MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS: MAY 25, 2021 MVC Baseball Contact: Ryan Davis, Assistant Commissioner for Communications Office: 314.444.4316 • Cell: 314.285.5675 • Email: [email protected] 1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 • Fax: 314.444.4346 www.mvc-sports.com MVC ANNOUNCES 2021 BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS ST. LOUIS, Mo. – DBU second baseman Jackson the league with an ERA of 1.47. Guerrero is the title in school history. He reached 500 career Glenn and Indiana State pitcher Geremy Guerrero first Sycamore to win the Valley's Pitcher of the wins during the 2021 season and his .659 win highlight the 2021 MVC all-conference baseball Year honor. % ranks 11th-best in the nation among active teams, being tabbed Joe Carter Player of the Year coaches. Heefner earns his second Missouri and Pitcher of the Year, respectively. DBU's Dan Beck, an Evansville, Ind., native, and a Olney Valley Conference Dan Callahan Coach of the Heefner has been named the league's Dan Cal- Central Community College transfer, made an Year honor, winning previously in 2016. lahan Coach of the Year, after leading the Patriots immediate impact offensively for the Sycamores to their third regular-season title in program history this season. The junior outfielder hit .358 with Second place Indiana State placed a league-high and the top seed in this week's MVC Baseball nine doubles and 22 RBI during the regular five players on the all-conference first team. The Championship. Glenn is DBU's third Player of the season, boasting a .519 slugging percentage. Sycamores first-team selections included Jordan Year, while Guererro is the first Sycamore to be Beck is currently riding a 10-game hitting streak Schaffer (SS), Max Wright (C), Aaron Beck (OF), named Pitcher of the Year. Indiana State outfielder and strung together 11 multi-hit games in the Geremy Guerrero (SP) and Connor Fenlong (RP). Aaron Beck was named Newcomer of the Year regular season. Beck is the seventh Sycamore Regular season champion DBU placed four play- and Valpo rookie third baseman Kaleb Hannahs to earn the Valley's Newcomer of the Year honor. ers on the first team, including Jackson Glenn earned Freshman of the Year honors. Illinois State (2B), Austin Bell (DH), Rhett Kouba (SP) and outfielder Ryan Cermak takes home the Defensive Hannahs, a third baseman who hails from West Peyton Sherlin (RP). Bradley has three first-team Player of the Year award. Terre Haute, Ind., has been sensational in his players for the first time since 1977 with Connor Valpo debut. After starting the season with a O'Brien (1B),Brendan Dougherty (3B) and Dan Glenn, a senior second baseman from Cedar Hill, .200 average over his first 11 games, he holds Bolt (OF). Illinois State's Jake McCaw (1B) and Texas, leads The Valley with 16 home runs and a .336 average over his last 36 contests while Ryan Cermak (OF), Missouri State's Trey Ziegen- a .714 slugging percentage this season. He led posting a .434 on-base percentage in that time. bein (RP) and Southern Illinois' Brad Harrison DBU's offense in batting average with a career- The freshman finished the regular season as (SP) round out the list of first-team accolades. high .357 average and also led the team in hits Valpo’s leader in batting average (.304) and on- (66), RBI (44) and runs scored (51). He had a base percentage (.401) while ranking second Featured on the second team are five Salukis, 16-game hitting streak earlier this season and on the team in slugging percentage (.405) and including Cody Cleveland (2B), Nick Neville (SS), reached safely in a team-high 26 games. Glenn tied for second in RBI (20).Hannahs becomes JT Weber (OF), Tristan Peters (OF) and Trey Mc- is the third Patriot to earn the Valley’s Joe Carter the first player in Valpo history to be named MVC Daniel (RP) and four players from DBU in Cole Player of the Year honor, joining Darick Hall (2016) Freshman of the Year. Hannahs enters the MVC Moore (1B), Jace Grady (OF), River Town (OF) and Devlin Granberg (2018). Tournament riding a 16-game on-base streak. and Dominic Hamel (SP). Valpo placed two on the second team with Kaleb Hannahs (3B) and Guerrero, a product of Metamora, Ill., owns a Cermak, an outfielder from Riverside, Ill., claimed Easton Rhodehouse (RP). Bradley's Matt Ham- league-best 1.92 ERA and has registered an 9-1 the league's Defensive Player of the Year award. ilton (SP), Evansville's Shane Gray (SP), Illinois record in 12 starts. He also leads the MVC in This marked the first season Cermak played in State's Jordan Libman (DH) and Missouri State's innings pitched (84.1) opposing batting average the outfield after playing third base in 2020 Drake Baldwin (C) round out the members of the (.171) and runners picked off (3). He ranks in and the start of this season. With numerous 2021 second team. the top-5 in strikeouts (93-2nd), wins (9-2nd), sensational highlight-reel plays, Cermak posted walks allowed (12,2nd), doubles allowed (4-1st), a .977 fielding position with just three errors (two An additional 13 players were honored as part earned runs allowed (18-3rd). Guerrero ranks first at third base) in 132 chances, while adding 11 of the honorable mention all-conference team, nationally with a 0.75 WHIP. His strikeout-to-walk assists. The freshman is the second Redbird to as student-athletes must receive at least two ratio of 7.25 and hits allowed per nine innings earn the league’s Defensive Player of the Year votes to be named as honorable mention. A (5.24) rank first in the MVC and top 20 nationally. honor, joining Brett Kay (2013). nine-member all-defensive team was also named. Only two other ISU pitchers have ever finished a season leading The Valley in ERA. In 1983, Paul Heefner, now in his 17th season as head coach of All-conference honors and specialty awards are Quinzer led the MVC with a 2.04 ERA and in 2013 the DBU baseball squad, led the Patriots to their voted on by the league’s eight head baseball current Oakland A's pitcher Sean Manaea paced third regular-season Missouri Valley Conference coaches. Jackson Glenn Geremy Guerrero Aaron Beck Kaleb Hannahs Ryan Cermak PLAYER OF THE YEAR PITCHER OF THE YEAR NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR MVC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT RELEASE MAY 25, 2021 2021 All-Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Teams First Team Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School) JOE CARTER PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jake McCaw, Illinois State RSo. 1B Bloomington, Ill. (Normal Community) Jackson Glenn, DBU Connor O'Brien, Bradley * So. 1B San Diego, Calif. (Rancho Bernardo) Jackson Glenn, DBU $ Sr. 2B Cedar Hill, Texas (Grayson College) PITCHER OF THE YEAR Brendan Dougherty, Bradley +@^ Sr. 3B Clive, Iowa (Dowling Catholic) Jordan Schaffer, Indiana State RJr. SS Terre Haute, Ind. (West Vigo) Geremy Guerrero, Indiana State Max Wright, Indiana State RSr. C Toronto, Ontario (Lawrence Park) Austin Bell, DBU RSr. DH Albuquerque, NM (Univ. of New Mexico) NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Dan Bolt, Bradley $ Sr. OF Morton, Ill. (Morton) Ryan Cermak, Illinois State Fr. OF Riverside, Ill. (Riverside-Brookfield) Aaron Beck, Indiana State Aaron Beck, Indiana State RJr. OF Evansville, Ind. (Evansville Harrison) Rhett Kouba, DBU So. SP El Reno, Okla. (North Central Texas College) FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Geremy Guerrero, Indiana State RSr. SP Metamora, Ill. (Metamora) Brad Harrison, Southern Illinois+ Sr. SP O'Fallon, Ill. (O'Fallon) Kaleb Hannahs, Valparaiso Peyton Sherlin, DBU Jr. RP Deer Park, Texas (Deer Park) Connor Fenlong, Indiana State RSo. RP Gouverneur, N.Y. (Gouverneur) DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Trey Ziegenbein, Missouri State Jr. RP Blue Springs, Mo. (Johnson County CC) *2019 First Team; $2019 Second Team; ^ 2019 Honorable Mention; +2018 Honorable Mention; @ 2017 Honorable Mention Ryan Cermak, Illinois State Second Team Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School) DAN CALLAHAN COACH OF THE YEAR Cole Moore, DBU So. 1B Georgetown, Texas (McLennan CC) Dan Heefner, DBU Cody Cleveland, Southern Illinois So. 2B Rockwall-Heath, Texas (Rockwall-Heath) Kaleb Hannahs, Valparaiso Fr. 3B West Terre Haute, Ind. (West Vigo) Nick Neville, Southern Illinois Sr. SS Atlanta, Ga. (IMG Academy) Drake Baldwin, Missouri State So. C Madison, Wis. (Madison West) Jordan Libman, Illinois State Sr. DH Glenview, Ill. (Glenbrook South) Jace Grady, DBU Fr. OF Austin, Texas (Elgin) River Town, DBU So. OF Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Eunice) JT Weber, Southern Illinois Jr. OF Metropolis, Ill. (Massac County) Tristan Peters, Southern Illinois So. OF Winkler, Manitoba (Foothills Composite) Matt Hamilton, Bradley Jr. SP Oak Creek, Wis. (Oak Creek) Dominic Hamel, DBU Jr. SP Chandler, Ariz. (Yavapai College) Shane Gray, Evansville So. SP West Jefferson, Ohio (West Jefferson) Trey McDaniel, Southern Illinois ^ Jr. RP Williamsville, Mo. (Greenville) Easton Rhodehouse, Valparaiso ^ Sr. RP Gilbert, Ariz. (Highland) ^ 2019 Honorable Mention; +2018 Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Yr. Pos. Hometown (Previous School) Philip Archer, Southern Illinois Sr. 1B Greenville, Ind. (Floyd Central) Kyle Soberano, Illinois State Jr. 2B Daly City, Calilf. (College of the Canyons) Simon Scherry, Evansville Fr. SS Santa Claus, Ind. (Heritage Hills) Andrew Benefield, DBU RFr. 3B Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Univ. of Louisville) Tyson Hays, Illinois State Jr. C Denver, Colo. (Grandview) Brady Renfro, Valparaiso Fr. DH Antigo, Wis. (Antigo) Troy Beilsmith, Evansville & RSr. OF Weldon Springs, Mo. (DeSmet Jesuit) Luke Eldred, DBU RJr. SP Mount Vernon, Iowa (Mount Vernon) Sean Sinisko, Illinois State RFr. SP Geneva, Ill. (Geneva) Colton Johnson, Illinois State Gr.