The senior earns his first postseason honors with the Purple Aces
- LOUIS – Senior outfielder Ty Rumsey (Evansville, Ind. / North HS) has been recognized by Missouri Valley Conference head coaches for his play this season.
On Tuesday morning, the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) announced its baseball All-Conference teams for the 2025 season. In a vote of the league’s 10 head coaches, Rumsey was recognized on two separate teams. Rumsey is one of 15 players named to the All-MVC Second Team and one of only three outfielders on the team. Rumsey was also recognized as one of the nine best defensive players in the Valley as part of the All-Defensive Team.
Rumsey had a breakout season at the plate for the Purple Aces in 2025. The senior led UE at the plate batting .333 on the season with 71 hits in 213 total at-bats that included 10 doubles, two triples, and four home runs. Rumsey was one of only two players on the Evansville roster to appear in every game of the 2025 season and was the only Ace to start every single game. Along with his iron man streak, Rumsey was a terror on the base paths, leading the league in stolen bases with 31 bags, the most by a UE player in 15 years since Eric Stamets set the Evansville program record with 43 in 2010.
Along with a strong year at the plate, Rumsey was a gem in the field for the Aces. He was third on the UE roster for putouts with 156 in 54 games to average just under two putouts a game. Rumsey also assisted on two other putouts with 160 catches on the season. The senior only was charged with two errors in 54 games for a fielding percentage of .988. Rumsey did not make an error in the final 19 games of the season and had a 32-game streak without an error earlier in the year.
Along with announcing the All-MVC teams, the Valley released its specialty awards for the 2025 season. Missouri State’s second baseman Nick Rodriguez was named the Joe Carter Player of the Year and was one of three Bears recognized with specialty awards. Also earning honors for Missouri State was utility player Max Knight as the Co-Newcomer of the Year and shortstop Tyler Epstein as the Defensive Player of the Year.
The Pitcher of the Year went to Belmont’s Joe Ruzicka while the other Co-Newcomer of the Year was UIC’s Luke Nowak. The Valley also had Co-Freshman of the Year in 2025 as Indiana State’s Jeremy Martinez and Murray State’s Conner Cunningham shared the honor. Murray State Head Coach Dan Skirka was named the Dan Callahan Coach of the Year for his first recognition in the Missouri Valley Conference.
