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05.21.07
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NAIA has announced its Region VIII baseball awards for the
spring 2007 season. Three Huntington University Foresters received
All-Region honors and one was listed on the Gold Glove Team.
Junior Korey Grow
was one of four outfielders to earn the honor. Thad Frame was the top shortstop in the
region and Andrew Drummond made the list as the designated hitter. Spring Arbor pitcher Jesse Bachman
was named Player
of the Year and Sam Riggleman, Spring Arbor’s head coach, was the Coach of the Year.
Joining the Foresters on the All-Conference Team are catchers Eric
Vojkofsky (Spring Arbor) and Eric Ogden (Indiana Tech), first
baseman Lee Moser (Aquinas), second baseman Ryan Morrow (Madonna), third baseman Nate Colclasure (Goshen), utility infielder
Ryan Moore (Indiana Wesleyan), outfielders Seth Kuhl (Indiana Tech),
Jon Schaible (Spring Arbor) and Mark Heineman (Indiana Tech), pitchers
Jesse Bachman (Spring Arbor), Josh Judy (Indiana Tech), Brad
Hinkle (Spring Arbor) and Marcus White (Indiana Tech) and relief
pitcher Garrett Weijak (Indiana Tech).
For the first time, the NAIA also selected a Regional Golden Glove
team. Players with the best fielding percentage by position were
chosen. Forester second baseman Austan Kas topped all second
baseman with his .975 fielding percentage. Other
position players selected included first baseman Joel Strode (Marian),
third baseman Jeff Hollister (Spring Arbor), shortstop Jake Ringenberg (Bethel), outfielders
Jon Schaible (Spring Arbor), Seth Kuhl (Indiana Tech) and Bryston Bangel (Marian),
catcher Ryan Moore (Indiana Wesleyan) and pitcher Bobby Koon
(Concordia). |
