D3baseball.com Preseason All-America Release
Senior Tyler Chumita, the first College of Wooster baseball player to earn American Baseball Coaches Association All-America and College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America® honors in the same season, collected third-team D3baseball.com Preseason All-American honors heading into the 2022 season, as announced by the popular website dedicated to covering NCAA Div. III baseball this week.
As a junior, Chumita posted the fifth-highest single-season average in program history and the top mark since 2010 at .465 (59-for-127). He reached base safely at a .560 clip, with that mark ranking as the third-highest in single-season program history and 10th in Div. III in 2021. Last spring, Chumita had the 12th-highest batting average in the country, ranked 15th in hit-by-pitch (17), and 33rd in doubles (17), and that led to him earning third-team ABCA All-America, second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America®, first-team ABCA All-Mideast Region, second-team D3baseball.com All-Mideast Region, All-North Coast Athletic Conference East Division Team, and first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District® honors.
Within the NCAC, Chumita topped the leaderboard in average and on-base percentage, while also ranking in the top three in hits, runs (42), and doubles. He stepped up against regionally-ranked foes with a .500 average (23-for-46) with 18 RBI, 11 runs, seven doubles, a homer, and a .537 on-base percentage over those 11 games. He led the team with 20 multi-hit games and logged 11 outings with multiple RBI.
The two-time member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll sports a lifetime .404 average (84-for-208) with 63 runs, 57 RBI, 22 doubles, three dingers, and a triple. He has a career .526 on-base percentage.
Of note, at least one Wooster baseball player has earned D3baseball.com Preseason All-America honors in each of the last four years a team has been named.
Wooster, among the teams receiving votes in the D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason poll, is slated to open the season at Spalding University on Saturday, March 5. First pitch is scheduled for noon.