BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins baseball program earned major accolades this week, as five student-athletes received College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors, announced Tuesday. This marks the fourth consecutive season and sixth time in program history five student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-District Team, bringing the program's total to 83 honorees dating back to 1976.
 
Damian Brown, Lukas Geer, Clay Hartje and Michael Yousef are all first-time honorees while Alex Shane earns a spot for the third time in his career, becoming the fourth player in program history to be named to the Academic All-District Team three times.
 
Johns Hopkins' 2026 Academic All-District Selections:
 
Damian Brown (Sr.)
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
GPA: 3.82
• Appeared in 49 games, making 49 starts
• Slashed .299/.425/.524 with 49 hits, 37 RBIs, 45 runs, nine home runs, eight doubles and 30 walks
• Recorded two hits against Baldwin Wallace in the 2026 DIII World Series
• Clubbed a walk-off, two-run home run in Game 2 against Cortland
• Tallied season-high four RBIs in win against Hood
 
Lukas Geer (Sr.)
Major: Computer Science
GPA: 3.55
• Second Team All-Centennial Conference
• 2026 NCAA Super Regional Tournament Most Valuable Player; went 6-for-13 with nine RBIs and five runs scored in three games
• Appeared in 49 games, making 49 starts
• Slashed .350/.472/.689 with 62 hits, 15 doubles, 15 home runs, 36 walks and holds the team lead in runs scored (70) and RBIs (79)
• Ranks fourth nationally and leads the conference in RBIs, and ranks sixth in Division III and leads the conference in runs scored
• Set the single-season RBI program record in Game 2 of the Super Regional
• D3baseball.com Team of the Week (4/8)
 
Clay Hartje (Jr.)
Major: Economics
GPA: 3.79
• Second Team D3baseball.com All-American
• First Team D3baseball.com All-Region V
• Second Team ABCA/Rawlings All-Region V
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division III Hitter of the Week (5/6)
• 2x D3baseball.com Team of the Week (3/4, 5/6)
• Appeared in 47 games, making 47 starts
• Slashed .333/.477/.721 with team-leading 1.198 OPS; Totaled 55 hits 66 RBIs, 12 doubles and a team-best 16 home runs while drawing the second-most walks (44)
• Named Centennial Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player; Hit .643 (9-for-14) with 18 RBIs and six home runs, including two grand slams, with an astounding 2.671 OPS across the tournament
 
Alex Shane (Sr.)
Major: Computer Science & Economics
GPA: 3.94
• CSC Academic All-District (2024, 2025)
• 4x ABCA All-Region V (Second Team 2023, 2024 & Third Team 2025, 2026)
• 2x D3Baseball.com All-Region V (Second Team 2025 & Third Team 2023)
• 4x All-Centennial Conference (First Team 2023, 2024, 2025 & Third Team 2026)
• 3x Academic All-Centennial (2024, 2025, 2026)
• NCAA Super Regional MVP (2025)
• Started all 50 games
• Slashed .379/.481/.616 with 66 runs, 55 RBIs, eight home runs, 36 walks, one triple and holds the team lead in hits (72) and doubles (19)
• Became the eighth player in program history to reach 200 career hits in a 6-4 win over Cortland
• Holds the program record in career doubles (61), runs scored (224) and walks (120) and third-most hits (257)
 
Michael Yousef (So.)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 3.52
• Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Week (4/14)
• Appeared in 15 games, making seven starts
• Compiled 7-2 record with a 4.37 ERA over 55.2 innings; Allowed 27 earned runs on 65 hits and 10 walks, while striking out 46
• Struck out a career-high 10 batters over 5.2 innings in a win against McDaniel (4/7)
• Ranks second in the conference and 45^th nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.60)