Six Earn NAIA Baseball All-America Team
(Story provided by NAIA Athletic Communications)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2026 NAIA Baseball All-Americans, and the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) placed six on the squad.
Tennessee Wesleyan led the way with four honorees, with Milligan and Johnson each having one.
Allan Gil Fernandez of Tennessee Wesleyan and Canyon Geren of Milligan earned NAIA All-America First Team honors, while Tennessee Wesleyan's Josh Shelly, Kolton Reynolds, and Justin Jackson made the second team. Colby Reynolds of Johnson rounded out the honorees as he collected third-team accolades.
First Team
| C | Cade Marquardt | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | |
| C | Tyler Renn | Columbia (Mo.) | |
| 1B | Carter Claerhout | |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
| 2B | Carter Roth | |
Doane (Neb.) |
| SS | Caden Petrey | Cumberlands (Ky.) | |
| 3B | Allan Gil Fernandez | |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
| OF | Carlos Sanchez | |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
| OF | Aamir Mitchell | Madonna (Mich.) | |
| OF | Derick Andiarena | Cumberlands (Ky.) | |
| OF | Brayden Manning | Taylor (Ind.) | |
| DH | Carter Allen | |
Kansas Wesleyan |
| UT | Jordan Malott | |
Taylor (Ind.) |
| SP | Ibrahim Gonzalez | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | |
| SP | Josh Landry | Hope International (Calif.) | |
| SP | Brock Lucas | |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
| SP | Canyon Geren | |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
| RP | Riley Gwin | |
Kansas Wesleyan |
Second Team
| C | Cesar Grau | |
Northwestern Ohio |
| C | Jack Ferguson | Indiana Tech | |
| 1B | Josh Shelly | |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
| 2B | Keegan Martin | Webber International (Fla.) | |
| SS | JT Maloney | Oklahoma Wesleyan | |
| 3B | Nick Hill | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | |
| OF | Ronnie Rowley | |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
| OF | Kolton Reynolds | |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
| OF | River Pecina | |
Marian (Ind.) |
| OF | Carlos Hidalgo | |
Missouri Baptist |
| DH | Brendon Vela | Texas Wesleyan | |
| UT | Ronald Almanzar | Cumberlands (Ky.) | |
| SP | Tyler Pyles | Midway (Ky.) | |
| SP | Kade Linn | Louisiana Christian | |
| SP | Matthew Davis | William Carey (Miss.) | |
| SP | Justin Jackson | |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
| RP | Brody Burnette | |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
Third Team
| C | Diego Mendoza | Shawnee State | |
| C | Xavier Lerma | |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
| 1B | Ty Mathews | Webber International (Fla.) | |
| 2B | Payton Fort | Georgia Gwinnett | |
| 2B | Owen Willard | Huntington (Ind.) | |
| SS | Jace Nagler | Eastern Oregon | |
| SS | Peyton Watts | |
Georgia Gwinnett |
| 3B | Zac Fruend | |
Columbia (Mo.) |
| 3B | Isaiah Morales | The Master's (Calif.) | |
| 3B | Edrien Martinez | Faulkner (Ala.) | |
| OF | Trey Smith | |
Georgia Gwinnett |
| OF | Bronx Lewis | Concordia (Neb.) | |
| OF | Chris Finocchario | |
Kansas Wesleyan |
| OF | Daurys Manzanillo | Oklahoma Wesleyan | |
| OF | Kevin Flores | Judson (Ill.) | |
| OF | Ryan Malzahn | Central Methodist (Mo.) | |
| DH | Pedro Vasquez | Cumberlands (Ky.) | |
| DH | Christopher Alcantara-Diaz | |
Wilberforce (Ohio) |
| UT | Camden Karlin | Baker (Kan.) | |
| SP | Blane Zeplin | A&M‑Victoria (Texas) | |
| SP | Colby Reynolds | Johnson (Tenn.) | |
| SP | Casey Farrell | Arizona Christian | |
| SP | Jonathan Jones | A&M‑Victoria (Texas) | |
| RP | Jordan Lennartson | |
Lewis‑Clark State (Idaho) |
