More than 50 baseball stars 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 Tarleton State, who won its first title with a 21-7 league record. Tarleton had nine total picks with three second-teamers.
The Texans Bryan Conger was tabbed Coach of the Year.
Angelo State took home a pair of individual awards with co-Player of the Year Lee Neumann, who earned top honors for the second straight year, and Freshman of the Year David Goggin.
Texas A&M-Kingsville’s duo of Taylor Taska and Dallas Ponder, received co-Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year acclaim, respectively.
ASU and ACU also had nine honorees. The Rams had three first-teamers, five on the second squad and one honorable mention choice. The Wildcats were represented by two on the first team, four on the second and three honorable mentions.
West Texas A&M had seven players tabbed with one first-teamer, while TAMUK had six players overall with five on the first team.
Eastern New Mexico had five selections, while Incarnate Word had three and Cameron two.
A total of 51 student-athletes were identified by the all-conference program, including at least one player from each of the eight baseball teams in the LSC. The awards are voted upon by the league coaches.
2013 LSC BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS
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FIRST TEAM |
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Player |
School |
Pos. |
Year |
Hometown |
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Miguel Ramirez |
Tarleton State |
SP |
Sr. |
Gallup, NM |
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Dallas Ponder |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
SP |
Jr. |
Flatonia, Texas |
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Dylan James |
West Texas A&M |
SP |
Jr. |
Las Cruses, NM |
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Jake Feckley |
Angelo State |
SP |
Jr. |
Wylie, Texas |
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Pete Perez |
Tarleton State |
SP |
Sr. |
Hagatna, Guam |
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Jeremy Flores |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
RP |
Sr. |
Victoria, Texas |
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Brady Rodriguez |
Abilene Christian |
RP |
Jr. |
Plymouth, Mich. |
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Britt Robertshaw |
Tarleton State |
RP |
Sr. |
Cedar Park, Texas |
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Andrew LaCombe |
Angelo State |
C |
Sr. |
Southlake, Texas |
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Cash Barker |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
C |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
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Colten Boothe |
Tarleton State |
1B |
Jr. |
Buda, Texas |
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John Zule |
Incarnate Word |
2B |
Sr. |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Derrick Walls |
Incarnate Word |
SS |
Jr. |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Alvaro Moreno |
Tarleton State |
3B |
Jr. |
McAllen, Texas |
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Lee Neumann |
Angelo State |
OF |
Sr. |
Brenham, Texas |
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Luis Quinones |
Eastern New Mexico |
OF |
Sr. |
Las Cruces, NM |
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Chris Ballou |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
OF |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
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Nico Moran |
Tarleton State |
OF |
Jr. |
Longview, Texas |
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Peter Creamer |
Eastern New Mexico |
DH |
Sr. |
Boston, Mass. |
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Taylor Taska |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
UT |
Jr. |
Houston, Texas |
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Kyle Giusti |
Abilene Christian |
UT |
Jr. |
Sante Fe, Texas |
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SECOND TEAM |
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Matt Buckmaster |
Tarleton State |
SP |
Sr. |
Holliday, Texas |
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Aaron Lambrix |
Abilene Christian |
SP |
Sr. |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
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Carter Hahn |
Abilene Christian |
SP |
Sr. |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Alex Garza |
Incarnate Word |
SP |
Jr. |
Mc Allen Texas |
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Mike Weatherly |
Angelo State |
SP |
Sr. |
Mesquite, Texas |
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Patrick Ramirez |
West Texas A&M |
C |
Sr. |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Jared Musgrove |
Tarleton State |
C |
Jr. |
Houston, Texas |
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Quaid McKinnon |
Angelo State |
1B |
Sr. |
Phoenix, Ariz. |
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Ryan Small |
Tarleton State |
2B |
Sr. |
Longview, Texas |
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Christian Summers |
Angelo State |
SS |
Jr. |
San Angelo, Texas |
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Matt Redfearn |
West Texas A&M |
SS |
Jr. |
Upland, Calif. |
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David Hebert |
West Texas A&M |
3B |
Jr. |
Colleyville, Texas |
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Reggie Rodriguez |
Angelo State |
OF |
Jr. |
Canovanas, Puerto Rico |
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Justin Henderson |
West Texas A&M |
OF |
Sr. |
Irving, Texas |
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Travis Schuetze |
Abilene Christian |
OF |
Sr. |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
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Joe Tallerine |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
OF |
Sr. |
Bellview, Texas |
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Kyle Conwell |
Abilene Christian |
OF |
Sr. |
Seattle, Wash. |
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Nick smith |
Cameron |
OF |
Sr. |
Bellevue, Wash. |
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Mitch Tybroski |
West Texas A&M |
DH |
Sr. |
Carlsbad, Calif. |
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Colton Sims |
Eastern New Mexico |
UT |
Jr. |
Reno, Nev. |
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Tyler Coughenour |
Angelo State |
UT |
Jr. |
Wichita, Kan. |
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HONORABLE MENTION |
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Drew Reidt |
Cameron |
SP |
Jr. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
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Rodge Macy |
Abilene Christian |
C |
Sr. |
Fort Worth, Texas |
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Jacob Rogers |
Eastern New Mexico |
C |
Jr. |
Temecula, Calif. |
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Tyler Eager |
Abilene Christian |
1B |
So. |
Fort Worth, Texas |
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Seth Spivey |
Abilene Christian |
2B |
Jr. |
Brenham, Texas |
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Tyler McKnight |
West Texas A&M |
OF |
Jr. |
Durango, Colo. |
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Ryan Greer |
Angelo State |
OF |
Sr. |
Glendale, Ariz. |
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Derek Crenshaw |
Eastern New Mexico |
OF |
Sr. |
Pinole Valley, Calif. |
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SPECIAL AWARDS |
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Player of the Year: Lee Neumann, Angelo State and Taylor Taska, Texas A&M-Kingsville |
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Pitcher of the Year: Dallas Ponder, Texas A&M-Kingsville |
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Freshman of the Year: David Goggin, Angelo State |
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Coach of the Year: Bryan Conger, Tarleton State |
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