All-Big 12 Conference Baseball Team Announced - May 25, 2006
DALLAS--Oklahoma State's Tyler Mach was voted Big 12 Conference Co-Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year for the 10th annual All-Big 12 Conference baseball team.
The Cowboys' junior third baseman tied with Texas outfielder Drew Stubbs for conference Player of the Year after hitting a conference-leading 16 home runs and 66 RBI. Voting was done by the league's baseball head coaches.
Stubbs paced Texas to the 2006 Big 12 team title while Pitcher of the Year Kyle McCulloch of the Longhorns went 6-1 with a 2.08 ERA in conference games only. Texas Techs' Roger Kieschnick (OF) and Miles Morgan were named Freshman Player and Freshman Pitcher of the Year, respectively.
It marked the second time in Big 12 baseball annals that the coaches chose co-Players of the Year. The previous instance was in 1998 when pitcher-DH Jason Jennings of Baylor and OF Jason Tyner of Texas A&M shared the honor.
The 2006 Big 12 Coach of the Year was Augie Garrido, who guided the Longhorns to their third Big 12 championship since 2002. He has won the award three times.
2006 All-Big 12 Conference Baseball Team
First Team
1B-(tie) Brandon Buckman, Nebraska; Chance Wheeless, Texas
2B-Jared Schweitzer, Kansas
3B-Tyler Mach, Oklahoma State
SS-Ryan Wehrle, Nebraska C-Zach Dillon, Baylor
OF-Luke Gorsett, Nebraska; Drew Stubbs, Texas; Roger Kieschnick, Texas Tech DH-(tie) Jacob Priday, Missouri; Hunter Harris, Texas
UTIL-Jordy Mercer (SS-P), Oklahoma State
SP-Nathan Culp, Missouri; Tony Watson, Nebraska; Kyle McCulloch, Texas
RP-Don Czyz, Kansas; Brett Jensen, Nebraska
Player of the Year - (co) Tyler Mach, Oklahoma State; Drew Stubbs, Texas
Pitcher of the Year - Kyle McCulloch, Texas
Newcomer of the Year -Tyler Mach, Oklahoma State Freshman
Player of the Year - OF Roger Kieschnick, Texas Tech Freshman
Pitcher of the Year - Miles Morgan, Texas Tech
Second Team
1B-Kevin Smith, Oklahoma
2B-Russell Raley, Oklahoma; Shelby Ford, Oklahoma State
3B-Jared Goedert, Kansas State; Ryan Rohlinger, Oklahoma
SS-Beamer Weems, Baylor; Ritchie Price, Kansas
C-Matt Smith, Texas Tech
OF-John Allman, Kansas; Gus Milner, Kansas; Chuckie Caulfield, Oklahoma; Corey Brown, Oklahoma State; Keanon Simon, Oklahoma State; Carson Kainer, Texas
DH-Deik Scram, Oklahoma State
UTIL-Andrew Brown, Nebraska; Aaron Reza, Oklahoma
SP-Johnny Dorn, Nebraska; Daniel McCutchen, Oklahoma; Steven Guerra, Oklahoma; Brae Wright, Oklahoma State RP-Austin Wood, Texas; Hart Hering, Texas A&M
Honorable Mention:
Baylor - OF Seth Fortenberry; SP Ryan LaMotta
Kansas - SP Kodiak Quick
Kansas State - OF Joe Roundy; OF Barrett Rice
Missouri - OF Evan Frey; OF Zane Taylor; SP Max Scherzer; RP Travis Wendte
Nebraska - 2B Jake Opitz; C Jeff Christy; OF Nick Jaros; DH Andy Gerch
Oklahoma - C Jackson Williams
Oklahoma State - SP Matt Gardner
Texas A&M - SS Jose Salazar
Texas Tech - 2B Willie Rueda; SP Miles Morgan
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