Oregon Ducks' Mark Wasikowski Makes History, Wins Big Ten Coach Of The Year

After guiding the Oregon Ducks to one of the best regular seasons in recent memory, Mark Wasikowski was named as the 2025 Big Ten Coach Of The Year. It's the first time in Wasikowski's career that he has earned coach of the year honors and he makes history as the first Duck to win the award.

Wasikowski and ten other Ducks earned all-conference honors after accumulating a 41-13 record and capturing a share of the Big Ten regular season championship. The Ducks are the No. 1 team in this week's Big Ten Baseball Tournament and are projected to become a Regional host in the upcoming NCAA tournament.

Oregon baseball coach Mark Wasikowski watches the action against Stanford at PK Park. Eug 052123 Uobaseball 14 | Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Despite having yet to play in the conference postseason tournament, Wasikowski has directed the Ducks to their third consecutive 40-win season. The 41 wins Oregon currently sits at is good enough for fourth best in school history.

Wasikowski has grown the program into a perennial NCAA Regional attendees and has them on the verge of heading back. D1Baseball.com's latest rankings has the Ducks as the No. 4 team in the country. If Oregon wins the Big Ten Baseball Tournament, they would undoubtedly stay inside the top eight, which would give the Ducks a chance to host a Regional and Super Regional if they get there. e

The Ducks only lost one conference series this season after Ohio State won the final two games of their three-game series to steal a couple of wins in Columbus. Interestingly enough, the Buckeyes were the only team to beat Oregon in a series during the regular season.

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Oregon outfielder Mason Neville (26) prepares to bat during the game against Oregon State on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at Goss Stadium in Corvallis, Ore. | Abigail Dollins/Statesman Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Wasikowski wasn't the only Duck that earned Big Ten honors. Oregon had ten players listed between the first and second team with starting pitcher Grayson Grinsell, relief pitcher Seth Mattox, first baseman Jacob Walsh, second baseman Ryan Cooney, and outfielder Mason Neville all getting first-team honors.

On the conference third-team selections, the Ducks saw starting pitcher Jason Reitz, shortstop Maddox Molony, outfielder Anson Aroz, and designated hitter Dominic Hellman all recognized. Oregon's lone freshman team all-conference member was catcher Burke-Lee Mabeus.

Oregon outfielder Mason Neville, right, celebrates a home run with teammate Drew Smith as the Oregon Ducks host the Oregon State Beavers on April 25, 2025, at PK Park in Eugene. | Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Neville is among the best players in the country and is a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award. He has whacked 26 home runs, which is a program record and has a .302 batting average. His play hasn't gone unnoticed as he has been projected to go in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft.

Grinsell leads the Big Ten with a 1.36 ERA and seven wins. The lefty has been one of the best arms on the West Coast this season for Oregon.

Oregon heads into the Big Ten Baseball Tournament on a ten game winning streak and are winners of 14 of their last 15 games. The last time the Ducks lost a game was on May 2 in a 2-0 loss to Michigan State.

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