2026 Marian Baseball Preview

TEAM INFORMATION

2026 ROSTER

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

PLAYERS TO WATCH

#5 • Blake Griesbach • Sophomore

Sophomore Blake Griesbach was able to earn a spot in the rotation and took full advantage going on to earn All-NACC Honorable Mention honors.  Griesbach went 2-1 on the year ranking sixth in the NACC with a 3.76 earned run average over 40.2 innings of work.  He held hitters to a .231 batting average appearing in 10 games with five starts.  His breakout performance of the season came at Aurora where he went 8.2 innings allowing just three hits and one earned run in a 4-1 win.  Griesbach also allowed just one earned run against WLC over 6.0 innings where he scattered four hits.

#20 • Marc Jones • Junior

Junior Marc Jones serves as one of the top returners after playing in 41 games with 40 starts a season ago.  Jones hit .264 a season ago and was fifth on the team with his 39 knocks.  He was second on the team with his 33 runs driven in and scored 21 runs himself.  Jones had 10 multi-hit games last year and was held hitless in only one of the four NACC Tournament games.  His top doubleheader came against Benedictine where he was 6-for-8 with four runs driven in and two runs scored.  Jones had eight games where he drove in multiple runs including the second game of a twin bill with Allegheny where he drove in five runs.

#42 • Keon Booker • Junior

Junior Keon Booker will be the top returning power bat for the Sabres after posting the third-best OPS on the team a season ago.  Booker hit at a .298 clip with a .426 slugging percentage over 47 at bats.  He was able to drive in nine runs on the season and scored seven times while hitting three doubles and a long ball.  Booker had three multi-hit games last season including a 3-for-5 performance in the first game of a doubleheader against Dominican.

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WELCOME TO HERR-BAKER FIELD

HOME OF MARIAN BASEBALL

Herr–Baker Field at Marian University will honor Ron Herr, the Marian University baseball coach who led Marian to its first NCAA Division III baseball tournament berth, and the Baker family, longtime benefactors of St. Mary’s Springs High School.

Like Marian’s Smith Fields — which is also shared with St. Mary’s Springs — Herr–Baker Field is one of the finest Division III college athletic facilities in Wisconsin. Herr–Baker features stadium and bleacher seating, lights, lighted sunken dugouts, concessions, restrooms, and media facilities.

Because of different seasonal starting dates, both Marian and Springs will be able to use Herr–Baker Field for games and practices. Herr–Baker will be able to host Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference baseball tournaments, WIAA baseball regional and sectional games, and NCAA Division III baseball tournament games.

In addition, it was announced in the summer of 2016 Herr-Baker Field would be home to the Fond du Lac Baseball Club as part of the Northwoods League.  With the new addition, Herr-Baker Field went under construction to improve seating and build a locker room, patio, concourse and picnic areas.