9 Baseball Athletes Earn All-Southern Conference Honors
Nine Panthers earn All-Southern Conference Team honors.
The first team is highlighted by Southern Conference Player of the Year, Brannon Mondragon. Rounding out the first team are pitchers Zach Dodson and Trace Moore.
The Second Team is highlighted by five position players: Shortstop Dakota Gaillard, 3B/SS Jarret Bickel, Catcher Thomas Diaz, 3B/2B/LF Sal Grinstead, and 1st Baseman Tristan Moore. One pitcher made the All-Conference 2nd Team, Starter/Reliever Ethan Petric.
First Team
It goes without saying that the Player of the Year would also be first team All-Conference. Brannon is among the state and national leaders in batting average, home runs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, RBI, & stolen bases.
Moving to the pitching staff, starter Zach Dodson was named to the All-Southern Conference first team after an outstanding season that saw him tied for 11th in the State in Wins and 5th in the State in ERA. Dodson is 4th in the NJCAA in innings pitched.
In 78.2 innings pitched, Trace compiled a 3.66 ERA with 73 strikeouts. His 6 wins tied him for 11th in the State. Trace had 2 complete games.
Second Team
Played 40 games at SS and 3B. He was insanely productive, batting .333 and driving in 28, scoring 27 times, and stealing 9 bags.
Appeared in 37 games and batted .356, which is 19th in the State. Additionally, Dakota blasted 4 home runs, drove in 21, scored 34 times, and stole 15 bases.
Hit .272 in 16 games played. His power was on full display as he went yard 7 times. Additionally, his 42 RBI and 42 runs scored place him within the top 25 in the State.
A super utility player, Sal appeared in 43 games at 3rd Base, 2nd Base, and Left Field. Sal batted .267, blasted 5 home runs, drove in 24, and scored an impressive 33 runs.
Appeared in 39 games, batted .302, drove in 21 runs, and scored 20 times. Defensively, Thomas threw out 26% of runners.
Appeared in 16 games, starting 9. He won 5 games, which among the State leaders. His 2.94 ERA places him 12th in the State.
#PantherProud