of the Week recognition. In addition to the strikeout record, Carpenter's 2024 season tied for second in wins, second in innings pitched, and third in ERA for Madison College. He will depart the WolfPack ranking second in career wins (14-5), second in career strikeouts (170), third in career innings pitched (140.1), and 19th in all-time earned run average (2.44).

Charlie Marion proved to be one of the top bats throughout the season for the WolfPack, racking up a .343 batting average with a team-high 58 hits, including 26 for extra bases, and 54 runs batted in. The RBI total marks the 13th best in team history, while his ten home runs ties for ninth most in a single season. The Franklin, Wisconsin, native, added 50 runs scored, and put together hitting streaks of eight and seven consecutive games. On March 29 against Sauk Valley Community College, he tied the school record for RBI in a game with seven as a result of going 4 for 4 in the game for the first of two occurrences in 2024. The second time came April 13 and resulted in a season-best four runs scored. The outfielder produced a .968 fielding percentage with two errors as he helped the WolfPack to a team fielding percentage of .967 that ranks second in team history. Marion will leave Madison College with career numbers that rank ninth in triples (6), tied for 15th in home runs (11), and tied for 24th in runs batted in (76). 

Charlie Schau just kept hitting in 2024, and the freshman finished with the team's top batting average of .349 and tied for the second most hits with 53. In addition, the Park Ridge, Illinois, product racked up 43 runs scored, 38 runs batted in, eight stolen bases, and three home runs. Schau generated a nine-game hitting streak that spanned from March into April, and also tied a Marion and three others for the most runs batted in during a game with a seven-RBI, four-hit  performance on April 13 against Harper College, whose pitching coach happens to be his older brother and former WolfPack pitcher Hank Schau. Defensively, he worked his way into being the everyday third baseman by the end of the season, and registered a .907 fielding percentage with ten errors at the hot corner as part of a near record-setting defensive effort by the Pack.

Will Johannes was impressive on the offensive and defensive sides of the game in 2024, earning second team all-region and Region 4 Defensive Player of the Year honors as part of the Region 4 Gold Glove Team. The reigning North Central Community College Conference Most Valuable Player, first team all-conference, and second team all-region from 2023, Johannes earned the defensive recognition after throwing out eight potential base stealers, while also owning a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with zero errors in nearly 275 chances. The Mukwonago, Wisconsin, native also did some damage with his bat, leading the WolfPack with 11 home runs to tie for the fifth most in a single season in school history. His 50 runs batted in tied his mark from a year earlier for the 21st best in a single season. Johannes also had 46 hits, batted .274, scored 44 runs, and stole six bases. His season-high's were three hits, three runs scored, and four runs driven in. Johannes will depart Madison College second all-time in home runs with 22, sixth on the RBI list with 100, and tied for 14th in career runs (96).

Liam Stumpf was also perfect in the field in 2024, going error-free in 14 chances with ten assists and four put outs for a 1.000 fielding percentage to join Johannes on the Region 4 Gold Glove Team. He also went 5-5 with a 4.23 ERA and 48 strikeouts over 61.2 innings pitched during his season season. The Dodgeville, Wisconsin, produced fanned a season-high eight batters against Milwaukee Area Technical College on April 17.

Gellings was named Region 4 Tournament Most Valuable Player after turning in numerous highlight-reel-worthy plays in the field over four games that also saw him play team-first baseball at the plate with numerous key at bats to move runners on the base paths. For the season, the native of Eden, Wisconsin, batted .335 and was one of four people with more than 50 hits. He also had 28 runs scored and 23 runs batted in, to go along with nine stolen bases.

Madison College WolfPack Baseball Individual Honors | 2024 Region 4 All-Region Team & Gold Glove Team 

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