ST. GEORGE, Utah-Tuesday, Dixie State baseball landed seven student-athletes on the various all-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams.
Making the first team was junior first baseman/outfielder/designated hitter Jake Engel.
Freshman infielder/third baseman Tyson Fisher was named the conference’s freshman postion player of the year.
Additionally, senior right-handed pitcher Jayden Murray, junior right-hander Brayden Bonner, senior infielder Bryce Feist, sophomore second baseman Tyler Hollow and junior outfielder Lane Pritchard made the second team.
All of this talent enabled the Trailblazers to earn the #3 seed in Wednesday’s RMAC conference tournament at Grand Junction, Colo. against #4 seed Colorado-Colorado Springs for an 11:00 am opening pitch.
Junior cather Cade Spurlin leads the 33-17 (23-13 in RMAC play) Trailblazers in batting average (.396). Fisher (.380) and Engel (.374) are closely behind him.
Engel leads the Trailblazers in home runs with 13 while he has added 47 RBI. Hollow is Dixie State’s RBI leader with 49.
Murray (9-3) and sophomore left-hander Jack Gonzales (6-2) have each won 75 percent of their games for the Trailblazers on the mound this season. Murray also leads Dixie State with 82 strikeouts.
Junior left-hander Tevita Gerber is 3-0 on the season as well for Dixie State, giving him the best winning percentage on the staff.
The Mountain Lions come into Wednesday’s game with a record of 28-22 (20-16 in RMAC play) and as the #4 seed.
Junior infielder Matthew Clarke leads Colorado-Colorado Springs in batting average (.385) and is followed closely by fellow junior infielder Matthew McDermott (.382) and redshirt junior infielder Jake Anderson (.380). Anderson also leads the squad in RBI with 51.
Junior outfielder Evan Richards leads the Mountain Lions with 13 home runs.
Junior pitcher Daniel Silva has a 7-3 record and a team-best 51 strikeouts, making him the ace of the Mountain Lions’ staff.
