Oklahoma City – After leading Oklahoma City to a second-place conference finish during the regular season, Chad Pike was named the Sooner Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Week as voted on by the league’s coaches.
Issac Baez of Mid-America Christian garnered the conference Pitcher of the Year award while Ben Bach of Science & Arts earned the Newcomer of the Year honor. Texas Wesleyan’s Jake Spencer claimed the conference Freshman of the Year award with Mid-America Christian Skipper Brett Stanton gaining the league Coach of the Year honors.
Pike finished the season with a .312 batting average while finishing eighth in the conference in slugging percentage with an average of .672. Pike also finished fourth in the league with 13 home runs. Pike contributed to the Stars on the mound as he led the SAC with 14 saves.
Baez aided the Evangels to the top seed in the tournament by having a record of 10-1 and was second in the conference with an earned run average of 2.78. He also was second in the league in strikeouts with 86 and only allowed 55 hits on the season.
Bach was a key part of Science & Arts’ success this season as he finished the season with a .313 batting average while ending the year in seventh place in runs scored with 47 and 10th in the league in runs batted in with 41.
Spencer had an impressive freshman campaign by wrapping up the season with a .370 batting average and eight runs batted in and 10 hits.
Stanton led the Evangels to their first SAC Regular Season Championship this season as Mid-America Christian finished the season with an overall record of 38-10 and a conference mark of 20-4.
Listed below are the All-Conference Teams and Post-Season Award Winners:
Player of the Year – Chad Pike, OCU
Pitcher of the Year – Isaac Baez, MACU
Newcomer of the Year – Ben Bach, USAO
Freshman of the Year – Jake Spencer, Tex Wes
Coach of the Year – Brett Stanton, MACU
First Team:
C – Reese Ratchford, OCU
C – Zach Stark, MACU
1B – Kyle Williams, MACU
2B – Jhors Gomez, SCU
3B – Ben Bach, USAO
SS – Chad Pike, OCU
Utility – Peyton McDowell, USAO
DH – Trent Kiraly, OCU
OF – Noel McGarry-Doyle, MACU
OF – Andrew Ortiz, SAGU
OF – Gage Ninness, USAO
OF – D’Andre Gaines, MACU
SP – Isaac Baez, MACU
SP – Brian Erue, USAO
SP – Zane Robeaux, MACU
SP – Kade Shatwell, OCU
RP – Chad Pike, OCU
Second Team:
C – Gunnar Hansen, USAO
C – Dylan Masanda, Tex Wes
1B – Hayden Hutchens, Tex Wes
2B – Jacob Police, MACU
3B – Wesley Flatt, SAGU
SS – Carlos Medina, MACU
Utility – Ryan Flores, Tex Wes
DH – Christopher Martinez, USAO
OF – Darian Duhon, OCU
OF – Gabriel Arroyo, USAO
OF – Felix Polanco, WBU
OF – Ben Lawson, USAO
SP – Ethan Nors, SAGU
SP – Kyler Denton, USAO
SP – Colby Diduch, OPSU
SP – Sutton Tidwell, Tex Wes
RP – Cameron Brown, MACU
RP – Jorge Carvajal, Tex Wes
RP – Rob Schmidt, USAO
Gold Glove Award:
C – Zach Stark, MACU
1B – Hayden Hutchens, Tex Wes
2B – Hunter Lenochan, OCU
3B – Ben Bach, USAO
SS – Hayden Ingram, WBU
LF – Gage Ninness, USAO
CF - Aiden Alexander, OCU
RF – Rody Garcia, Tex Wes
P – Juan Gil-Franco, WBU