via Oregon Tech Athletic Communications
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oregon Tech catcher Tyler Horner was one of 17 players selected to the NAIA Baseball Preseason All-America Team, selected annually by the NAIA-Baseball Coaches Association (NAIA-BCA) All-America Committee.
Horner is coming off a record-setting 2024 – hitting .394, recording school records with 16 home runs and 21 doubles, adding 59 RBI – earning Cascade Conference Player of the Year and first-team NAIA All-America honors, helping the Owls win a school-record 34 games.
He becomes OIT’s first-ever preseason All-American since the NAIA began the award in 2015.
Tech opens the 2025 season on Feb. 2 in California at La Sierra.
2025 NAIA Baseball Preseason All-America Team: 1B Cole Robinson (Missouri Baptist), 2B Braxton Meguiar (Georgia Gwinnett), 3B Jaiden Quinn (Concordia), SS Jackson Cobb (Georgia Gwinnett), IF David Mason (Taylor) OF Steven Elsner (Bellevue), Carlos Negron (Central Methodist), Brandon Cabrera (Lewis-Clark State), Ravaughn Morgan (Oklahoma Wesleyan), C Charlie Muniz (Cumberlands), C Tyler Horner (Oregon Tech) SP Ben Harris (Georgia Gwinnett), SP Isaac Rhode (LSU Shreveport), SP Andrew Herbert (Reinhardt), SP Blayne Huter (Webber International), RP Brett Allen (Reinhardt), DH Noah Castillo (MidAmerica Nazarene).
