For Immediate Release May 19, 2016

2016 D2CCA Baseball All-Midwest Region Team

Snyder and Sittinger Named Player and Pitcher Of The Year Rolla, Mo. – Quincy’s Ryan Snyder and Ashland’s Brandyn Sittinger headline the 2016 D2CCA Baseball All-Midwest Region First Team. They were named the Midwest Region Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, as selected by the region’s sports information directors. Snyder, a senior outfielder from St. Louis, Mo., was the Player of the Year in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. He hit .447 and led the Hawks and the GLVC in batting average, home runs (20), runs batted in (80), slugging percentage (.884), on-base percentage (.530), total bases (168) and walks (32). His 20 home runs are tied for eighth best in Division II this season. Snyder is a two-time selection to the AllGLVC team. He helped lead the Hawks to a 37-16 mark and the number one seed in the Midwest Regional. Sittinger, a starting pitcher for the Eagles from LaGrange, Ohio, has made 13 appearances on the mound this season and was the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Pitcher of the Year. He is 10-0 with a 2.34 earned run average in 80 and two-thirds innings pitched and has struck out 117 batters while holding the opposition to a .207 batting average. Sittinger has thrown five complete games and two shutouts. He is fourth on Ashland’s all-time single season strikeout list. Joining Snyder and Sittinger on the first team are Hillsdale’s Chris McDonald (Utility Pitcher), Ethan Wiskur (DH) and Luke Ortel (OF); Bellarmine’s Hunter Spencer (SP) and Cole Metcalfe (3B); Alderson Broaddus’s Tyler Stage (SP); Ashland’s J.P. Sorma (Utility Non-Pitcher); Grand Valley’s Matt Williams (RP); Indianapolis’s Anthony Asalon (2B); Kentucky Wesleyan’s Troy Parris (1B); Lake Erie’s Lucas Raley (OF); Missouri S&T’s Aaron Bedsworth (SP); Southern Indiana’s Kyle Niemeier (SS); and William Jewell’s Garrett McKinzie (C). The second team is comprised of Southern Indiana’s Ryan Bertram (C), Devin Williams (SP) and Kyle Kempf (OF); Alderson Broaddus’s Randy Dobnak (SP) and Jordan Martin (SS); Missouri-St. Louis’s Kurt McGuire (SP) and Austin Simokaitis (RP); Quincy’s Dominic Miles (OF) and Justin Blechle (Utility NonPitcher); Wayne State’s Alex Kinch (SP) and Griffin Harms (OF); Ashland’s Mackenzie Hampshire; Indianapolis’s Matthew Kaplanis (SP); Missouri S&T’s Eil Miller (OF); Rockhurst’s Henry Weiler (Utility Pitcher); Trevecca Nazarene’s Tyler Tichenor (2B) and Bryson Shelton (DH); Tiffin’s Nick Huenberg (3B) and William Jewell’s Austin Kretchmar (SP). All 16 first-team All-Region selections will now be placed on the national ballot for All-America Consideration. The All-America teams are scheduled to be released on Friday, May 27. The complete D2CCA All-Midwest Region teams can be found on the following page. The Division II Conference Commissioners Association encourages and promotes Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of higher education. The CCA is a key communications link among the conferences as they discuss views, policies and regulations that impact Division II intercollegiate athletics and works closely with the NCAA as a communications channel to NCAA Division II member colleges and universities.

FIRST TEAM NAME

Garrett McKinzie Troy Paris Anthony Asalon Kyle Niemeier Cole Metcalfe Ryan Snyder Luke Ortel Lucas Raley Ethan Wiskur J.P. Sorma Brandyn Sittinger Hunter Spencer Aaron Bedsworth Tyler Stage Chris McDonald Matt Williams

SECOND TEAM NAME

Ryan Bertram Mackenzie Hampshire Tyler Tichenor Jordan Martin Nick Huenburg Eli Miller Kyle Kempf Griffin Harms* Dominic Miles* Justin Blechle Bryson Shelton Matthew Kaplanis Kurt McGuire Austin Kretchmar Alex Kinch* Devin Williams* Randy Dobnak* Henry Weiler Austin Simokaitis * - Tie in voting

SCHOOL

YEAR

POSITION

HOMETOWN

William Jewell Kentucky Wesleyan Indianapolis Southern Indiana Bellarmine Quincy Hillsdale Lake Erie Hillsdale Ashland Ashland Bellarmine Missouri S&T Alderson Broaddus Hillsdale Grand Valley

Junior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Junior Sophomore Junior Sophomore Senior Senior Senior Senior

Catcher First Base Second Base Shortstop Third Base Outfield Outfield Outfield Designated Hitter Utility (Non-Pitcher) Starting Pitcher Starting Pitcher Starting Pitcher Starting Pitcher Utility Pitcher Relief Pitcher

Pleasant Hill, Mo. Mt. Vernon, Ind. Cincinnati, Ohio Evansville, Ind. Richmond, Ky. St. Louis, Mo. Troy, Mich. Hinckley, Ohio Clio, Mich. Seven Hills, Ohio LaGrange, Ohio Scottsburg, Ind. New Bloomfield, Mo. Powell, Ohio Livonia, Mich. Geneva, Ill.

SCHOOL

YEAR

POSITION

HOMETOWN

Southern Indiana Ashland Trevecca Nazarene Alderson Broaddus Tiffin Missouri S&T Southern Indiana Wayne State Quincy Quincy Trevecca Nazarene Indianapolis Missouri-St. Louis William Jewell Wayne State Southern Indiana Alderson Broaddus Rockhurst Missouri-St. Louis

Senior Senior Senior Junior Senior Junior Senior Senior Junior Senior Junior Senior Junior Senior Senior Junior Junior Junior Senior

Catcher First Base Second Base Shortstop Third Base Outfield Outfield Outfield Outfield Utility (Non-Pitcher) Designated Hitter Starting Pitcher Starting Pitcher Starting Pitcher Starting Pitcher Starting Pitcher Starting Pitcher Utility (Pitcher) Relief Pitcher

Midwest Region Player of the Year – Ryan Snyder, Sr., Outfielder, Quincy Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year – Brandyn Sittinger, Jr., Starting Pitcher, Ashland

Zionsville, Ind. Delphos, Ohio Centertown, Ky. Corinth, Ky. Peru, Ill. Shelbyville, Ill. Evansville, Ind. Bingham Farms, Mich. Quincy, Ill. Wentzville, Mo. Powell, Tenn. Fort Wayne, Ind. St. Louis, Mo. Okarche, Okla. Ann Arbor, Mich. Evansville, Ind. South Park, Pa. Leawood, Kan. St. Louis, Mo.