KENT, Ohio – Following the conclusion of the 2023 MAC Baseball Championship, the conference announced its All-Tournament Team, with Western Michigan represented by junior first baseman
Cade Sullivan.
Sullivan went 4-for-7 (.571) with two hits in each game of the tournament, and reached in seven of his 10 plate appearances. The junior had a pair of home runs, drove in three runs and scored three times.
In the tournament opener on Wednesday against top-seeded Kent State, Sullivan drew two walks and blasted a pair of home runs. His second home run in the top of the ninth inning was his 18th of the season, which tied him for the WMU single-season program record. It was also the 28th homer of his career, tying him for the career record at Western Michigan.
The Naperville, Ill., native continued to deliver in Thursday's elimination game against CMU, as he came up with two more hits and a walk. In the seventh inning, Sullivan had an RBI single, then scored later in the inning to bring the Broncos to within a run.
Sullivan is the ninth player in Western Michigan program history to be named to the MAC Championship's All-Tournament Team. He is the first honoree since the Broncos won the 2016 MAC Tournament and had four representatives on the All-Tournament Team, including Tournament MVP Keegan Akin.