OIT Sweeps Top CCC Baseball Honors
PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon Tech’s Ryson Mauricio and Josh Strom, who helped propel the Hustlin’ Owls to an NAIA West South Division baseball crown and a school-record 33 victories, have been named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, in a vote of the CCC’s head coaches. OIT freshman pitcher Neil Emerson was named the CCC’s Newcomer of the Year.
The All-CCC team is comprised of players from the four Cascade Collegiate Conference institutions which sponsor baseball: College of Idaho, Concordia, Corban, and Oregon Tech.
Mauricio earlier this week was honored as the Player of the Year in the NAIA West, a 10-team grouping that includes the four CCC institutions, University of British Columbia, Lewis-Clark State, Cal State San Marcos, Patten, Simpson, and Bethany. Other CCC players named to the All-NAIA West team included Oregon Tech’s Lee Eklund (catcher) and Zach Earle (shortstop), College of Idaho’s Cody Brubaker (outfield), and Concordia’s Brett Hawley (pitcher).
A junior from Mililani, Hawaii, Mauricio set single-season school records for runs (53), total bases (148), hits (85), doubles (21), RBIs (69) and home runs (14). He led OIT with a .368 batting average and .658 slugging percentage.
Strom, a senior from Canby, Ore., posted an 8-4 record with a 3.16 ERA. He had six complete games and struck out 72 batters in 88 1/3 innings pitched.
Emerson, from Phoenix, Ore., posted a 6-4 record with four complete games and a team-best 3.01 earned run average.
College of Idaho’s Shawn Humberger was named the CCC Coach of the Year for the fifth consecutive year and sixth time since 2002.
Concordia won the Team Champion of Character Award.
All-Cascade Collegiate Conference Team
Player of the Year: Ryson Mauricio, 2B, Oregon Tech
Pitcher of the Year: Josh Strom, P, Oregon Tech
Newcomer of the Year: Neil Emerson, P, Oregon Tech
Coach of the Year: Shawn Humberger, College of Idaho
Team Champion of Character: Concordia
Name |
School |
Year |
Pos. |
Hometown |
Lee Eklund |
Oregon Tech |
Sr. |
C |
Salem, OR |
Jimmy Rudig |
Concordia |
Sr. |
1B |
Milwaukie, OR |
Ryson Mauricio |
Oregon Tech |
Jr. |
2B |
Mililani, HI |
Zach Earle |
Oregon Tech |
Fr. |
SS |
Medford, OR |
Craig Spicer |
Corban |
Sr. |
3B |
Vancouver, WA |
Bryan Champ |
College of Idaho |
Sr. |
UT |
Boise, ID |
Russ Johnston |
Corban |
Sr. |
DH |
Independence, OR |
Cody Brubaker |
College of Idaho |
Sr. |
OF |
Post Falls, ID |
Luke Howarth |
College of Idaho |
Sr. |
OF |
Boise, ID |
Jake Miller |
College of Idaho |
Sr. |
OF |
Idaho Falls, ID |
Andrew Brock |
College of Idaho |
Sr. |
P |
Burnaby, B.C. |
Brett Hawley |
Concordia |
Sr. |
P |
Bellevue, WA |
Neil Emerson |
Oregon Tech |
Fr. |
P |
Phoenix, OR |
Josh Strom |
Oregon Tech |
Sr. |
P |
Canby, OR |
Chad Yeggy |
College of Idaho |
Fr. |
RP |
Boise, ID |
Honorable Mention: Tommy Whalen, Concordia; Diego Robles, College of Idaho; Kyle Douglas, College of Idaho; Jason Braun, Corban; Ben Rue, Concordia; Ben Rosen, College of Idaho.
Cascade Conference Gold Glove Award Winners |
C |
Jordan Lanman, College of Idaho |
INF |
Quinn Hummel, Oregon Tech |
INF |
Jimmy Rudig, Concordia |
INF |
Ryson Mauricio, Oregon Tech |
INF |
Brennan Ingram, Concordia |
OF |
Ben Lanier, Concordia |
OF |
Kory Locken, Oregon Tech |
OF |
Cody Brubaker, College of Idaho |
P |
Neil Emerson, Oregon Tech |
All-NAIA West Team: |
C |
Scott Clement, Cal State San Marcos |
C |
Lee Eklund, Oregon Tech |
1B |
Ben Ornelas, L-C State |
2B |
Ryson Mauricio, Oregon Tech* |
3B |
Austin Coleman, Cal State San Marcos |
SS |
Zach Earle, Oregon Tech |
INF |
Josh Ashenbrenner, L-C State |
DH |
Dane Ponciano, Cal State San Marcos |
OF |
Sean Halton, L-C State |
OF |
James Scott, Cal State San Marcos |
OF |
Jon Syrnyk, University of British Columbia |
OF |
Cody Brubaker, College of Idaho |
P |
Mark Hardy, University of British Columbia |
P |
Brett Hawley, Concordia |
P |
Tom Peale, L-C State |
P |
Eric Brown, University of British Columbia |
RP |
Sean Hetherington, University of British Columbia |
*Player of the Year |
NAIA West Gold Glove Team: C – Brian Ward, L-C State; 1B – Scott Webster, UBC; 2B – Alex White, UBC; SS – Sammie Starr, UBC; 3B – Bryan Champ, College of Idaho;LF – Ben Lanier, Concordia; CF – Jon Syrnyk, UBC; RF – Cody Brubaker, College of Idaho; P – Taylor King, UBC.