ST. PAUL, Minn. – Brigs Richartz, a Menomonie High School graduate, was one of nine members of the University of St. Thomas baseball team named to the 2025 All-Summit League team.
Richartz, an outfielder and designated hitter, recorded a .321 batting avg., 36 hits, five doubles, and four home runs in Summit League play his senior season. Richartz, who played in 55 games and started 51, overall finished with a .277 batting average, going 51-of-184 with 28 runs batted in, with 10 doubles, two triples and four home runs.
For his career, Richartz played in 189 games, starting 185 and finished with a career batting average of .290. Richartz collected 217 hits in 748 at-bats, with 37 doubles, eight triples, 18 home runs and 117 RBI.
Richartz helped the Tommies earn their second-straight Summit League title, finishing the season 29-21 overall, and 21-9 in Summit League play, the first team to secure back-to-back championships since 2018. The Tommies finished the 2025 season with their highest overall and conference win total of the DI-era. The Tommies are ineligible for postseason play as the athletic department wrapped up its fourth year of transition to the Division I level. St. Thomas made the unprecedented jump from NCAA Division III to NCAA Division I during the 2021-22 academic year.
Richartz and UW-Stout’s Treysen Witt were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team. Richartz, a business operations and supply chain management major, was selected to the team for the third consecutive year. Witt, a sophomore pitcher majoring in health, wellness and fitness major, was selected to the academic team for the first time.
The 2025 Academic All-District Teams are selected by College Sports Communicators and recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their performance on the field and in the classroom.
MHS grad Bella Jacobsen, a redshirt sophomore at the University of Wisconsin, placed 23rd in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA West First Round Track and Field Championship, turning in a time of 35:03.48, May 29. Jacobsen notched a personal best in the 10,000 meters with a time of 33:34.26, good for eighth place and a podium spot at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, May 18.
Layne Pitt is the retired UW-Stout sports information director and also worked more than a decade at The Dunn County News.
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