GILROY – Seven Mustangs earned themselves all-league recognition
in the Tri-County Athletic league,two more garnered honorable
mention status and one took home the sportsmanship award capping an
18-10-1 mark, a second-place finish in the TCAL and Central Coast
Section record 223 stolen bases.
GILROY – Seven Mustangs earned themselves all-league recognition in the Tri-County Athletic league, two more garnered honorable mention status and one took home the sportsmanship award capping an 18-10-1 mark, a second-place finish in the TCAL and Central Coast Section record 223 stolen bases.
Leading the list of first-team honorees is junior Eric Vegas, who not only paced the team with 40 RBI and hits with 42, he also led the entire league with 17 doubles. Vegas finished the season with a .494 batting average.
Taylor Chris picked up his second straight first-team award, anchoring the Mustangs’ pitching staff with 72 strikeouts in 50 innings of work, posting a 4-2 record in the process. At the plate, the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo-bound senior collected 34 hits, 26 RBI, a team-high 40 runs scored and was 41 of 47 in stolen base attempts.
Senior Jordan Holler missed the first couple weeks of the season but still managed to produce a .473 average with the help of 26 hits from the leadoff spot. Holler also tied with Chris for the most stolen bases, converting 41 of 44 attempts.
Sophomore Bubu Garcia, whose season came to an abrupt halt in the final game of the regular season against San Benito where he suffered an ankle injury that required surgery, rounds out the list of first-team recipients.
Garcia was the fixture at shortstop for the Mustangs, and was a pivotal part of the offense in the fifth spot for manager Johnny Ramirez. Garcia finished with a .376 average, including 32 hits and 32 RBI.
A list of three underclassmen were named to the league’s second-team. Junior Reed Kienle (.378, 19 runs, 19 hits, 14 RBI,25-29 stolen bases), sophomore Brent Newton (.471, 22 runs, 24 hits, 14 RBI, 25-30 stolen bases) and sophomore Jordan Dexter (.333, 12 runs, 20 hits, 19 RBI, caught all 29 games), will all return to the team next season.
A pair of senior pitchers, Tyler Price and Angel Gamboa, were named to the honorable mention list. Price tossed the school’s second perfect game in history against Alisal and finished with a meager 2.02 earned run average in 10 games. Gamboa appeared in 12 games out of the bullpen for the Mustangs, notching 17 strike outs in 24.2 innings pitched.
Senior Max Fishler was named by the players for the sportsmanship award.
Full List of awards:
Pitcher Of The Year: Darin Gillies, San Benito, 11
Most Valuable Player: Mark Hurley, San Benito, 12
Most Outstanding Player: Robert Wayman, Salinas, 11
Coach Of The Year: Michael Luna, San Benito
First Team
San Benito:
Nick Acosta, 12
Trevor Fabing, 12
Darin Gillies, 11
Mark Hurley, 12
Ricky Garcia, 12
Alisal:
Dominic Chacon, 12
North Salinas:
A.J. Organista, 12
Gilroy:
Taylor Chris, 12
Eric Vegas, 11
Bubu Garcia, 10
Jordan Holler, 12
Palma: Garrettt Schwartz, 12
D.J. Slaten, 12
Julian Larimer, 11
Salinas:
Robert Wayman, 11
Ryan Bangs, 11
Blake Aldrete, 12
Otto Kramm, 11
Second Team
San Benito:
Isaak Ramos, 12
Justin Schlie, 12
Bryan Grainger, 11
Spencer Brann, 12
Ryan Sabattini, 12
Alisal:
Alex Guzman, 12
Michael Valdez, 11
North Salinas:
Ryan Uto, 11
hris Countryman, 12
Will McCabe, 11
Palma:
Mike Valentin, 11
Chuck Byers, 9
Dillon Given, 12
Brooks Leandro-Farr, 12
Gilroy:
Brent Newton, 10
Jordan Dexter, 10
Reed Kienle, 10
Alvarez:
Austen Reyes, 11
K.J. Brown, 11
Salinas:
Aaron Vasquez, 11
Jacob Bassetti, 11
Julian Wilcox, 9
Michael Romiza, 12
Jesse White, 11
Honorable Mention
San Benito:
Dustin Rovella, 11
Alisal:
Michael Barron, 10
Alvarez:
Kameron Brown, 10
Jorge Razo, 12
Dallan Rosas, 12
North Salinas:
Andre Juarez, 12
Palma:
Dylan Nobida, 12
Gilroy:
Tyler Price, 12
Angel Gamboa, 12
Salinas:
Anthony Teresa, 10
Jacob Garcia, 12
Sportsmanship Award
Jorge Razo, Alvarez, 12
Nick Martin, Alisal, 11
Esteven Gomez, North Salinas, 12
Kyle Prewitt, San Benito, 12
Joe Carnazzo, Palma, 12
Max Fisher, Gilroy, 12
Lou Villaneda, Salinas, 12
