The senior defender out of Severna Park, Md., holds the rare distinction of serving as a three-year captain for the Nittany Lions, who host Princeton Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Elite Eight.
The Nittany Lions (18-37) upset No. 23 Nebraska 8-7 Thursday on Nick Riotto's walk-off double before losing the last two games of the season to the Cornhuskers.
Penn State exploded for nine unanswered runs Tuesday evening at Medlar Field, including a seven-run bottom of the eighth, in its final non-conference game of the regular season.
Malik Moffett also earned honors for his performance at the Big Ten Championships where he won titles in the long jump and 200 meters.
Rob Cooper's Nittany Lions opened the weekend with a 5-2 win in Bloomington, but fell to the Hoosiers 5-2 and 10-2 on Saturday and Sunday.
With the team's previous best finishing coming in 2001 when it took third, the Nittany Lions scored more than 100 points for the first time on the way to their first-ever Big Ten indoor or outdoor title.