2010 Baseball All-Conference Selections Announced
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Sun Conference has announced the 2010 All-Conference selections. A first and second team made up of 17 players each as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year and Champion of Character were picked by the coaches of The Sun Conference.
Nine schools were represented among the 34 student-athletes named to the All-Conference team. Conference regular season champions Embry-Riddle totaled eight honorees and regular season runner-up South Carolina-Beaufort had seven players selected.
Embry-Riddle's Austin Quinn earned two distinctions in 2010 as he was named the Pitcher of the Year and the Champion of Character Award winner. Quinn, a senior from Titusville, Fla. has a 9-2 record this year with a 1.82 ERA. He has six complete games and three shutouts, to lead the NAIA No. 9 Eagles pitching staff. In addition to hs work on the field, Quinn boasts a 3.61 cummulative grade point average while majoring in Communications. He holds the distinction of being the first baseball player at ERAU to earn and Eagle Athletics Champion of Character Scholarship.
Embry-Riddle also took home the Player of the Year award as Austin Goolsby was tabbed with the honor. The senior catcher from Coppell, Texas, who was a 49th round draft pick of the San Francsico Giants last summer, leads the Eagles with 10 home runs, including three in one game against Webber International earlier in the season. He has a .321 batting average with 53 hits and 42 RBI.
Florida Memorial skipper Oscar Fernandez was named the Coach of the Year. Fernandez led the Lions to their first postseason appearance in 18 years. The Lions were picked to finish ninth in conference play at the beginning of the season, but they finished sixth in the league with a 12-15 conference mark.
First Team
C - Austin Goolsby, Embry-Riddle
C - Cory Johnson, Warner
DH - Brandon Collins, USCB
1B - Brian Fitzpatrick, Edward Waters
2B - Lance Larimer, St. Thomas
SS - Rudy Ruiz, Florida Memorial
3B - Steve Sabins, Embry-Riddle
IF - J.T. Warmoth, Embry-Riddle
OF - Giovanni Rivera, Florida Memorial
OF - R.J. Neal, USCB
OF - Mike Hines, SCAD
OF - Spencer Jackson, USCB
P - Austin Quinn, Embry-Riddle
P - Adam Miller, USCB
P - Stephen Shackleford, SCAD
P - Bryan Joseph, Edward Waters
RP - Phillip Reamy, Embry-Riddle
Second Team
C - Scott Shambaugh, SCAD
C - Nate Goldstein, Webber International
DH - Tyler Ruehlman, Southeastern
1B - Dan Smith, Warner
2B - Willie Tandron, Florida Memorial
SS - Patrick Braswell, SCAD
3B - David O'Neil, USCB
IF - Matt Zajac, SCAD
OF- Justin Zanella, Warner
OF - Dane Beaudette, Embry-Riddle
OF - Larry Perry, USCB
OF - Hunter Reed, Warner
P - Justin Zinkovich, Embry-Riddle
P - Anthony Machado, Warner
P - Kyle McCullough, USCB
P - Ryan Vigue, Embry-Riddle
RP - Matt Tomlinson, Southeastern
Champion of Character
Austin Quinn, Embry-Riddle
Pitcher of the Year
Austin Quinn, Embry-Riddle
Player of the Year
Austin Goolsby, Embry-Riddle
Coach of the Year
Oscar Fernandez, Florida Memorial