CHICAGO -- North Park Baseball's four-year starting shortstop, Reece Arakaki, capped his career with Region 8 All-Defensive Team honors, as the Amercian Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced its selections on Thursday morning.

Arakaki made only three errors in 144 chances this season to boast a fielding percentage of .979. The everyday shortstop for the Vikings made just one error in conference play and nearly reached 100 assists on the season (97). Arakaki was a part of nine double plays and had 3+ assists in 17 different, including six against Millikin (April 16) and Carroll (April 22).

The All-Defensive teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. III All-America & Coach of the Year Committee.

VIEW ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAMS: https://abca.org/ABCA/Awards/All-Defensive/NCAA-Division-III/2025.aspx

The Chair of the ABCA NCAA Div. III All-America & Coach of the Year Committee is Paul Hesse of the University of Mount Union. The committee also includes Brian Casey (U.S. Coast Guard Academy), Pete Egbert (Misericordia University), Dan Gomez (Western New England University), Ray Hedrick (Randolph-Macon College), Luke Johnson (North Park University), Scott Laverty (Chapman University), Yogi Lutz (Alvernia University), Nick Pontari (Russell Sage College) and Kevin Tomasiewicz (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh).

Players selected to the ABCA NCAA Div. III Region All-Defensive teams were eligible for ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove honors. The 2025 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners in all divisions were announced Wednesday, June 18.