OAK CREEK, Wis. — The Milwaukee Area Technical College baseball program dusted off its record books this spring as four Stormers carved out new places in the program's all‑time rankings during the 2025–26 season. Despite a spring shaped heavily by injuries that left MATC at 23–32 overall, the Stormers still produced a wave of individual breakthroughs that included big‑league power at the plate, steady late‑inning pitching and a strikeout total that climbed near the top of the Region 4 leaderboard when it was all said and done.

Sophomore slugger Jaiden Jung headlined the group with one of the most dominant offensive seasons in MATC history, an especially impressive feat after missing most of last year with an injury. Jung set two all‑time records, breaking the single‑season home run mark with nine and establishing a new standard for doubles with 19. His ability to punish mistakes and find gaps with regularity placed him in a class rarely seen in MATC's lineup.

"Jung has been an exceptional player here at MATC," head coach Caleb Bounds said. "He has stamped his name in the records in a couple categories and is well deserved of this recognition. He has been a leader of this program and led by example both on the field and off the field. I'm excited to see where his future takes him and I'm proud to have coached him. He has set the home run bar high and all his hard work and dedication paid off to achieve this."

Sophomore outfielder and right-handed pitcher Payten Jibben wasn't far behind in the power column, even after missing the tail end of this spring with an injury of his own. His six home runs tied him for second in a single season, matching Daniel Flores (2024), Scott Savage (2023) and Julian Jimenez (2023) and ranking him just behind Jung's 2026 total. Jibben's production placed him firmly alongside some of MATC's top run‑producers of the past decade.

On the mound, freshman right‑hander Max Nottingham matched one of the program's longest‑standing pitching records that has been held for more than a decade. Nottingham recorded six saves in 14 bullpen appearances, tying the MATC single‑season mark and joining Aiden Williams (2022) and Alex Bernstein (2012) atop the leaderboard. His poise in tight, late‑game situations anchored the Stormers' bullpen throughout the spring.

"Max had a great freshman campaign," Bounds said. "He closed a ton of games for us and was able to shut the door on multiple teams to help secure wins. I'm really happy for him achieving the saves record and hope he can go out and beat it again next year as a sophomore."

Second‑year ace Jakeb Lequia rounded out the record‑setting group with a strikeout total that placed him among the very best in the region. Lequia finished with 71 strikeouts across 295 batters faced, tying him for third in all of Region 4 alongside Kankakee's Clay Gadbois and Morton College's Will Lewis. His total also moved him into second place on MATC's all‑time single‑season list, trailing only Adam Tollefson's 98 strikeouts set in 2006. As the staff ace, Lequia gave the Stormers confidence every time he took the mound because he consistently set the tempo and stabilized the game.