KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seven members of the Pittsburg State University baseball team have earned All-MIAA honors today (May 5) following a vote of the conference head coaches.
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Four Gorillas – catcher
Grant Nottlemann, shortstop
Jadyn McNealy and outfielders
Eric Bacon and
Dagen Brewer – earned first-team All-MIAA honors; and Brewer was selected the Player of the Year.
Senior starting pitcher
Zach Voss and outfielder
Isaac Webb garnered second-team All-MIAA accolades, while relief pitcher
Bradyn McClure received third-team All-MIAA recognition.
Nottlemann and Bacon also were voted to the MIAA Gold Glove Team.
Nottlemann, a graduate student from Lincoln, Neb., is hitting .378 with 47 runs scored, nine doubles, five home runs and 49 RBI on the season. He also has a 1.000 fielding percentage defensively; and Nottlemann has thrown out eight of 15 would-be base stealers this season.
McNealy, a junior from Tulsa, has a .310 batting average with 58 runs scored, 27 RBI and an MIAA leading (3
rd in Division II) 44 stolen bases in 42 games played this season. He also ranks eighth in the MIAA in runs scored.
Bacon, a junior from Emory, Texas, is batting .408 with 78 runs scored, 14 doubles, four triples, six home runs, 64 RBI and 20 stolen bases. He also has a .972 fielding percentage, making just three errors in 107 total chances. He ranks sixth in D2 in runs scored this season.
Brewer, a senior from Topeka, leads the MIAA in the Triple Crown categories of batting average (.429), home runs (23) and RBI (92). He has a conference-leading 1.529 OPS and he's scored 72 runs. He leads Division II in RBI (1.88 pg) and ranks second nationally in home runs. Brewer has twice been named the D2 Hitter of the Week this season. He set Pitt State and MIAA records with a 37-game hitting streak; and he set the Gorillas single season RBI record and needs to drive in six more runs to set the MIAA mark.
Voss has posted a 10-2 record with a 3.59 ERA in 13 starts for the Gorillas this season. The graduate student from Iberia, Mo., has a 1.12 WHIP and he's issued just 16 walks while registering 62 strikeouts in 62.2 innings pitched. He ranks second in the MIAA and 11
th nationally in victories.
Webb, a redshirt senior from Collinsville, Okla., is hitting .370 with 52 runs scored, 15 doubles, 10 home runs, 72 RBI and 33 stolen bases. He ranks second in the MIAA and sixth in Division II in RBI (1.55 pg). Webb ranks second in the MIAA in triples, RBI and stolen bases.
McClure, a junior righthander from Wichita, has posted a 4-0 record with a 3.91 ERA and four saves in 13 appearances. He has posted a 2-0 record with a 3.99 ERA with four saves in nine relief outings this season; and McClure has registered a 2-0 record with a 3.80 ERA in four starts on the year.
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