Well, I really wanted to keep up with this but as I stated in another thread, things got out of hand. I did attend alot of games this year considering I had only ever attended 2 in all the previous 5 seasons together. I made the time and I got the days off I needed to go to at least 1 a week and sometimes 2.
The team this year was the bomb
Alot of individual and team records were set including:
HR - Goldschmidt - 18
Games won - 41
Caught stealing
- Theriot 78%
- Kopycinski 53%
4 pickoffs
Stolen Bases - Dennis 15
Team BA .337
SLC record runs scored - Sibley 77
All American Honors
Kane Holbrooks
RHP 10 - 1 3.34era
ranked in the top 10 in pitching for DI all year.
NCBWA, ABCA All South Central Team, All SLC, Louisville Slugger All American
Paul Goldschmidt
Jr 1st base .357 BA 57 Ex Base Hits 18 hr
COSIDA All Academic Team, SLC Student Athlete, ABCA All South Central, NCBWA, SLC Player of the year, SLC hitter of the year, Lousiville Slugger All American
Tyler Sibley
FR CF/2B
.367BA, 77 RS, 10HR, 13 Doubles, 38RBI, 14 SB
Louisville Slugger Freshman All American, Baseball America Freshman All American
Two players that garnered both Football and Baseball Conference Championship rings and we had 5 players drafted by MLB
Theriot (Jr.)- Kansas City (catcher)
Holbrooks - Minnesota (RHP)
Brundridge - Seattle (RHP)
Goldschmidt (Jr.) - Arizona (1B)
Loftin - Toronto (RHP/3B)
All in all an excellent year for TXST Baseball and things only look better for next year.