WAYNE – A Wayne State College Wildcat baseball senior standout was recently named to the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Baseball Team.
According to a release from the Wayne State College Athletics office, the honor came from the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Bryce Bisenius was a First Team selection at designated hitter and now advances to the All-America ballot with Academic All-America honorees to be announced June 8-11.
Bisenius, a 6-0, 220-pound designated hitter/first baseman from Johnston, Iowa (Dowling Catholic HS), maintains a 3.76 grade point average majoring in exercise science. He was a three-year starter at Wayne State and has a career .334 batting average with 18 homers and 112 RBI to go with a .521 slugging percentage.
This season, Bisenius started all 15 games and had a .295 average with seven homers and 19 RBI to go along with a .656 slugging percentage. He had two walks off hits early this season – a two-run homer in an 8-6 season opening win over Newman (Kan.) and a game-winning single in a 2-1, 11 inning win over Grand Valley State on March 8. Bisenius had a career-high seven RBI with two homers in a 14-10 win at Newman (Kan.) (2/21/20) and ended the season on an eight-game hitting streak.
The Wayne State College baseball team was 8-7 when the remainder of the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.