Baseball Recognizes Six Student-Athletes with Team Awards

On Wednesday, the Dartmouth baseball program held its annual end of the year banquet, recognizing six student athletes with team awards.

Junior Taer Rodriguez was an offensive powerhouse this year, taking home both MVP and Offensive Player of the Year. Rodriguez led the Big Green with a .336 batting average, 24 runs scored, and a .453 on base percentage, thanks to a team leading 17 walks and 12 it by pitches.

From March 28 through April 22, Rodriguez was riding a 16-game hitting streak, sitting atop the Ivy League with a batting average over .360. Over that stretch, he was hitting .419, collecting 26 hits in six multi-hit games. He went 3-for-4 with three RBI in a win over UMass Lowell, 4-for-6 in a win over Harvard, and 2-for-4 scoring the game winning run against Brown. He also improved his fielding at third base by nearly 30 points, making two less errors.

Next, senior Danny Will was named the Big Green's pitcher of the year. He made 14 appearances out of the bullpen, the second most appearances of any Dartmouth pitcher, throwing 27 total innings. His 5.00 ERA is the third lowest on the team and his two wins matches the most of any Big Green pitcher this season.

Will started the season with back-to-back scoreless and hitless outings at No. 16 Texas. He also threw scoreless outings against Ivy League foes Princeton, Brown, and Cornell. Will's best outing of the season was against the Brown Bears where he earned the win for 3.1 scoreless and hitless relief innings, striking out three batters for his season high.

Sophomore Camden Rush took home Dartmouth's most improved player award. He had a slow start to the season but had a breakout series vs. the Harvard Crimson. Rush went -for-3 with three RBI and one run scored in game one, added an RBI in game two, and closed the series going 2-for-4 with one run scored and four RBI, helping Dartmouth to the series sweep.
Rush also shined at Holy Cross, going 2-for-4 at the plate and driving in more than half of the Big Green's runs, collecting five RBI. In addition to his success at the plate, Rush improved in the field, making only two errors to increase his fielding percentage by nearly 70 points.

All eight first-years made an impact for the Big Green, but Bryce Loeger stood out, being named the team's Rookie of the Year. Loeger made 12 total appearances, nine starts and three additional relief appearances. He started the season with four innings of relief at No. 16 Texas, allowing only two runs on four hits before moving into more of a starter role.

His best start of the season was vs. the Penn Quakers, giving up only one unearned run on three hits in six innings. Loeger also earned one save this season for one scoreless inning of relief against the Cornell Big Red before throwing five innings in a scheduled start. He finished his first season with the Big Green with a 6.61 ERA in 47.2 innings. He walked 23 batters and fanned 29.

For the second straight year, Shane Bauer was named Teammate of the Year. The fifth-year senior made three appearances out of the bullpen early in the season.

Finally, senior captain Elliot Krewson was awarded the James Henry Cooke Award. The award is given to the four-year letterwinner that has done the most for the Dartmouth Baseball program during his career.

Krewson played in 34 of the Big Green's 36 games this season, finishing the year with 17 runs scored, nine doubles, two home runs, and 18 RBI. His nine doubles and two home runs are good for second on the team while his 17 runs scored are good for fourth best and his 18 RBI are good for third best.

He went 2-for-4 in back-to-back wins over the Penn Quakers, scoring three runs with three RBI. Krewson also had multi-hit games in wins over Harvard (3-for-6) and Brown (2-for-5). He also rode a 12-game winning streak late in the season, spanning over a month from April 9 to May 10.

Members of the Big Green were also recognized by the Ivy League with its end of season awards. Click here to read more on Dartmouth's four honorees.

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