D3baseball.com All-America Team
ABCA/Rawlings All-America Team

(Note ... story updated to include Ruden's 2nd All-America honor)

GRINNELL, Iowa - Grinnell College senior baseball star Nikolas Ruden '26 has become just the second Pioneer to earn All-America honors twice.

Ruden, from San Francisco, Calif. (International High), earned a spot on the D3baseball.com All-America second team at the second base spot and followed that up with a third-team honor from the ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association)/Rawlings.

Ruden, who is is Grinnell's first All-American since Graham Fisher earned ABCA second-team honors in 2016, joins Mike Nodzenski as the only Pioneer to claim D3baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings honors. Both Fisher and Nodzenski are members of the Grinnell College Athletic Hall of Fame.

Ruden, recently named to both the D3baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings All-Region elite teams, was among the Pioneer leaders in nearly every offensive statistical category. He hit .391, going 63-of-161 with 16 doubles, three triples, eight homers, 109 total bases, 52 RBIs and 48 runs scored. He had a 1.168 OPS, .677 slugging percentage and .490 on-base percentage and was perfect on all 14 stolen base attempts. 

On the fielding front, Ruden posted a .945 percentage with 73 putouts and 100 assists in 183 attempts while turning 25 double plays. 

He established school records for games played in a season with 43 and stolen base percentage in a season at 1.000. He also ranked in the program's season top 10 for runs scored, hits, RBIs, total bases, at-bats, doubles, triples and double plays turned.

Trevor Testerman of Greensboro was named the 2026 D3baseball.com Player of the Year, Brady Stuart of Endicott was the Pitcher of the Year and pitcher Drew Tolfree of Ohio Northern was named Newcomer of the Year.