MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS: MAY 19, 2015 MVC Baseball Contact: Kelli Briscoe, Assistant Commissioner for Communications Offi ce: 314.444.4416 Cell: 314.488.7120 Email: [email protected] 1818 Chouteau Ave. St. Louis, MO 63103 Fax: 314.444.4346 www.mvc-sports.com

MVC ANNOUNCES 2015 BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Evansville outfi elder Kevin Kaczmarski Hendren, a Le Roy, Ill., native, and a Heartland Com- Guttin picked up his 1,100th career victory this season and Missouri State ace Jon Harris highlight the 2015 munity College transfer, made an immediate impact against UALR (March 17), and ranks 32nd all-time MVC all-conference baseball teams, being tabbed on the mound for the Redbirds this season. In 14 among NCAA Division I coaches in total wins. With a Joe Carter Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year, appearances, he owns a 2.84 ERA with 92 strikeouts, career record of 1,130-716 (.612), Guttin currently respectively. Missouri State's Keith Guttin has been tallying a 10-2 record and allowing just 32 runs in 98.1 ranks 13th amongst active coaches on the NCAA’s named the league's Dan Callahan Coach of the Year, innings of work. His 10 wins are tied for the most in the all-time wins list. after leading the Bears to their fourth regular-season Valley and also match a Redbird single-season record. title in program history and the top seed in this week's Hendren has recorded a league-best three complete Guttin earns his fi fth Missouri Valley Conference Coach MVC Baseball Championship. Kaczmarski is Evansville's games and has tallied double-digit strikeouts twice of the Year honor, winning previously in 1993, 2001, fi rst-ever Player of the Year, while Hall is the sixth Bear to this season. Hendren is the fi rst-ever Redbird to earn 2003 and 2008. Only Wichita State former skipper be named Pitcher of the Year. Illinois State left-hander the Valley's Newcomer of the Year honor. Gene Stephenson (11) has more Valley Coach of the Jacob Hendren was named Newcomer of the Year Year honors than Guttin. and Bears' rookie third baseman Jake Burger earned Burger, a third baseman who hails from Chesterfi eld, Freshman of the Year honors. Missouri State shortstop Mo., has been sensational in his Missouri State debut, Regular-season champion and top-seeded Missouri Joey Hawkins was named the league's Defensive Player ranking in the Valley's top-10 in nearly every offensive State, as well as second-place Dallas Baptist, each of the Year. category. He leads all freshmen in hits (68, T-4th in placed a league-high fi ve players on the all-conference MVC), total bases (103, 6th in MVC), RBI (40, T-7th fi rst team. The Bears fi rst-team selections included Kaczmarski, a senior outfi elder from Cary, Ill., leads the in MVC), batting average (.335, 8th in MVC), doubles Jake Burger (3B), Tate Matheny (OF), Matt Hall (SP), nation in batting average (.478), on-base percentage (20, 1st in MVC) and triples (3, T-7th in MVC). His 22 Jon Harris (SP) and Bryan Young (RP), while the Patriots (.554) and triples (nine). His 28 multi-hit games and multi-hit games are the third most in the league and fi rst-team honorees were Drew Turbin (2B), Camden 16 multi-RBI games are both tops in the MVC, and he his 10 multi-RBI games rank fi rst among all league Duzenack (SS), Daniel Salters (C), Daniel Sweet (DH) also leads the league in hits (85), RBI (55), slugging rookies. Burger has reached base safely in all but and Brandon Koch (RP). Illinois State had three fi rst- percentage (.753), total bases (134) and has a perfect fi ve games this season and becomes the eighth Mis- team selections in Mason Snyder (1B), Paul DeJong 1.000 fi elding percentage. Kaczmarski has reached souri State player to earn the league's Freshman of (UT) and Jacob Hendren (SP), while Evansville's Kevin base safely in all but four games this season and also the Year honor. Kaczmarski (OF) and Wichita State's Sam Hilliard (OF) had a league-high 22-game hitting streak earlier this round out the list of fi rst-team accolades. season. Kaczmarski is the fi rst-ever Purple Ace to earn Hawkins, a product of Whitby, Ontario, earns the the Valley’s Joe Carter Player of the Year honor. league's Defensive Player of the Year award. With Featured on the second team are fi ve Braves, including incredible range in the fi eld, Hawkins owns a .978 Spencer Gaa (3B), Drew Carlile (C), Isaac Smith (OF), Harris, a product of Florissant, Mo., owns a league-best fi elding percentage with 57 putouts and a league-high Elliot Ashbeck (SP) and Matt Dennis (RP), and four 2.08 ERA among starting pitchers and has registered a 167 assists. He also ranks seventh in the league in Patriots, in Tagg Duce (OF), Justin Wall (OF), Joseph 6-1 record in 12 appearances. His 99 strikeouts rank fi elding double plays (29). Hawkins is the fi rst Bear to Shaw (SP) and Chance Adams (RP). Two Bears, includ- third in the Valley, and he has fanned double-digit bat- earn the league’s Defensive Player of the Year honor. ing Justin Paulsen (1B) and Joey Hawkins (SS) and two ters in fi ve of his 12 starts, including four against MVC Shockers, in Ryan Tinkham (1B) and Daniel Kihle (OF) opponents. His .198 opponent batting average leads Guttin, now in his 33rd season as head coach of the are also featured on the second team. Illinois State's the league, as Harris has allowed just 22 runs in 82.1 Missouri State baseball squad, led the Bears to their Joe Kelch, Indiana State's Jeff Degano and Southern innings pitched. The junior right-hander has allowed fourth regular-season Missouri Valley Conference Illinois' Aaron Hauge round out the members of the three or fewer runs in all but one game this season, title in school history. The Bears 18-3 MVC record is 2015 second team. while also registering one complete game. Harris is the best in program history since the league started the sixth Bear to win the Valley's Pitcher of the Year the eight-team, three-game series format, while the An additional 10 players were honored as part of the honor, joining Rob Garola (1997), Brad Ziegler (2003), 41 total wins are tied for Guttin's fourth-highest win honorable mention all-conference team, as student- Tim Clubb (2008), Buddy Baumann (2009) and Nick total since coming to Missouri State. athletes must receive at least two votes to be named Petree (2012). as honorable mention. A nine-member all-defensive team was also named for the fourth-straight season. All-conference honors and specialty awards are voted on by the league’s eight head baseball coaches.

Kevin Kaczmarski Jon Harris Jacob Hendren Jake Burger Joey Hawkins PLAYER OF THE YEAR PITCHER OF THE YEAR NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

/MISSOURIVALLEYCONFERENCE @MVCSPORTS /MISSOURIVALLEYVIDS /MVCSPORTS MVC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT RELEASE MAY 18, 2015 2015 All-Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Teams First Team Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School) JOE CARTER PLAYER OF THE YEAR Mason Snyder, Illinois State Sr. 1B Ottawa, Ill. (Ottawa Marquette/Louisville/Heartland CC) Kevin Kaczmarski, Evansville Drew Turbin, Dallas Baptist Sr. 2B Hayden, Idaho (Coeur d’Alene/Yavapai College) Jake Burger, Missouri State Fr. 3B Chesterfi eld, Mo. (CBC) PITCHER OF THE YEAR Camden Duzenack, Dallas Baptist So. SS Melissa, Texas (Melissa) Daniel Salters, Dallas Baptist Jr. C Eufaula, Okla. (Eufaula/Eastern Oklahoma State) Jon Harris, Missouri State Paul DeJong, Illinois State* Jr. UT Antioch, Ill. (Antioch Community) Daniel Sweet, Dallas Baptist Jr. DH Brandon, Miss. (Northwest Rankin/Polk State College) NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Sam Hilliard, Wichita State Jr. OF Mansfi eld, Texas (Mansfi eld/Navarro/Crowder) Kevin Kaczmarski, Evansville*$^ Sr. OF Cary, Ill. (Prairie Ridge) Jacob Hendren, Illinois State Tate Matheny, Missouri State*# Jr. OF St. Louis, Mo. (Westminster Christian Academy) Matt Hall, Missouri State Jr. SP Lee's Summit, Mo. (Lee's Summit West) FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Jon Harris, Missouri State Jr. SP Florissant, Mo. (Hazelwood Central) Jacob Hendren, Illinois State Jr. SP Le Roy, Ill. (University/Heartland CC) Jake Burger, Missouri State Brandon Koch, Dallas Baptist* Jr. RP Plano, Texas (Grapevine) Bryan Young, Missouri State So. RP Kansas City, Mo. (Staley) DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR *2014 First Team; %2014 Second Team; $2013 First Team; #2013 Second Team; ^2012 Second Team Joey Hawkins, Missouri State Second Team Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School) Justin Paulsen, Missouri State So. 1B Ballwin, Mo. (CBC/Jefferson College) DAN CALLAHAN COACH OF THE YEAR Ryan Tinkham, Wichita State Jr. 1B Simi Valley, Calif. (Royal/Oxnard CC) Keith Guttin, Missouri State Joe Kelch, Illinois State Jr. 2B East Peoria, Ill. (East Peoria Community) Spencer Gaa, Bradley+ So. 3B Metamora, Ill. (Metamora) Joey Hawkins, Missouri State Sr. SS Whitby, Ontario (Sinclair Secondary School) Drew Carlile, Bradley Sr. C Fort Collins, Colo. (Poudre) Tagg Duce, Dallas Baptist Sr. OF Sierra Vista, Ariz. (Buena/Cochise College) Daniel Kihle, Wichita State% Jr. OF Goddard, Kan. (Andale) Isaac Smith, Bradley Sr. OF Richmond, Ky. (Madison Central) Justin Wall, Dallas Baptist Jr. OF Forth Worth, Texas (Nolan Catholic) Elliot Ashbeck, Bradley Jr. SP Marshfi eld, Wis. (Marshfi eld) Jeff Degano, Indiana State Jr. SP Surrey, B.C. (Fraser Heights/Marshalltown CC) Aaron Hauge, Southern Illinois Sr. SP Homewood, Ill. (Homewood-Flossmoor/Heartland CC) Joseph Shaw, Dallas Baptist Jr. SP Ennis, Texas (Ennis) Chance Adams, Dallas Baptist Jr. RP Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral/Yavapai College) Matt Dennis, Bradley So. RP Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows) %2014 Second Team; +2014 Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School) Paul Solka, Bradley Jr. 1B Des Plaines, Ill. (Maine West) Dylan Becker, Missouri State Sr. 2B Leawood, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East) Chris Godinez, Bradley^ Jr. 2B Lake Bluff, Ill. (Lake Forest) Andy Young, Indiana State Jr. 3B Fargo, N.D. (West Fargo/Neosho County CC) Trey Vickers, Wichita State Fr. SS Lee's Summit, Mo. (Rockhurst) Gunnar Troutwine, Wichita State Fr. C Fairway, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East) Steve Adkins, Bradley Jr. SP Elmhurst, Ill. (York) Brodie Harkness, Evansville Fr. SP Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada (St. Stephen's) John Hayes, Wichita State Jr. RP Pottsboro, Texas (Pottsboro/Galveston/Murray State) Sean Stutzman, Dallas Baptist Jr. RP Rolling Meadows, Il. (Fremd/Des Moines Area CC) ^2012 Second Team

All-Defensive Team Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School) Chane Lynch, Dallas Baptist Sr. 1B Crawford, Texas (Crawford/Hill College) Drew Turbin, Dallas Baptist Sr. 2B Hayden, Idaho (Coeur d’Alene/Yavapai) Nash Knight, Dallas Baptist* Sr. 3B Denton, Texas (Denton Ryan) Joey Hawkins, Missouri State Sr. SS Whitby, Ontario (Sinclair Secondary School) Daniel Salters, Dallas Baptist Jr. C Eufaula, Okla. (Eufaula/Eastern Oklahoma State) Tagg Duce, Dallas Baptist Sr. OF Sierra Vista, Ariz. (Buena/Cochise College) Kevin Kaczmarski, Evansville* Sr. OF Cary, Ill. (Prairie Ridge) Tate Matheny, Missouri State* Jr. OF St. Louis, Mo. (Westminster Christian Academy) Jacob Hendren, Illinois State Jr. P Le Roy, Ill. (University/Heartland CC) *Repeat Honoree

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