Baseball: Postseason awards announced
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Baseball: Postseason awards announced CANYON, Texas – A total of 46 baseball standouts were recognized Wednesday as the Lone Star Conference annual baseball postseason awards were announced prior to this week’s championship. The honorees included six first-team selections for LSC Champion West Texas A&M who had 11 recognized. The Buffs claimed a pair of individual awards as Luis Amaro was tabbed Player of the Year, while Matt Vanderburg, Cory Hall, Shawn Neale, and Trace Hansen captured Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Tarleton State had five first-teamers within its 11 recipients, while Texas A&M-Kingsville had one on the top team and eight overall. The Texans Nathan Hickey earned Pitcher of the Year acclaim, while the Javelinas Tyler Flores picked up Freshman of the Year honors. Angelo State and Eastern New Mexico were represented by six honorees apiece, while UT Permian Basin had three and Cameron one. The all-conference program recognized at least one player from each of the seven baseball teams in the LSC. The awards are voted upon by the league coaches. 2018 LSC BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS SPECIAL AWARDS Player of the Year: Luis Amaro, West Texas A&M Pitcher of the Year: Nathan Hickey, Tarleton State Freshman of the Year: Tyler Flores, Texas A&M-Kingsville Coaching Staff of the Year: West Texas A&M (Matt Vanderburg, Cory Hall, Shawn Neale, Trace Hansen) FIRST TEAM Player Tag Baxter Nathan Hickey Darin Cook Joe Corbett Conner Fletcher Eddie Avila Luis Amaro Alex DeLaCruz Nick Novak Levi Zents Jacob Boston Blake Adams Francisco Rodriguez Bodie Bryan Nick Canas
School West Texas A&M Tarleton State West Texas A&M West Texas A&M Tarleton State Tarleton State West Texas A&M Eastern New Mexico Angelo State Texas A&M-Kingsville Angelo State Tarleton State Tarleton State West Texas A&M West Texas A&M
Pos. C SP SP SP SP RP 1B 2B SS 3B INF OF OF OF OF
Year Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr.
Hometown Heber City, Utah Granbury, Texas Walsh, Colorado Edmond, Oklahoma Henrietta, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Roselle Park, New Jersey Freeport, New York Stillwater, Minnesota Fort Worth, Texas Chandler, Arizona Longview, Texas Punta De Mata, Venezuela Gilbert, Arizona San Antonio, Texas
Angelo State | Cameron | Eastern New Mexico | Midwestern State | Tarleton State | Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville | Texas Woman’s | UT Permian Basin | West Texas A&M | Western New Mexico
Brad Mathiowetz
Angelo State
DH
Jr.
Rochester, Minnesota
SECOND TEAM Christian Caudle Tyler Lesley Tyler Flores Evan Pontley Kyle Craft Kellen Rholl Pablo Hernandez Ruben Rodriguez Elvin Alamo Garlind Webster Michael Urquidi Jimmy Cubillos Dalton Drury Jared McCarver Jake Hasbrouck
Texas A&M-Kingsville Angelo State Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Texas A&M-Kingsville Angelo State Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Tarleton State Eastern New Mexico Angelo State West Texas A&M UT Permian Basin Tarleton State Tarleton State
C SP SP SP SP RP 1B 2B SS 3B OF OF OF OF DH
Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr.
Houston, Texas San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas Ferris, Texas Victoria, Texas Shoreview, Minnesota Houston, Texas El Paso, Texas Toa Baja, Puerto Rico Fairfield, California El Paso, Texas El Paso, Texas Pueblo, Colorado Alvarado, Texas Ault, Colorado
HONORABLE MENTION Julian Heredia Eastern New Mexico Cole Williams Cameron Keenan Dodd Eastern New Mexico Dominic Yearego West Texas A&M Levi Shandrew Eastern New Mexico Braden Baker West Texas A&M Joshua Valdez Texas A&M-Kingsville Mike Fernandez UT Permian Basin Kohl Ullman Texas A&M-Kingsville Tommy Williams West Texas A&M Endy Villalona Eastern New Mexico Tyler Fowler Tarleton State Manny Loredo Texas A&M-Kingsville Alex Wixson UT Permian Basin Christian Loya West Texas A&M
C C SP RP RP RP RP 1B 2B 2B SS 3B OF DH DH
Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr.
Las Cruces, New Mexico Mustang, Oklahoma Albuquerque, New Mexico Prosper, Texas Lodi, California Canyon, Texas Kyle, Texas Miami, Florida Houston, Texas Canyon, Texas Freeport, New York Cleburne, Texas McAllen, Texas Spring, Texas Amarillo, Texas
# LSC #
Angelo State | Cameron | Eastern New Mexico | Midwestern State | Tarleton State | Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville | Texas Woman’s | UT Permian Basin | West Texas A&M | Western New Mexico
Baseball: Postseason awards announced CANYON, Texas – A total of 46 baseball standouts were recognized Wednesday as the Lone Star Conference annual baseball postseason awards were announced prior to this week’s championship. The honorees included six first-team selections for LSC Champion West Texas A&M who had 11 recognized. The Buffs claimed a pair of individual awards as Luis Amaro was tabbed Player of the Year, while Matt Vanderburg, Cory Hall, Shawn Neale, and Trace Hansen captured Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Tarleton State had five first-teamers within its 11 recipients, while Texas A&M-Kingsville had one on the top team and eight overall. The Texans Nathan Hickey earned Pitcher of the Year acclaim, while the Javelinas Tyler Flores picked up Freshman of the Year honors. Angelo State and Eastern New Mexico were represented by six honorees apiece, while UT Permian Basin had three and Cameron one. The all-conference program recognized at least one player from each of the seven baseball teams in the LSC. The awards are voted upon by the league coaches. 2018 LSC BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS SPECIAL AWARDS Player of the Year: Luis Amaro, West Texas A&M Pitcher of the Year: Nathan Hickey, Tarleton State Freshman of the Year: Tyler Flores, Texas A&M-Kingsville Coaching Staff of the Year: West Texas A&M (Matt Vanderburg, Cory Hall, Shawn Neale, Trace Hansen) FIRST TEAM Player Tag Baxter Nathan Hickey Darin Cook Joe Corbett Conner Fletcher Eddie Avila Luis Amaro Alex DeLaCruz Nick Novak Levi Zents Jacob Boston Blake Adams Francisco Rodriguez Bodie Bryan Nick Canas
School West Texas A&M Tarleton State West Texas A&M West Texas A&M Tarleton State Tarleton State West Texas A&M Eastern New Mexico Angelo State Texas A&M-Kingsville Angelo State Tarleton State Tarleton State West Texas A&M West Texas A&M
Pos. C SP SP SP SP RP 1B 2B SS 3B INF OF OF OF OF
Year Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr.
Hometown Heber City, Utah Granbury, Texas Walsh, Colorado Edmond, Oklahoma Henrietta, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Roselle Park, New Jersey Freeport, New York Stillwater, Minnesota Fort Worth, Texas Chandler, Arizona Longview, Texas Punta De Mata, Venezuela Gilbert, Arizona San Antonio, Texas
Angelo State | Cameron | Eastern New Mexico | Midwestern State | Tarleton State | Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville | Texas Woman’s | UT Permian Basin | West Texas A&M | Western New Mexico
Brad Mathiowetz
Angelo State
DH
Jr.
Rochester, Minnesota
SECOND TEAM Christian Caudle Tyler Lesley Tyler Flores Evan Pontley Kyle Craft Kellen Rholl Pablo Hernandez Ruben Rodriguez Elvin Alamo Garlind Webster Michael Urquidi Jimmy Cubillos Dalton Drury Jared McCarver Jake Hasbrouck
Texas A&M-Kingsville Angelo State Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Texas A&M-Kingsville Angelo State Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Tarleton State Eastern New Mexico Angelo State West Texas A&M UT Permian Basin Tarleton State Tarleton State
C SP SP SP SP RP 1B 2B SS 3B OF OF OF OF DH
Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr.
Houston, Texas San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas Ferris, Texas Victoria, Texas Shoreview, Minnesota Houston, Texas El Paso, Texas Toa Baja, Puerto Rico Fairfield, California El Paso, Texas El Paso, Texas Pueblo, Colorado Alvarado, Texas Ault, Colorado
HONORABLE MENTION Julian Heredia Eastern New Mexico Cole Williams Cameron Keenan Dodd Eastern New Mexico Dominic Yearego West Texas A&M Levi Shandrew Eastern New Mexico Braden Baker West Texas A&M Joshua Valdez Texas A&M-Kingsville Mike Fernandez UT Permian Basin Kohl Ullman Texas A&M-Kingsville Tommy Williams West Texas A&M Endy Villalona Eastern New Mexico Tyler Fowler Tarleton State Manny Loredo Texas A&M-Kingsville Alex Wixson UT Permian Basin Christian Loya West Texas A&M
C C SP RP RP RP RP 1B 2B 2B SS 3B OF DH DH
Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr.
Las Cruces, New Mexico Mustang, Oklahoma Albuquerque, New Mexico Prosper, Texas Lodi, California Canyon, Texas Kyle, Texas Miami, Florida Houston, Texas Canyon, Texas Freeport, New York Cleburne, Texas McAllen, Texas Spring, Texas Amarillo, Texas
# LSC #
Angelo State | Cameron | Eastern New Mexico | Midwestern State | Tarleton State | Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville | Texas Woman’s | UT Permian Basin | West Texas A&M | Western New Mexico
