(Audubon, IA) — Wins were hard to come by for the Audubon Baseball team in 2024. The Wheelers struggled to a 2-24 record and just one win in the Western Iowa Conference.
Head Coach Eric Borkowski was in first year after moving over from softball and had a young squad with only one senior starter Evan Alt. Borkowski says it was a year to develop talent for the future
Offensively, the Wheelers were led by Junior Aaron Olsen who was selected 2nd team All-District by the Iowa coaches; Olsen hit .337 with 11 RBI and led Audubon with 14 runs. There was also Sophomore Brody Schultes who hit .384 with 12 RBI. Borkowski sees some upside in Schultes, a good young hitter
On the mound, Audubon will look for better numbers from their core 3 starters who were all Juniors this season. Olsen made 6 starts with a 6.35 ERA; Adam Obrecht had 8 starts with a 5.48 ERA and had 39 strikeouts in 38 innings and Carson Meaike put up a 5.94 ERA with 30 strikeouts in 33 innings
Overall, Audubon had 8 juniors who started at times this past season and Borkowski hopes for some growth from each of them heading into 2025.