Had to dig this one out at first base, at least dig it out over at the UNCG Athletics web site and here is the news that broke earlier in the week and a special Congrats to UNCG’s baseball coach Link Jarrett, on his Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors for 2016 and more accolades coming for the Spartans, with Cesar Trejo, from Ragsdale High School, being named to the SoCon’s All-Freshman baseball team….Good job Spartans and you can see the complete list of UNCG baseball honors below the line here at GreensboroSports.com and this news in press release, or maybe “press go get it and post it”, from the UNCG Athletics site….
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Nine members of the UNCG Baseball program earned All Southern Conference recognition for their efforts during the 2016 season. Link Jarrett earned SoCon Coach of the Year honors, and Andrew Wantz (Holly Springs, N.C./Holly Springs) earned Co-Pitcher of the Year honors in the media poll with Furman’s Will Gaddis.
Other honorees include L.J. Kalawaia (Wailuku, Hawai’i/Ohlone College), Collin Woody (Tampa, Fla./College of Central Florida) and Wantz who earned First Team honors at outfield, third base, and relief pitcher, respectively in both polls. Dillon Stewart (Dunn, N.C./Brunswick CC) and Ben Spitznagel (Cincinnati, Ohio/Wabash Valley CC) earned Second Team honors in both polls at designated hitter, and second base, respectively.
UNCG placed three players on the coaches All-Freshman team. Cesar Trejo (Greensboro, N.C./Ragsdale), Andrew Moritz (Charlotte, N.C./Providence) and Matt Frisbee (Candler, N.C./Enka) were three of 12 freshmen who have earned SoCon All-Freshman honors.
DJ Artis won Freshman of the Year for the Big South. And also made first team all conference.
Great year for UNCG. I believe Link now realizes there’s a lot of very good local talent in GSO.