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Davenport University Athletics

DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS

2026 Baseball Roster

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18 Dylan Pawenski

  • Position C/OF
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Shelby Twp., Mich.
  • Highschool Utica

Biography

2026: Received Second Team All-American from NCBWA and Third Team All-American honors by D2CCA ... became just the second Panther to earn this honor since joining NCAA Division II ... named First Team All-Midwest Region by ABCA, D2CCA, and NCBWA ... selected as First Team All-GLIAC at catcher ... named GLIAC Player of the Week on March 2 after a four-game series at Quincy in which he batted .538 (7-13) with three home runs, four runs scored, and 11 RBIs ... named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team (3.5+ GPA) ... had a breakout offensive season increasing his batting average from .277 last season to .388 this season... he played in 52 games and made 50 starts, but had to sit out during the NCAA regional due to injury... finished with 50 runs scored, 73 hits, 12 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs, and 65 RBIs... entered the single-season record book at Davenport this year ranking third in home runs and second in RBIs... his .681 slugging percentage checks in fifth and he concluded the season with 20 multi-RBI games including a season-high seven on Feb. 27 at Quincy, which is tied for second in a game in DU history... put together a 10-game hit streak which started on Mar. 11 vs. St. Cloud State and ended on Mar. 27 against Wayne State... was fourth in the GLIAC in batting average, third in home runs, third in RBIs, and first in slugging percentage.

2025: Played in 53 games and made 52 starts (41 catcher, 11 DH)...batted .277 with 51 hits in 184 at-bats...scored 40 runs and collected eight doubles, one triple, and tied the team lead with nine home runs...drove in 38 runs with a .478 slugging percentage...drew 28 walks and hit by a pitch eight times...registered three sacrifice flies and had a .994 fielding percentage with 311 putouts and 21 assists...hit .314 against lefties and .268 against righties...finished with nine multiple-hit games including three three-hit contests...ended the season on an eight-game hit streak...collected three hits on Apr. 13 against Parkside...scored four times in that same game against Parkside on Apr. 13...drove in five runs on Apr. 17 against Saginaw Valley...named to the GLIAC All-Tournament Team.

Prior to DU: Played at Macomb Community College...named all-academic and honorable mention all-conference...tied for first place in their conference...during the 2024 season, had a monster year batting .372 with a .584 slugging and .482 on-base percentage...played in 37 games and made 34 starts...scored 28 runs and collected nine doubles, five home runs, and 35 RBI...ranked third on the team in RBI...stole eight bases in nine tries...drove in a season-high four runs and scored three times against St. Clair C.C. on May 2.

High School: Prepped at Utica under head coach Mark Moehlig...member of the honor roll and graduated cum laude...batted.410 with 41 hits, 27 RBI and 32 runs scored as a senior...named all-academic, all-county, and all-region as a senior...won the MAC Blue conference.

Personal: Majoring in health and human services...born on August 21...favorite athlete is J.D. Martinez...favorite sports team is the Detroit Lions.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2025Junior

    C/OF
    6'1" 215 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2026Senior

    C/OF
    6'1" 225 lbs
    18