Local product Herrmann signs with Bruins
RHP Cade Hermann (Omaha, Neb./Western Illinois) has signed a letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic careers at BU beginning in the fall.
BELLEVUE, Neb. -- Bellevue University baseball coach Duane Monlux announced today the signing of Cade Herrmann (Omaha, Neb./Western Illinois) to a letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic careers at BU beginning in the fall.
Herrmann, a 6-0, 200-pound right-hander, joins the Bruins from Western Illinois University in Macomb, Ill. after beginning his career at Wayne State College in Wayne, Neb.
His best collegiate season came as a freshman at Wayne State where he pitched to a 5-1 record in 12 appearances featuring six starts. That year he posted a 3.43 ERA and limited batters to just a .237 batting average against.
With over 100 innings in his collegiate career, Hermann has most excelled playing summer ball for the Okotoks Dawgs in the WCBL. Over the past two summers in Okotoks, Herrmann owns a 1.41 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, and struck out 60 batters in 44.2 innings of relief work across 48 appearances.
Coach Monlux on Herrmann:
"Cade is a grad transfer that has one year of eligibility left. He went to Wayne State his first three seasons before transferring to Western Illinois last year. He also plays for the Okotoks Dawgs in the Western Canadian Baseball League in the summer. Cade has been really good for the Dawgs the last couple of summers. He possesses a good fastball. When his command is on, he is a very good pitcher."
Herrmann joins the previously announced Brady Toth (RHP, Boise, Idaho/Columbia Basin College), Jace Wessels (RHP, Clarkston, Wash./Columbia Basin College), Danny Spongberg (OF, Omaha, Neb./Southeast CC), Steven Elsner (1B/OF, San Francisco, Calif./College of Marin), Nick Johnstone (C, Brisbane, Australia/South Suburban College), Jayden Vinson (LHP, Portland, Ore./Mt. Hood CC), Brody Burnette (RHP, Kansas City, Mo./Hesston College), Bryce Zimmerer (OF, Creighton, Neb./South Dakota State), Sam Fortier (Quebec City, Que./Southwestern Oklahoma State), Kole Bennett (RHP, Maple Valley, Wash./Bellevue College), and Antony Gilbert (Quebec City, Que./Northeastern Oklahoma A&M) in the Bruins' 2023 recruiting class.
Bellevue is coming off a 2023 season in which the program reached the Avista NAIA World Series for the 16th time in program history. During the campaign, the Bruins posted a 48-10 overall mark, going 25-3 in conference play while sweeping both the NSAA Regular-Season and Tournament titles. BU parlayed the league's lone automatic bid into the program's 25th NAIA National Tournament Appearance, hosting their fifth Opening Round at Don Roddy Field and defeating Oklahoma City in the Championship Game to reach the Avista NAIA World Series for the third time in four seasons.