DeKALB, IL – The Northern Illinois University baseball team had five student-athletes named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team on Tuesday.
Andre Demetral (Rochester, Mich./Florence Darling Tech),
Eric Erato (Sussex, Wis./Sussex Hamilton),
Dominic Hann (Washington, Mich./Michigan State),
Mason Kelley (Mt. Washington, Ky./Schoolcraft College) and
Colin Summerhill (Chicago, Ill./Troy) were selected for their play on the field and success in the classroom.
Erato and Summerhill add an Academic All-District selection to their All-Mid-American Conference Second Team honors from this season. Summerhill set a new NIU single-season program record with 19 home runs this year, surpassing the previous mark of 15 set in 2003. His 65 runs batted in were the second-most in a single season in program history. Summerhill graduated this spring with a 3.584 grade point average in Business Administration.
Named to the Academic All-District Team for the second straight season, Erato earned his bachelor's degree in Sport Management with a 3.893 GPA. He started all 54 games this season, leading the Huskies with a .330 batting average, a .448 on-base percentage, 39 walks and 12 stolen bases. Erato was also named to the MAC All-Defensive Team with a .995 fielding percentage at both second base and outfield. He finished his career second all-time at NIU in walks with 138 and in the top-10 in seven other statistical categories.
Demetral was also named to the Academic All-District Team for the second consecutive year. The senior started 145 of 147 career games at NIU over the last three seasons. He started all 54 games at shortstop this year, hitting .265 with 25 runs batted in. Demetral graduated this spring with a 3.639 GPA in Organizational and Corporate Communications.
Hann and Kelley earned their first Academic All-District selections this year. Hann led the NIU bullpen with four saves this season, striking out 17 batters in 28.2 innings pitched. He earned his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with a 3.858 GPA. Kelley earned his master's degree in Sport Management with a 3.872 GPA. He started all 54 games at first base this year and was second on the team with 36 RBI. Kelley also had a .998 fielding percentage at first base.
The Huskies finished the 2024 season with a record of 21-33, an 11-win improvement from 2023 with a nine-win improvement in MAC play alone at 14-16.
To be eligible for Academic All-District honors, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA and competed in at least 90 percent of the team's games played or have started at least 66 percent of games. Pitchers must have at least 17 appearances or 25 innings pitched.
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