GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) honored recent Grove City College graduate Nick Guidas (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) as its Region VII Pitcher of the Year Tuesday afternoon in recognition of his performance during the 2024 season. 

Guidas also earned First Team All-Region honors from the ABCA. Junior outfielder Josh Minnich (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) captured Second Team All-Region while Third Team distinction went to freshman pitcher/infielder Sam Bevin (Louisville, Ky./Wake County) as a utility player. 

Guidas led the Presidents' Athletic Conference with a 2.10 earned run average this spring. He struck out a league-high 96 batters while also leading the league with 81 1/3 innings pitched. Opposing batters hit .212 against Guidas, who went 6-4 in 13 starts.

During conference play, Guidas went 4-0 with a 1.49 ERA. He struck out 42 men in 36 opponents during the 20-game loop schedule. The left-hander finished his career with 258 strikeouts, which ranks second in program history. His 96 strikeouts this season also rank second on Grove City's single-season list.

Guidas went 19-9 during his Grove City career. His 19 wins rank fifth in program history.

Minnich led the conference with 18 doubles and ranked second in the league with 46 runs knocked in. He paced Grove City with a .386 batting average and 86 total bases while also leading the team in doubles and RBIs this year. Minnich recorded a team-leading .562 slugging percentage.

Minnich started all 41 games this spring, primarily in right field. He reached base safely in each of the final 30 games, including a 22-game hitting streak during that span.

Bevin emerged as one of the region's top two-way players this spring. He led Grove City with seven pitching wins this year and finished with a 7-3 record. Bevin fanned 59 batters in 74 1/3 innings while holding opponents to a .227 average.

He started at both second base and third base when not pitching this spring. Bevin led Grove City with 48 runs scored while hitting .361. He added three home runs and 25 runs batted in while finishing with a .460 on-base percentage, 11 stolen bases and 18 multi-hit games. 

Grove City's three honorees also earned All-Region VII recognition Tuesday morning from D3baseball.com. Guidas earned First Team at pitcher while Bevin earned Second Team status at utility. Minnich received Third Team laurels.

The ABCA and D3baseball.com All-America teams will be announced later this week. Region VII includes the Presidents' Athletic Conference, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the North Coast Athletic Conference, the Ohio Athletic Conference and University Athletic Association member Case Western Reserve.

Grove City finished 27-14 overall, including a 15-5 record in conference play.