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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The trio of grad senior Carter Hain, sophomore Andrew Landis, and senior Tanner Ware were tabbed to the 2026 Valeo Horizon League All-Academic Honorable Mention team on Tuesday, the league announced.

Hain, a graduate student from Phoenix, has started at second base in 47 games this season, hitting .266 with 45 hits, 17 RBIs and six home runs. He graduated from Oakland with a master’s in business leadership, sporting a 3.60 GPA, and was a Fall 2025 member of Oakland’s Dean’s List and the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

Landis is a pre-business administration major with a 3.88 GPA, earning a spot on the Dean’s List and Horizon League Academic Honor roll last semester. As a two-way player, he owns five hits with RBIs and tossed 13 strikeouts from the mound.

Ware graduated from OU with a degree in exercise science this semester, has been a two-time President’s and three-time Dean’s List member at Oakland, and been on the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll five times in his career. This season, he’s pitched 35.1 innings with 23 strikeouts and a win and earned Horizon League Pitcher of the Week for his Sunday performance against Youngstown State in March.

2026 Valeo #HLBASE All-Academic Team

Aiden Fishnick, Milwaukee

Charlie Marion, Milwaukee

Camden Kuhnke, Milwaukee

Brady Horn, Milwaukee

Josh Williams, Northern Kentucky

Jake Paulick, Northern Kentucky

Chet Lax, Wright State

JP Peltier, Wright State

Gus Gregory, Wright State

Patrick Fultz, Wright State

Griffen Paige, Wright State

Braden Gebhardt, Youngstown State

Teddy Ruffner, Youngstown State

Brayden Kuriger, Youngstown State

 

2026 #HLBASE Honorable Mentions

Aric Ehmke, Milwaukee

Tanner Ware, Oakland

Carter Hain, Oakland

Andrew Landis, Oakland

Hunter Warren, Wright State

The Golden Grizzlies wrap up the regular season this weekend with a three-game series at Milwaukee. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET on May 14 on ESPN+.

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