KALAMAZOO, Mich. – For the third consecutive year, five members of the Western Michigan baseball team have been named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team®. Redshirt senior outfielder
Dylan Nevar earned a selection for the third straight year, grad student left-hander
Reese Gaber was a second-time honoree and the trio of sophomore center fielder
Tanner Mally, senior infielder
Michael Maloney and junior right-hander
Ty McKinstry picked up their first selections.
An Academic All-America Second Team selection last year, Nevar had another strong season for the Broncos, batting .301 and leading the team in doubles (13), home runs (9), RBIs (49) and slugging percentage (.539). The Wisconsin Dells, Wis., native graduated this spring with a 3.91 GPA in Electrical Engineering, and wrapped up his Western Michigan career with the program's all-time records for both RBIs and total bases, and tied for the program's all-time home run record. He also leaves Kalamazoo ranking inside the top-10 all-time in hits, runs scored and doubles.
Selected to the Academic All-District Team® last year at the University of Sioux Falls, Gaber earned the honor again this spring after serving as one of Western Michigan's weekend starters for much of the season. The lefty made 14 appearances, 11 starts, for the Broncos and tied for the team lead in wins, ranked second in strikeouts and was third in innings pitched. He also worked 6.0 innings of WMU's combined no-hitter against The Citadel on April 6. Gaber owns a 3.88 GPA in his graduate studies towards a master's certificate in Organizational Change & Leadership.
Mally is coming off of a sophomore campaign which saw his work in the outfield earn him a spot on the All-MAC Defensive Team. An Advertising & Promotion major with a 3.84 GPA, Mally posted a .973 fielding percentage with five outfield assists this spring, and did not make an error in MAC play. The Lisle, Ill., native was terrific at the plate as well, ranking fifth in the league with a .356 batting average and pacing the Brown and Gold in hits, runs scored and on-base percentage.
A Sport Management major with a 3.55 GPA, Maloney batted .304 with a .406 on-base percentage and finished second on Western Michigan with 37 RBIs. In the latter stages of the season, the Mokena, Ill., native put together a 16-game hitting streak, the longest streak by a Bronco in 2025. Maloney hit .418 with 20 RBIs over the course of his 16-game run, raising his batting average by more than 80 points.
Western Michigan's Friday starter this spring, McKinstry paced the Brown and Gold's staff with 71.2 innings pitched and 51 strikeouts while tying for the team lead in wins over his 14 starts. The righty ranked sixth in the conference in both ERA (5.02) and opposing batting average (.245), and improved those numbers to 3.58 and .221, respectively, in conference play. A native of Frankenmuth, Mich., McKinstry is an Exercise Science major with a 3.94 GPA.
The 2025 Academic All-District® 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. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes baseball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
Nevar has been selected as a CSC Academic All-America® finalist and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members.
