Wayne State University Athletics

Michael Wiseman was a four-year baseball letterwinner (2008-11) and a two-year team captain who ended his career as the WSU all-time leader in RBI (183), games (211), at bats (697) and fielding chances (1,334).

After redshirting in 2007, he started 50 games (23 at catcher, 22 at DH and 5 at first base) on his way to being voted GLIAC Freshman of the Year in 2008.  The Honorable Mention All-GLIAC selection, led the Warriors with 15 multiple-RBI games and tied for fifth in the conference with 31 walks.  He was also named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament team after batting .350 (7-for-20) with six RBI and a .458 on-base percentage.

The following year, Wiseman started 49 games behind the plate and hit .370, while scoring 44 runs.  He finished sixth in the GLIAC in slugging percentage (.568), on-base percentage (.456), while leading the league by throwing out 27 base stealers.

Wiseman earned Second Team All-Region accolades from both Daktronics and the ABCA, as well as a Golden Glove award from the ABCA.  The First Team All-GLIAC honoree was also the recipient of a GLIAC Commissioner’s Award for Academic and Athletic Excellence.

In his redshirt junior campaign of 2010, Wiseman started 51 games (44 at catcher, 4 at DH and 3 at first base) and finished third in the GLIAC in both RBI (58) and home runs (9), fourth in walks (26) and 11th in batting average (.376), while again leading the conference in runners caught stealing (16).

A Second Team All-Region selection by both the ABCA and NCBWA, Wiseman led the squad with 18 multiple-RBI games.

A 2011 All-American by Daktronics, the NCBWA and ABCA, Wiseman was also voted the ABCA D-II National Defensive Player of the Year after recording a 1.000 fielding percentage in 427 chances, while starting 47 games behind the plate.

He led the 2011 squad with a .368 batting average to earn First Team All-GLIAC accolades for the third consecutive season.  Wiseman led the GLIAC in hits (71) and doubles (17).

He was named to the NCAA Midwest Regional All-Tournament Team after leading the Warriors with 16 hits and eight RBI in the postseason.

An accounting major, Wiseman was a four-time GLIAC All-Academic selection along with being a two-time GLIAC Commissioner’s Award recipient (2009 and 2011).  He was also the 2011 GLIAC Postgraduate Scholarship Award winner.

The 2010-11 WSU Male Student-Athlete of the Year, Wiseman was on the Academic Honor Roll all 10 semesters, including six terms of at least a 3.5.