2025 CSC Academic All-America Baseball Teams
SEWARD, Neb. – A pair of Bulldogs represented the GPAC champion and NAIA national qualifying Concordia University, Nebraska Baseball program on the list of 2025 Academic All-Americans, as selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC). Both pitcher Alex Johnson and third baseman Jaidan Quinn landed on the NAIA Academic All-America Second Team in an announcement made by CSC on July 1. Quinn has earned this distinction for a second-straight year while Johnson is a first time Academic All-American.
The 2024-25 Academic All-America® Baseball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the diamond and in the classroom. Student-athletes must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher in order to be nominated for this award. Nominees also had to meet specific requirements in terms of games played and games started during the 2025 season. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
Named GPAC Player of the Year for a second-consecutive season, Quinn completed his collegiate career as one of the greatest players to ever wear Bulldog Blue. Over the past three seasons, Quinn has earned two Second Team All-America awards and one First Team All-America accolade. As a senior in 2025, Quinn batted .358 (59-for-165) with 66 runs scored, 11 doubles, 25 home runs and 73 RBIs and GPAC bests in on-base percentage (.559) and slugging percentage (.879). He started all 54 games at third base and drew a school record 63 walks. The native of Bonner Springs, Kan., finished his career with program all-time rankings of first in home runs (98), first in walks (182), second in RBIs (278), second in runs scored (280), third in games played (227), fifth in hits (259), fifth in batting average (.360), fifth in doubles (48) and eighth in assists (319). Quinn earned First Team All-GPAC accolades all four years and has collected a series of academic honors having twice been lauded as an Academic All-American by CSC and as an NAIA Scholar-Athlete. Quinn earned his degree from Concordia in Exercise Science. He has continued his baseball career having signed a professional contract with the Lake Erie Crushers of the Frontier League on June 26.
A Kansas City area native like Quinn, Johnson (Olathe, Kan.) returned from elbow surgery in 2025 and proceeded to claim GPAC Pitcher of the Year accolades. In what was his fifth season inside the program, Johnson made 12 starts and covered 69 innings while registering an 8-3 record, 3.13 ERA and a GPAC best 100 strikeouts. Johnson produced one of the greatest seasons ever by a Bulldog pitcher after essentially missing the entire 2023 and 2024 seasons due to injury. In his collegiate career that dates back to the 2021 season, Johnson has appeared on the mound 38 times and owns an 18-5 record, 3.34 ERA and 211 strikeouts in 169.2 innings. The Spring Hill High School product has twice earned First Team All-GPAC honors and has collected four NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards. On the program’s all-time pitching lists, Johnson ranks sixth in strikeouts, sixth in wins, sixth in ERA and seventh in games started. Johnson earned his degree in Psychology and has studied Business Administration as a master’s student.
Back on June 3, Concordia placed five student-athletes on CSC’s 2025 Academic All-District honor roll. Johnson and Quinn were joined on the prestigious list by teammates in Brad Hallock, Bronx Lewis and Ty Nekoliczak.