Valparaiso University baseball redshirt junior Connor Lockwood (Libertyville, Ill. / Libertyville) has garnered All-Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention recognition as the league announced its postseason honors on Tuesday.
 
Lockwood led the league in strikeouts with 80 and innings pitched with 95 2/3, finishing the regular season eight strikeouts ahead of the next-closest MVC hurler and 18 full innings clear of the pitcher with the second-heaviest workload in the league. He went 3-8 with a 6.59 ERA in 14 starts, while just 20 against the 80 strikeouts.
 
Lockwood started the season with an eight-inning complete game on Opening Day, striking out seven and walking none at Samford. He followed with 11 strikeouts and no walks at Memphis. In the conference opener on March 21 at Indiana State, he fanned 10 and walked one while allowing no earned runs in seven quality innings, pitching Valpo to its first win over Indiana State since 2007.
 
The right-hander heaved his second CG of the year on April 4 vs. Illinois State, allowing just two runs while striking out six and walking one in the full nine. In his first four years in a Valpo uniform, he has pitched 236 career innings and struck out 192. This year, he ranked 81^st nationally in strikeouts, 70^th in strikeout-to-walk ratio and 52^nd in walks allowed per nine innings.
 
2025 All-Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Teams
First Team* Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School)
Will Vierling, Murray State Jr. C Mequon, Wis. (Louisville)
Carlos Pena, Indiana State Sr. 1B Bayside, N.Y. (Missouri)
Nick Rodriguez, Missouri State% Sr. 2B Tampa, Fla. (Charleston Southern)
Matt Schark, Southern Illinois# Jr. 3B St. Charles, Mo. (Southwestern Illinois College)
Pete Daniel, Belmont So. SS Nashville, Tenn. (Ensworth HS)
Luke Nowak, UIC Sr. OF Menomonee Falls, Wis. (East Carolina)
Daniel Pacella, Illinois State#% Jr. OF Mundelein, Ill. (Mundelein HS)
Carter Beck, Indiana State So. OF Carnduff, Sasketchewan, Canada (University of Mary)
Jake McCutcheon, Missouri State Jr. OF Defiance, Mo. (Francis Howell HS)
Jonathan Hogart, Murray State$ R-Sr. OF Madisonville, Ky. (Louisiana Tech)
Max Knight, Missouri State So. UT Bixby, Okla. (Oklahoma State)
Joe Ruzicka, Belmont$ Jr. SP Webster Groves, Mo. (Webster Groves HS)
Nic Schutte, Murray State Jr. SP Louisville, Ky. (Motlow CC)
Isaac Silva, Murray State Sr. SP Las Cruces, N.M. (Troy)
Gavin Morris, Indiana State Sr. RP Brazil, Ind. (Southern Indiana)
Sam Frizzi, Southern Illinois Jr. RP Elk Grove, Calif. (Sacramento City CC)
# 2023 Honorable Mention; % 2024 First Team; $ 2024 Honorable Mention
* Due to a tie in the voting, the All-MVC First Team has 16 members
 
Second Team Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School)
John Lemm, Southern Illinois Jr. C Brisbane, Queensland (South Suburban CC)
Judah Morris, Illinois State$ Sr. 1B Mather, Calif. (Cosumnes River College)
Luke Mistone, Murray State Jr. 1B Upland, Calif. (Cal State Fullerton)
Dom Decker, Murray State R-So. 2B Sellerburg, Ind. (Wallace State-Hanceville CC)
Carson Garner, Murray State@ Sr. 3B Franklin, Tenn. (Franklin HS)
Tyler Epstein, Missouri State Gr. SS Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Nova Southeastern)
Tim Simay, Southern Illinois R-Jr. SS Atlanta, Ga. (Ole Miss/Calhoun CC)
Bobby Atkinson, Bradley Sr. OF Darien, Ill. (Coastal Carolina)
Ty Rumsey, Evansville Sr. OF Evansville, Ind. (North HS)
Caden Bogenpohl, Missouri State$ So. OF Jackson, Mo. (Jackson HS)
Dillon Schueler, UIC$ Jr. SP Rock Falls, Ill. (Sauk Valley CC)
Tyrelle Chadwick, Illinois State Jr. SP Kamloops, British Columbia (Foothills Composite HS)
Max McEwen, Indiana State R-So. SP Sellersburg, Ind. (Jeffersonville HS)
Ethan Harden, Belmont R-So. RP Franklin, Tenn. (Battle Ground Academy)
Dylan Zentko, Murray State Jr. RP Brazil, Ind. (Olney Central CC)
@ 2024 Second Team; $ 2024 Honorable Mention
 
Honorable Mention Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School)
Carter Bergman, Missouri State Jr. C Kansas City, Kan. (Basehor-Linwood HS)
Shai Robinson, Illinois State Jr. SS Chicago, Ill. (Homewood Flossmoor HS)
Dustin Mercer, Murray State^ R-Sr. OF Weddington, N.C. (Virginia Tech)
Jordan Bach, Southern Illinois Sr. OF Ladner, British Columbia (Northeastern Oklahoma A&M)
Tommy Egan, UIC Sr. SP Chicago, Ill. (Houston)
Jason Schaaf, Missouri State Jr. SP Las Vegas, Nev. (Indian Hills CC)
Connor Lockwood, Valparaiso R-Jr. SP Libertyville, Ill. (Libertyville HS)
Matthew Donnison, Illinois State So. RP Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (St. Paul Catholic HS)
Joe Husak, Illinois State! Sr. RP Cambridge, Iowa (Des Moines Area CC)
Dylan Petrey, Southern Illinois R-Jr. RP Pingree Grove, Ill. (McHenry County CC)
^ 2023 First Team; $ 2024 Honorable Mention
All-Defensive Team Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School)
Nick Hosie, Bradley Sr. C Canberra, Australia (Colby CC)
Luke Mistone, Murray State Jr. 1B Upland, Calif. (Cal State Fullerton)
Nick Rodriguez, Missouri State Sr. 2B Tampa, Fla. (Charleston Southern)
Carson Garner, Murray State Sr. 3B Franklin, Tenn. (Franklin HS)
Tyler Epstein, Missouri State Gr. SS Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Nova Southeastern)
Ty Rumsey, Evansville Sr. OF Evansville, Ind. (North HS)
Luke Nowak, UIC Sr. OF Menomonee Falls, Wis. (East Carolina)
Jonathan Hogart, Murray State R-Sr. OF Madisonville, Ky. (Louisiana Tech)
Isaac Silva, Murray State Sr. P Las Cruces, N.M. (Troy)
 
Specialty Awards
JOE CARTER PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Nick Rodriguez, Missouri State
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Joe Ruzicka, Belmont
CO-NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Luke Nowak, UIC
Max Knight, Missouri State
CO-FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR
Jeremy Martinez, Indiana State
Conner Cunningham, Murray State
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Tyler Epstein, Missouri State
DAN CALLAHAN COACH OF THE YEAR
Dan Skirka, Murray State