Western Oregon Places Nine on All-GNAC Team

Western Oregon finished 28-19 on the season and won the GNAC with an 18-6 mark.

WOU third baseman Randy Summers was selected as the GNAC Freshman of the Year. Photo: WOU Athletics

MONMOUTH, Ore. - Western Oregon, winners of a seventh straight conference baseball title, placed six players on the first team and three more on the second squad of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star team, announced Monday by the conference office in Spokane.

Second-year leader Jeremiah Robbins was named the GNAC Coach of the Year for the second time, and while rookie third baseman Randy Summers was selected as the GNAC Freshman of the Year.

Named to the first team were Kevin Corrigan (pitcher), Mike Eisenhauer (pitcher), Ben Shivers (relief pitcher), Summers (third base), Paul Fisher (shortstop), and Brent Mertens (outfield).

Corrigan was a repeat selection and a unanimous vote receiver as a starting pitcher. Eisenhauer, Summers and Mertens were also unanimous picks, and Mertens was also a first team selection in 2006. Fisher was a second team selection last spring.

Named to the second team was freshman pitcher Mike Cusick, Corrigan as a first baseman and Coubi Jiles (designated hitter). Corrigan was a first team pick as a first baseman in ’06 and was a second team pitcher.

Honorable mention kudos went to junior catcher Tony Jones and senior second baseman Aaron Sutton.

Western Oregon finished 28-19 on the season and won the GNAC with an 18-6 mark, a full eight-games ahead of the rest of the field.

2007 Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star team

Player of the Year: Jamie Nilsen, Central Washington

Pitcher of the Year: Tyler Levin, Central Washington

Coach of the Year: Jeremiah Robbins, Western Oregon

Newcomer of the Year: Nick Ray, Northwest Nazarene

Freshman of the Year: Randy Summers, Western Oregon

FIRST TEAM:

Pitchers – +Tyler Levin, CWU (6-4, 230, Jr., Everett, WA); *+Kevin Corrigan, WOU (6-1, 195, Sr., Kent, WA); +Mike Eisenhauer, WOU (6-0, 185, So., West Linn, OR); Tip Wonhoff, SMU (6-2, 175, Sr., South Bend, WA); Relief Pitcher – Ben Shivers, WOU (5-10, 180, Jr., Silverton, OR). Catcher – Zach Aaukhus, NNU (6-1, 195, Jr., Orange County, CA). Infield – **+Adam Siler, SMU (1B, 6-1, 190, Sr., Port Orchard); Tyler Farrington, CWU (5-10, 195, Jr., Kennewick, WA); **+Jamie Nilsen, CWU (SS, 6-0, 185, Jr., Federal Way, WA); +Randy Summers, WOU (3B, 5-10, 200, Fr., Sutherlin, OR); Paul Fisher, WOU (IF, 5-10, 150, Sr., Seattle, WA). Outfield – *+Nate Baker, SMU (5-10, 185, Jr., Bothell, WA); +Nick Ray, NNU (6-1, 185, Jr., Pocatello, ID); *+Brent Mertens, WOU (6-0, 190, Sr., Spokane, WA); A.J. Gosney, CWU (5-9, 184, Jr., Spokane, WA). Designated Hitter – *Harold Schulz, NNU (6-1, 220, Sr., Sumner, WA).

**Two-time repeaters *Repeater +Unanimous

SECOND TEAM:

Pitchers – Mike Cusick, WOU (6-2, 170, Fr., Salem, OR); Justin Mace, NNU (6-4, 200, Jr., Boise, ID); Jordan Moore, CWU (6-4, 200, Jr., Nine Mile Falls, WA); Relief Pitcher – Dan Baerlocher, NNU (6-2, 205, Sr., Greencreek, ID). Catcher – Richard O’Neill, SMU (6-4, 210, Sr., Edmonds, WA). Infield – Kevin Corrigan, WOU (1B, 6-1, 195, Sr., Kent, WA); Vince Maughan, SMU (5-10, 175, Sr., Bellevue, WA); Severo Rodriguez, NNU (6-0, 175, Jr., Othello, WA); John Lobbestael, CWU (3B, 6-1, 200, Jr., Oak Harbor, WA), Outfielders – Justin Marshall, CWU (6-3, 215, Sr., Kenmore, WA); Craig Yuhas, SMU (5-11, 185, Jr., Scottsdale, AZ); Derek O’Konek, CWU (6-1, 180, Sr., Moses Lake, WA). Designated Hitter – Coubi Jiles, WOU (5-10, 210, Sr., Yakima, WA).

HONORABLE MENTION:

Pitchers – Pat Capone, SMU (6-0, 200, Jr., Coeur d’Alene, ID); Mike Morris, CWU (6-1, 230, Sr., Port Angeles, WA). Catchers – Tony Jones, WOU (6-3, 190, Jr., Moxee, WA); Geno Olson, CWU (5-11, 180, Jr., Lodi, CA). Infield – Cole Smith, NNU (2B, 5-8, 180, Jr., Pasco, WA); Aaron Sutton, WOU (2B, 6-0, 190, Sr., Fruitland, ID); Shane Schoeneberg, SMU (3B, 6-0, 180, So., Kennewick, WA). Outfield – Eric Duke, NNU (6-1, 190, Sr., Moses Lake, WA); Tyler Scoggin, CWU (6-1, 185, Jr., Lacey, WA). Designated Hitters – Hank Anderson, CWU (6-1, 200, Jr., Spokane, WA).

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