Ball State University Athletics
Cardinals Add 11 to 2023 Recruiting Class
August 14, 2023 | Baseball
MUNCIE, Ind. – Head Coach Rich Maloney and the Ball State baseball team announced the addition of 11 student-athletes to the 2023 recruiting class on Monday.
The Cardinals added Michael Hallquist, Merritt Beeker, Nate Blain, Corey Miley, Matthew Gonzalez, Nick Nusovsky, Matthew Kamins, Korbin Griffin, Carson Lydon, Caden Lockwood, and Ty Bradle, to go along with the 10 other signees to move the total to 21 new recruits. "Hats off to Recruiting Coordinator Alex Maloney on this outstanding group as well as getting new Pitching Coach Justin Wechsler involved helping us out to finish this year's class," said Coach Maloney.
Michael Hallquist
Fargo, North Dakota | Minnesota-Crookston | 3B
Merritt Beeker
Lexington, North Carolina | North Davidson High School | East Carolina | P
Nate Blain
Canton, Michigan | Canton High School | Madonna University
Corey Miley
Cincinnati, Ohio | Oak Hill High School | Coppin State | 2B
Matthew Gonzalez
Manhattan, New York | P27 Academy | FIU | Northwest Florida State | C
Stats at NWF
Nick Husovsky
Ramona, California | Ramona High School | San Diego Mesa College | IF
Matthew Kamins
Goodyear, Arizona | Desert Edge High School | Glendale CC | IF
Korbin Griffin
Galesburg, Michigan | Gull Lake High School | Kalamazoo Valley CC | OF/1B
Career Stats
Carson Lydon
Eugene, Oregon | Churchill High School | Feather River College | P/UT
Caden Lockwood
Dublin, Ohio | Dublin Jerome High School | UT
Ty Bradle
Fishers, Indiana | Hamilton Southeastern High School | P
Rest of the 2023 Class
Lucas Letsinger
Houston King
Owen Coffman
Connor Hutchinson
Keagan Johnson
Gabe Jones
Max Kalk
Eli Kieser
Zach Kwasny
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The Cardinals added Michael Hallquist, Merritt Beeker, Nate Blain, Corey Miley, Matthew Gonzalez, Nick Nusovsky, Matthew Kamins, Korbin Griffin, Carson Lydon, Caden Lockwood, and Ty Bradle, to go along with the 10 other signees to move the total to 21 new recruits. "Hats off to Recruiting Coordinator Alex Maloney on this outstanding group as well as getting new Pitching Coach Justin Wechsler involved helping us out to finish this year's class," said Coach Maloney.
Michael Hallquist
Fargo, North Dakota | Minnesota-Crookston | 3B
- Name the 2023 Player of the Year in the Northwoods League
- 2023 NCBWA All-American
- 2023 NCBWA All-Central Region First Team
- 2023 D2CCA All-American Second Team
- 2023 D2CCA All-Central Region First Team
- 2023 All-NSIC First Team
- 2023 NSIC Newcomer of the Year
- 80 hits
- 73 runs scored
- 65 RBIs
- 41 walks
- 22 home runs
- 20 doubles
- Four triples
Merritt Beeker
Lexington, North Carolina | North Davidson High School | East Carolina | P
- No. 11 prospect in The American Conference in the 2023 MLB Draft
- Struck out four batters in the 2022 NCAA Greenville Regional against Coastal Carolina
- 19 appearances
- 18.1 innings pitched
- 20 strikeouts
- 2.95 ERA
Nate Blain
Canton, Michigan | Canton High School | Madonna University
- 2023 WHAC Tournament Champion
- Struck out four batters in six innings in the NAIA first round against No. 1 Southeastern
- Struck out nine batters in five innings in the WHAC Tournament Championship game
- 237 strikeouts
- 221.2 innings pitched
- 23-4 record with seven complete games
- 3.21 ERA
- .229 opposing batting average
Corey Miley
Cincinnati, Ohio | Oak Hill High School | Coppin State | 2B
- 2022 First Team All-MEAC
- Appeared in 86 games, including 71 starts
- 68 hits
- 57 walks
- 45 runs scored
- 32 RBIs
- 15 doubles
- Hit .296
Matthew Gonzalez
Manhattan, New York | P27 Academy | FIU | Northwest Florida State | C
Stats at NWF
- Appeared in 34 games
- 24 hits
- 17 walks
- 16 RBIs
- Four doubles
- .261 average
- Appeared in 40 games
- 30 hits
- 11 RBIs
- Nine walks
- Three doubles
- Hit .265
Nick Husovsky
Ramona, California | Ramona High School | San Diego Mesa College | IF
- 2023 First Team All-PCAC
- 49 hits
- 31 RBIs
- 16 doubles
- One triple
- One home run
- Hit .353
Matthew Kamins
Goodyear, Arizona | Desert Edge High School | Glendale CC | IF
- Three-time NJCAA Academic All-American
- Made an NJCAA D2 World Series appearance
- Glendale CC Scholar Athlete of the Year
- 82 hits
- 71 runs scored
- 38 walks
- 36 RBIs
- 17 doubles
- Five triples
- Two home runs
- Hit .305 in 2023
Korbin Griffin
Galesburg, Michigan | Gull Lake High School | Kalamazoo Valley CC | OF/1B
Career Stats
- 47 hits
- 39 runs scored
- 35 RBIs
- 11 home runs
- Seven doubles
- Two triples
- Hit .341
Carson Lydon
Eugene, Oregon | Churchill High School | Feather River College | P/UT
- Top-350 Ranked Juco Prospect (Perfect Game)
- Oregon All-Star Series (high school)
- Two-time All-State (high school)
- Two-time all-league (high school)
- 11 hits
- 11 RBIs
- Five runs scored
- Four walks
- Two doubles
- One triple
- 28.0 innings pitched
- 3-1 record
- 24 strikeouts
- 4.82 ERA
Caden Lockwood
Dublin, Ohio | Dublin Jerome High School | UT
- Second Team All-OCC 2023
- Honorable mention All-OCC 2022
- Team captain 2021-23
- 17 RBIs
- 12 doubles
- Four home runs
- 1.100 on-base plus slugging percentage
- Hit .335
Ty Bradle
Fishers, Indiana | Hamilton Southeastern High School | P
- Indiana South All-Star
- All-State (Prep Baseball Report)
- Indiana District K Player of the Year
- Indy Start Super Team selection
- Hamilton County Player of the Year
- First Team All-HCC
- 9-1 record with six complete games
- 69.2 innings pitched
- 97 strikeouts
- 1.00 ERA
- .800 WHIP
- Held opponents to a .160 batting average
Rest of the 2023 Class
Lucas Letsinger
Houston King
Owen Coffman
Connor Hutchinson
Keagan Johnson
Gabe Jones
Max Kalk
Eli Kieser
Zach Kwasny
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