CLEVELAND, Ohio – The North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) announced the all-conference teams for the 2026 baseball season on Thursday afternoon. Ohio Wesleyan University seniors Zane Vitense and Parker Tomlin both earned selections – Vitense to the first team and Tomlin to the third team.

Vitense was selected as the conference's top utility player, earning his third all-conference selection following second-team nods the past two seasons. He started all 39 games this season, primarily playing first base with 10 pitching appearances sprinkled in as well. At the plate, he finished second in the lineup with a .299 average in 117 at-bats and fourth with a .371 on-base percentage. Vitense slugged .376 with 44 total bases on 35 hits –  including six doubles and one homer – and drove in 13 runs. He also led the team on the basepaths with five steals in six attempts, also scoring 20 runs. On the mound, all 10 of Vitense's pitching appearances were starts, totaling 38.0 innings pitched. He held an earned run average of 7.11 and a record of 1-7 with career-high 29 strikeouts.

Tomlin nabbed his first all-conference selection with 10 pitching appearances – all starts – and a 3.90 ERA through 60.0 innings pitched, with a team-leading career-high 52 strikeouts. He collected a team-high six wins with just two losses while holding opponents to two runs or less in five games. Most notably, he pitched his first career complete game in his season finale against Kenyon, holding the Owls to just one run in a 6-1 victory.

The two seniors and Red and Black capped off the season at 14-24-1 with a 3-12-1 conference record following a 4-3 walkoff upset of No. 16 Wittenberg in the season finale.