SoCon postseason honors

Western Carolina put a league-best four players on the coaches’ second team, matching UNCG (two second-team selections) with five total all-conference selections. Mercer and Samford each had four total selections on coaches’ teams.

UNCG had five total all-conference selections in the media teams, while ETSU and Mercer had four each.

The coaches selected a 12-member all-freshman team, with UNCG leading the way with three selections. Furman, Mercer and VMI had two picks each, and The Citadel, Samford and Western Carolina had one selection each.


2016 SoCon Baseball Coaches All-Southern Conference Teams

Player of the Year – Kyle Lewis, Jr., OF, Mercer
Pitcher of the Year – Will Gaddis, So., RHP, Furman
Freshman of the Year – Jabari Richards, OF, Furman
Coach of the Year – Link Jarrett, UNCG

First team
SP Will Gaddis, Furman
SP Parker Curry, Samford
RP Andrew Wantz, UNCG
C Hagen Owenby, ETSU
1B Matt Smith, Western Carolina
2B Trey York, ETSU
SS Matt Meeder, Mercer
3B Collin Woody, UNCG
OF Kyle Lewis, Mercer
OF L.J. Kalawaia, UNCG
OF Heath Quinn, Samford
DH Austin Edens, Samford

Second team
SP Ryan Askew, Mercer
SP Matt Milburn, Wofford
RP Colton Davis, Western Carolina
C Danny Bermudez, Western Carolina
1B Alex Lee, Samford
2B Ben Spitznagel, UNCG
SS Derek Hirsch, Wofford
3B Blake Rowlett, ETSU
OF Trey Truitt, Mercer
OF Bryson Bowman, Western Carolina
OF Kramer Ferrell, Western Carolina
DH Dillon Stewart, UNCG

All-freshman team
Ben Peden, The Citadel
Jake Crawford, Furman
Jabari Richards, Furman
Conard Broom, Mercer
Kevin Coulter, Mercer
Matt Frisbee, UNCG
Andrew Moritz, UNCG
Cesar Trejo, UNCG
Stephen Jones, Samford
Matt Pita, VMI
Josh Winder, VMI
Andrew Bullock, Western Carolina


2016 SoCon Sports Media Association Baseball All-Conference Teams

Player of the Year – Kyle Lewis, Jr., OF, Mercer
Pitchers of the Year – Will Gaddis, So., RHP, Furman
Andrew Wantz, So., RHP, UNCG
Freshman of the Year – Jabari Richards, OF, Furman
Coach of the Year – Link Jarrett, UNCG


First team
SP Will Gaddis, Furman
SP Parker Curry, Samford
RP Andrew Wantz, UNCG
C Hagen Owenby, ETSU
1B Matt Smith, Western Carolina
2B Trey York, ETSU
SS Matt Meeder, Mercer
3B Collin Woody, UNCG
OF Kyle Lewis, Mercer
OF L.J. Kalawaia, UNCG
OF Heath Quinn, Samford
DH Austin Edens, Samford

Second team
SP Ryan Askew, Mercer
SP Matt Milburn, Wofford
RP Will Stillman, Wofford
C Danny Bermudez, Western Carolina
1B Collin Fleischer, VMI
2B Ben Spitznagel, UNCG
SS Robby McCabe, ETSU
3B Blake Rowlett, ETSU
OF Jabari Richards, Furman
OF Trey Truitt, Mercer
OF Bryson Bowman, Western Carolina
DH Dillon Stewart, UNCG