PRINCETON, N.J. – Following a vote the league’s eight head coaches, the Ivy League announced its All-Ivy baseball teams and major award winners for the 2022 season Thursday afternoon.
 
Dartmouth had a pair of major award winners in Kade Kretzschmar, the Ivy League Player of the Year, and Tyler Cox, the Rookie of the Year. Penn’s Kevin Eaise was the unanimous selection for Pitcher of the Year and Columbia’s Brett Boretti was unanimously voted Coach of the Year.
 
Kretzschmar hit .405 in league play and posted a slugging percentage of .774. In 21 games, the Carlsbad, Calif., native scored 29 runs, had 35 RBIs, hit 12 doubles and belted five home runs. Kretzschmar posted a .947 field percentage with 36 putouts during league play.
 
Eaise was dominant on the mound, posting a record of 7-0 in league play. He was third in the league in opponents’ batting average (.227) and in strikeouts (51) during Ivy play. His 3.05 ERA led all starting pitchers in the league.
 
Cox led the conference with a batting average of .464 in league play. The Valley Glen, Calif., native recorded 45 hits, including nine doubles in Ivy play. He was 7-9 on stolen base attempts. He had a nearly perfect field percentage with 24 putouts, 52 assists and just one error.
 
Borretti led the Lions to their ninth overall Ivy title. He led the Columbia on a 19-game win streak, the second longest in Ivy baseball history. The Lions finished Ivy play with a record of 17-4 and went on to win the Ivy Playoff Series, taking two straight elimination games after dropping Game 1 to Penn. This marks the third time that Boretti has earned the award, which was insitituted in 2015. 
 
Of the 14 first team honorees, nine were unanimous selections: Eaise, Cox, Kretzschmar, Penn junior second baseman Cole Palis, Penn sophomore third baseman Wyatt Henseler, Columbia junior outfielder Hayden Schott, Columbia sophomore outfielder Cole Hage, Dartmouth senior utility player Justin Murray and Penn senior designated hitter Andrew Hernandez.  
 
The Quakers, which earned a share of the Ivy title with a league record of 17-4, had the most representation on the first team with six players earning the honor. Senior starting pitcher Joe Miller and junior first baseman Ben Miller joined Eaise, Palis, Henseler and Hernandez.
 
Columbia and Dartmouth had the second most first team representatives on the first team. Weston Eberly, a junior catcher for the Lions, joined Schott and Hage on the first team.
 
Brown junior starting pitcher Tobey McDonough and Harvard sophomore relief pitcher Jay Driver were also tabbed first team performers.
 
Additionally, one Ivy League baseball student-athlete from each institution was recognized for their commitment in the classroom and on the field as members of the 2022 Ivy League Baseball Academic All-Ivy team. Brown's Ray Sass, Columbia's Cole Hage, Cornell's Sam Kaplan, Dartmouth’s Nathan Skinner, Harvard’s Will Jacobsen, Penn's Kevin Eaise, Princeton’s Jackson Emus and Yale’s Ben Gibbs were each named to the team.
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kade Kretzschmar, Dartmouth (Sr., OF – Carlsbad, Calif.)
 
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
*Kevin Eaise, Penn (Sr., P – Monroeville, N.J.)
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Tyler Cox, Dartmouth (So., SS – Valley Glen, Calif.)
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
*Brett Boretti, Columbia
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
*SP – Kevin Eaise, Penn (Sr. – Monroeville, N.J.)
SP – Joe Miller, Penn (Sr. – Hatboro, Pa.)
SP – Tobey McDonough, Brown (Jr. – Naples, Fla.)
RP – Jay Driver, Harvard (So. – Wellesley, Mass.)
C – Weston Eberly, Columbia (Jr. – Maitland, Fla.)
1B – Ben Miller, Penn (Jr. – Durham, N.C.)
*2B – Cole Palis, Penn (Jr.— Garnet Valley, Pa.)
*3B – Wyatt Henseler, Penn (Jr. – Emmaus, Pa.)
*SS – Tyler Cox, Dartmouth (So. – Valley Glen, Calif.)
*OF – Hayden Schott, Columbia (Jr. – Newport Beach, Calif.)
*OF – Cole Hage, Columbia (So. – Fargo, N.D.)
*OF – Kade Kretzchmar, Dartmouth (Sr. – Carlsbad, Calif.)
*UTL – Justin Murray, Dartmouth (Sr. – Charlotte, N.C.)
*DH – Andrew Hernandez, Penn (Sr. – Miami, Fla.)
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^ 
SP – Trystan Sarcone, Dartmouth (Sr. – Greenwich, Conn.)
SP – Chris Clark, Harvard (So. – Wayne, Pa.)
SP – Joe Sheets, Columbia (Fr. – Wilmington, Del.)
SP – Justin Murray, Dartmouth (Sr. – Charlotte, N.C.)
RP – Jack Metzger, Dartmouth (Jr. – Powell, Ohio)
C – Jackson Appel, Penn (Jr. – Houston, Texas)
1B – Ryan Marra, Brown (Jr. – Commerce, Mich.)
1B – Max Jensen, Cornell (Fr. – Burke, Va )
2B – George Cooper, Harvard (Fy. – Los Angeles, Calif.)
3B – Anton Lazits, Columbia (Fr. – Pittsfield, Mass.)
3B – Connor Bertsch, Dartmouth (Jr. – West Roxbury, Mass.)
SS – Andy Blake, Columbia (Jr. – Hopewell Township, N.J.)
OF – Sam Kaplan, Cornell (Jr. – Las Vegas, Nev.)
OF – Brendan Cumming, Princeton (Jr. – Houston, Texas)
OF – Josh Solomon, Columbia (Sr. – Mission Viejo, Calif.)
OF – Nate Polo, Penn (Fr. – Port Matilda, Pa.)
OF – Nadir Lewis, Princeton (Jr. – Alpharetta, Ga.)
UTL – Matt Scannell, Princeton (So. – Stone Oak, Texas)
DH – EJ Kreutzmann, Columbia (So. – San Diego, Calif.)
 
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-IVY
SP – Michael Walsh, Yale (Jr. – La Grange, Ill.)
SP – Nathan Skinner, Dartmouth (Sr. – Jacksonville, Fla.)
SP – Grant Kipp, Yale (Sr. – Dallas, Texas)
RP – Owen Coady, Penn (Jr. – Larchmont, N.Y.)
RP – Paxton Meyers, Brown (So. – West Nyack, N.Y.)
RP – JD Ogden, Columbia (So. – White Bear Lake, Minn.)
C – Nathan Cmelya, Dartmouth (So. – Ashburn, Va.)
1B – Tyler MacGregor, Columbia (Sr. – Peabody, Mass.)
1B – Logan Bravo, Harvard (Jr. – Andover, Mass.)
3B – Will Jacobsen, Harvard (Jr. – San Francisco, Calif.)
SS – Craig Larsen, Penn (Sr. – Toms River, N.J.)
OF – Jimmy Chatfield, Yale (Jr. – San Diego, Calif.)
DH – Teddy Hague, Yale (Gr. – Woodbridge, Conn.)
 
* Unanimous Selection
^ Team Expanded Due To Tie in Voting