With the baseball season ready to enter the postseason, the Sun Belt Conference announced its end of season awards. Troy senior outfielder Joey Denison picked up the biggest honor with the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Community Coffee Player of the Year, while Colten Schmidt of Louisiana earned the conference’s Community Coffee Pitcher of the Year award. Newcomer of the Year went to Denison’s Troy teammate Kyle MacDonald.
The full list of end of season awards for the Sun Belt Conference can be seen below:
Sun Belt Conference End of Season Awards
All-Sun Belt Baseball First Team
Jason Bilous (Coastal Carolina, Junior, SP)
Brian Eichhorn (Georgia Southern, Junior, SP)
Colten Schmidt (Louisiana, Senior, SP)
Justin Garcia (Little Rock, Senior, RP)
Nick Gatewood (Georgia State, Junior, C)
Kevin Woodall, Jr. (Coastal Carolina, Senior, 1B)
Cory Wood (Coastal Carolina, Sophomore, 2B)
Seth Lancaster (Coastal Carolina, Senior, SS)
Drew Frederic (Troy, Sophomore, 3B)
Dylan Hardy (South Alabama, Junior, OF)
Travis Swaggerty (South Alabama, Junior, OF)
Joey Denison (Troy, Senior, OF)
Jeremy Brown (Arkansas State, Senior, UTIL)
Zach Biermann (Coastal Carolina, Junior, DH)
All-Sun Belt Baseball Second Team
Hunter Gaddis (Georgia State, Sophomore, SP)
Tyler Carr (South Alabama, Senior, SP)
Andrew Crane (Troy, Senior, SP)
Matt Eardensohn (Coastal Carolina, Junior, RP)
Carter Perkins (South Alabama, Junior, C)
Kyle MacDonald (Arkansas State, Junior, 1B)
Jonathan Ortega (Texas State, Junior, 2B)
Matt Sanders (Troy, Senior, SS)
Brendan Donovan (South Alabama, Junior, 3B)
Parker Chavers (Coastal Carolina, Freshman, OF)
Daniel Lahare (Louisiana, Junior, OF)
Rigsby Mosley (Troy, Freshman, OF)
Kennon Fontenot (Louisiana, Senior, UTIL)
Ryan Glass (Georgia State, Freshman, DH)
Community Coffee Player of the Year
Joey Denison (Troy, Senior, OF)
Community Coffee Pitcher of the Year
Colten Schmidt (Louisiana, Senior, SP)
Community Coffee Freshman of the Year
Rigsby Mosley (Troy, Freshman, OF)
Community Coffee Newcomer of the Year
Kyle MacDonald (Arkansas State, Junior, 1B)
Community Coffee Ron Maestri Coach of the Year
Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina