Baseball | 6/24/2025 11:30:00 AM

Granville, Ohio -  After a historic season with a trip to the NCAA Division III College World Series, four Big Red baseball players have earned All-America status from the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings (ABCA) and D3baseball.com. Erik Sundgren earned ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-America honors, while Nick Falter was the only Big Red to be named to both ABCA/Rawlings and D3baseball.com All-America honors, earning Second Team distinction. Eric Colaco was named to ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-America, and Sam Larson was named to D3baseball.com Second Team list.

Sundgren, a junior from Pittsburgh, Penn., had a breakout junior season to land him First Team All-America honors. He batted .388 with 76 hits and drove in 81 RBI's and had 54 runs. Sundgren also broke the Denison record of most home runs in a single season with 17, the previous record being 13. He was tied 10th in the nation in home runs, and led the NCAC in OPS (1.184), hits, RBI's, total bases (144), slugging percentage (.735), and was tied with Colaco in stolen bases with 31. He had three multi-home run games, including a three home run day in the Super Regional Championship against Belhaven University (May 24). This is Sundgren's first All-America honors, and it is the fourth time in the last five years a Big Red has been named First Team All-America.

Falter, a senior from Powell, Ohio, has been named ABCA/Rawlings and D3baseball.com Second Team All-America after a historic senior campaign. He started 15 games, going 12-0 with a 2.52 ERA with 107 strikeouts while only giving up 24 earned runs. His 12-0 W/L record is one of only two undefeated double-digit win records in Division III baseball this season. Falter has also rewrote the Denison record books, as he recorded the most strikeouts in a season with 107, the most starts in a season with 15, and ended his career with the lowest ERA in Denison history (3.02; 199.2 IP, 67 ER's). This is Falter's first All-America honor, and the only Big Red to be named to both All-America teams.

Colaco, a senior from Richfield, Ohio, has been named ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-America for the second time in his illustrious Denison career. In his senior season, Colaco batted .355 with 47 RBI's and 68 runs, while hitting 15 doubles and nine home runs. He also added 31 stolen bases and a pair of triples. The Denison record book was absolutely shattered during Colaco's four-year run as a Big Red, as he is the leader in hits (302), runs (277), tied for home runs (30), doubles (75), triples (15), at-bats (792), RBI's (211), total bases (497), walks (105), stolen bases (143), and games played (190). The hits, runs, doubles, at-bats, and stolen bases are also NCAC records as well. He is also the NCAA all-time leader in runs. This is Colaco's third consecutive season being selected for All-America, as he has been D3baseball.com All-America twice (2024 First Team; 2023 Fifth Team), and ABCA/Rawlings All-America three times (2025 Third Team; 2024 First Team; 2023 Third Team). Last season, he was the 2024 D3baseball.com Player of the Year.

Larson, a sophomore from Lake Forest, Ill., received D3baseball.com Third Team All-America honors after a breakout sophomore season. He made 14 appearances with eight starts, going 6-1 with a 1.91 ERA and throwing 71 strikeouts. Larson was 16th in the nation in ERA, and also led the NCAC in batting average against with .181. This is Larson's first All-America honor, and was also named D3baseball.com Second Team All-Region and ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-Region.

To find out more about the All-Region teams, click the link here.