Drury’s Bain named 1st Team All Region

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Connor Bain headlined a group of three Drury baseball standouts earning 2026 All-Midwest Region honors Monday, as the senior outfielder picked up first-team recognition from the Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association (D2CCA). Jackson Crider joined Bain on the D2CCA’s list, picking up second-team laurels, while Logan Reidelberger earned second-team All-Midwest Region honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).

A first-time All-Region honoree, Bain was a First-Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference selection this spring after turning in one of the top all-around performances in the circuit. He led the Panthers with a career-best .406 batting average, 10 home runs and a school-record 68 RBIs in 52 contests. He hit .444 in GLVC play while totaling 25 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI performances on the year. The senior from Troy, Ill., concluded his Drury career ranked among the Panthers’ all-time leaders in walks (2nd), runs scored (3rd), steals (4th), hits (5th), doubles (5th), and home runs (5th).

Crider, a repeat All-Region choice after earning first-team honors from both the D2CCA and NCBWA in 2025, hit .395 with nine home runs and 54 RBIs in 53 games this season. The redshirt sophomore led the conference in hit by pitches (28) and ranked sixth among all GLVC hitters in on-base percentage (.506) and runs scored (64). The San Antonio native owns the top Drury career marks for batting (.414), OBP (.527) and slugging (.633) and ranks fifth with his 20 home runs as a Panther. He put together a 15-game hit streak earlier this season and led the club with 18 multi-RBI performances.

Reidelberger was one of the Panthers’ most consistent hitters throughout the spring, hitting .390 with five home runs, 54 RBIs and a team-leading 78 hits to earn his first All-GLVC nod. The St. Louis native tied Drury’s single-season doubles mark of 21 (shared with Clayton Engel and R.J. Knese). He also logged the fourth-longest hit streak (18 games) in DU history to start the season (Feb. 6-March 14) and led the club with 27 multi-hit efforts during the regular season.

Drury concluded the 2026 season with a 32-21 overall record, as well as a 22-10 GLVC mark to tie for third place in the conference’s regular-season standings.