Exactly 60 baseball standouts were honored Friday night as the league's annual baseball postseason awards were announced at the championship banquet held prior to the start of the Lone Star Conference baseball championship in Abilene, Texas.

      Those recognized included six first-team choices for Abilene Christian, while LSC regular season champion Cameron had five first-teamers.

      A total of 60 student-athletes were recognized by the all-conference program, including at least one player from each of the 12 baseball teams in the LSC.  The awards are voted upon by the league coaches.

      ACU's Jordan Schmitt and CU's Nate Arevalo shared Player of the Year honors, while the Aggies Brad Bichel claimed Pitcher of the Year acclaim.  Angelo State's Craig Blair was named Freshman of the Year, while CU's Todd Holland was tabbed Coach of the Year.

      ASU and ACU both had eight total picks with four first-team picks and four second-teams for the Rams and six and two for the Wildcats, respectively.  CU had five first-team and two second-team picks for seven total.

2009 LSC BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS

FIRST TEAM

  Pos.    Player                            School                                   Year    Hometown

    SP       Brad Bichel                    Cameron                                Sr.       St. Louis, Mo.

    SP       Reece Dodd                  Southeastern Oklahoma      Sr.       Edmond, Okla.

    SP       Kenny Elkind                Angelo State                         Sr.       Folsom, Pa.

    SP       Preston Vancil              Abilene Christian                 Sr.       Sacramento, Calif.

    SP       Logan Grimes                Cameron                                So.      Simi Valley, Calif.

    RP       James Maxwell              Cameron                                Sr.       Phoenix, Ariz.

    RP       Brad Rutherford           Abilene Christian                 Jr.        Missoula, Mont.

    C         Jordan Schmitt              Abilene Christian                 Sr.       Dallas, Texas

    C         Freddy Carmona           Eastern New Mexico            Sr.       San Antonio, Texas

    C         Trey Carter                    Angelo State                         Sr.       Sherman, Texas

    1B       Rob Mann                     West Texas A&M               Jr.        Duncanville, Texas

    2B       Chris Hall                       Abilene Christian                 Jr.        Abilene, Texas

    SS       William Uechi               Abilene Christian                 Jr.        San Antonio, Texas

    3B       Nate Arevalo                Cameron                                Sr.       Tucson, Ariz.

    OF       Josh Barnett                  Cameron                                Sr.       Lubbock, Texas

    OF       Thomas Bumpass        Abilene Christian                 Sr.       Houston, Texas

    OF       Jeremy Johnson           Eastern New Mexico            Jr.        Roswell, N.M.

    OF       Kyle Davidson             Northeastern State               Sr.       Noble, Okla.

    DH      Keith Towne                 Angelo State                         Jr.        Katy, Texas

    UT      Seth Clabaugh              Eastern New Mexico            Sr.       Portales, N.M.

    UT      Chris Adamson            Angelo State                         Jr.        Sydney, Australia           

SECOND TEAM

  Pos.    Player                            School                                   Year    Hometown

    SP       Sam Strickland              Texas A&M-Kingsville       Sr.       Houston, Texas

    SP       Cameron Aspaas          Abilene Christian                 Jr.        San Marcos, Calif.

    SP       Jacob Lago                    Northeastern State               Sr.       Tulsa, Okla.

    SP       Joe Key                          Angelo State                         Sr.       Round Rock     

    SP       Shay Colburn                Northeastern State               Jr.        Lee's Summit, Mo.

    SP       Aldemar Betrian           Southwestern Oklahoma     Fr.       Santa Cruz, Aruba           

    RP       Brent Lewis                   Tarleton State                       Jr.        Fort Worth, Texas

    RP       Craig Blair                      Angelo State                         Fr.       Pflugerville, Texas

    C         Ryan Bowen                 Southeastern Oklahoma      Sr.       Cameron, Okla.

    C         Kevin Els                       West Texas A&M               Sr.       Cypress, Texas

    1B       Chris Casazza                Tarleton State                       So.      Temecula, Calif.

    2B       Scott Hancock              Southeastern Oklahoma      Sr.       Garland, Texas

    SS       Thomas Dicker             Cameron                                Jr.        Victoria, Australia           

    3B       Joel Eusebio                  Northeastern State               Sr.       Santo Domingo               

    3B       Ricky Kirby                   Southwestern Oklahoma     Jr.        Mustang, Okla.

    OF       Travis Latz                    Abilene Christian                 Jr.        Tomball, Texas

    OF       Issac Garcia                   Angelo State                         Jr.        El Paso, Texas

    OF       Alex Lyons                    Cameron                                Jr.        Orem, Utah

    OF       Blake Mitchell               Central Oklahoma                 Sr.       Oklahoma City, Okla.

    OF       Clifton Thomas             Texas A&M-Kingsville       Jr.        San Diego, Calif.

    DH      Keith Peacock               Tarleton State                       Sr.       Pilot Point, Texas

    UT      Tyler Pybas                   East Central                           Sr.       Ringling, Okla.

    UT      Austin Lasprilla            Angelo State                         Jr.        Houston, Texas

HONORABLE MENTION

Abilene Christian: 3B, Cameron Watten, So.;

Angelo State: 2B, Jason Morriss, Jr.;

Cameron: 1B, Blake Watson, Jr.; 2B, Clint Powell, Sr.;

Central Oklahoma: SP, Kale Murphree, Jr.; 3B, Luke Yost, Jr.;

OF, Ryan Schoonover, So.; DH, Andrew Foshee, Sr.;

East Central: OF, Clint Bowker, So.; DH, Jared Owen, Sr.;

Northeastern State: 1B, Taylor Clark, Jr.; SS, Blake Neighbors, Sr.;

OF, Eric McKinney, Jr.;

Southeastern Oklahoma: 3B, Tyler Johnson, Sr.; OF, Cody Pearce, Sr.;

Southwestern Oklahoma: 1B, Travis Rose, Jr.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Player of the Year: Jordan Schmitt, Abilene Christian and Nate Arevalo, Cameron

Pitcher of the Year: Brad Bichel, Cameron

Freshman of the Year: Craig Blair, Angelo State

Coach of the Year: Todd Holland, Cameron