Four Pipers earn All-Region honors

Kaczrowski and Roiger were two of the seven MIAC players to be named to the All-Region first team.

Kaczrowski was also the 2008 MIAC Co-Player of the Year and was also the MIAC hitter of the week for the week ending on April 21, prior to earning D3baseball.com third team All-American honors.

Kaczrowski tore through conference pitching, hitting .500 against MIAC opponents with 18 RBI and 24 runs scored. He hit nine doubles, one triple and four homeruns this season.

Overall in 2008, Kaczrowski hit .477 to lead the Pipers, with 40 RBI and 54 runs scored.

Roiger, who was the 2008 MIAC pitcher of the year, piled up numerous honors in his senior season as he recorded an overall 1.86 ERA and 7-3 record. In MIAC regular season play, Roiger had a 1.19 ERA and was 4-0 on the mound with one save. He threw 44 strikeouts and only walked five batters in 37.2 innings of work in seven appearances for the Pipers.

After recording a save and a complete-game shutout in a historic sweep of St. Thomas, Roiger was named the MIAC pitcher of the week for the week ending on April 28, and days later was named the national pitcher of the week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association for the week of April 21-27.

Roiger was also named to the 2008 All-MIAC sportsmanship team.

En route to earning third team honors, Bennett earned the first MIAC hitter of the week honor distributed this season, which covered the first weeks of the season.

Against MIAC pitching in the regular season, Bennett hit .386 with 22 RBI. Overall, Bennett was second on the team in hitting at .403, and drove in 49 runs and score 43 while hitting 13 doubles, 5 triples, and 8 homeruns. Bennett will graduate as the homerun leader at Hamline with 24 in his career.  

The Pipers' second selection to the All-Region third team, Smith was a key factor at the plate in the Pipers' playoff run. Against regular season MIAC pitching, Smith started all 20 conference games and hit .406 with 21 RBI and 11 runs scored.

Overall, he hit .367 on the season with 42 RBI and 31 runs scored.