2024 Lakeland Baseball Recap
 
Head Coach: Kevin Post (1st year)
Assistant Coaches: Justin Jurek (5th year), Butch Cain (1st year)
Record: 8-32 overall, 2-22 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
NACC Regular Season Finish: 13th
Home Record: 3-12
Away Record: 0-13
Neutral Record: 5-7
Long Winning Streak: 3 games
Long Losing Streak: 19 games
NACC Scholar-Athlete Award Winners: Aidan Blaszkowski, Dylan Costello, Dominic Davi, Cam Frazier, Tucker Gegenfurtner, Kejuan Harvey, Zak Keegan, Bryan Mitchell, Francesco Scalia, Sean Severson, Armaan Sharma, Landen Sobieski, OakLee Spens, Nathan Stephany, Aiden Swann, Eli Watkins
Leader in Games Played: Chris Day/Kellen Hodges (40)
Leader in Hits: Zak Keegan (55)
Leader in Runs Scored: OakLee Spens (34)
Leader in Doubles: Zak Keegan (14)
Leader in Triples: Zak Keegan (2)
Leader in Home Runs: Tucker Gegenfurtner/Kellen Hodges/Nathan Walter (1)
Leader in Runs Batted In: Zak Keegan (31)
Leader in Batting Average: Zak Keegan (.369)
Leader in Stolen Bases: OakLee Spens (12)
Leader in Multiple-Hit Games: Zak Keegan (18)
Leader in Multiple-RBI Games: Zak Keegan (7)
Longest Hit Streak: Tucker Gegenfurtner (9 games)
Longest Streak of Games Reaching Base: OakLee Spens (22 games)
Leader in Games Pitched: Armaan Sharma (15)
Leader in Wins: Anthony Yust (2)
Lowest Earned Run Average: Armaan Sharma (3.60)
Leader in Innings Pitched: Eli Watkins (42)
Leader in Strikeouts: Nathan Stephany (25)
Leader in Complete Games: Nathan Stephany (1)
Leader in Saves: Zak Keegan/Armaan Sharma (1) 

Single-game highs:
Hits: 4, on three occasions. First by Tucker Gegenfurtner vs. SUNY Canton, March 15, and also by Zak Keegan vs. Illinois Tech, April 13 and Kellen Hodges vs. Carroll, April 25
RBIs: Kellen Hodges, 5 vs. Carroll, April 25
Runs Scored: 4, by Zak Keegan vs. Illinois Tech, April 13 and by OakLee Spens vs. Carroll, April 25
Innings Pitched: Eli Watkins, 8 1/3 at Wisconsin Lutheran, April 10
Strikeouts: Anthony Yust, 8 vs. Carthage, May 5
 
Season Highlights 

• Posted 8-7 record when scoring six runs or more
• Six losses came by a single run
• Posted 5-7 record on team's spring break trip, including a sweep of Curry (Mass.), and scored at least seven runs in seven of 12 games and at least five runs in nine of 12 games
• Defeated Carthage in season finale, rallying from a 6-0 deficit to defeat Firebirds for the second time in school history
• Team received American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award for maintaining a team GPA of at least 3.0
• OakLee Spens finished his career 4th in program history in career doubles (35) and also finished 5th all-time at Lakeland in on-base percentage (.416)
• Zak Keegan moved into a tie for 4th all-time in program history in career triples (8), three short of the career mark of 11 set by Jacob Heinemeyer from 2007-10
• Chris Day and Kellen Hodges were lone players to start and appear in all 40 games
• Keegan finished 6th in NACC in fielding assists (85) and tied for 8th in conference in doubles (14)
• Landon Mani tied for 7th in NACC in sacrifice bunts (4)
• Eli Watkins led NACC in fewest walks allowed (7) among pitchers with at least 40 innings pitched