Hoosiers Selected for Preseason Conference Honors
2/12/2025 4:00:00 PM | Baseball
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference released its preseason baseball poll and its players to watch list ahead of the 2025 season. The respective league coaches voted on all awards, as announced on Wednesday (Feb. 12) afternoon.
Junior outfielder Devin Taylor, junior shortstop Tyler Cerny and graduate student right-handed pitcher Ben Grable were Indiana's three "Players to Watch" in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers were picked third by the league's coaches.
Taylor, the consensus Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, is coming off a tremendous sophomore season in 2024. The Cincinnati, Ohio native hit .357 and led the Big Ten with 20 home runs. He recorded 86 hits and struck out just 38 times compared to 37 walks.
He led the Hoosiers in batting average (.357), runs (67), hits (86) and home runs (20) a season ago. Taylor spent time with the USA Baseball Collegiate National team and played the whole summer in the Cape Cod League with Cotuit.
Cerny started all 60 games a season ago as the team's shortstop. He enters his third year playing up the middle after spending his freshman campaign at second base. He'll play alongside sophomore second baseman Jasen Oliver in the middle of IU's defense.
The Greenwood, Indiana native was a revelation in the middle of IU's lineup last season. He smashed 10 home runs and a Big Ten leading 24 doubles. He helped IU break a team program record with 140 doubles in 2024. Cerny led the Hoosiers with 60 RBIs and joined Taylor with over 80+ (81) hits on the campaign.
Grable missed all of the 2024 season through an injury suffered last January. He's expected to be available to pitch this weekend in Arizona. He transferred to IU before the 2023-24 school year after three seasons with Northwestern.
During his time with the Wildcats, he pitched in 31 games with a 5.03 earned run average. He had a career outing against the Hoosiers in May of 2023 with four strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work. In total, he racked up 36 strikeouts in 2023 to just 16 walks.
IU opens the 2025 season in Surprise, Arizona against UNLV on Friday, February 14th. The Hoosiers will also play Xavier and Oregon State before meeting the Rebels for a second time (Feb. 17) to close out the first weekend of the year.
Junior outfielder Devin Taylor, junior shortstop Tyler Cerny and graduate student right-handed pitcher Ben Grable were Indiana's three "Players to Watch" in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers were picked third by the league's coaches.
Taylor, the consensus Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, is coming off a tremendous sophomore season in 2024. The Cincinnati, Ohio native hit .357 and led the Big Ten with 20 home runs. He recorded 86 hits and struck out just 38 times compared to 37 walks.
He led the Hoosiers in batting average (.357), runs (67), hits (86) and home runs (20) a season ago. Taylor spent time with the USA Baseball Collegiate National team and played the whole summer in the Cape Cod League with Cotuit.
Cerny started all 60 games a season ago as the team's shortstop. He enters his third year playing up the middle after spending his freshman campaign at second base. He'll play alongside sophomore second baseman Jasen Oliver in the middle of IU's defense.
The Greenwood, Indiana native was a revelation in the middle of IU's lineup last season. He smashed 10 home runs and a Big Ten leading 24 doubles. He helped IU break a team program record with 140 doubles in 2024. Cerny led the Hoosiers with 60 RBIs and joined Taylor with over 80+ (81) hits on the campaign.
Grable missed all of the 2024 season through an injury suffered last January. He's expected to be available to pitch this weekend in Arizona. He transferred to IU before the 2023-24 school year after three seasons with Northwestern.
During his time with the Wildcats, he pitched in 31 games with a 5.03 earned run average. He had a career outing against the Hoosiers in May of 2023 with four strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work. In total, he racked up 36 strikeouts in 2023 to just 16 walks.
IU opens the 2025 season in Surprise, Arizona against UNLV on Friday, February 14th. The Hoosiers will also play Xavier and Oregon State before meeting the Rebels for a second time (Feb. 17) to close out the first weekend of the year.
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