For the second year in a row, the Morris baseball team has produced the Illinois Baseball Coaches Association Class 3A Player of the Year.

In 2024, Cody DelFavero was honored after helping lead Morris to a Class 3A third-place finish. This season, DelFavero’s teammate Jack Wheeler was selected for the award.

During the 2025 season, Wheeler hit .377 with 11 home runs and 51 RBIs, leading Morris to a 27-9 record and a berth in the Class 3A Metamora Sectional championship game, where it lost to Washington. He was also one of Morris’ mainstays on the mound, recording 92 strikeouts with a 1.33 ERA in 62 innings.

“I knew the IBCA awards came out in the fall or winter, but I had kind of forgotten about it,” Wheeler said. “I got a text from Coach [Todd] Kein congratulating me on being the Pla

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