2016 News Tribune All-Area Baseball Team

2016 News Tribune
All-Area Baseball Team
JOHN
AASE
NATHANIEL
BENSON
CHRIS
CARLSON
TRAVIS
CARRUTH
Proctor
Junior outfielder
Duluth East
Senior outfielder
Barnum
Senior infielder
Hibbing
Junior outfielder
• News Tribune All-Area Player of the Year found a
way to impact just about every game for Section
7AA champs, especially on the mound, where he
piled up 69 strikeouts while going 7-3 with a 2.15
ERA in 55 1/3 innings
• Twelve of his 31 hits went for extra bases,
including five homers, as the section player of the
year and All-Lake Superior Conference first-team
choice compiled a .397 average with 28 RBIs
• “Tough out” highlighted a potent offense by
batting .385 with four doubles, three homers, 19
RBIs and 27 runs; also walked 19 times
• Carlson, who will play at Daytona State College in
Florida, hit .441 with 19 doubles and three triples,
and stole 28 bases
• Keyed Bluejackets’ 15-win campaign, which
ended in Section 7AAA finals, with both his pitching
and hitting, including a .321 average and 12 RBIs
• Selected for Play Ball! Minnesota all-star series
and All-Section 7AAAA after helping Greyhounds
win 19 games, including 12 in a row to begin the
season
• Three of his seven pitching victories were
no-hitters, including against East Central in Section
5A playoffs, and another was a one-hitter as the
All-Polar League performer produced a 2.46 ERA
and 123 strikeouts in 62 innings
• All-section honoree went 6-2 (four complete
games in eight starts) with a 1.12 ERA and 44
strikeouts in 50 innings; only losses were against
Class AAAA Rochester Mayo and Duluth East, both of
which Carruth allowed just one earned run
NICK
EMANUEL
PATRICK
HUISMAN
SAM
LAAKSO
PETER
LENZ
Esko
Senior catcher
Ely
Senior pitcher
Duluth East
Junior pitcher
Duluth Marshall
Senior pitcher
• Mr. Baseball finalist tallied 16 extra-base hits,
including a state-best eight homers, to go with a
.471 batting average, 36 RBIs and a 1.573 OPS
(on-base plus slugging)
• All-State and All-Polar League pick is an excellent
defensive backstop and will play in college at NPAA
Division I North Dakota State
• Five-year starter and three-time state tournament participant was 8-2 with a 1.10 ERA and
fanned 104 in 70 innings; run he allowed in
Timberwolves’ state-opening 1-0 loss to Adrian
was first earned run he gave up since May 6 win
over Greenway
• Hit .440 with eight doubles and 26 RBIs, reached
base at a .538 clip and garnered All-State and
All-Section 7A accolades
• Amassed a 5-2 record, 1.96 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP
(walks plus hits per inning pitched) in 46 1/3 innings
against a schedule loaded with big schools
• All-Section 7AAAA selection added two saves and
struck out 25 for a team that was ranked among
Class AAAA’s top 15 much of the season
• Deceptively dominant All-LSC first-teamer was
6-3 with a 1.71 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 48 strikeouts and
seven walks in 53 1/3 innings for the 16-9
Hilltoppers; his first start of the spring was a
no-hitter vs. Breck
• Lenz, who will play collegiately at St. John’s in
Collegeville, Minn., also contributed offensively,
hitting .333 and scoring 17 runs
JAKE
MALEC
SAM
MARTINSON
DEVIN
MAYRY
TANNER
RICHEY
Proctor
Senior outfielder
Northwestern
Junior pitcher
Cherry
Senior pitcher
Duluth Denfeld
Senior infielder
• Returned from hyperextending his right arm during
hockey season to bat .372 with seven doubles, three
triples and 20 RBIs as Rails reached fourth state
tournament in program history
• North Dakota State recruit, who served as
designated hitter until a medical clearance to throw
allowed him to play in the outfield, catch and pitch a
few innings, was tabbed All-State as well as
first-team All-LSC
• Hard-throwing Tiger managed 48 strikeouts in
35 2/3 innings and was 4-0 with an ERA of 2.16
• Made the All-Heart O’ North Conference first team
and batted .323 with three home runs, three triples
and 16 RBIs
• Was 12-1 on the mound and accounted for a
whopping 63 percent of Tigers’ 19 victories while
crafting a 1.09 ERA with 97 strikeouts and 14 walks
in 79 innings
• Future Mesabi Range College player was a .368
hitter, collected 17 RBIs and was a perfect 16-for-16
on stolen-base attempts en route to being named
All-State and All-Section 7A
• Slick-fielding shortstop’s offense (.389 average,
17 RBIs and just five strikeouts) and defense (.939
fielding percentage) buoyed resurgent Hunters
• Mesabi Range College commit was tabbed
first-team All-LSC and All-Section 7AAA