By: Evan O'Kelly, Associate Commissioner for Communications

PORTLAND, Ore. – The 2026 Great Northwest Athletic Conference baseball all-academic team, presented by Barnes & Noble College, featured 54 names upon its release on Wednesday.
 
Leading the charge were a trio of players who posted perfect 4.0 grade point averages. Anthony Arrechi of Saint Martin’s was one of them and was the lone player this year to earn the honor for the fourth time in his career as he works towards his MBA. Overall he is the ninth player in GNAC history and fourth Saint to be a four-time all-academic pick. Kaleb Karpstein of Northwest Nazarene also carried a 4.0 GPA while studying business analytics, and earned a spot on the all-academic team for the third consecutive season. The GNAC’s other 4.0 belonged to Northwest Nazarene sophomore Holt Williams, who picked up his first academic honor while pursuing an engineering degree.
 
Along with Arrechi and Karpstein, six other players claimed all-academic for the third time in their careers. That list featured Montana State Billings’ Lance Schaaf (3.87, teaching K-12), Northwest Nazarene’s Jakob Rochelle (3.76, mathematics) and Adam Brooks (3.72, marketing), Saint Martin’s Kyle Schabot (3.86, business administration) and Zen Staszkow (3.43, civil engineering) and Western Oregon’s Tyler Mohler (3.76, business).
 
Northwest Nazarene and Montana State Billings led the conference with 15 all-academic selections each. To qualify for academic all-conference, student-athletes must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.20, must be in at least their second season competing for their team and must have competed on the field during the 2026 campaign.
   

Name	Academic Major	Year	GPA	Hometown	School
Logan Blank	Physical Education & School Health	SR	3.93	Bellevue, WA	CWU
Drake Anderson	Physical Education & School Health	SR	3.84	Enumclaw, WA	CWU
Max Bledy*	IT & Admin. Management	SR	3.77	Wilsonville, OR	CWU
Andre Garza	Physical Education & School Health	JR	3.68	Othello, WA	CWU
Braden Zadow	Business Administration	SR	3.53	Auburn, WA	CWU
Nolan Mowry	Undecided	SO	3.51	Simi Valley, CA	CWU
Kellen Berg*	Undecided	JR	3.49	Kennewick, WA	CWU
Kaden Haffner	Early Childhood Education	SO	3.41	Granger, WA	CWU
Mason Brosseau	Business Management	SO	3.9	Billings, MT	MSUB
River Smith	HHP - Human Performance	SR	3.88	Livingston, MT	MSUB
Lance Schaaf*#	HHP - Teaching K-12	SR	3.87	Billings, MT	MSUB
Nate McDonald	General Business	SO	3.84	Billings, MT	MSUB
Lane Seim*	HHP - Human Performance	JR	3.83	Great Falls, MT	MSUB
Brennen Chappell	Business Management	SR	3.8	Kimberly, ID	MSUB
Cole Ayala*	Environmental Studies	JR	3.78	Fortuna, CA	MSUB
Ryker Fortier	HHP - Teaching K-12	SR	3.78	Ellensburg, WA	MSUB
Brinkley Evans	Business Finance	SO	3.7	Conrad, MT	MSUB
Andrew White	Business Management	SR	3.69	Magna, UT	MSUB
Kaden Bertram*	Accounting	SR	3.61	Beaverton, OR	MSUB
Logan Keller	Criminal Justice	JR	3.61	Buckley, WA	MSUB
Jaxon Meyer	Business Finance	SO	3.52	Billings, MT	MSUB
Braxton Bybee	HHP - Human Performance	FR	3.32	Las Vegas, NV	MSUB
Hayden Mullins	General Business	SR	3.2	Denton, TX	MSUB
Holt Williams	Engineering	SO	4.00	Camas, WA	NNU
Kaleb Karpstein*#	Business Analytics (PG)	SR	4.00	Bend, OR	NNU
Jeremiah Jacobo	Nursing	SO	3.84	Fontana, CA	NNU
Mason Leavitt	Business Administration	JR	3.81	Eagle, ID	NNU
Jakob Rochelle*#	Mathematics	JR	3.76	San Marcos, CA	NNU
Adam Brooks*#	Marketing	JR	3.72	Puyallup, WA	NNU
Carter Walsh*	Management	JR	3.72	Boise, ID	NNU
Carson Burns	Recreation & Sport Management	SR	3.70	Bothell, WA	NNU
Cooper Nixon	Recreation & Sport Management	SO	3.65	Boise, ID	NNU
Gavin Brubaker*	Management	JR	3.54	Lakewood, WA	NNU
Wade Duncan*	Recreation & Sport Management	JR	3.53	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	NNU
Hunter Bennett	Biology; Pre Med	JR	3.50	Gig Harbor, WA	NNU
Dillon Eden	Sports Psychology	SR	3.41	Elko, NV	NNU
Noah Palomares	Recreation & Sport Management	SO	3.26	Nampa, ID	NNU
Liam Herrera	Management	JR	3.24	San Marcos, CA	NNU
Anthony Arrechi*#%	Master's of Business Administration	SR	4.00	Haleiwa, HI	SMU
Luke Petrie	Business Administration	JR	3.93	Kamloops, BC	SMU
Tyler Young*	Business Administration	JR	3.92	Aiea, HI	SMU
Kyle Schabot*#	Business Administration	SR	3.86	Meridian, ID	SMU
Cole Yonamine	Accounting	SO	3.77	Honolulu, HI	SMU
Evan Nicol*	Business Administration	JR	3.60	Olympia, WA	SMU
Bryson Nakamoto*	Nursing	JR	3.53	Wailuku, HI	SMU
Zen Staszkow*#	Civil Engineering	JR	3.43	Mililani, HI	SMU
Blaze Wong*	Civil Engineering	SR	3.30	Mililani, HI	SMU
Kelton Tom	Criminology & Criminal Justices	SR	3.25	Wailuku, HI	SMU
Josh Johnson	Accounting	SO	3.86	San Diego, CA	WOU
Tyler Mohler*#	Business	SR	3.76	Alta Loma, CA	WOU
Gunnar Shiotani	Business	SR	3.64	Seattle, WA	WOU
Ben Edwards	Business	SR	3.61	Everett, WA	WOU
Mac Garrett	Business	SO	3.32	Corbett, OR	WOU
Alex Harden	Business	SR	3.31	Ogden, UT	WOU