The Big Ten office announced its postseason baseball awards on Tuesday afternoon, and in total, seven Hoosiers were honored by the league, led by Big Ten Freshman of the Year – Jake Hanley.
Junior outfielder Devin Taylor was named First Team All-Big Ten for the third time in his career, becoming the first IU player since Mickey Morandini (1986-88) to accomplish the feat. The Cincinnati, Ohio native hit .366 with 16 home runs and a career high 60 RBIs. He had 75 hits and finished top three in the Big Ten with 51 walks.
The likely first round draft pick in this summer’s MLB Draft never failed to make the All-Big Ten First Team and is one of just three players in program history to do it three times. He was recently named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and is on his way to repeating as an All-American in 2025.
Taylor is joined by his teammate – redshirt sophomore Korbyn Dickerson – as a First Team All-Big Ten outfielder. The transfer from Louisville was a revelation for the Hoosiers in his first season in Bloomington. Dickerson led the Big Ten with 77 RBIs and contributed 19 home runs and 76 hits.
He is just the sixth player in program history to record 75 RBIs in a season and sits fifth all-time in IU single season history. Dickerson is one home run from becoming the sixth player for the Hoosiers to hit 20 home runs in one campaign. Taylor became the fifth player to do it when he hit 20 home runs last year in 2024.
Dickerson was selected to the Big Ten’s first-ever All-Defensive Team, which was introduced in 2025 and voted on by the coaches. As a true center fielder, Dickerson made his own highlight reel with diving catches. He fielded at a .983 clip with just two errors the entire year.
Hanley – the Big Ten Freshman of the Year – was also a Second Team All-Big Ten selection. The freshman hit 14 home runs and drove in 52 runs while starting all 54 games this year for the Hoosiers. He is the fourth player in IU history to win Big Ten Freshman of the Year and the second under head coach Jeff Mercer.
The Mason, Ohio native led all freshmen in the Big Ten in batting average (.338), hits (71), home runs (14) and RBIs (52). He also became a defensive star after taking over the first base position. He failed to commit an error through the whole season in over 400 chances.
He was joined on the All-Big Ten Second Team by starting pitcher Cole Gilley. The transfer arm became one of the most reliable IU pitchers in recent memory with his calm demeanor on the mound and his solid four-pitch mix. Gilley won nine games in the regular season – the first IU pitcher with at least nine wins in a season since Kyle Hart (10 – 2016).
Gilley had the second best strikeout-to-walk ratio (73-18) in the Big Ten among pitchers with at least 70 strikeouts. He tied graduate student Ben Grable for the team lead (11) in starts this year. He allowed opposing batters to hit just .214 this year and gave up just 27 earned runs in over 62 innings of action.
The Hoosiers were one of two teams in the conference (Rutgers) with three selections to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2025. Hanley was joined by fellow infielders Cooper Malamazian (SS) and Will Moore (3B) as three of the best 14 freshmen in the entire conference. IU combined to win six of the 14 Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards handed out this year.
IU’s honoree for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award was redshirt junior reliever Grant Holderfield. The veteran pitcher graduated from IU this month and has thrown in 50 games during his time with the Hoosiers. After undergoing season-ending surgery in 2023, Holderfield continued to be a light in the dugout and has pitched big innings for IU during his career.
2025 Big Ten Postseason Awards – Indiana
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year: Jake Hanley (1B)
- First Team All-Big Ten: Devin Taylor (OF), Korbyn Dickerson (OF)
- Second Team All-Big Ten: Cole Gilley (SP), Jake Hanley (At-Large)
- All-Defensive Team: Korbyn Dickerson (OF)
- All-Freshman Team: Jake Hanley (1B), Cooper Malamazian (SS), Will Moore (3B)
- Sportsmanship Award: Grant Holderfield (RP)
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