MIAC Athletes of the Week – May 5, 2025

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its Athlete of the Week award winners for baseball and softball on Monday. Student-athletes from Gustavus, Macalester, Saint Benedict, and Saint John’s claimed the Conference’s weekly honors.

The MIAC Athlete of the Week awards are nominated by the Conference’s sports information directors and selected by MIAC staff. Throughout the spring season, team sports (baseball, softball, and tennis) Athletes of the Week will be recognized on Monday afternoons, with individual sports (golf, outdoor track & field) announced on Tuesday afternoons. The winners of the latest Athlete of the Week awards are listed below, along with details on their outstanding performances.

The MIAC Athlete of the Week archive has complete details on each week’s selections and winners.

MIAC Baseball Player of the Week
Brayden Kohls
Gustavus Adolphus College
So. | Outfield
Norwood, Minn. | Norwood Young America

Brayden Kohls helped the Gusties secure the MIAC regular season championship with a 4-0 week against conference opponents. Kohls hit .588 (10-for-17) with at least three hits in three of the four games. He scored six runs with four RBI, three doubles, three walks, a stolen base, and a sacrifice, while extending his reached base streak to 28 games. Kohls’ finest performance came in the MIAC championship-clinching win at Macalester on 5/2, where he hit 4-for-5 with two runs scored, a double, an RBI, and a sacrifice.

MIAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Connor Hartley
Saint John’s University
Sr. | Right-handed Pitcher
Inver Grove Heights, Minn. | Rosemount

Connor Hartley pitched a two-hit complete game with one unearned run allowed in the Johnnies’ seven-inning 4-1 win over Concordia on 4/29. Hartley tied a season high with seven strikeouts in his fourth complete-game effort of the year, while holding the Cobbers to a batting average of .080 in the contest.

MIAC Softball Player of the Week
Megan Erickson
College of Saint Benedict
Sr. | Catcher/Outfield
Randolph, Minn.

Megan Erickson hit .833 (5-for-6) in the Bennies’ sweep of Bethel on 5/3. Erickson went 3-for-3 with a double, three RBI, and a pair of runs scored in an 8-0 game-one win before going 2-for-3 with another RBI in the 4-3 regular-season finale. The senior played catcher for the first game before moving out to left field for game two.

MIAC Softball Pitcher of the Week
Martha Miller
Macalester College
So. | Pitcher
Medford, Wis.

Martha Miller pitched a five-inning perfect game in the Scots’ 9-0 victory over St. Scholastica on 5/3. Miller faced the minimum 15 batters and struck out eight of them.