CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Baseball teams competed in week six of the 2025 season.
 
Around the League:
HCAC Baseball Schedule
 
Athletes of the Week:
Hitter of the Week:
Gavin Gleason (Brookston, Ind.) Manchester University | Catcher | Senior - The leadoff hitter for the Spartans had a remarkable week at the plate, helping lead Manchester to a 3-0 week as well as a sweep over Rose Hulman, Gleason went 7-14 with 8 RBIs and scored 7 runs of his own. Gleason hit .500 this week and was vital in Manchester's success, Gleason had the game winning RBI against Hope with a Sac Fly in the 9th inning, he also racked up 4 XBH including three doubles and one 3-Run Home Run.

Pitching Athlete of the Week:
Hayden Scalf (Richmond, Ind.) Earlham College | Pitcher | Junior - Hayden Scalf pitched a shutout into the ninth inning in game one against Berea on Friday. The junior went 8.1 innings on 112 pitches with two strikeouts and two earned runs, earning the win in the process. Scalf allowed just three hits through eight innings before the Mountaineers finally got to him in the ninth.


Notable Performances
Hitting Athletes

• Griffin Wolf (Carmel, Ind.) Anderson University | First Base | Junior - Griffin Wolf went 9-for-12 with 3 doubles, 1 homer, 9 RBI and 3 runs. For the week, he posted a .750 batting average, a .714 on-base percentage and a 1.250 slugging percentage.
• Brody Hammersley (Coshocton, Ohio) Bluffton University | First Base | Senior - Hammersley went 3-of-4 on the week with 3 RBI, a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .800 on-base percentage. With Bluffton clinging to a 3-2 lead over Franklin in the fourth inning of game 3, Hammersley delivered a bases-clearing two-bagger to the wall in right center as the Beavers took the finale 6-3 after Franklin routed the home team in the first two games. He reached base on all four of his trips to the plate in the victory.
• Ian Bullis (Batavia, Ohio) Earlham College | Infield | Junior - Ian Bullis accounted for 14 runs in a sweep of Berea College this weekend. Bullis went 5-12 (.417) at the plate with 10 RBI and four runs scored. The junior was walked four times, and struck out just once on the week.
• Garrett DeHart (Smyrna, Ga.) Franklin College | Outfield | Junior - DeHart went 6-for-12 at the plate with five RBI and a pair of doubles for the Grizzlies during their 3-game weekend series at Bluffton over the weekend.
• Jake Sanders (Fort Loramie, Ohio) Mount St. Joseph University | Right Field | Senior - Senior outfielder Jake Sanders had an outstanding series for the Lions against Hanover over the weekend. For the week he was 7-for-10, batting .700 with 6 runs scored, a double, 2 homeruns, and 4 runs batted in to go along with 2 walks and a 2-for-2 effort in stolen base attempts.
• Jackson Harms  (Irving, Texas) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Outfield | First Year - Jackson Harms led the Fightin' Engineers at the plate in their two losses to Manchester this weekend. Harms finished the week going 5-9 at the dish for a .556 batting average. He also totaled two runs scored and three RBIs.
• Seita Shiratori (Tokyo, Japan) Transylvania University | Infield | Junior - In a 7-6 win over Anderson, Shiratori had two hits, including a game tying hit that led to a throwing error allowing Transy to score. In a 12-7 victory over Anderson, he had two hits and two RBI's.

Pitching Athletes

• C.J. Williams (Pendleton, Ind.) Anderson University | Pitcher | Senior - C.J. Williams recorded the Game 1 win against Transylvania. He struck out 1 batter, issued 0 walks and allowed 4 runs on 9 hits in 6 innings.
• Jaden Jaques (New Palestine, Ind.) Bluffton University | Pitcher | Graduate - Jaden Jaques turned in a gargantuan performance for the Beavers on Saturday afternoon. Following a pair of mercy-rule victories by Franklin, Jaques willed Bluffton to victory in the series finale, allowing just 3 runs in 7 innings after the Grizzlies had scored 30 in the first 15 innings of the series. He struck out five and scattered eight hits while posting a 3.86 ERA in Bluffton's 6-3 victory.
• Cam Manuel (Akron, Ind.) Franklin College | Pitcher | First Year - Manuel allowed four hits and struck out three over five scoreless innings for the Grizzlies on Saturday afternoon in a 16-0 win over Bluffton.
• Wyatt Colvin (Prospect, Ky.) Hanover College | Pitcher | First Year - Colvin led the Panthers pitching nine and two third innings with two wins last week. He also posted 0.0 ERA.
• Rocco Hanes (Ossian, Ind.) Manchester University | Pitcher | Senior - Hanes picked up his third win of the season after pitching a complete game against Rose Hulman this past Saturday. The Senior went all nine innings allowing four runs and striking out 10 Engineers.
• Drew Bowles (Lexington, Ky.) Transylvania University | Pitcher | Sophomore - In a 7-6 victory over Anderson, Bowles pitched six innings, giving up only 8 hits and 6 runs while striking out 6 batters.

 
Looking Forward:
HCAC Baseball Standings