ABCA.org – Indiana State's Carter Beck and Mason Roell were both honored on the American Baseball Coaches Association Midwest All-Region team as announced by the organization on Tuesday morning.
 
Beck (First Team) was recognized among the region's top outfielders, while Roell (Second Team) was honored among the region's top infielders as voted on by head coaches around the region. The teams are selected by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association, with the process overseen by the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America & Coach of the Year Committee.
 
Beck continues to receive postseason recognition after claiming the Missouri Valley Conference's top honors as the 2026 Joe Carter Player of the Year award following a historic campaign for the Sycamores. The junior finished the season among the Missouri Valley leaders in batting average (.348), hits (82), RBIs (59), runs scored (62), doubles (17), home runs (16), on-base percentage (.446), slugging percentage (.637), and stolen bases (12).
 
The Carnduff, Saskatchewan, Canada native recorded a team-high 28 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI contests over the 2026 season and has reached base safely in 55 of the team's 57 games played. Beck continued his success in the Missouri Valley tournament connecting on a two-homer game against Southern Illinois.
 
Beck highlighted his season with an 11-game stretch where he recorded a .510 batting average with three doubles, a triple, five home runs, and 16 RBIs, while posting 11 consecutive multi-hit games from March 15-April 2. He added a trio of grand slams to his name going deep with the bases loaded against Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 20), Bradley (Mar. 20), and UIC (Apr. 3).
 
Roell receives Second Team honors for the first time in his career after finishing third in the Missouri Valley in batting average (.362), third in on-base percentage (.475), and fifth in slugging percentage (.626). His numbers were even better in conference play hitting .395 from the plate while leading the MVC in home runs (8) and slugging percentage (.753).
 
Roell posted 17 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI contests and added his first grand slam of the 2026 campaign on May 1 at Southern Illinois, with the eighth-inning blast proving to be the difference in the 8-5 win. He added multi-homer games against both Valparaiso (Mar. 28) and UIC (Apr. 2), while adding five-RBI contests at both Valparaiso and Southern Illinois. He added a season-high five runs scored on February 21 against Brown.
 
The committee is chaired by Brian Green of Wichita State University and includes Mitch Canham (Oregon State University), Chris Curry (University of Arkansas at Little Rock), Dean Ehehalt (Monmouth University), Mike Glavine (Northeastern University), Jeff Mercer (Indiana University), Butch Thompson (Auburn University), and Tom Walter (Wake Forest University).
 
First Team All-Region selections are eligible for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The 2026 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-America teams will be announced on Friday, June 12, prior to the start of the NCAA Division I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
 
The ABCA/Rawlings postseason awards schedule continues with the announcement of the NCAA Division I Gold Glove finalists on Monday, June 15, via X by Rawlings Sporting Goods (@RawlingsSports), followed by the Gold Glove winners in all divisions on Wednesday, June 17. ABCA/Rawlings National Pitchers and Position Players of the Year across all divisions will be announced on Monday, June 22.
 
The ABCA All-America Team was first recognized in 1949 and now spans nine divisions: NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA, NJCAA Divisions I, II, and III, the Pacific Association Division, and high school. ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove teams were first recognized in 2007.
 
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