2023 NAIA Baseball All-Americans
SEWARD, Neb. – Single season home run kings of the Concordia University Baseball program, Joey Grabanski and Jaidan Quinn have made more history. On Tuesday (June 6), the NAIA named Grabanski and Quinn as 2023 NAIA Second Team All-Americans. This marks the first time that the Bulldog Baseball program has ever been rewarded with either a first or second team All-America honoree. Previously during Head Coach Ryan Dupic’s tenure, three Concordia standouts garnered Honorable Mention All-America status: Jay Adams (2022), Jake Fosgett (2021) and Nick Little (2018).
Dupic’s 2023 squad finished the 2023 campaign at 40-18 overall while appearing in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round. Grabanski and Quinn were key components of a ’23 lineup that broke school single season records for runs scored (581), hits (669), home runs (117), batting average (.357) and stolen bases (98).
The Grand Forks, N.D., native Grabanski produced the greatest statistical offensive season in program history while being named the 2023 GPAC Player of the Year. This past season, Grabanski batted .382 (79-for-207) with 71 runs, 12 doubles, 27 home runs, 85 RBIs and 172 total bases to go along with a .484 on-base percentage and .831 slugging percentage. Grabanski made only one error while mostly playing left field in 2023. He slugged his way to new school single season records for home runs, RBIs and total bases and is the program’s all-time career leader for batting average (.378) and home runs (62). In 170 career collegiate games, Grabanski has also compiled 230 hits, 212 RBIs and 168 runs while slugging .749. Grabanski has been tabbed a First Team All-GPAC selection in each of his three seasons as a Bulldog.
Quinn put together an otherworldly month of April and also hit 27 home runs for a new school single season record. The native of Bonner Springs, Kan., batted .351 (67-for-191) for the year while adding 74 runs scored, 14 doubles, 72 RBIs and 162 total bases. Quinn paced all GPAC players in on-base percentage (.508) and slugging percentage (.848) and was hit by a pitch 30 times. The two-time First Team All-GPAC third baseman enjoyed a historic day on April 22 (at Midland) when he homered in four consecutive at bats while breaking the school record for home runs in a single game. Over two seasons at Concordia, Quinn has belted 46 home runs while batting .346 with 130 RBIs and a .507 on-base percentage and .797 slugging percentage.
All-Americans during Coach Ryan Dupic’s tenure
2023 – Joey Grabanski, OF (Second Team) / Jaidan Quinn, 3B (Second Team)
2022 – Jay Adams, 2B (Honorable Mention)
2021 – Jake Fosgett, RHP (Honorable Mention)
2018 – Nick Little, RHP (Honorable Mention)