SLIAC Dozen Earn ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Honors

A dozen players from the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference have been named All-Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association. Sean Beaver, Quenton Brownlee, Ryan Clavin, Sean Green, Jonathan Hoevelmann, Zach Jones, Eric Meyer, Matt Mulhearn, Adrian Santiago, Ben Swords, Luke Summers, and Garrett Wilson all earned 2019 ABCA/Rawlings Central All-Region. 

Eureka's Sean Green was named Second Team All-Region after hitting .394 with 3 home runs and 16 runs batted in. He was second in the SLIAC in batting average and finished with 39 runs scored, 9 doubles, and a league-leading 5 triples. Green also recorded 29 stolen bases, second most in the SLIAC and earned First Team All-SLIAC honors this past spring.

Fontbonne had two players earn All-Region, Jonathan Hoevelmann and Luke Summers. Summers was selected First Team All-Region after being named the SLIAC Pitcher of the Year. He went 11-2 on the mound with a 0.67 earned-run average while recording 127 strikeouts. Hoevelmann was chosen Third Team All-Region after hitting .377 with 3 home runs and 24 RBI. Hoevelmann was 3rd in the SLIAC with 60 hits and 4th with 41 runs scored while adding 13 doubles and finishing with a league-high 34 stolen bases.

Spalding and Webster tied for the conference lead with four players (Quenton Brownlee, Zach Jones, Eric Meyer, and Garrett Wilson) each earning All-Region honors. Brownlee and Meyer were both picked as First Team All-Region members while Jones and Wilson were named Third Team. Brownlee and Meyer formed a potent one-two punch for the Golden Eagles with Brownlee hitting .371 with 8 home runs and 48 RBI. He also recorded a .465 on-base percentage and a .636 slugging percentage. Meyer was named the 2019 SLIAC Player of the Year after hitting .380 with a league-leading 10 home runs while driving in 42. He finished in the top three in the SLIAC in runs, hits, doubles, home runs, runs batted in, and total bases and was 4th in batting average. Wilson, an outfielder, hit .368 with 2 home runs and 29 RBI while swiping 18 bases. He finished with 39 runs scored and 10 doubles, adding four triples and recorded 84 total bases. Jones, a pitcher, was 7-1 with a 2.67 earned-run average this past spring. He totaled 72 strikeouts in just 70.2 innings pitched and allowed just 66 hits and 16 walks this season.

Webster University placed Sean Beaver, Matt Mulhearn, Adrian Santiago, and Ben Swords on the All-Region team. Swords and Mulhearn both earned First Team honors. Swords is hitting .361 heading into the Gorloks Division III World Series opener on Friday, May 31 against UMass-Boston. On the season, Swords leads the Gorloks in at-bats (180), hits (65), runs scored (52), doubles (20), RBI (52) and is tied for the team lead in home runs with seven and is second in walks 28 and is 15-for-17 in stolen bases. Additionally, Swords has recorded 20 multi-hit games and 13 multiple RBI games and scored a school record-tying five in last Saturday's NCAA Super Regional clincher against top-ranked Concordia-Chicago. Mulhearn has posted a 12-2 record and a 1.99 ERA heading into Webster's NCAA Division III World Series opening round game on Friday against UMass-Boston. He leads the Gorloks in wins (12), starts (14), complete games (5), ERA (1.99), innings pitched (97.1) and strikeouts (100) and is second in appearances (18) and is one of just three pitchers in school history to record 100 or more strikeouts in a season. Mulhearn's 12 wins and 99.1 innings pitched this season are both school records, while his 14 starts are second-most in a single season.

Santiago earns his Second-Team All-Region honors as a relief pitcher after recording a 2.36 ERA and a 7-2 record with a single-season school record nine saves in 25 appearances out of the Gorloks bullpen. The seven wins are second most on the team, while his nine saves are ninth most in NCAA Division III. In 53.1 innings of work, Santiago allowed 34 hits, 14 runs, walked 19 and struck out 55 and limited opponents to a .180 batting average. Beaver was named Third-Team All-Central Region selection as a starting pitcher after posting an 8-3 record and a 2.30 ERA. On the season, Beaver has made 13 appearances and 12 starts and has tossed two complete games. In 82.1 innings of work, Beaver has allowed 71 hits, 28 runs, 21 earned runs, while walking 21 and striking out 68. 

Westminster College was represented on the All-Region team by Ryan Clavin, who was named First Team All-Region. The Blue Jay outfielder hit .381 with 10 home runs and 35 runs batted in, scoring 28 runs. He finished in the top 10 in the league in triples, home runs, runs batted in, total bases, batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage.

2019 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region teams

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