2024 CSC Academic All-America Baseball Teams
SEWARD, Neb. – Following one of the greatest seasons ever enjoyed by a Concordia Bulldog baseball player, Jaidan Quinn has landed another award. On Tuesday (July 2), the NAIA First Team All-American was honored by College Sports Communicators (CSC) as a 2024 NAIA Second Team Academic All-American®. In early June, Quinn had been honored as Academic All-District along with teammates Blake Benson, Brad Hallock and Ty Nekoliczak. There have been eight Academic All-America awards claimed by the Concordia Baseball program during Head Coach Ryan Dupic’s tenure.
The 2024 Academic All-America® Baseball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the diamond and in the classroom. Student-athletes must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher in order to be nominated for this award. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA — for each gender.
Named the GPAC co-Player of the Year along with teammate Joey Grabanski, Quinn enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2024 as he reset program single season standards for home runs (tied at 27), runs scored (81) and walks (49). The Bonner Springs, Kan., native batted .387 and posted impressive .535 on-base and .880 slugging percentages while starting all 57 games. He also drove in 75 runs while primarily batting out of the No. 2 spot in the lineup. A three-time First Team All-GPAC honoree, Quinn has played in 173 career games as a Bulldog and has batted .360 with 200 hits, 214 runs scored, 37 doubles, 73 home runs and 205 RBIs. He was named an NAIA Second Team All-American in 2023, First Team All-American in 2024 and ranks as one of the top hitters in school history. Quinn majors in Exercise Science and has one season remaining at Concordia.
Quinn was featured in a Concordia Athletics profile during the middle of the 2024 season. That feature can be read HERE.
Concordia Baseball Academic All-District honorees
Jake Adams (2017)
Blake Benson (2024)
Ben Berg (2022, *2023)
Nathan Buckallew (*2021)
Jesse Garcia (2020, 2021, 2022, *2023)
Brad Hallock (2024)
Jaydee Jurgensen (2015)
Nick Little (*2018, *2020, *2021)
Ty Nekoliczak (2023, 2024)
Jaidan Quinn (2023, *2024)
Thomas Sautel (*2020)
*Academic All-American