NAIA Preseason Baseball All-Americans Named Ahead of 2026 Season

Dec 03, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Preseason All-Americans for the 2026 NAIA Baseball season are in, headlined by five players who appeared in the 2025 Avista NAIA World Series last May in Lewiston, Idaho.

Hope International (Calif.), a World Series qualifier from last season, led all teams with three honorees, including Josh Landry, a Second-Team NAIA All-American in 2025. Tennessee Wesleyan, another Series team from 2025, put two players on the 2026 Preseason list, including returning First-Team All-American Kolton Reynolds. Concordia (Neb.) was the only other team with multiple selections, placing two on the Preseason team.

Preseason All-Americans are selected annually by the NAIA Baseball Coaches Association (NAIA-BCA) All-America Committee. The list is a combination of two catchers, four outfielders, four starting pitchers, a relief pitcher, one designated hitter, and five infielders.

In all, 10 NAIA conferences are represented, led by four selections from the Great Southwest Athletic Conference (GSAC).

Player	Institution	Position	Year	Hometown
Tyler Renn	Columbia (Mo.)	C	Sr.	Jefferson City, Mo.
Camden Karlin	Baker (Kan.)	C	Jr.	Lawrence, Kan.
Colby Moran	Hope International (Calif.)	1B	Sr.	Murrieta, Calif.
Jared Mack	Tabor (Kan.)	2B	Sr.	Missouri City, Texas
Josh Shelly	Tennessee Wesleyan	3B	Sr.	Houma, La.
Eliomar Otero	Northwestern Ohio	SS	Sr.	San Lorenzo, P.R.
Sam Gladd	Taylor (Ind.)	INF	Sr.	Columbia City, Ind.
Jack Kalisky	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	DH	Sr.	San Antonio, Texas.
David Shackleford	Hope International (Calif.)	OF	Jr.	La Habra, Calif.
Kolton Reynolds	Tennessee Wesleyan	OF	Jr.	Huntsville, Ark.
Ty Stepek	Madonna (Mich.)	OF	Jr.	White Lake, Mich.
Ty Beck	The Master's (Calif.)	OF	Sr.	Lebanon, Ohio
Josh Landry	Hope International (Calif.)	P	Sr.	Long Beach, Calif.
Alex Johnson	Concordia (Neb.)	P	Sr.	Olathe, Kan.
Colby Reynolds	Johnson (Tenn.)	P	Jr.	Knoxville, Tenn.
Brian Ereu	USAO (Okla.)	P	Jr.	Caracas, Venezuela
Daiten Schmidt	Concordia (Neb.)	RP	Sr.	Hickman, Neb.


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      <th>Rank</th>
      <th>University</th>
      <th>Points</th>
    </tr>
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  <tbody>
    <tr><td>1</td><td>Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Okla.)</td><td>504</td></tr>
    <tr><td>2</td><td>MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)</td><td>485</td></tr>
    <tr><td>3</td><td>Keiser University (Fla.)</td><td>456</td></tr>
    <tr><td>4</td><td>Bethel University (Ind.)</td><td>455</td></tr>
    <tr><td>5</td><td>Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.)</td><td>407</td></tr>
    <tr><td>6</td><td>University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)</td><td>397</td></tr>
    <tr><td>7</td><td>Louisiana State University Shreveport (La.)</td><td>374</td></tr>
    <tr><td>8</td><td>Indiana Wesleyan University (Ind.)</td><td>364</td></tr>
    <tr><td>9</td><td>William Carey University (Miss.)</td><td>354</td></tr>
    <tr><td>10</td><td>Life University (Ga.)</td><td>351</td></tr>
    <tr><td>11</td><td>Cumberland University (Tenn.)</td><td>318</td></tr>
    <tr><td>12</td><td>Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.)</td><td>317</td></tr>
    <tr><td>13</td><td>Grand View University (Iowa)</td><td>281</td></tr>
    <tr><td>14</td><td>Bethel University (Tenn.)</td><td>270</td></tr>
    <tr><td>15</td><td>Madonna University (Mich.)</td><td>262</td></tr>
    <tr><td>16</td><td>William Penn University (Iowa)</td><td>244</td></tr>
    <tr><td>17</td><td>Indiana Tech (Ind.)</td><td>229</td></tr>
    <tr><td>18</td><td>West Virginia University Institute of Technology (W.Va.)</td><td>215</td></tr>
    <tr><td>19</td><td>Dalton State College (Ga.)</td><td>167</td></tr>
    <tr><td>20</td><td>Grace College (Ind.)</td><td>147</td></tr>
    <tr><td>21</td><td>Ottawa University (Kan.)</td><td>118</td></tr>
    <tr><td>22</td><td>Xavier University (La.)</td><td>108</td></tr>
    <tr><td>23</td><td>Eastern Oregon University (Ore.)</td><td>89</td></tr>
    <tr><td>24</td><td>Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)</td><td>75</td></tr>
    <tr><td>25</td><td>University of Northwestern Ohio (Ohio)</td><td>74</td></tr>
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