WHAC announces All-Conference selections, 23 Yellow Jackets make Academic Team
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference announced its All-Conference Selections for the 2025 season together with the Academic All-Conference and Champions of Character Team, and 23 Defiance Yellow Jackets were among the league's honorees.
The WHAC recognized First and Second Team plus a Gold Glove Team as part of Tuesday's announcement without DC receiving an all-conference nod in a deep field. The full list of All-Conference performers can be found here.
Senior outfielder Mitchell Roever (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) was recognized for sportsmanship as the team's representative on the WHAC Champions of Character Team. It is Roever's second straight season being recognized for his sportsmanship in the arena of competition.
Roever was among 10 seniors to be named Academic All-Conference and earned his fourth Academic All-Conference award. Among seniors making their third Academic All-Conference teams were Tyler Dehan, Tim Bobek, Jacob Hild, Gunner Gregg and Tyler Sickmiller. Joseph O'Neil and Alex Iserman are academic juniors earning their third academic recognition. Earning their second Academic All-Conference awards were seniors Jeffrey Varga, Josh Gase, Alex Rodriguez III, Elisa Marquez and Justin Hall. Ten student-athletes picked up their first Academic All-Conference Awards. Below is the complete list of Defiance's Academic All-Conference players who achieved a 3.25 cumulative GPA or higher and enrolled at Defiance for at least one year.
| Name | Yr. | Pos. | Major | Hometown/High School |
| Donovan Armstrong | So. | P | Molecular biology | Franklin, Ind./Franklin Community |
| Aiden Behrman | So. | P | Engineering/Mathematics | Deshler, Ohio/Patrick Henry |
| Tim Bobek | Sr. | C | Accounting | Holland, Ohio/Springfield |
| Blake Bowman | Jr. | P/OF | Toledo, Ohio/Start | |
| Jack Brubaker-Flood | So. | OF | Exercise Science | Wolverine Lake, Mich./Walled Lake Central |
| Tyler Dehan | Sr. | OF/P | Business Administration | St. Henry, Ohio/St. Henry |
| Josh Gase | Sr. | P/1B | Social Work | Tiffin, Ohio/Calvert/Terra State |
| Connor Gephart | So. | 1B/3B | Psychology | Lima, Ohio/Lima Central Catholic |
| Aerion Gipson | Sr. | P | Marketing | Marblehead, Ohio/Danbury/Tiffin |
| Gunner Gregg | Sr. | INF/P | Sport Management | Graytown, Ohio/Oak Harbor |
| Justin Hall | Jr. | 2B | Business Management | North Manchester, Ind./Manchester |
| Jacob Hild | Sr. | C | Sport Management | Holly, Mich./Holly |
| Alex Iserman | Jr. | OF | Business Administration | Holland, Ohio/Springfield |
| Carter Kennon | So. | UTL/P | Business Administration | Mount Gilead, Ohio/Mount Gilead |
| Garret Long | Jr. | 2B/OF | Sport Management | Oregon, Ohio/Clay |
| Elisa Marquez | Jr. | 2B/P | Graphic Design | Lenoir City, Tenn./Lenoir City/Trinity International |
| Jacob Martinez | So. | P | AYA Integrated English | Paulding, Ohio/Paulding |
| Joseph O'Neil | So. | P/1B | Mathematics/Engineering | Perrysburg, Ohio/Toledo Christian |
| Alex Rodriguez III | Sr. | SS | Sport Managment | Toledo, Ohio/Waite/Owens CC |
| Mitchell Roever | Sr. | OF | Education | Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder |
| Tyler Sickmiller | Sr. | P | Accouting | Leipsic, Ohio/Leipsic |
| Kolbe VanderLeest | Jr. | 1B | Biology/Environmental Science | Rockford, Mich./Sparta |
| Jeffrey Varga | Sr. | P | Cyber Forensics | Rockford, Mich./Rockford |