BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Eight different Tigers were selected to the First and Second Team All Mid-South Conference, conference officials announced on Wednesday night at its annual banquet at the National Corvette Museum.
Matthew Valdez,
Tyson Solis,
Logan Roberts and
DJ Wilson were named to the All-MSC First Team.
David Montoya,
Ty Housden,
Parker Loutensock and
Tyler Deason were selected to the Second Team, by the conference coaches, while Montoya and Valdez were named to the All-MSC Gold Glove Team.
Both Valdez and Wilson earn first team honors for the second-straight season. Valdez finished second on the team during the regular season with a .352 batting average, while posting a career-best 11 home runs. He is one of two Tigers to have played and started in all 47 games this season. He is the only player on the Campbellsville roster to start all 47 games at the same spot in the batting order and defensively as the senior started each game batting lead off and playing shortstop.
Wilson has been a stalwart in the Tiger bullpen, where he has allowed just one earned run all season. In 27 innings of relief, he has surrendered just nine hits, two runs, one earned runs and allowed the opposition to hit just .102 at the plate. Wilson has a record of 5-1, which ranks second on the team, while he leads the MSC with eight saves, to go along with an ERA of 0.33.
Solis and Roberts both earned their first career All-Conference honors this season.
Robert boasted a team-best .378 batting average and recorded 39 RBIs, while he also 15 home runs for the Tigers, which is the most in program history since 2009. He ranks third in the conference in batting average, while sitting tied for second in home runs. Roberts has compiled 51 hits this season – third on the team – to go along with a .741 slugging percentage, where he is the lone Tiger to slug over .700 this season.
In his first season in a Campbellsville uniform, Solis grabbed first team recognition after posting a .347 batting average and he joins Valdez in starting all 47 regular-season games. He finished second on the team with 51 hits and 36 runs scored, along with 17 stolen bases. The junior ranks second in the MSC in stolen bases, trailing only his teammate
Jalen Horton – who swiped 21 bags this season. Solis also broke the 20-RBI mark this year.
For the second-consecutive season, Montoya was named to the All-MSC Second Team. In his senior campaign, Montoya finished just under the .300 mark at the plate with an average of .299 heading into the postseason. The native of Las Cruces, New Mexico finished third on the team with 26 RBIs and compiled 41 hits. Of his 16 extra base hits, Montoya hit 13 doubles – tied for second on the team – and three home runs.
Housden was selected to the All-MSC Second Team with an average of .351 this season, where he is one of three Tigers to hit over .350 on the year. Housden is tied with Montoya with 13 doubles and is just behind with 22 RBIs. The junior racked up 47 hits and scored 31 runs for Campbellsville in his 42 appearances on the season.
The Tigers placed two starting pitchers on the second team in Deason and Loutensock. Deason led Campbellsville this season with six victories on the bump after posting a record of 6-2. He tossed 49-2/3 innings this season allowing 34 hits and posting an ERA of 2.72. He allowed the opposition to hit just .193 at the dish and he finished second on the team with 48 strikeouts in 11 appearances and eight starts.
Loutensock rounded out the second team honorees for Campbellsville after leading the pitching staff with a 2.59 ERA. In 12 appearances and 11 starts, the Magna, Utah native had a record of 4-0, but the Tigers went 9-2 in his 11 starts. Loutensock logged a team-high 59 innings, while posting 55 strikeouts to the lead the way for Campbellsville.
On the All-MSC Gold Glove squad, Montoya and Valdez return to the team for the second-straight season. The middle infield duo finished first and second on the team in assists, where the Tigers as team rank third in fielding percentage in the NAIA at .974. Valdez bolstered a .982 fielding percentage with 119 assists and 47 putouts, while Montoya had a .971 fielding mark, along with 113 assists and 83 putouts this season.
Along with honoring its All-Conference teams, the conference recognized its Players of the Week, Academic All-MSC, Champions of Character, individual award recipients and regular-season champion.
Campbellsville begins its postseason slate on Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. ET against Shawnee State University from Bowling Green Ballpark in the first round of the Mid-South Conference Tournament.
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