May 7, 2026
MADISON, S.D. – Six Dakota State (S.D.) athletes received the inaugural Frontier Conference baseball postseason awards during their awards night on the eve of the conference tournament on April 30 in Dickinson, N.D. Two players were named to All-Conference First Team and added a recipient each on the Second Team and Honorable Mention. DSU also received Freshman-of-the-Year and Champions of Characters awards.
Dakota State finished their season with 20-plus wins, their sixth consecutive season with at least 20 wins. The Trojans were one game shy of advancing to the Frontier Conference Postseason Tournament's championship game.
Connor Raney was named to the Frontier Conference First Team All-Conference outfielder position for the Trojans. He batted .327 for the season, going 64-of-196 at the plate. He added seven home runs, eight doubles, and two triples, producing a slugging percentage of .495.
Raney established single season school records in runs scored with 62 runs (previous record held by Walker Hultgren with 53 runs scored in 2023), tied single season with 35 walks drawn (tied with
Aidan Perry this season and last season as well, along with Josh Wells in 2005), and tied single season with 33 stolen bases (Jeremy Green in 2024). He led the conference in stolen bases.
He also tied for third most single season at-bats with 196 at-bats and ninth most single season hits with 64. Raney is second all-time with 45 stolen bases at Dakota State.Â
Raney batted .341 (31-of-91 at the plate) during 25 Frontier Conference games and produced an OPS of 1.028. He also hit five home runs, four doubles, and swiped 18 bases.
Cameron DeMaria was selected to the league's First Team All-Conference infield position for DSU. He led the team with .374 batting average (64-of-171 at the plate) and an OPS of 1.158. He also led the team with .649 slugging percentage, hitting 12 home runs and 11 doubles. He was hit-by-pitch 20 times this season and produced an on-base percentage of .509. He drew 30 walks.
DeMaria tied for third most RBIs in the Frontier Conference with 66 RBIs, which is also a new school record (previously held by Mason Macaluso with 63 RBIs in 2022). He is listed in the single-season school record book – tied for ninth most hits (64), tied for fifth most total bases (111), and tied for sixth most home runs (12).
DeMaria tied the all-time school record of 30 home runs with Macaluso (2020-23). He is also fifth all-time with 124 RBIs.Â
He was .321 batting average (26-of-81 at the plate) during 25 Frontier Conference games. He hit six home runs, five doubles, and drove in 29 runs during the league. He posted a slugging percentage of .605 during the conference seasons.
Cameron Kittridge was chosen as the Frontier Conference Second Team All-Conference at designated hitter position. He is the second-leading team batting average at .351 (46-of-131 at the plate) and an OPS of 1.071. He also hit nine home runs, eight doubles, and drove in 40 runs. He posted a slugging percentage of .618.Â
During the conference season, Kittridge recorded a batting average of .397 (31-of-78 at-bats), OPS of 1.220, and a slugging percentage of .731 (7 home runs, 5 doubles, 19 singles). He also drove in 23 runs during the league.
Camaron Haller was named the Frontier Conference Baseball Honorable Mention catcher for Dakota State. He finished the season with .342 batting average (63-of-184 at the plate) and an OPS of .988. He hit 11 doubles and 10 home runs with a slugging percentage of .565. He added 21 walks.
Haller registered a batting average of .315 (28-of-89 at the plate) during the conference season. He also recorded a slugging percentage of .506 and drove in 19 runs during the league.
Haller is tied for 13
th most single season hits (63 with Joe Davis in 2014 and Cuffe in 2003). He is also tied for 10
th most single-season total bases with 104 (Ryan Holthaus in 2003) and tied for 10
th most single-season home runs with 10 (Ian Barker in 2016, Josh Tiede in 2020, and Evan Hogan in 2003).Â
Haller established a school record for most single season runners caught stealing with 27.
DSU's
Ryland Carroll was voted by the league's head coaches as the conference Freshman-of-the-Year. He produced four pitching wins on the mound and tossed 55 innings this season. He was one of the three pitchers that led the team with 47 strikeouts.Â
Carroll added four doubles and drove in 12 runs this season for the Trojans.
Cole Drumheller was selected as DSU's recipient to the Frontier Conference Baseball Champions of Character. Stay tuned to dsuathletics.com next week for more details on the Champions of Character recipients from the Frontier Conference.
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