EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Ten Indiana State players were honored on the Missouri Valley Conference's postseason Baseball All-Conference team, while four additional players were named to the All-Defensive squad as the conference office announced the annual awards on Monday night.
 
Grant Magill (C), Brennyn Cutts (SP), and Head Coach Mitch Hannahs were honored as the conference's Defensive Player, Pitcher, and Dan Callahan Coach of the Year as voted on by the league's head coaches, SIDs, and media members.
 
Luis Hernandez (1B), Randal Diaz (SS), Cutts (SP), and Zach Davidson (RP) were all honored on the MVC First Team, while Mike Sears (3B), Magill (C), Parker Stinson (OF), Dominic Listi (OF), Luke Hayden (SP), and Cam Edmonson (RP) were all named to the Second Team. Hernandez, Josue Urdaneta (2B), Magill, and Adam Pottinger (OF) were all named to the Valley's All-Defensive team.
 
Hernandez earned MVC First Team for the first time in his career at Indiana State after making the shift to first base in the 2024 season. The Gurabo, Puerto Rico native led the Sycamores with a .373 batting average and led the Missouri Valley in both hits (79) and RBIs (68). Hernandez added a career-high 21 home runs for the season and added 11 doubles while scoring 53 runs. Defensively, Hernandez posted a .993 fielding percentage over 300 chances in the 2024 season. He posted 274 putouts and 24 assists against just two errors to earn the All-Defensive nod.
 
Diaz earned First Team recognition for the second consecutive season as the junior shortstop paced the Indiana State offense at the leadoff position in the batting order. Diaz hit .341 overall on the season with a career-high 15 home runs and 47 RBIs, while finishing among the Valley leaders with 73 hits. He added 14 doubles and posted a pair of multi-homer games in conference competition while tying for the team lead with six stolen bases.
 
Cutts earned First Team recognition for the first time in his ISU career and finished the regular season with a 6-1 overall mark with a 3.80 ERA over a team-leading 68.2 innings pitched. He was a part of two shutouts on the mound in 2024 and added his first collegiate complete game going the distance in Indiana State's 11-1 win over Bradley. He finished fifth in the Valley in ERA (3.49), second in opponent batting average (.190), fourth in strikeouts looking (18) and fifth in Valley wins (4), while not taking a loss on the mound as Indiana State went a perfect 9-0 in Cutts' weekend starts in conference play.
 
Davidson earned First Team recognition for the first time in the 2024 season after a standout campaign out of the bullpen for the Sycamores in 2024. The Hartsburg, Mo. native posted a 2.60 ERA over 21 appearances on the season and led the MVC in conference play with a 1.98 ERA on the year. He posted a 4-1 record on the mound with a 66:16 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 45.0 innings pitched, while allowing opponents to hit just .170 from the plate. He highlighted his year with a 4.1-inning, 10-strikeout relief outing against Evansville, while adding two eight-strikeout contests against Belmont and Valparaiso.
 
Sears earned Second Team All-Conference honors as the Cincinnati, Ohio native set new Indiana State single-season home run record and established a new career home run mark over the course of the 2024 season. Sears hit multiple home runs in five separate games over the course of the season and was a two-time MVC Player of the Week while hitting .287 from the plate with a .782 slugging percentage. He finished second overall in the Valley this year with 67 RBIs.
 
Magill earned Second Team All-Conference honors at catcher in addition to his nod as the Valley Defensive Player of the Year. The Highlands Ranch, Colo. native hit .285 from the plate over 49 games played while adding a career-high six home runs and 42 RBIs among his 55 hits on the season. Behind the plate, Magill threw out 12 attempted base stealers in the 2024 season and added three additional pickoffs to keep opponents moving from station to station around the base paths.
 
Stinson established himself as one of the premier left-handed power bats in the Missouri Valley this season as the redshirt junior took over the starting role in right field early on the year on his way to earning Second Team honors. He finished fourth on the team with a .322 batting average while adding 15 home runs and 43 RBIs as the team's primary cleanup batter. He finished fourth in the conference in Valley play with a .472 on-base percentage, was third in runs scored with 30, and second in walks drawn with 24. He connected on two grand slams for the Sycamores in 2024 coming at Southern Miss and Illinois.
 
Listi earned the starting role in left field after transferring in from North Central College on his way to earning Second Team All-Conference recognition. The Crystal Lake, Ill. native reached base in the first 28 games of the 2024 season on his way to posting a .335 batting average on his way to recording 59 hits and scoring 47 runs scored. He led Indiana State and finished among the Valley leaders with .487 on-base percentage, while homering three times in conference play coming against Illinois State, Belmont, and Evansville.
 
Hayden started the season in the weekend rotation and quickly became one of the power arms in the Missouri Valley on his way to earning Second Team recognition. The Bloomington, Ind. native served as Indiana State's primary Sunday starter on the season on his way to posting a 6-2 record with a 3.99 ERA over 67.2 innings. Hayden paced the Sycamores with 75 strikeouts, including a career-high 11 in the series-clinching complete game win over Illinois State, while allowing opponents to hit just .258 from the plate on the season.
 
Edmonson earned MVC Second Team honors for the first time in his collegiate career as the redshirt senior left-hander posted 19 appearances including two starts on the season. The Rochester, Ill. native posted a 5-1 record with a 4.01 ERA over 42.2 innings pitched, while posting a 45:17 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He was even more dominant in conference competition posting a 2.33 ERA in Valley play while sitting fourth overall in hits allowed (26) and second in runs allowed (9) in conference competition. He highlighted his season making multiple appearances in the UIC, Southern Illinois, Belmont, and Evansville series and went at least 2.0 innings in 13 different games.
 
Urdaneta was named to the MVC All-Defensive team for the second consecutive season. A 2023 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove finalist, Urdaneta again flashed his range and arm strength throughout the entirety of the 2024 campaign finishing with a .979 fielding percentage over 195 chances. He finished second on the team with 116 assists and was a part of 19 total double plays on the season.
 
Pottinger was named to the MVC All-Defensive team for the first time in his ISU career. The Sycamore centerfielder was perfect in Valley competition with a 1.000 fielding percentage and made the difficult plays look routine throughout the 2024 season. He finished the year with a .992 fielding percentage over 128 chances and highlighted the year with a pair of sliding catches over the weekend series at Southern Illinois.
 
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