Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

Baldwin-Wallace Baseball Trio Named ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-District IV

Baldwin-Wallace Baseball Trio Named ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-District IV

BEREA, OHIO -- Baldwin-Wallace College senior outfielders Cody Kidd (Wellington) and Mike Brisky (Berea) and senior pitcher Brandon Fredericks (Copley/ Richfield Revere) have been named to the 2009 ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-District IV baseball team. Kidd, a 2008 Academic All-American, was chosen as a first-team selection and becomes eligible for the All-American process for the second consecutive year. Briskyand Fredericks were tabbed as  second-team selections.

Kidd is a biology/pre-med major with a 3.83 grade-point-average. He earned academic all-district honors in 2007 and 2008 before being named a third-team ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-American last season. Kidd finished his career as the school's all-time leader in hits (184), runs scored (143), triples (14) and hit-by-pitches (25). He also had more stolen bases (62) and a higher batting average (.387) than any other Yellow Jacket during the 2000s (2000-2009). Kidd was also named B-W's Most Outstanding Male Athlete for the 2008-09 year. 

Brisky earned his undergraduate degree in marketing and accounting and carried a 3.72 grade-point average. He also carries a 3.64 grade-point-average in the College's Master of Business Administration and Accounting program. Brisky batted .301 with 11 runs batted-in this season and is a two-time Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection. He is also a Dean's List student and a member of the Alpha Lamda, Chi Alpha Sigma and Laurels honor societies.

Fredericks is a business administration major with a 3.93 grade-point-average and B-W's male Clyde Lamb Award winner, symbolic for the school's most outstanding male athlete. Fredericks led B-W with 52 and two-third innings pitched, three complete games and 32 strikeouts in 2009. He was a 2008 Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference pick, a Dean's List student and a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma and Alpha Lambda honor societies.

FOR MORE BW SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple at 440-826-2327 or e-mail him at kruple@bw.edu or Assistant SID Nick Minerd at 440-826-2780 and e-mail atnminerd@bw.eduTo contact Head Baseball Coach Bob Fisher, you can call him in his office at 440-826-2182 or e-mail him at rfisher@bw.edu.