Conference Carolinas Announces All Conference Baseball Awards
High Point, N.C. > The Conference Carolinas All-Conference
baseball teams were determined by vote from each head coach of
participating league institutions. Nominations are collected
and then voted upon by ballot and tallied to determine Player of
the Year, Pitcher of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Coach of the
Year, All-Conference First Team, and All-Conference Second
Team. Awards were presented at the Conference Tournament
Championships hosted by The City of Burlington and The Burlington
Royals at the Burlington Athletic Stadium in Burlington, NC at this
weekend’s conference championship. This year’s
award winners are as follows:
Freshman of
the Year:
Kodi Whitley - University of Mount Olive
Kodi Whitley has the third lowest earned run average in the
conference and is tied for seventh in wins. His first collegiate
win came against then-nationally ranked California (Pa.), in which
he started and allowed only one run in seven innings. Whitley has
gone at least six innings in seven of his eight starts.
Coach of the
Year:
Carl Lancaster – University of Mount Olive
Carl Lancaster wins the Coach of the Year award for the fourth
year in a row and 12th time overall. The Trojans have been
nationally ranked all season and are No. 6 in the nation this week.
Mount Olive enters the conference tournament on a 19-game winning
streak.
Pitcher of the
Year:
Austin Gambrell – Erskine College
Austin has been named Conference Carolinas Pitcher of the
Year. He is 7-1 with a 3.10 ERA with 53 strike outs. He
finished conference play with a perfect 5-0 record and one complete
game with 33 strikeouts and a 2.98 ERA. He is ranked first in
the conference in wins, strikeout-to-walk ratio, WHIP, and fewest
walks allowed per nine innings.
Player of the
Year:
Bradon Reitano – University of Mount Olive
Bradon Reitano has a shot at winning the Triple Crown as he
enters the tournament leading the conference in home runs and runs
batted, and ranked second with a .402 batting average. A first team
All-America last year, Reitano is a three-time Conference Carolinas
Player of the Week this season, as well as a Southeast Region
Player of the Week. Reitano becomes the Trojans’ first
three-time all-conference baseball selection since Jesse
Lancaster.
Conference
Carolinas Regular Season
Champions
University of Mount Olive
All-Conference First
Team:
Rob Shipman, Mount Olive – 1B
Tanner Lollis, Erskine – 2B
Brandon Overstreet, Erskine – SS
Tyler Summers, Pfeiffer – 3B
Justin Manning, Mount Olive –
C
Sam Cothran, Erskine – DH
Tyler Gaby, King – OF
Bradon Reitano, Mount Olive –
OF
Jay Gonzalez, Mount Olive– OF
Chase Corn, Erskine – OF
Wes Schuler, Erskine – Relief
Pitcher
Ethan Greene, Pfeiffer – P
Derek Justice, Mount Olive –
P
Kodi Whitley, Mount Olive – P
Austin Gambrell, Erskine – P
Zach Smith, Erskine – Utility
All-Conference Second
Team:
Kyle Booth, Limestone – 1B
Cole McGraw, Pfeiffer – 2B
DeAndre Allen, Mount Olive – SS
Joey Wilson, Erskine – 3B
Dalton Lindley, Pfeiffer – C
Andrew Webster, Barton – DH
Chad Balderman, Limestone – OF
Jon Gray, Pfeiffer – OF
Chase Edwards, Mount Olive – OF
Logan Galliher, Erskine – OF
Hunter Jobe, Pfeiffer – Relief
Pitcher
Cory Rhodes, King – P
Tyler Lequire, Pfeiffer – P
Aaron Rumburg, Belmont Abbey – P
Gunnar Kines, Mount Olive – P
Anthony Dimino, Belmont Abbey –
Utility