Jared Herzog Named NACC South Division Freshman of the Year

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.

Freshman utility player Jared Herzog's performances both on the mound and at the plate earned him NACC South Division Freshman of the Year. By the end of the season, Herzog had worked his way into the top part of the Regents' pitching rotation. He concluded the year with a 2-1 record in six starts, a 3.65 earned run average and had 44 strikeouts (15th NACC) over 37.0 innings pitched. Offensively, he finished with a .301 batting average, a .415 on-base percentage and a .406 slugging percentage. Herzog also had 26 walks (2nd NACC), 10 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run and 21 RBIs.