ROUND ROCK, TX– Junior Michael Smosna was named the Offensive Player-of-the-Year, and first-year Collin Bruning was named the conference's Freshman-of-the-Year in exclusive 2025 all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) voting by the conference's head coaches and sports information directors. These two players highlighted the thirteen players McMurry garnering All-Conference recognition.
In the highly competitive vote for Offensive Player-of-the-Year, Michael Smosna received eight first-place nods during the balloting process. Smosna, a junior catcher from Lubbock, Texas, is currently ranked in the top 10 in the conference in almost every offensive category heading into the conference tournament. He is second in batting average (.443), slugging percentage (.765), total bases (114), hits (66) and runs batted in (52), third in doubles (16) and triples (4), fifth in home runs (8), sixth in stolen bases (16) and seventh in on-base percentage (.512). The junior earned SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Week (3/17-3/23) honors when he led the War Hawks to a conference series win on the road against St. Thomas while hitting .533 with two home runs, a triple, four doubles, and nine RBI. A top-tier backstop, Smosna handled a staff currently second in the SCAC in ERA and threw out 11 would-be base stealers (fifth in the SCAC). He is just the third catcher in conference history to earn Player-of-the-Year honors.
Collin Bruning earned 11 first-place votes in the Freshman-of-the-Year balloting. Bruning, a first-year first baseman from Abilene, Texas, leads all conference freshmen in hits (54 - 11th in the SCAC), doubles (11 – T13th in the SCAC), home runs (6 – T11th in the SCAC), runs batted in (43 – sixth in the SCAC) and total bases (85 – T11th in the SCAC) heading into this weekend's conference tournament. He is batting .375 with a .486 on-base percentage and .590 slugging percentage – all good for top 15 in the league. He was the SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Week in Week four when he batted .700 (7-for-10) with seven runs scored and five runs driven in to lead the War Hawks to a 4-0 week, which included a three-game road conference sweep at Schreiner. Bruning is the second consecutive first baseman to earn SCAC Freshman-of-the-Year and fourth overall.
2025 SCAC Player-of-the-Year
Michael Smosna (Junior) Catcher
2025 SCAC Freshman-of-the-Year
Collin Bruning (First-Year) First Baseman
2025 All-SCAC Baseball First Team
Blake Beach (Senior) Short Stop
Riley Hood (Senior) Third Base
Michael Smosna (Junior) Catcher
2025 All-SCAC Baseball Second Team
Hunter Poe (Junior) Starting Pitcher
Nolan Scherencel (Senior) Designated Hitter
Ethan Wendel (Sophomore) Starting Pitcher
2025 All-SCAC Baseball Honorable Mention
Collin Bruning (First-year) First Base
Koy Carpenter (Senior) Outfield
Jonathan Enriquez (Senior) Starting Pitcher
Xavier Escobar (Senior) Outfield
Bryson Morrill (Senior) Relief Pitcher
David Perez (Sophomore) Relief Pitcher
Ty Nelson (Senior) Second Base
