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Jacksonville's Walsh Highlights 2026 ASUN Baseball Academic All-ASUN Team

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville's Alex Walsh was named 2026 Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Walsh highlighted an Academic All-ASUN Team of 57, announced by the league office on Monday.

Walsh, a senior, majoring in Finance, holds a 3.93 GPA. He has earned recognition as a Davis College of Business Top 25 Honorable Mention selection at Jacksonville. He has led the Dolphins to a 3.54 team GPA this year, the highest team GPA in program history. On the mound, the Boynton Beach, Fla. native holds a 6-3 record across 12 starts with 57 strikeouts in 59.2 innings pitched, consistently taking the ball and has helped lead the Dolphins to a series of wins including two against Florida and UCF. 

The Academic All-ASUN recognizes student-athletes who excel both in competition and in the classroom. All student-athletes named to the list boast a 3.50 cumulative grade point average or better and participated in at least half of their team's games.


2026 Baseball Academic All-ASUN 

Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Alex Walsh, Jacksonville

Austin Peay 
Andres Matias 
Gavin Alveti 
Ryker Walton 
DJ Merriweather 
Brody Lanham 
Jackson Hohensee

Bellarmine
AJ Swader 
Landon Akers 
Charlie Rife 
Chase Carver 
Chase Chamberlin 
Luke Scales 

Central Arkansas 
Silas Cowgill 
Keon Moseni 
Sam Reynolds 
Casey Shipley 

EKU 
Brock Blanton 
Jack Briese 
Gavin Faulkner 


FGCU 
Jaret Nelson
Ashton Pocol
Hunter Possehl
Logan Baisley 
 

Jacksonville 
Alex Walsh 
Derek Bermudez
Sam Grunberg 
Kyle Powers 
Archer Ogbourne 
Dominic Pieto

Lipscomb 
Collin Bosley-Smith 
Kai Holm 
Kaleb Kantola 
Aaron Stelogeannis 
Jace Trautner 
Keaton Mahan 

North Alabama 
Leighton Jenkins 
Wes Walker 
John Allen Stogner 
Luke Davenport 
Tripp Patterson 
Gavin Oswald 

North Florida 
Sean Benjamin 
John Costa 
Joseph Dimino 
Ryan Furey 
Trevor Nikolis 
Seth Alford 

Queens 
Joey Ruller
Justin Hudson
Davin Pollard 

Stetson
TJ Melani 
Brayden Toro 
Yohann Dessureault 
Anthony Gonzalez 
Renzo Gonzalez 
Brendan Walker

West Georgia 
Hank Smith