University of Minnesota Athletics
2024 Baseball Year in Review
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>> The Golden Gophers finished the 2024 season with a 25-23 record and an 11-13 mark in the Big Ten. It was Minnesota's first winning season since 2019.
>> Legendary head coach John Anderson finished his 43-year coaching career with a 1,390-1,018-3 mark including a Big Ten-best record 623 league wins.
>> Junior Connor Wietgrefe earned first-team All-Big Ten honors with a 7-4 record and 2.77 ERA.
>> Junior Josh Fitzgerald led the team in average (.360), slugging (.632) and on-base percentage (.467) en route to second-team All-Big Ten accolades.
>> Shortstop Jack Spanier was the only unanimous selection on the Big Ten's All-Freshman team after batting .361 in league play.
ABCA All-Region
Connor Wietgrefe (1st)
All-Big Ten
Connor Wietgrefe (1st), Josh Fitzgerald (2nd)
All-Big Ten Freshman
Jack Spanier
Big Ten Pitcher of the Week
Ike Mezzenga (5/13)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week
Kyle Remington (3/11), Will Whelan (4/29)
CSC Academic All-District
Ike Mezzenga, Connor Wietgrefe
Academic All-Big Ten
Drew Berkland, Kyle Bork, Caden Capomaccio, Seth Clausen, Brady Counsell, Noah DeLuga, TJ Egan, Tristan Ellis, Josh Fitzgerald, Easton Fritcher, Joe Hauser, Kris Hokenson, Sam Hunt, Brady Jurgella, Sam Kennedy, Jake Larson, Sam Malec, Boston Merila, Ike Mezzenga, Weber Neels, Jake Perry, Noah Rooney, Connor Wietgrefe
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
Boston Merila
The 2024 season marked head coach John Anderson's 43rd and final year leading the Gophers. The Big Ten's all-time winningest coach finished with a 1,390-1,018-3 (.577) record.
Anderson has led Minnesota to 11 Big Ten titles and have made the NCAA Tournament 19 times. He is an eight-time Big Ten Coach of the Year honoree and was named Mideast Region Coach of the Year three times.
Anderson's career began as a player for the Gophers in 1974 before he became a student assistant from 1976-77 and graduate assistant in 1978. From 1979-81, he served as an assistant coach before being hired as the head coach in '81.
Minnesota honored Coach Anderson's legacy on Saturday, May 11 by retiring No. 14 during a pregame ceremony.
