Class 4A Munster Mustangs Baseball Program || 2002 Class 4A State Champions || 2021 Class 4A Regional Champions || 2022 NCC Co-Conference Champs
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Congratulations to MHS senior 2B Kevin Hall on his recent commitment to D1 Grambling State. The Tigers are getting a good one! Way to go! Super proud of you! Hard work does pay off!👍🏻⚾️
Congrats to Munster senior outfielder Denham Kozy on his recent commitment to continue his baseball career at John A. Logan CC. Super proud of you young man! 👍🏻⚾️
Congratulations to legendary Mustang baseball coach Bob Shinkan on his induction into the MHS Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, 2-18-22. Quite an honor and certainly well-deserved. 688 wins over 35 years - not too shabby!⚾️
Game 2 - Mustangs 2 and Class 3A
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Andrean 0. 1-1 in the NCC. Very proud of the way these guys bounced back and competed today and got the W. Roll Stangs!⚾️
Congrats to former Mustang Craig Dedelow on getting called up to the White Sox AAA affiliate Charlotte Knights! Super proud of you young man! A prime example of what hard work, dedication, and love for the game can get you. One step away from the show - keep chasing that dream.
Congratulations to Munster senior P/1B Brady Ginaven on his selection to the North/South All-Star team this year. Great job! Way to make the Mustangs proud!⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
CONGRATULATIONS to Brady Ginaven, Tyler Lukowski, Jake Thometz, and Kevin Hall on making the NCC all-conference 1st team. CONGRATULATIONS to Will Moell on making the 2nd team and Denham Kozy for making honorable mention.Way to go!⚾️
Huge shout out to former pro, Mustang, and all-around good guy Bobby Morris for taking time out of his busy schedule to speak to our entire MHS baseball program this morning. Hoping the stories, lessons, and guidance hit home with our baseball players. ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
Official Signing Day - Congrats to Kevin Hall, Jr. on his commitment to D-1 Grambling State! We are very proud of you and can’t wait to see what you do at the next level.⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
Congrats to MHS juniors Zach Wright and Tyler Fuller on being selected to participate in Futures Game this summer at Huntington University in Huntington, IN. The event is sponsored by the IHSBCA prior to the North/South all-star game. We are proud of you! ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
Your varsity Mustangs are Region Classic champs for 2024. Beat Lindblom Prep, Indianapolis Cathedral, and rival Lake Central. Super proud of these young men for what they accomplished this weekend. Roll Stangs!
IHSBCA clinic in Indy this weekend- MHS baseball coaches Mike Mikolajczyk, Matt Backs, and Mark Dye. Congratulations CP coach Steve Strayer on your induction into the hall of fame and Highland coach John Bogner on 100 wins.⚾️
Game 4: Mustangs 12 and BNI 2. Class act by BNI to hang the
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jersey and donate a red fungo to our program.
Game 5: Mustangs 5 and Boone Grove 4. Roll Stangs!⚾️
Hard work, work…Hard work, work…Hard work, work… Getting ready for opening day on Monday, 3/28. All three levels out here helping the custodians get the wind screens on the fences. Great job guys! Appreciate it! Looking good!
Much needed thank you to our seniors for an incredible four years. This group has battled through thick and thin and never gave up. Good luck to all our seniors with their future endeavors. Munster Baseball Class of 2019, we thank you.
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We could also like to thank our trainer
@mkblaesing
for all the work she did over the season. The team encouraged many injuries over the course of the season, but they wouldn’t have recovered so fast if it wasn’t for Mary. Thank you for all your work you do for the team and MHS.
Congrats to our 2024 NCC all-conference selections -
Mason Jarrett - 1st Team OF
Zach Wright - 1st Team MI
Bryce Gelarden - 2nd Team C
Bishop Cappetto - HM 1B and P
Congratulations to Munster RHP Will Moell on his recent signing with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Great job! Looking forward to watching him compete this year on the mound. Roll Stangs!
Congrats to Munster junior 2B Kevin Hall on his recent all-state honorable mention selection. Great job! Super proud of you!!! Keep up the great work!⚾️👍🏻
Congratulations to MHS baseball players Chris Iatrides, Brady Ginaven, Jake Thometz, and Will Moell for making the IHSBCA baseball academic all-state team. Way to go! Super proud of you!
Congrats to Munster junior baseball players Tyler Blair and Bryce Gelarden on making it into National Honor Society. Super proud of these two student athletes. Way to go! ⚾️
Congratulations to Coach Hackett and the varsity Mustangs on winning the sectional by beating the Lake Central Indians on their home floor. Good luck next week at regional.🏀
Congrats and good luck to Mustangs Zach Wright and Tyler Fuller as they participate and compete in the IHSBCA Futures Game this week! Way to represent!
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It’s not always about the wins and losses. I love when our players get the recognition they deserve by being the person that they are. Way to go Brett Adams! ⚾️
Congrats to our MHS varsity award winners for 2024 as voted on by our team and coaches.
MVP - Bryce Gelarden
Golden Bat - Mason Jarrett
Golden Arm - Owen Roberts
Golden Glove - Zach Wright
PHD - Drew Wanicki
Most Improved - Ed Kicho
Congrats to MHS three-year varsity baseball player Tyler Blair on his signing with DII Findlay Oilers. Super proud and happy for you young man. Continue to make us proud! ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
Our program this morning had an opportunity to have Hal Morris speak to our guys. What a great experience for them! Former Mustang, MLB player with multiple teams including the Yankees, and a World Series champion with the Reds in 1990. Thanks for taking the time to give back!⚾️
Shout out to Mustang baseball players Jake Thometz, Tyler Lukowski, Chris Iatrides, Kevin Hall, and Denham Kozy on their second place finish in the 5 Star Great Lakes Chiefs Region Cup. The Mustang defeated Andrean in the semi-finals before falling to LC in the championship game.
Tonight I had the pleasure of umpiring a varsity baseball game at MHS. One player who stood out to me was MHS catcher, Bryce Gelarden. Bryce showed a tremendously positive attitude, always complimenting his teammates and Lowell. Bryce should be recognized for this behavior.

Congrats to MHS junior outfielder Mason Jarrett for being named to the Post Tribune all-area 2nd team.
Mason Jarrett, Munster, junior, outfielder: Hit .410 with one homer, 28 RBIs, 25 runs and 14 stolen bases. All-conference first team.
Bryce Gelarden and Zach Wright were HM.
Plyo walls built and delivered today for MHS baseball by former Mustang Nate Eagan. Gonna add a little paint and graphics and they will be good to go for use by all of our players.
Congrats to MHS middle infielder Zach Wright on his recent commitment to PNW. Great job young man! We are proud of you and all of your accomplishments!⚾️
Congratulations to Munster outfielder Mason Jarrett on making The Times All-Area 1st team. Congratulations to Munster outfielder/1st baseman Nathan Southwell on making The Times All-Area team as an honorable mention. Way to go gentlemen! We are so proud of you! Roll Stangs!⚾️
Mustangs getting to work trying to improve our upstairs baseball workout area - Coach Miks, Coach Backs, Coach Dye, Will Moell, Tyler Lukowski, Denham Kozy, Bryce Gelarden, and Joey Campagna. Thanks Dan G.⚾️
Congrats to the Munster 10U all-star state championship team and manager Kyle Cherry. Your rally and parade was well-deserved. The future for Mustang baseball is bright. Way to make your community, family, and friends proud. ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
Congrats to former Mustang pitcher Bryce Schaum on becoming the all-time strike out leader at Carthage College. His current total is 237. Schaum has 113 strikeouts this season, the second-best single-season record for Carthage. We are proud of you!⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
First test today (1/31) for the baseball 1000 pound club - squat, curl, dead lift, and bench press. Congrats to seniors Kevin Hall, Denham Kozy, Izzy Medina, Henry Wilson, juniors Drew Wanicki and Christian Salazar, and sophomore Marcus Caradine.👍🏻⚾️
Checking out MHS baseball players Adan Abarca and all-state honorable mention 2B Kevin Hall at the Double Duty Classic at Guaranteed Rate Field. Way to represent!⚾️
Munster Baseball would like to thank the Class of 2020, the kids, parents, families, and friends who made such a positive impact on this program and continued to raise the bar for years to come! Thank you!
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🚨SCORE UPDATES🚨
The stangs pick up 2 big dubs over the weekend vs Portage and Griffith!
Overall the boys improve to 12-4 on the year!
Come support the boys tomorrow in a home double header vs Lowell to wrap up conference play.
Back on track! Great win by our guys tonight over Lincoln-Way Central out of New Lenox, Illinois. Sophomore Owen Roberts picked up his first varsity win! Roll Stangs!⚾️
FINAL: Munster 4 New Haven 1
@nick_hamilton3
with the complete game W!
@sirounis
left the yard for the third time this year! Second in the last two games.
Congratulations to the following Mustangs for making The Post-Tribune All-Area baseball team:
Brady Ginaven and Kevin Hall - 1st team. Jake Thometz and Tyler Lukowski - HM.
Way to go guys! ⚾️👍🏻
Southern Illinois - last leg of our trip is in the books. Got to play at Mtn Dew Park in Marion, Illinois - Played our second game in Murphysboro, IL.
Mustangs 3 Warren Township, IL 4
Mustangs 16 Murphysboro, IL 10
Saw former Mustang Denham Kozy who is at JALCC.
Congrats to our boys basketball team for advancing to the semi-final game in sectionals!
Make sure you come out and support this Friday at Lake Central!
Congrats to our ten seniors!!!
On senior night, the Mustangs get the job done against the Bremen Braves with 15-4 win. Team dinner at Emilio’s in Highland, IN afterwards. Roll Stangs! ⚾️⚾️
Congrats to MHS senior 2B Kevin Hall Jr. for making the 4A all-state team. Last year honorable mention, this year first team. He is the first Mustang to make first team since Garrett Manous in 2019. Good luck at Grambling State next year! We are so proud of you!
Mustang W today vs. BNI. Way to go! MHS 19 and BNI 9. About to make history - on our way to Paducah, KY to play our first ever baseball game in the commonwealth of KY.⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
The 1st day of baseball tryouts will take place on Mon., March 14th after school from 3:00 p.m to approximately 5:30 p.m. Juniors/Seniors and a few sophomores will be on the varsity field. Freshmen and sophomores will be on the practice football field or the Babe Ruth fields.⚾️
Congrats to Munster pitcher Owen Roberts on his recent commitment to Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Way to go young man! We are proud of you!⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️