Mankato Area Youth Baseball Association (MAYBA)

Mankato, Minn. – The Viking baseball team had seven individuals honored with Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) All-Conference awards this season. In addition to all-conference awards, Garrett Benson (Rochester, Minn./Rochester Mayo) was named UMAC Co-Pitcher of the Year and Adam Geiger (Mankato, Minn./Immanuel Lutheran) was named UMAC Rookie of the Year.

Along with the pitcher of the year award, Benson was named UMAC First Team All-Conference. Aaron Siefken (Lone Rock, Iowa/Iowa Central CC), Lucas Herd (Gaylord, Minn./Sibley East), Tommy Kramer (Blooming Prairie, Minn./Rochester CC) and Casey Woodside (Albert Lea, Minn./Minnesota Crookston) were also named UMAC First Team All-Conference. In addition to Geiger’s rookie of the year award, he was named UMAC All-Conference Honorable Mention along with teammate Sam Stier (Austin, Minn./Pacelli). 

Geiger led the team RBI with 35 and in doubles hammering a total of 14. The freshman also logged one triple and three home runs. Geiger had a .311 batting average during the season and .353 batting average during conference play. In left field he committed no errors during UMAC games. 
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The Vikings ended the season second in the conference regular season with a 14-5 UMAC record and 22-17 overall record. It was the sixth consecutive season the Vikings posted at least 20 wins.