Aaron Senne name Louisville Slugger All-American

From MUTigers.com:

Mizzou's Aaron Senne has been named to the Louisville Slugger All-America Third Team, which is selected by the staff Collegiate Baseball newspaper. Senne, who was the Big 12 Conference Co-Player of the Year, hit .400 with 16 home runs, 22 doubles and 59 RBI in 2010. His .400 average was second best in the Big 12 Conference.

Senne led the Tigers with 84 hits in 2010, which tied for the 10th best single season total in school history. His 22 doubles tied for fourth in the MU record books and his 16 home runs tied for seventh. He had a 17-game hitting streak at one point during the 2010 season.

Senne concluded his career at Mizzou as the school's all-time leader in career hits, doubles, extra-base hits and total bases. He is also in the top five on the MU career home runs, RBI, at-bats, slugging percentage and walks lists.

In addition to being named an All-American and the Big 12 Co-Player of the Year, Senne also earned his third-career selection to the Academic All-Conference First Team and was named to the Academic All-District Team.

Tip of the Cap 2010: Notable Quotables

Nattering Nabobs

A Tip of the Cap to the people who cover the Tigers and college baseball. This Blog would be more of a Blah if it weren't for the people out there in the traditional press, the websites, and the newer social networking sites that provide the content behind all the quotes and notes.

As I've made abundantly clear, for me baseball is about having fun. Because of that, I enjoy the media people who seem to have fun doing their job.

This year, a couple of nabobs nattered in a most entertaining and informative manner.

JJ Stankevitz

I write about the White Sox for Examiner.com, where I try to ground my analysis in advanced stats. I also cover the University of Missouri baseball team for MOV.com’s MizzouSpot blog, where I believe I’m one of the few writers covering a college baseball team who uses advanced stats (a big thanks goes out to Mike Rogers of BlessYouBoys.com for hooking me up with those numbers).
(http://comeyoumastersofwar.wordpress.com/)

KMOV.com, 4/16: I don't know if this has been pointed out already, but Kelly Fick easily has the best intro music of any player on the team—he comes out of the bullpen to the theme song from "Dexter." That's just outstanding.

KMOV.com, 3/25: Bottom 1—That was one of the ugliest innings I've seen a team have in a long time. Missouri scored seven times on just two hits—six walks and two hit batsmen were issued in the inning. UAPB starter Brad Tarter issued six of those in just 0.2 innings.

KMOV.com, 4/16: Aiding Tepesch has been some very good defense by Missouri today. Aaron Senne made a highlight-reel play to begin the top of the sixth, gloving a line drive on a short hop while doing a split. It looked kind of like a goalie gloving a puck that would've gone through the five-hole.

Eric Sorenson

Eschewing the normal journalistic road to sports writing, Eric has been an advertising copywriter for years. He admits that creative background has added to his unconventional approach to sports writing and is a main contributor to his unique style. (collegebaseballtoday.com)

■ An open letter to the NCAA Selection Committee (CollegeBaseballToday.com)

You must find another formula – ANY formula – to be considered besides the RPI.

Now would be a good time to use Boyd Nation’s ISR or the Jeff Sagarin rankings or the Warren Nolan computer rankings to be added to the formula. Make it a mixture of three or four services like the BCS (Good God, don’t tell me those mental midgets at college football do something better than college baseball does). That way, it will also make for a nice for a better balance when you average them out. Besides, the RPI is way too harsh on teams that are geographically isolated like New Mexico, Oregon State, Minnesota and Hawaii, for example.

■ Let's take the lid off this sucker (CollegeBaseballToday.com)

Before we get to the weekend’s preview, there’s a much-eagerly anticipated press announcement from Tiger Woods: “I am announcing here that I haven’t been truly forthcoming with my family or my fans… I am a closet stitch-head.”

Wow, who knew?

[Trrip Note: Click the link - you gotta see the accompanying photo]

Best Coverage of a Rival School

I've been impressed for the past few years by the coverage of the Nebraska Cornhuskers Baseball team at HuskerExtra.com, the NU Sports web page of the Lincoln Journal Star. So here's a Tip of the Cap to Husker Extra.

Anderson reaches key point in his career (May 21)

In the eyes of some Nebraska fans, Anderson always will be regarded as the “wrong hire” — which is flat-out unfair.

Thing is, scrutiny and expectations are more intense at Nebraska than at most schools. Anderson understands that. The Huskers created high expectations with consistent winning for most of the past dozen years. What’s more, Haymarket Park, a $29 million gem, creates lofty expectations, as does Lincoln’s proximity to Omaha, home of the College World Series.

“The great ones overcome it,” Anderson said. “The great teams we’ve had here and good teams we’ve had, it doesn’t become a factor. ... It’s just learning how to overcome it and to produce in light of it.”

Look at those Uniforms!!!!


In a season when Mizzou baseball seldom got mentioned in the national press or on national College Baseball websites, they got some surprising national attention because of their new faux-flannel road jerseys.

Under Armour goes back to the future (ESPN.com Page 2)

In this case, UA has come up with Legend Gray, a new throwback uniform fabric currently being worn for selected road games by Missouri, Texas Tech and Pepperdine. Although it looks like an old natural-fiber flannel fabric, full of texture and grain and a heathered tone, it's actually UA's standard double-knit polyester embedded with a pattern designed to simulate the look of flannel.

This all might seem like a lot of fuss over a gray fabric, but Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson says people have noticed. "Very seldom do you have other coaches comment on your uniforms, but each coach we've played has said something about this one," he says. "They want to feel it, they want to see what it's all about. It's amazing, because from a distance it looks like my old Little League uniform, or what major league teams wore in the 1960s."

Biggest story of the year

Without a doubt, the biggest story of the year in the media was the rumored realignment of conferences, and the possibility of Mizzou jumping from the Big 12 to the Big Ten. I've made my opinions on that topic pretty clear already (9 reasons why moving to the Big Ten would not be good for Mizzou Baseball), so I won't rant on about it again .

The best quotes about the topic, from a baseball point of view, came this past week at the Big 12 Tournament.

Conference realignment will force a road more travelled for baseball (NewsOK.com)

"As far as realignment, we're just a mosquito on top of the water, waiting for a fish to grab us,” Texas coach Augie Garrido said. "Very few things are done because of baseball. It's about football. So I guess we're going to do what they tell us to do.”
. . .

"Don't think I haven't thought about it,” admitted Oklahoma coach Sunny Golloway. "When I first heard about it, the possibility of Nebraska and Missouri leaving, I started thinking, who could potentially be. ... right then, I stopped. I'm the baseball coach. We understand, we're a baseball program within the athletic department. We're proud of football. It's the program that drives (the athletic department). It's the engine. We understand that.

Day 4 of the 2010 Tip of the Cap Awards tomorrow: And the winners are . . .

Mizzou Baseball Quotes & Notes

■ Congratulations to the Mizzou Softball team, and well wishes for the Women's College World Series. KTGR will be airing the games live on radio and via online streaming audio, and ESPN/ESPN2 will air all games live on TV

■ If you're watching the St. Louis Cardinals' game tonight, you'll see a starting pitcher for the Cincinatti Reds by the name of Sam Lecure. Lecure is from Jefferson City, MO.

Mizzou Baseball fans may remember seeing Lecure pitch at Simmons Field in the uniform of the Texas Longhorns. It was on a Friday night, April 30, 2004. Lecure had plenty of hometown fans at the stadium cheering him on, but he was out-pitched by MU starter Danny Hill and closer Mark Alexander. (Game day report at Columbia Tribune)

Just another example of why all baseball fans should be following college baseball. You never know when you'll be watching a major league game and smile, knowing you saw that guy pitch back when he was in college. Happens to me nearly every time I watch the MLB.

Mizzou Recruits

■ Mizzou Recruit Ian Ekery is featured as one of El Paso Franklin High School's 10 Most Influential Seniors (fhschronicle.com)

Passionate. Focused. Driven. Playfully giddy? One would be hard pressed to find another person with a personality anything similar to that of Ian Ekery. It is his almost inhuman aptitude for baseball that landed him a pitching job at the University of Missouri (and a spot on this list), but it is his ceaseless charm and charisma that has kept his classmates captivated for four whole years. Everyone knows Ian Ekery. Ian Ekery knows everyone. He can rival anyone out on the diamond, too.

■ Rogersville baseball to face future Mizzou pitcher in state semifinal (TAG Magazine)

Not that Rogersville would expect anything less, but in the Wildcats’ first state baseball appearance, they’ll likely face the best pitcher they’ve seen all season.

That’s where Matt Linderer comes in.

While Bishop DuBourg, a St. Louis-area private school, is also making its state baseball debut, Linderer is a big reason why. The right-handed pitcher has already signed with Mizzou and will be one of the best pitchers at Meador Park for this week’s state baseball tournament.

In his senior season, he is 7-1 with a 1.33 ERA over 63 1/3 innings, striking out 80 and walking 22. He is 6-2 and 180 pounds, which some say might be a generous weight. Still, he has been clocked at 88 mph with his fastball.

Big 12 > Big 10

■ After one round, no knockdowns (Columbia Tribune)

Mike Alden: “The key is, and we’ve said that at Mizzou … as an institution you’re trying to get better every single day, every day — academically, research-wise, your alumni base, athletics, whatever that may be,” Alden said. “All of us have a responsibility that we’re trying to improve our institution every day.”

■ Big 12 opens meetings with change on the horizon (Austin American-Statesman)

"You've known me for very long, I am not hanging back," Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds said.

"I'm not waiting to see what other people are going to do. I'm going to know what our options are, so that's not going to change. My hope is that the Big 12 survives and you and I retire knowing it's a great conference. It's been very viable, and if it stays in place, it will continue to be very viable."

Dodds noted that Texas was not the one that started realignment talk.

"If we need to finish it, we'll finish it," he said. "We're going to be a player in whatever happens."

MU in the Majors

■ Scherzer, Anderson appear "fixed" (ESPN.com)

What's the basis for such confidence? That's simple. Mid-to-high 90s heat is what Scherzer is all about, not the low-90s junk he was throwing in his first few outings with the Tigers. He averaged 94.2 mph with his fastball in his rookie year of 2008 and 93.6 as a sophomore in 2009, according to FanGraphs. Those velocity levels helped him log 9.54 strikeouts per nine innings in those two seasons

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Tip of the Cap 2010: By the Numbers

10 The number of tickets left in my baseball game-day satchel, representing the largest number of home games I've missed since 1995.

It was a busy and distracted Spring for me, but the games I did make it to were my respite from work, my home away from home while I was in the process of looking for a new home.

Anyway, we continue our Tip of the Cap Awards with a look at the 2010 season By the Numbers . . .


.400 Season Batting Average for Aaron Senne

291 Career Hits for Aaron Senne, #1 all-time for Mizzou

69 Career Doubles for Aaron Senne, #1 all-time for Mizzou

42 Career Home Runs for Aaron Senne, #1 all-time for Mizzou

213 Career RBI for Aaron Senne, #3 all-time for Mizzou

.095 increase in Aaron Senne's batting average between 2009 and 2010

36 Appearances by Phil McCormick for the Tigers in 2010, setting a new single season record for Mizzou

69 Career appearances by Phil McCormick, tied for #9 all time for Mizzou

3 Doubles in one game, by Dane Opel

50 Runs scored by the Tigers over the span of 2 consecutive home games in March:

28-2 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff on 3/24

22-14 vs. Purdue on 3/30

3 Runs scored by the Tigers in the next day's game vs. Purdue.

27 & 5 Numbers worn by J.C. Field and Kurt Calvert when they played for Mizzou. Both former Tigers were in uniform on Simmons Field again this season, as assistant coaches for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux and the Souther Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars.

27 - 6 Cumulative scores in the Tigers' 3-game victory vs. UND and
SIU-E

7.45 Runs per game scored by the Tigers

6.13 Runs per game given up by the Tigers

6.92 Runs per game scored by the Tigers in Big 12 games

7.77 Runs per game given up by the Tigers in Big 12 games

5 Preseason ranking of the Tigers by Big 12 Coaches

8 MU's final ranking in the Big 12

5 Longest MU winning streak, against North Dakota and Pine Bluff-Arkansas, March 18-24

7 straight NCAA Regional appearances prior to 2010

544 career wins by Tim Jamieson, putting him in 2nd place all time at MU, second only to Gene McArtor (733)

3 Major League Stadiums the Tigers played in during the 2010 season: Minute Maid Park, Busch Stadium, Kauffman Stadium


2,316 Empty Seats

Total 2010 Attendance: 19,310
Average 2010 Attendance: 715 (27 dates)

Past Years' Regular Season Attendance
2009: Toal: 23,848; Average: 852
2008: Total: 30,687; Average: 1,136
2007: Total: 14,190; Average: 645
2006:Total: 23,906; Average: 885
2005:Total: 16,965; Average: 707

Largest Attendance @ Simmons Field in 2010: 2182 (Saturday, April 17 vs. Oklahoma State)

Smallest Attendance @ Simmons Field in 2010: 214 (Sunday, April 25, DH vs. Kansas State)

One of the best times I personally had at Simmons Field in 2010: Sunday, April 25, DH vs. Kansas State)

Largest crowd the Tigers played in front of in 2010: 5,018 (Saturday, May 29, Big 12 Tournament vs. Texas Tech)

Top 10 All-Time Attendance
6/2/07 Louisville (Regional) 3,630
6/1/07 Kent St (Regional) 3,481
6/3/07 Louisville (Regional) 3,457
5/17/08 Nebraska 3,126
5/18/08 Nebraska 2,418
4/25/98 Texas 2,347
4/24/98 Texas 2,372
4/5/08 Okla St 2,205
6/4/07 Louisville-MU (Regional)2,199
5/14/05 Kansas 2,143


Day 3 of the 2010 Tip of the Cap Awards tomorrow: Quotes & Notes

Mizzou Baseball Quotes & Notes

■ Ryan Gebhart was named to the All Big 12 Tournament Team

MU Recruits

■ Calallen runs wild behind Zastryzny for series (Corpus Christi Caller)

Facing an unbeaten pitcher, Calallen turned the baseball over to Rob Zastryzny and ran.

Zastryzny stifled Pflugerville Hendrickson's bats Friday night while his Wildcats teammates ran wild on the basepaths. Zastryzny tossed a three-hitter, and Calallen baserunners set up a first-strike, three-run third with judicious use of the running game as the Wildcats dropped the Hawks 8-0 at North East Stadium.
. . .
Zastryzny (14-0) won the battle of the aces, striking out nine and scattering three hits. The pitcher barely worked up a sweat, throwing 86 pitches, 62 for strikes. Only twice -- in the third and in the sixth -- did the Hawks put a runner in scoring position.

"They helped me out with a lot of first-pitch ground balls and pop flies," Zastryzny said. "They're an aggressive team, and they can swing the bats, but they helped me out with a lot of short pitch counts."

Picture of the Day

■ I've often dreamed of this happening to Hoglund Field in Lawrence, KS

Tip of the Cap 2010: The Season that Wasn't

It's time for our annual year-end awards, named in honor of John "Hi" Simmons' signature gesture.

This is Part 1 of 5 that will appear over the coming week.

The Season That Might Have Been

The 2010 Tigers finished the game with a 29-26 record, 10-16 in the Big 12.

It was known senior Aaron Senne was going to be the centerpiece of the Missouri Tigers’ lineup. It was known that junior right-hander Nick Tepesch would be pitching on the weekend.

It was hoped junior college transfer Brett Nicholas would combine with Senne to become one of the Big 12’s best run-producing tandems.

Michael Liberto’s defense was never a question, but his emergence as a leadoff hitter was a pleasant surprise.

The rest was supposed to work itself out. It never really did. (Columbia Tribune)


“We just fell short in a lot of areas this year,” Missouri Coach Tim Jamieson said. “But I think the one area we did not fall short is how we responded and how we played hard every damn day.” (Columbia Tribune)

Tim Jamieson said his Missouri baseball team has a knack for playing just poorly enough to lose.
. . .
“We’re just good enough to get beat by a small margin and not good enough to win.” (Columbia Tribune, 4/19)

That last quote from Tim Jamieson ruffled a few feathers among some fans. But to me its the defining statement of the 2010 season. There's a fine line between the season that wasn't and the season that might have been.

MU's #2 weekend starter was to have been freshman Eric Anderson. He started just 9 games, compiling a 1-4 record. As we know now, EA was pitching hurt most of the season, and was out of action after his appearance in the April 21st game against Kansas.

Three of his losses were very close games. Texas A&M (3-1), OSU (10-7), Kansas (1-0). A healthy Anderson, pitching up to his potential, could have made the difference in at least half those games. And Anderson on the mound could have made the difference in the three Saturday Big 12 losses the Tigers suffered after he went down.

If EA makes the difference between a W and an L in even half those 6 games, the Tigers add three wins -- Big 12 wins -- to their record.

Aaron Blunt also went down to an injury in mid-April. MU lost 4 Sunday games by just 1 or 2 runs in the remainder of the season. If a healthy Aaron Blunt makes the difference in even half of those, that's another 2 W's for the Tigers. Again, Big 12 W's.

That's a possible 5 more wins if the Tigers' pitching staff isn't cursed by the injury bug, and the team is 32-20 going into the Big 12 tournament. And with a 15-11 Big 12 record, they are more like a 3rd - 5th seed than the 8th seed. And the Tigers' better overall record (gained against Big 12 competition) would mean a higher RPI and a better shot and a bit better showing in the Big 12 Tournament. And the Tigers would be in their 8th straight NCAA Regional.

But that's the season that wasn't.


So what about the season that was? And what does it mean for the season that will be in 2011?

The Tigers used 52 lineups in 52 regular season games. To many, that was a big negative on the season.

The plus side of that musical chairs lineup is that the 2011 lineup will feature 11 players who had at least 1 at-bat per MU game (plus another, Brannon Champagne, who fell just short because of injuries). By contrast, the Texas Longhorns will likely return only 5 hitters with that much 2010 game experience.

The Tigers will be losing their Friday night ace in Nick Tepesch. He's just a junior, but his press clippings say he'll be drafted high next week.

Who steps in to take his place? Hopefully Eric Anderson and Aaron Blunt come back healthy and are able to step into leadership roles on the pitching staff. And pitchers like Kelly Fick, Jeff Emens and Tyler Clark have shown signs of maturing into steady and effective starters.

And there's always the newcomers.

When Gary Arndt graduated, nobody expected a Micahel Liberto to eventually come in and lead the infield. When Kyle Mach left third base unguarded, we wondered who would fill his shoes -- and then Brett Nicholas came to town and not only patrolled 3rd base for 22 games, but took over for Trevor Coleman at Catcher for 29 games. Greg Folgia and Ryan Lollis left (and Aaron Senne moved to first), and here came a crowd of talented freshman outfielders.

The best thing about college baseball is watching the kids arrive as freshman and watching them leave as men. I remember a raw, wet behind the ears kid from Minnesota who showed up four years ago. This fall some rawboned boy will become the next Aaron Senne.

I can't wait

269 days til the season opener.


Leaving the Zou

A Tip of the Cap to the Tiers who are likely moving on . . .

■ Brett Nicholas

The transfer from Scottsdale, Ariz., Community College arrived as a catcher. But because Ryan Ampleman filled in so well when Coleman was hurt last year, the Tigers figured putting Nicholas at third was the optimal way to get both in the lineup. He also occasionally played first base to allow Senne to see time in the outfield. But when Ampleman struggled at the plate, Nicholas took over at catcher, where he’s drawn the attention of major league scouts.

The coaches “talked to me about that, just bring all three gloves out and be ready to do whatever,” Nicholas said. “I was more than happy to bounce around.” (Columbia Tribune)

■ Nick Tepesch

Tepesch was an escape artist in the few innings Nebraska put together a threat. But he spent much of the night making the Cornhuskers hitters disappear.

Junior catcher Brett Nicholas wondered what else Tepesch had.

“I could’ve called a magical pitch, and he would have been able to throw it and he would’ve been able to hit his spot tonight,” Nicholas said. “I mean, that’s a once-in-a-season performance. That was just unbelievable.” (Columbia Tribune)

■ Michael Liberto

“He doesn’t chase a lot of bad pitches,” Jamieson said. “That’s what you want at the top of the lineup, is a guy who’s going to see a lot of pitches, has a high on-base percentage and then can run.”

Jamieson said he loves having Liberto as a player and likes the high-energy that is always gushing out of his body.

“I think Mike enjoys life,” Jamieson said. “I don’t think it necessarily relates to winning and losing. Winning’s more fun, but he just loves life.” (Columbia Missourian)

■ Aaron Senne

Senne made the switch to first base to make room for the surplus of talented young outfielders on the Tigers' roster. Senne still considers himself an outfielder and said while his position has changed, he knows his bat will still be relied on.

“You can’t be leaving everything up to all of the younger guys,” Senne said. “I’ve been around, I know what it’s like. I know how to handle myself, and how to prepare myself for each game. I just got to go out there and do it, and make sure I’m ready to play. Help get them ready get ready to play. I think it’s pretty important to take the pressure off of them a little bit.”
. . .
Junior Brett Nicholas, who transferred from Scottsdale Community College, has also become an important part of the Tiger offense. Nicholas said that watching Senne have a great weekend, makes him want to contribute more as well.

“Just watching him go about his day, day-to-day, and how he approaches his game is just a lot of fun,” Nicholas said. “Watching a veteran like that take over a weekend, just makes you want to pull your weight as well. It makes you want to pick him up as well because he’s working his butt off, so you’ve got to do the same.”

Here's to you, guys. We look forward to watching your journey through the ranks of professional baseball.


Read more of our Tip of the Cap awards, coming up over the next three days:

Part 2: By the Numbers
Part 3: Quotes & Notes
Part 4: And the Winner is . .

And check out our Tip of the Cap awards from years past.

Max is Back

■ Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer figures himself out - at least for one start (Detroit Free Press)

Scherzer entered Sunday's game with a 7.29 ERA, which is two runs north of lousy. He left it to a standing ovation, after striking out 14 Oakland A's.

Scherzer had been sent to Toledo to fix his troubles. He had said the problem was his arm slot, and I think the general reaction from Tigers fans was "Um, OK ... if you say so." Pitchers usually give a reason for their struggles: My arm slot is too high, my arm slot is too low, I'm tipping my pitches, I need to be more aggressive, I'm being too aggressive, I have to throw my curveball more, I have to trust my stuff, etc.
. . .
The Tigers sent him down to Toledo.

He pitched great down there, then came back up and absolutely dominated the A's. After walking Rajai Davis to lead off the game, Scherzer struck out six of the next seven batters.

"From the first pitch on, I could tell," catcher Gerald Laird said.

"He was pounding the zone with his fastball, and his fastball had life. I could tell from the first inning on he would have a good game."

■ Tigers ,amager Jim Leyland - easy does it for MAx Scherzer (Detroit Free PRess)

"I didn't know what the results would be, but you could see from the start that (his arm) was in a better position. You could tell he was in the slot from the get-go.

"The ball was coming out of his hand so easy."

Especially his fastball. But there's more work to do.

Mizzou Baseball Quotes & Notes

■ Conference realignment will force a road more travelled for baseball (NewsOK.com)

"As far as realignment, we're just a mosquito on top of the water, waiting for a fish to grab us,” Texas said Augie Garrido said. "Very few things are done because of baseball. It's about football. So I guess we're going to do what they tell us to do.”
. . .
"I think it would,” said Texas A&M coach Rob Childress. "(Playing in the SEC) sounds like it would be a lot of fun. But when you start talking about our school, joining the SEC would result in a lot of travel.”

While baseball coaches hope they'll be considered during realignment talks, decisions won't be made because of them, or their programs.

"Don't think I haven't thought about it,” admitted Oklahoma coach Sunny Golloway. "When I first heard about it, the possibility of Nebraska and Missouri leaving, I started thinking, who could potentially be. ... right then, I stopped. I'm the baseball coach. We understand, we're a baseball program within the athletic department. We're proud of football. It's the program that drives (the athletic department). It's the engine. We understand that.

■ Big 12 Baseball Q&A: Missouri LF Ryan Gebhart (NewsOK.com)

What is your favorite non-baseball sport? “Does Ping-Pong count? I really like to play that.

■ After a tough year, a fun finish (Columbia Tribune)
“I don’t know the exact statistic,” Jamieson said, “but I know at one time we were second in the league in runs scored per game in conference. And if we were to match that up with a quality pitching staff, we wouldn’t be talking about going home right now.”

But they are talking about coming back. The unseen benefit to playing a number of different lineups is that many returning players got experience.

You Make the Call: 2010 MVPs

It's time for our annual "You Make the Call" poll for the 2010 MVPs

I'll let you check out the final season statistics for the nominees at mutigers.com

The nominees for Player of the Year (minimum 1 AB per MU game):

■ Ryan Ampleman

■ Blake Brown

■ Eric Garcia

■ Ryan Gebhart

■ Russell Lafleur

■ Michael Liberto

■ Conner Mach

■ Brett Nicholas

■ Dane Opel

■ Andreas Plackis

■ Jesse Santo

■ Jonah Schmidt

■ Aaron Senne

■ Andrew Thigpen

The Nominees for Pitcher of the Year:

■ Eric Anderson

■ Aaron Blunt

■ Brad Buehler

■ Tyler Clark

■ Ryan Clubb

■ Jeff Emens

■ Kelly Fick

■ Zack Hardoin

■ Phil McCormick

■ Jeff Scardino

■ Nick Tepesch

Nominees for the Freshman of the Year

■ Eric Anderson

■ Blake Brown

■ Kenny Burton

■ Brannon Champagne

■ Eric Garcia

■ Neil Hugenberg

■ Dane Opel

■ Scott Sommerfeld

■ Ben Turner

Voting will continue through June 15