Shenandoah University Athletics issued the following announcement on July 7
Five Shenandoah University baseball players earned All-State honors in selections announced Wednesday afternoon by the Virginia State Sports Information Directors Association.
Rising junior Colby Martin headlines this quintet by earning Player of the Year accolades. Martin, who has three seasons of eligibility remaining, caps an outstanding year in which he was previously named as the league Player of the Year by the ODAC and South Region Player of the Year by both D3baseball.com and the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Keegan Woolford '20, '22 MBA and rising senior Pearce Bucher join Martin on the first team All-State with their selections at first and third base, respectively.
Bucher's classmates, Frankie Ritter and Tad Dean, round out the honorees with second team honors. Ritter was picked at shortstop and Dean as a starting pitcher.
The five all were previously named All-ODAC with Bucher and Ritter named first team all-league and both Dean and Woolford to the third team.
Four of the five: Martin, Bucher, Ritter, and Woolford were also named All-Region by both the ABCA and D3baseball.com. Ritter and Martin both grabbed first team honors from the two organizations.
Complete team:
2021 VaSID All-State Baseball College Division Awards
Player of the Year
Colby Martin (2B) – Shenandoah University
Pitcher of the Year
Brandon Pond (RHP) – University of Lynchburg
Rookie of the Year
Jay Cassady (UTIL) – Christopher Newport University
Coach of the Year
Lucas Jones – University of Lynchburg
First Team
SP – Matt Nickles (Randolph-Macon College)
SP – Brandon Pond (University of Lynchburg)
SP – Zack Potts (University of Lynchburg)
RP – Jake Andrews (Marymount University)
RP – Grayson Thurman (University of Lynchburg)
C – Jacob Selden (Randolph-Macon College)
1B – Keegan Woolford (Shenandoah University)
1B – Reece Yeargain (Randolph-Macon College)
2B – Colby Martin (Shenandoah University)
3B – Pearce Bucher (Shenandoah University)
SS – Alex Lemery (Marymount University)
OF – Josh Greenway (Ferrum College)
OF – Jaylon Lee (Eastern Mennonite University)
OF – Avery Neaves (University of Lynchburg)
DH – Carter Plunkett (Roanoke College)
UTIL – Kinston Carson (University of Lynchburg)
Second Team
SP – Ryan Bergenhagen (Marymount University)
SP – Tad Dean (Shenandoah University)
SP – Josh Husby (Christopher Newport University)
SP – Will Turner (Roanoke College)
RP – William Flanagan (Bridgewater College)
RP – Clint Wheeler (Marymount University)
C – James DiGiulian (Marymount University)
1B – Garrett Jackson (University of Lynchburg)
2B – Chapin Bassi (Washington & Lee University)
3B – Ozzie Millet (Bluefield College)
SS – Frankie Ritter (Shenandoah University)
OF – Ethan Iannuzzi (Randolph-Macon College)
OF – David Lambertson (University of Mary Washington)
OF – David Meech (Bluefield College)
DH – Chandler Kezele (Emory & Henry College)
UTIL – Jay Cassady (Christopher Newport University)
Original source can be found here.
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