GREENSBORO, N.C. - Webster University Baseball pitcher Matt Mulhearn (Chicago Heights, Ill./Marian Catholic) picked another National Pitcher of the Year accolade on Monday as the two-time All-American was named the 2021 NCAA Division III ABCA/Rawlings Division III National Pitcher of the Year.

The ABCA/Rawlings Division III National Pitcher of the Year accolade was the third of the 2021 season for Mulhearn who was also named the Division III Pitcher of the Year by Perfect Game Baseball and the D3Baseball.com National Pitcher of the Year.

Along with his ABCA/Rawlings National Pitcher of the Year honor and his ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-American honor, Mulhearn was also named a First-Team D3Baseball.com All-American, the D3Baseball.com National Pitcher of the Year and the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year. 

Mulhearn, who was a three-time All-SLIAC selection, including a two-time First-Team All-SLIAC selection, earns his Pitcher of the Year honor from Perfect Game Baseball after posting a 12-1 record and an 0.90 ERA. On the season, Mulhearn made 13 starts and tossed six complete games, threw two shutouts and in 100 innings of work, allowed 62 hits, 14 runs, 10 earned runs, struck out a school and SLIAC single-season record 137 and walked just 10. The 137 strikeouts and 12 wins are tops in Division III baseball, while his 0.72 WHIP was third-best in Division III and his 0.90 ERA was sixth-best in Division III.

On the year, Mulhearn recorded double-digit strikeouts in eight of his 13 starts, including a school record 17 strikeouts in his no-hitter against Eureka on April 2 and ended the season winning six consecutive starts and pitched at least eight innings in nine of his 13 starts. In his final start of the season against Transylvania in the first round of the NCAA Decatur, Illinois Regional on May 27, Mulhearn tossed a complete game as he allowed four hits and one unearned run, while striking out 11 and walking one in his 129 pitch effort.

In his five-year career as a Gorlok, Mulhearn holds school career marks for innings pitched (346), wins (34), appearances (67), strikeouts (364) and holds school single season marks for innings pitched (105.2 in 2019), strikeouts (137 in 2021), wins (12 in 2019 and 2021), while his 0.90 ERA this season in second on the school's single season charts. His 34 wins are not only a school record, but also a SLIAC record, while his 364 career strikeouts are second-most in SLIAC history.

Along with Mulhearn, the other ABCA/Rawlings National Pitchers of the Year for the 2021 season were senior Kevin Kopps of University of Arkansas (Division I), senior Zach Parish of Missouri Southern State University (Division II), senior Antonio Frias of Faulkner (Ala.) (NAIA), freshman Logan Henderson of McLennan (Texas) (NJCAA Division I), freshman Landon Gartman of Pearl River (Miss.) (NJCAA Division II) and sophomore Ryan Peterson of Niagara County (N.Y.) (NJCAA Division III). 

Mulhearn and his Gorlok teammates concluded their 2021 season with a 37-8 overall record after going 2-2 at last weekend's Decatur, Illinois Regional hosted by Millikin University. Along with advancing to the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament for the fourth consecutive season and 14th time overall, the Gorloks also captured its 14th consecutive SLIAC regular season title and earned its third straight SLIAC Tournament championship. The 37 wins are tied for the second-most in the program's history and the most since the 2019 team also won 37 wins on its way to advancing to the Division III World Series.