Alex Nemunaitis Awarded Prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Springfield, Ohio – After leading Wittenberg Baseball to heights not seen in more than three decades while also excelling in the classroom, Alex Nemunaitis ’26 has been announced as a 2026 recipient of a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
A recent graduate with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry/molecular biology, Nemunaitis is Wittenberg’s second NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient of the 2025-26 school year. He will receive a $10,000 one-time award to be put toward future postgraduate studies.
The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to encourage graduate education by rewarding top-performing student-athletes by providing a one-time scholarship award. Up to 126 scholarships are awarded each year - split evenly between men and women - across the fall, winter and spring sport seasons.
Nemunaitis joins a prestigious list of past Wittenberg recipients: Scott Schwartz (1996, men’s basketball), Kent Rafey (1998, football), Dawn Reinhardt (1999, women’s volleyball), Skip Ivery (2004, football/track), Corey Stump (2016, football), Emily Kahlig (2017, women’s volleyball), Macy Hubbard (2017, women’s golf), Nathan Matthews (2019, men’s volleyball), and Ally White (2026, women’s volleyball).
"Alex has been such a tremendous student and athlete over the last four years as a leader in our baseball program," said Wittenberg Baseball Head Coach Mitchell Griffiths. "He has done so much to lead us to great things on the field while being an outstanding teammate and an example of how to succeed both academically and athletically. We are so proud of his achievements, and we are already looking forward to the great things Alex will do in medical school and beyond."
A native of Toledo, Ohio, and a graduate of Ottawa Hills High School, Nemunaitis’ next educational stop is Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) in Harrogate, Tennessee. Nemunaitis has prepared himself for medical school through Wittenberg’s rigorous academic curriculum and through his work with the Taylor Cancer Research Foundation in Toledo as a safety report coordinator.
In recognition of his academic performance, Nemunaitis was selected as the University's male North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Scholar-Athlete Award honoree for the 2024-25 school year, he was named a Presidential Scholar as one of the top students in Wittenberg’s Class of 2026, and he became the University’s first first-team College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America honoree in eight years in 2026.
"Wittenberg gave me the opportunity to pursue my dreams of playing collegiate baseball and getting a quality education," Nemunaitis said. "From the time spent in the science center, to the library, and the baseball field, I felt confident in my ability to be a student-athlete. Earning these accolades was just the cherry on top of the relationships I built and experiences I went through.”
Nemunaitis collected plenty of recognition for his play on the field as well. After settling in as the Tigers’ starter at third base as a sophomore, Nemunaitis played at least 40 games in each of his last three seasons in the Red & White. He played a key role in a record-breaking offense, collecting career totals of 20 home runs, 133 RBIs, 39 doubles, 152 runs, 193 hits, and he was hit by a school-record 58 pitches. His career batting average of .395 ranks fourth in program history.
He earned second-team All-NCAC in 2024, and he then picked up a unique honor as a 64 Analytics All-American following the season. Nemunaitis was one of just 10 NCAA Division III student-athletes to earn the latter recognition, as he was the top-ranked third baseman in the nation based on selected analytics data. Nemunaitis earned first-team All-NCAC honors in 2025 and 2026, first-team All-Region VII in 2026, and a pair of All-America awards in 2026 as well, getting fourth team from D3baseball.com and second team from the American Baseball Coaches Association.
The individual accolades came in tandem with four straight winning seasons for the Tigers, culminating in one of most successful campaigns in program history. Wittenberg compiled records of 31-13 overall and 12-4 in the NCAC in 2026, finishing second in the NCAC regular season and runner-up in the league tournament to eventual NCAA champion Denison. And the Tigers earned a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first time since 1994 before concluding the season with losses to Webster and Adrian in the first two games of the regional.
"Being a part of such a historic team will be a lifelong memory," Nemunaitis said. "Our team was filled with leadership from the top down, while becoming brothers at the same time. My teammates, coaches, and all of our families were the key to the success we had and helped build the foundation for a dominant college baseball program."
Written By: Ryan Maurer