Over 60 baseball stars were honored Friday when Lone Star
Conference officials announced the league's annual baseball
postseason awards.
The honorees included four first
team selections for Central Oklahoma, Angelo State and Southeastern
Oklahoma. LSC regular season champion Abilene Christian had
three first-teamers.
A total of 61 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 Mike Elkerson earned Player
of the Year acclaim, while UCO's Clint Straka and the Wildcats Trey
Watten shared Pitcher of the Year honors. East Central's
Clint Bowker and West Texas A&M's Darby Walker were named
co-Freshman of the Year, while ACU's Britt Bonneau was tabbed Coach
of the Year.
ASU led way with four first-team
picks and four second-teams for eight total picks, while Eastern
New Mexico had two first-teamers and five second-team selections
for seven total. SOSU and Cameron each had six players on the
first and second teams.
2008 LSC BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE
AWARDS
FIRST TEAM
Pos.
Player
School
Year
Hometown
SP Trey
Watten
Abilene Christian
Jr.
Coppell, Texas
SP
Clint
Straka
Central
Oklahoma
Jr.
McLoud, Okla.
SP Sam
Strickland
Texas
A&M-Kingsville
Jr.
Houston, Texas
SP Sean
Winscher
Angelo State
Jr.
San Angelo, Texas
SP Luis
Estrella
Southeastern Oklahoma
Sr.
Manhattan, N.Y.
RP
Chris
Wiman
Abilene Christian
Sr.
Corinth, Texas
RP Joe
Key
Angelo State
Jr.
Round Rock, Texas
C
Miguel Moctezuma Central
Oklahoma
Jr.
Edmond, Okla.
C
Freddy Carmona
Eastern New Mexico
Jr.
San Antonio, Texas
1B Clay
Calfee
Angelo State
Jr.
Conroe, Texas
2B
Tyler
Hayes
Eastern New Mexico
Sr.
Houston, Texas
SS
Randall
Clay
Southeastern Oklahoma
Sr.
Rattan, Okla.
3B Shan
Sullivan
Angelo State
Jr.
Montgomery, Texas
3B
Blake
Watson
Cameron
So.
Lawton, Okla.
OF Mike
Elkerson
Abilene Christian
Sr.
San Clemente, Calif.
OF Cody
Pearce
Southeastern Oklahoma
Jr.
Tupelo, Ohio
OF Josh
Barnett
Cameron
Jr.
Lubbock, Texas
OF
Herron,
Heath
Tarleton State
Sr.
Celina, Texas
DH Tyler
Carroll
Central
Oklahoma
Sr.
Norman, Okla.
UT
Kolby
Williams
Southeastern Oklahoma
Sr.
Bartlesville, Okla.
UT
Breck
Draper
Central
Oklahoma
Sr.
Shawnee, Okla.
SECOND TEAM
Pos.
Player
School
Year
Hometown
SP
Kenny
Elkind
Angelo State
Jr.
Folsom, Pa.
SP Brad
Bichel
Cameron
Jr.
St. Louis, Mo.
SP
Brett
Nightingale
Angelo State
Sr.
Sapulpa, Okla.
SP Josh
Livingston
Texas
A&M-Kingsville
Sr.
Corpus Christi, Texas
SP
Kolbie
Brown
East Central
Fr.
Ada, Okla.
SP
Thomas
Green
Eastern New Mexico
Jr.
El Paso, Texas
RP
Rance
Plunkett
Northeastern State
Sr.
Stroud, Okla.
RP
Brady
Huckabee
Southeastern Oklahoma
Sr.
Mounds, Okla.
C
Trey
Carter
Angelo State
Jr.
Sherman, Texas
C
Jordan
Schmitt
Abilene Christian
Jr.
Dallas, Texas
1B
Micheal
Levi
Cameron
Sr.
Phoenix, Ariz.
1B Trey
Wingo
Southeastern Oklahoma
Jr.
Bokchito, Okla.
2B Nate
Arevalo
Cameron
Jr.
Tuson, Ariz.
SS
Charlie
Calamia
Cameron
Sr.
Phoenix, Ariz.
3B
Derek
Kennedy
Eastern New
Mexico
Sr.
San Antonio, Texas
OF
Jimmy
Cox
Angelo State
Sr.
Birdville, Texas
OF
Sillivent,
Greg
Tarleton State
Sr.
Granbury, Texas
OF
Lucas
Armenta
East Central
Jr.
Winslow, Ariz.
OF
Kevin
Campbell
Northeastern State
Sr.
Mississauga, Non-U.S.
OF
Clayton
Young
Eastern New
Mexico
Jr.
Canyon, Texas
DH Paden
Vendrely
Eastern New Mexico
So.
Demning, N.M.
UT Seth
Claubaugh
Eastern New
Mexico
Jr.
Portales, NM
UT Rau,
Tyler
Tarleton State
So.
Columbus, Texas
UT
Brian
Schupp
West Texas A&M
Sr.
Prosper, Texas
HONORABLE MENTION
Abilene Christian: Ben
Maynard, Sr.; Allen Smith, Sr.; Thomas Bumpass, Jr.; William Uechi,
So.;
Trey Watten, Jr.;
Cameron: Cody Dillon, Sr.; Bryan
Covington, Sr.; Northeastern State:
Justin Delay, Sr.;
Blake Neighbors, Jr.; Kyle Davidson, Jr.;
Southeastern Oklahoma: Scott Hancock,
Jr.;
Southwestern Oklahoma:
Dakota Streber, Sr.;
TarletonState:
Chase Cundiff, Sr.; Jason Holmes, So.;
TexasA&M-Kingsville:
Owen Weaver, Sr.; Taylor Everett, Sr.;
SPECIAL AWARDS
Player of the Year: Mike
Elkerson, Abilene Christian
Pitcher of the Year: Clint
Straka, Central Oklahoma and Trey Watten, Abilene Christian
Freshman of the Year:
Clint Bowker, East Central and Darby Walker, West Texas A&M
Coach of the Year: Britt
Bonneau, Abilene Christian