Christian Pearcy Named NACC Honorable Mention

The Rockford University baseball team had four players recognized Monday afternoon when the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference released its 2021 postseason awards. Pitcher/designated hitter Jared Herzog headlined the group with his NACC South Division Freshman of the Year selection. Herzog becomes just the third RU baseball player to be named the NACC Freshman of the Year (Jimmy Dercks, 2009 and Cole Logemann, 2013). Rockford also had a trio of players receive NACC South Division Honorable Mention status. Pitchers Christian Pearcy and Christian Dahlstrom and catcher Christian Garcia were all selected NACC Honorable Mention for the first time in their respective careers. Rockford's four NACC postseason awards are the most for the Regents since 2015.

Senior starting pitcher Christian Pearcy was voted NACC South Division Honorable Mention for the first time in his career. Pearcy was the ace of the Regents' pitching staff throughout the year and ended his season at or near the top of the conference in multiple pitching categories. He made ten starts (2nd NACC), including tossing two complete games (6th NACC), and led the Regents with 61.0 innings pitched (4th NACC). He also had 66 strikeouts (2nd NACC) and a 3.84 earned run average (10th NACC).