Courtesy: Tod Fierner Kyle Barraclough, Troy Channing, Justin Fazio, and Patrick Wisdom earned All-WCC honors in 2010.
San Bruno, CA -
Following
the completion of the 2010 baseball season, four players from the Saint Mary's
squad received All-West Coast Conference recognition. Sophomore first baseman
Troy Channing was a First Team All-WCC Selection, sophomore pitcher Kyle Barraclough
and junior outfielder Justin Fazio were honorable mention selections, and
freshman third baseman Patrick Wisdom was named to the WCC All-Freshman Team.
Following
a freshman season where he led the WCC in batting average, home runs and RBIs,
Troy Channing posted a .310 batting average (second on the team), and led the
squad with 15 home runs and 54 RBI this season. With his conference most 43
walks, Channing finished the year with a .465 on base percentage, which was
third in the WCC.
In
his two seasons at Saint Mary's, Channing has played and started all 107 games
the Gaels have played. When he hit
is 15th home run this season, in the series finale against Seattle
University on May 23, he passed James Mouton as the school's career home run leader. He set the SMC single season record in
2009 with 20 home runs, and with 15 as a sophomore, he passed Mouton's
four-year total of 34 from 1988-91.
Justin Fazio had a strong finish to his junior season, as the outfielder led the Gaels
with a .333 batting average in 2010, earning him an honorable mention nod.
Fazio played in 48 games, 37 as a starter, was third on the team with 51 hits,
tied the team-high with 11 doubles, and hit a career best five home runs in 153
at-bats.
Patrick Wisdom had a solid freshman season as a corner infielder for the Gaels. He was
in the clean-up spot for most of the season, and posted a .290 batting average
with 12 home runs and 39 RBI (both second on the team) in 2010.
Kyle Barraclough was the Saturday starter for the Gaels all season, and finished the
year with a 6-6 record in 18 appearances with 15 starts as a sophomore. Barraclough
led the Gaels with 81 strikeouts in 89.2 innings pitched (second on the team),
to average 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings pitched. He finished the year with a
5.42 earned run average overall. During conference play, Barraclough led the
Gaels with a 3.52 ERA and a 4-2 record in seven starts. He had 50 strikeouts in
46.0 innings pitched and held opponents to a .243 batting average.
2010 West Coast Conference Post Season Awards
2010 WCC Player
of the Year
James
Meador, USD
2010 WCC
Pitcher of the Year
Kyle
Blair, USD
2010 Defensive
Player of the Year
Rocky
Gale, POR
2010 Freshman of the Year
Matt
Lowenstein, LMU
2010 WCC Coach of the Year
Rich
Hill, USD
2010 All-WCC First Team Position Players
Nick
Balog, USF, Conor Bernatz, USF, Mark Castellitto, GON, Troy Channing, SMC, Chris
Engell, USD, Rocky Gale, POR, Ryan Hawthorne, LMU, Drew Heid, GON, Riley
Henricks, POR, Brian Humphries, PEP, Geoff Klein, SCU, Nick McCoy, USD, James
Meador, USD, Tommy Medica, SCU, Kevin Muno, USD, Colin Rooney, PEP, Stephen
Yarrow, USF.
2010 All-WCC
First Team Pitchers
Kyle Blair,
USD, Matt Bywater, PEP, Cole Cook, PEP, Chris Dennis, POR, AJ Griffin, USD,
Kyle Kraus, POR, Sammy Solis, USD, Matt Thomson, USD.
2010 Honorable Mention All-WCC Position
Players
Nick
Armenta, POR, Dillon Checkal, USD, CJ Cullen, POR, Justin Fazio, SMC, Mike
Ferraro, USD, Floyd Given, PEP, Nate Johnson, PEP, Pete Lavin, USF, Ryan
Lipkin, USF, Matt Lowenstein, LMU, Matt Ozanne, SCU, Evan Peters, SCU, Derek
Poppert, USF, Ryan Rieger, SCU, Joe Sever, PEP, Zach Vincej, PEP
2010 Honorable
Mention All-WCC Pitchers
Kyle Barraclough, SMC, Robert Dickman, PEP, Chris
Eusebio, LMU, Doug Murray, USF, Zach Varce, POR
2010 WCC All-Freshman Team
Nick
Armenta, POR, Clayton Eslick, GON, Steven Halcomb, GON, Matt Lowenstein, LMU, Jason
Mahood, USF, Matt Ozanne, SCU, Ryan Rieger, SCU, Joe Sever, PEP, Zach Vincej,
PEP, Patrick Wisdom, SMC
Courtesy: Tod Fierner
