OMAHA, Neb. - Six Wichita State baseball student-athletes earned all-Missouri Valley Conference honors. Four were named to the first team, while two earned second team honors.
Those named to the first team include Chris O'Brien at catcher, Johnny Coy at first base, Preston Springer as the designated hitter and Charlie Lowell at starting pitcher.
The two named to the second team were Tyler Grimes at shortstop and Cale Elam at relief pitcher.
Two Shockers also earned specialty awards. Junior Chris O'Brien was named Joe Carter Missouri Valley Conference Player-of-the-Year, while Charlie Lowell earned MVC Pitcher-of-the-Year honors.
O'Brien is the 15th Shocker to win the Player-of-the-Year award and the first since Damon Sublett in 2006. Lowell is the 12th Shocker pitcher to take home the Pitcher-of-the-Year award.
First Team
1B - Johnny Coy, Wichita State
2B - Kevin Medrano, Missouri State
3B - Ryan Court, Illinois State
SS - Jimmy Swift, Creighton
C - Chris O'Brien, Wichita State
DH - Preston Springer, Wichita State
UT - Cody Fick, Evansville
OF - Trever Adams, Creighton
OF - Tyler McNeely, Illinois State
OF - Robby Ort, Indiana State
SP - Jonas Dufek, Creighton
SP - Cody Forsythe, Southern Illinois
SP - Charlie Lowell, Wichita State
RP - Dan Kickham, Missouri State
RP - Kenny Long, Illinois State
Second Team
2B - Trentt Copeland, Evansville
SS - Tyler Grimes, Wichita State
C - Jeremy Lucas, Indiana State
DH - Brock Chaffin, Missouri State
UT - Luke Voit, Missouri State
OF - Mike Gerber, Creighton
OF - Jordan Sivertsen, Southern Illinois
OF - Mike Tauchman, Bradley
SP - Joe Bircher, Bradley
SP - Ty Blach, Creighton
SP - Nick Petree, Missouri State
RP - Kurt Spomer, Creighton
RP - Cale Elam, Wichita State
Honorable Mention
Kevin Tokarski, Illinois State
Jason Leblebijian, Bradley
Brad Kimball, Bradley
Jared Baehl, Evansville
Greg Wallace, Evansville
JD Learnard, Illinois State
Corey Maines, Illinois State
Justin Hauer, Illinois State
