PHILADELPHIA – Senior third baseman Wyatt Henseler was unanimously named Ivy League Player of the Year, while six members—including Henseler—of the University of Pennsylvania baseball team earned All-Ivy accolades, the conference office announced Thursday afternoon.
 
Henseler becomes the seventh player in program history to win the honor and first since Tim Graul in 2016. He's also the first player since Graul to be named a unanimous Player of the Year honoree and just the fifth player in Ivy League history.
 
Henseler, a first-team All-Ivy selection for the third consecutive season, is joined by second-teamer Cole Zaffiro and honorable mentions Ryan Dromboski, Davis Baker, Ryan Taylor, and Carson Ozmer. Henseler is just the second player in program history (Andrew McCreery '03) to be named first-team All-Ivy three times and joins 23 other Ivy Leaguers.
 
In addition to his athletic accolades, Henseler was also named the program's Academic All-Ivy representative for his accomplishments in the classroom.
 
The Emmaus, Pa. native put together another remarkable season at the plate in 2024, leading the Ivy League in home runs (19), runs (54), slugging percentage (.784), and total bases (131). In addition to those categories, Henseler also leads the Quakers in batting average (.371), OPS (1.265), games played/started (42), hits (62), RBIs (47), hit-by-pitches (13), on-base percentage (.481), multi-hit games (22), multi-RBI games (14), and currently has a season-best reached base streak of 27 consecutive games.
 
In Ivy play, Henseler led the conference in batting average (.438), OPS (1.479), runs (31), home runs (10), total bases (73), slugging (.913), and on-base percentage (.566).
 
All of those numbers helped the Penn standout break multiple career and single-season records, both at the program and the conference level. Henseler owns the Quakers' career and single-season records in hits (72 in 2022; 222 in career), runs (57 in 2022; 171 in career), home runs (19 in 2024; 51 in career), and RBIs (63 in 2023; 180 in career). He also set Ivy League career records in both homers and RBIs earlier this year and is closing in on the single-season Ivy record for home runs (21) and the all-time program record for doubles, in which he has tied with 49.
 
Zaffiro served as Penn's ace of the starting rotation throughout this season, posting an overall record of 4-4 with a 4.98 ERA in 11 starts, tossing a team-high 59.2 innings with 71 strikeouts, ranked third in the Ancient Eight. He was named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week twice this season, doing so in back-to-back weeks following scoreless outings against Lafayette (3/16) and Brown (3/22). Zaffiro reached double-digit strikeouts twice, both against Ivy foes in the Bears (11) and Princeton (10). To cap a special career in the Red and Blue, he became just the fifth Quaker to reach the 200-career strikeout milestone and currently sits in third with 206 Ks, 14 behind Andy Muhlstock '75 at 220 and 21 behind Craig Connolly '90 at 227 for the all-time record.
 
Dromboski put on a show at the end of the season on the mound, helping the Quakers punch their ticket to a second straight Ivy League Tournament. His beginning of the year didn't start the way he would have liked it to, but Dromboski returned to his 2023 Pitcher of the Year form after going 3-0 with a 1.45 ERA in his last three starts, striking out 25 batters, surrendering just three walks over 18.2 innings. In Ivy play, he posted a record of 3-2 with a 5.40 ERA and tied for fourth in the conference in strikeouts with 50.
 
Baker was the only other Quaker besides Henseler to play all 42 games this season and made a tremendous impact at the plate. He hit .304 with 55 hits, 10 doubles, six homers, and 36 RBIs. He walked 20 times and reached base at a .379 clip. Baker also led the team in triples with four. In Ivy play, he led the team with 25 RBIs, slugging five home runs.
 
Just like Baker, it was quite the sophomore season for Taylor, who broke out in his first season patrolling center field. The Elmer, N.J. native hit .301 at the plate in his second season, racking up 47 hits, a team-leading 13 doubles to go along with three home runs, 31 RBIs and 23 walks. He missed a few games due to injury early during non-conference play, but battled back to play and start 39, including all 21 Ancient Eight contest. In the field, Taylor committed just four errors in 79 opportunities, making 74 putouts with an assist.
 
Ozmer excelled as a two-way player for Penn in 2024, spending a majority of his time at the plate as designated hitter and first baseman, but also on the mound as a lockdown end-of-game reliever. At the dish, Ozmer hit .330 in 31 games with 30 hits, eight doubles, and 11 RBIs. He also walked 17 times and reached base at a .450 clip. On the rubber, Ozmer compiled a record of 1-1 with a 2.90 ERA in 13 appearances, recording a team-high four saves with 37 strikeouts and just 13 walks over 13 innings of work. He held batters to an average of .217 throughout the year.

2024 All-Ivy League and Major Awards
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
*Wyatt Henseler, Penn
 
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Callan Fang, Harvard
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Mark Quatrani, Cornell
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Brett Boretti, Columbia
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY^
*SP – Joe Sheets, Columbia
SP – Thomas Santana, Columbia
SP – Callan Fang, Harvard
*RP – Jacob Faulkner, Princeton
C – Mark Quatrani, Cornell
*1B – Max Jensen, Cornell
*2B – Griffin Palfrey, Columbia
*3B – Wyatt Henseler, Penn
*SS – Sam Miller, Columbia
OF – Skye Selinsky, Columbia
*OF – John Quinlan, Cornell
*OF – Ben Rounds, Harvard
UTL – Nick DiPietrantonio, Princeton
DH – Cole Hage, Columbia
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
SP – Sean Matson, Harvard
SP – Cole Zaffiro, Penn
SP – Colton Shaw, Yale
RP – Tate Evans, Yale
C – William Lybrook, Harvard
1B – Alec Atkinson, Yale
2B – Jake Koonin, Princeton
3B – Eric Jeon, Columbia
SS – Jeff Pierantoni, Yale
OF – Nathan Brasher, Brown
OF – Anton Lazits, Columbia
OF – Matt Scannell, Princeton
UTL – Griffin Palfrey, Columbia
DH – Reece Rappoli, Brown
 
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-IVY
SP – Derek Yoo, Columbia
SP – Ryan Dromboski, Penn
RP – Chris Ellison, Cornell
C – Nathan Cmeyla, Dartmouth
1B – Jack Cooper, Columbia
3B – Davis Hanson, Yale
SS – Jack Rickheim, Harvard 
SS – Davis Baker, Penn
OF – Cole Fellows, Columbia
OF – Tyler Robinson, Dartmouth
OF – Ryan Taylor, Penn
UTL – Callan Fang, Harvard
UTL – Carson Ozmer, Penn
 
* Unanimous Selection
 
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