Three Luther College Baseball players including Zach Gwost, Charles Running and Noah Kindem earned ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Region honors. Gwost and Running were first-team selections and Kindem received third team honors.
 
Gwost started every game of the season and led the team in batting average at .395. In 177 at-bats he recorded 70 hits which included 14 doubles, two triples and 10 home runs, 52 runs batted in (rbi) and 44 runs. This season he set the single season hit record and tied the single season rbi record. He also ranks fourth all-time in career slugging percentage (.504) and ninth all-time career batting average (.360). Gwost finishes his career as a two-time American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) all-conference selection earning second-team honors in 2025 and first-team selection in 2026.
 
Running led the pitching staff this season with a 1.92 ERA (earned run average) with an 8-1 record in 70.1 innings pitched. He allowed 50 hits, 23 runs (15 earned), 29 walks and recorded 70 strikeouts. Running held opponents to a .199 batting average. He was also the A-R-C Pitcher of the Year. He was also announced as a D3baseball.com all-region first team honoree (read more here).
 
Kindem is a third-team all-region selection. He finished third on team in batting average (.320) record 56 hits with 13 doubles, 13 home runs and one triple playing as the designated hitter. He also had 51 rbi and 51 runs. This season he set the single season school record for home runs and earned first-team all-conference honors.
 
The Norse finished the season 33-13 overall and 19-5 in the A-R-C. The team won the A-R-C regular season title outright for the first time since 1985 and earned an at-large bid for the NCAA Division III National Tournament.
 
2026 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Region