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BAY CITY, Mich.
— Grand Valley State University senior outfielder
Steve Anderson (Northville, Mich.) and Tiffin
University senior pitcher/outfielder Pat Curtin (Mason,
Ohio/Moeller) were named the 2012 Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) baseball
“Co-Players of the Year” by the league’s head
coaches in all-conference balloting. GVSU senior Kyle
Schepel (Grand Rapids, Mich./Christian) was named the 2012
GLIAC baseball “Pitcher of the Year.”
The coaches named Grand Valley State rookie Mike
Nadratowski (Canton, Mich./Plymouth) the
conference’s “Freshman of the Year,” while
Steve Lyon, head coach of GVSU baseball team, was
tabbed the “Coach of the Year.”
Anderson has been named the 2012 GLIAC “Co-Player
of the Year,” the second straight season a Laker outfielder
has won the award and the sixth GVSU player to win the award
overall. Anderson is batting .374 with 64 hits, 15 doubles, four
triples, six home runs and 41 RBI. Anderson leads the GLIAC in RBI
(41) and is tied for first in hits (64) and triples (4). He ranks
in the top 10 of eight hitting categories in the GLIAC, has 22
multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games. Anderson, a two-time First
Team All-GLIAC honoree, set new GVSU career records in RBI (171)
and total bases (377) and is second in career hits (243) and home
runs (26).
Curtin, a senior pitcher and outfielder, has
posted a .400 batting average this season, which currently ranks
second in the GLIAC and is among the top 50 in Division II.
He has scored 29 runs, and driven in 18 runs while recording three
doubles. His four triples this season lead the GLIAC. On the
mound, Curtin is 5-1 with two saves and two complete games in 10
appearances. He has posted 31 strikeouts and a 3.49 earned run
average in 38.7 innings of work. During the season he became
just the third player in TU history to reach 200 career hits, while
his 215 career hits currently rank third in school history. He
broke the school record for putouts with 865.
Schepel has been named the 2012 GLIAC “Pitcher of
the Year,” the fourth Laker to earn the honor and the first
since 2006. Schepel is 9-3 with a 1.91 ERA and 84 strikeouts in
70.2 innings pitched this season. Schepel leads the GLIAC in wins
(9) and is tied for first in strikeouts (84), while ranking third
in ERA (1.91). Schepel has three 10-strikeout games this year, was
part of three shutouts on the season and had three games of at
least six innings pitched, three hits or less allowed and nine or
more strikeouts. Schepel has three complete games, including a
three-hitter against Northwood with 10 strikeouts and a one-hitter
against Findlay with nine strikeouts. Schepel took over the career
GVSU record in victories (31) and strikeouts (251) this season and
is ranked sixth all-time in GLIAC history for wins and ninth in
strikeouts.
Nadratowski has been named the 2012 GLIAC
“Freshman of the Year,” the second straight Laker to
win the award and the fifth overall. Nadratowski leads the GLIAC in
batting average (.410) and on-base percentage (.492), while tying
for the GLIAC lead in hits (64) and ranking fifth in stolen bases
(17). Nadratowski collected 22 multi-hit games, had a 20-game
reached-base streak and a 12-game hitting streak. Nadratowski has
been one of the most dangerous lead-off hitters in the country,
reaching base 47-of-75 (.627) times as the lead-off hitter in an
inning.
Lyon is in his 14th season at Grand Valley State and has
guided the Lakers to a 37-13 overall record with a 27-9 mark in the
GLIAC, the third-highest conference win total in GLIAC history.
Lyon has a career record of 546-202-2 (.729), a career GLIAC record
of 316-110-2 (.741) and is announcing his retirement following the
2012 campaign. It’s the third GLIAC Coach of the Year award
for Lyon (2003, 2011). Lyon has been named FieldTurf Division II
National Baseball Coach of the Year twice (2007, 2011) and is a
five-time recipient of the ABCA Midwest Regional Coach of the Year
Award (2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011).
A complete list of the 2012 All-GLIAC Baseball teams
is below:
2012 GLIAC Baseball All-Conference Teams and Postseason Awards |
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Co-Players of the Year: Steve Anderson - Grand Valley State University / Pat Curtin - Tiffin University |
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Pitcher of the Year: Kyle Schepel - Grand Valley State University |
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Freshman of the Year: Mike Nadratowski - Grand Valley State University |
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Coach of the Year: Steve Lyon - Grand Valley State University |
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GLIAC Baseball All-Conference First Team |
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Pos. |
Name |
School |
Year |
B/T |
Hometown/Previous School |
DH |
Chris Stephens |
Hillsdale |
Sr. |
R/R |
Grosse Pointe, Mich./Farmington |
C |
Jared Cowan |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
R/R |
Davison, Mich. |
1B |
Giancarlo Brugnoni |
Grand Valley State |
So. |
R/R |
Grosse Pointe, Mich./De La Salle |
2B |
Bryan Cacqiue |
Lake Erie |
Sr. |
R/R |
Caracas, Venezuela/John I. Leonard |
SS |
Kevin Zak |
Grand Valley State |
RFr. |
R/R |
Novi, Mich. |
3B |
Val Helldobler |
Tiffin |
Sr. |
R/R |
Toledo, Ohio/St. John Jesuit |
INF |
Tommy Roush |
Findlay |
Jr. |
L/R |
Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont |
OF |
Steve Anderson |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
R/R |
Northville, Mich. |
OF |
Mike Blanchard |
Hillsdale |
Sr. |
R/R |
Hillsdale, Mich. |
OF |
Pat Curtin |
Tiffin |
Sr. |
R/L |
Mason, Ohio/Moeller |
OF |
Matt Toth |
Lake Erie |
Sr. |
L/R |
Lorain, Ohio/Admiral King |
SP |
Zach Botjer |
Ashland |
Jr. |
R/R |
Deshler, Ohio/Sinclair C.C. |
SP |
Ryan Garman |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
R/R |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Johnson County C.C. |
SP |
Mike Saunders |
Saginaw Valley State |
Jr. |
R/R |
Mt. Morris, Mich./E.A. Johnson |
SP |
Kyle Schepel |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
L/R |
Grand Rapids, Mich/Christian |
RP |
Brad Zambron |
Grand Valley State |
Jr. |
L/L |
Waterford, Mich./Brother Rice |
GLIAC Baseball All-Conference Second Team |
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Pos. |
Name |
School |
Year |
B/T |
Hometown/Previous School |
DH |
Pat Kilway |
Lake Erie |
Jr. |
R/R |
Tallmadge, Ohio |
C |
Brad Guenther |
Wayne State |
Jr. |
L/R |
Ann Arbor, Mich./Saline |
1B |
Jordan Chiero |
Tiffin |
Sr. |
R/R |
Gahanna, Ohio/New Albany |
2B |
Riley Christian |
Findlay |
Sr. |
R/R |
Detroit, Mich./Ga. Southern Univ. |
SS |
Andrew Ciennik |
Wayne State |
Sr. |
R/R |
Waterford, Mich./Mott |
3B |
Alex Trojan |
Wayne State |
Sr. |
R/R |
Fenton, Mich./Hartland |
INF |
Giancarlo Saia |
Ashland |
Fr. |
L/R |
Mentor, Ohio/Lake Catholic |
OF |
Mike Nadratowski |
Grand Valley State |
Fr. |
L/L |
Canton, Mich./Plymouth |
OF |
Austin Rinard |
Northwood |
Sr. |
R/R |
Homer, Mich./Kellogg C.C. |
OF |
Kyle Vesey |
Wayne State |
Sr. |
L/R |
Brighton, Mich. |
OF |
Ryan Williams |
Tiffin |
Jr. |
R/R |
Maumee, Ohio |
SP |
Adam Beach |
Lake Erie |
Jr. |
R/R |
Vermilion, Ohio |
SP |
Pat Curtin |
Tiffin |
Sr. |
R/L |
Mason, Ohio/Moeller |
SP |
Brian Kilway |
Lake Erie |
So. |
R/R |
Tallmadge, Ohio |
SP |
Matthew Reck |
Hillsdale |
Jr. |
R/R |
Grosse Pointe, Mich./South |
RP |
Billy Hurley |
Wayne State |
Sr. |
R/R |
Mississauga, Ont./Binghamton |
GLIAC Baseball All-Conference Honorable Mention Team |
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Pos. |
Name |
School |
Year |
B/T |
Hometown/Previous School |
C |
John Broll |
Ashland |
Jr. |
L/R |
Mississauga, Ontario/Genesee C.C. |
INF |
Wade Kaido |
Ashland |
So. |
R/R |
Zanesville, Ohio |
C |
David Cort |
Findlay |
Sr. |
R/R |
Tallmadge, Ohio/Stow |
OF |
Dustin Zielaskiewicz |
Findlay |
Sr. |
R/R |
Brunswick, Ohio |
P |
Cory Baker |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
R/R |
Byron Center, Mich./North Dakota |
C |
Zach Laupp |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
R/R |
Mattawan, Mich. |
INF |
Scott Lantis |
Hillsdale |
Jr. |
R/R |
Hillsdale, Mich. |
P |
Kris Morris |
Hillsdale |
Sr. |
L/R |
Commerce, Mich./O.L. St. Mary's |
3B |
Cody Blood |
Lake Erie |
Jr. |
R/R |
Conneaut, Ohio |
P |
Doug Fox |
Lake Erie |
Jr. |
L/L |
Parma, Ohio/Valley Forge |
INF |
Pat Schlenke |
Northwood |
Jr. |
R/R |
Novi, Mich. |
P/INF |
Jake Winicki |
Northwood |
So. |
R/R |
Birmingham, Mich./Brother Rice |
OF |
John Bowron |
Ohio Dominican |
Sr. |
R/R |
Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne |
C |
Kyle Tisdale |
Ohio Dominican |
Fr. |
R/R |
Uniontown, Ohio/Lake |
P |
Carson Beauchaine |
Saginaw Valley State |
Jr. |
R/R |
Fraser, Mich. |
OF |
Brandon Schwanz |
Saginaw Valley State |
Sr. |
L/R |
Novi, Mich./Henry Ford C.C. |
P |
Jordan Liette |
Tiffin |
Sr. |
R/R |
Versailles, Ohio/Limestone |
C |
K.C. Weber |
Tiffin |
Jr. |
R/R |
Pataskala, Ohio/Wright State |
P |
Alex Pierse |
Wayne State |
Jr. |
L/L |
Clinton Twp., Mich. / De La Salle |
P |
Ethan Vasiliauskas |
Wayne State |
Jr. |
R/R |
South Rockwood, Mich./Jackson C.C. |