EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville freshman pitcher Kenton Deverman (Dardenne Prairie, Mo./Fort Zumwalt West) captured another individual honor on Monday afternoon, as he earned second-team Freshman All-America honors in a vote by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). It is the 14th time in which a Purple Ace has earned Freshman All-America honors, and Deverman is UE’s first Freshman All-American since outfielder Kevin Kaczmarski in 2012.
Deverman captured Freshman All-America honors after leading all NCAA freshmen in both victories (nine) and innings pitched (111.0). He set UE freshman records in both categories this year, going 9-2 with a 4.22 ERA in 18 appearances, including 16 starts. Deverman struck out 83 men against just 23 walks in 111.0 innings of work, and he left the mound with the lead in 11 of his final 13 starts for the Purple Aces.
Deverman was a first-team all-Missouri Valley Conference selection at starting pitcher, while earning the MVC’s Freshman of the Year award. Deverman was also named to the Greenville (N.C.) Regional All-Tournament team after holding #16 East Carolina to just a single run on three base hits in 8.0 innings of work in UE’s 4-1 victory in the first game of the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
Deverman is one of 22 UE players who are scheduled to return next season from Evansville’s 39-26 squad which won the program’s first-ever NCAA Regional Tournament title this season, and advanced to UE’s first-ever Super Regional before falling to national #1 seed Tennessee in the final game of the best-of-three Super Regional series.
NCBWA 2024 Freshman All-America Team
First Team
Pos. Name, School Avg. G AB R H 2B-3B-HR RBIs BB SO SB/SBA
C Daniel Jackson, Wofford .357 56 207 52 74 10-2-12 69 31 45 4/5
1B Henry Ford, Virginia .339 59 245 60 83 13-1-17 68 29 51 3/3
2B Steven Milam, LSU .326 63 221 51 72 12-3-8 40 32 36 7/9
SS Justin Lebron, Alabama .338 57 216 50 73 9-0-12 37 20 53 7/7
3B Daniel Cuvet, Miami (FL) .351 57 231 52 81 15-1-24 75 26 63 2/2
OF Drew Burress, Georgia Tech .381 58 218 73 83 15-3-25 67 58 37 8/10
OF AJ Gracia, Duke .305 60 220 56 67 14-0-14 58 48 55 5/6
OF David Mendez, Dayton .342 51 190 47 65 9-2-6 49 30 29 24/26
DH Brandon Compton, Arizona State .354 52 189 45 67 16-0-14 51 23 54 ¾
UT Kyle Johnson, Duke .253 39 75 16 19 6-1-3 11 17 33 2/2
4-1, 4.38 ERA, 49.1 IP, 15 App, 10 GS, 0 SV, 44 H, 25 R, 24 ER, 19 BB, 53 K, .237 OBA
Pos. Name School ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
SP Aidan Knaak, Clemson 3.35 5-1 15 15 0 0 83.1 67 34 31 29 108
SP Dominic Voegele, Kansas 3.89 7-2 15 15 0 0 81.0 72 39 35 29 80
SP Brett Lanman, Abilene Christian 3.48 7-2 16 15 0 0 72.1 56 33 28 32 79
SP Griffin Naess, Cal Poly 3.58 7-0 15 12 0 0 73.0 62 29 29 25 62
RP Gabe Gaeckle, Arkansas 2.32 3-3 22 0 0 7 42.2 26 14 11 19 57
RP Jacob Tabor, Toledo 3.35 2-0 26 0 0 6 37.2 34 18 14 18 39
RP Jacob Vogel, Indiana 2.31 1-0 21 0 0 0 23.1 16 7 6 10 27
Second Team
Pos. Name, School Avg. G AB R H 2B-3B-HR RBIs BB SO SB/SBA
C Luke Stevenson, North Carolina .283 61 205 43 58 8-2-14 58 46 54 2/2
1B Luke Gaffney, Purdue .359 53 209 62 75 15-3-13 64 29 32 2/2
2B TJ Pompey, Texas Tech .279 55 190 41 53 11-2-10 49 31 62 12/14
SS Maddox Moloney, Oregon .315 43 143 32 45 4-1-10 31 13 28 2/3
3B Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M .306 61 258 80 79 14-0-22 63 35 85 3/4
OF Caden Bogenpohl, Missouri State .293 56 205 62 60 9-1-20 45 53 74 7/8
OF Tre Phelps, Georgia .344 41 131 32 45 11-0-11 38 10 15 2/2
OF Kyle Jones, Stetson .355 62 248 53 88 15-0-5 32 33 27 23/28
DH Cade Ladehoff, NJIT .324 53 244 51 79 17-2-14 60 10 41 0/0
UT Eric Paulsen, Stony Brook .299 50 177 23 53 16-0-4 24 22 20 0/2
2-1, 3,21 ERA, 42.0 IP, 15 App, 1 GS, 44 H, 19 R, 15 ER, 10 BB, 24 K, .278 OBA
Pos. Name School ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
SP Colin Fisher, Arkansas 2.67 6-1 10 7 0 0 27.0 24 9 8 8 27
SP Chase Morgan, Louisiana 3.18 5-3 20 13 0 1 73.2 59 31 26 20 69
SP Kenton Deverman, Evansville 4.22 9-2 18 16 1 0 111.0 112 55 52 23 83
SP Logan Reddemann, San Diego 4.01 7-4 15 13 0 0 76.1 81 37 34 19 66
RP Ryan Hetzler, Cal Baptist 2.59 5-1 25 0 0 4 41.2 44 14 12 14 38
RP Dylan Loy, Tennessee 2.25 2-0 19 5 0 0 28.0 19 7 7 10 33
RP Ricky Ojeda, UC Irvine 3.46 6-1 25 0 0 1 52.0 41 22 20 25 74
