SAN ANGELO, TEXAS – UT Tyler baseball has put together a spectacular season, and they earned plenty of recognition for that season on Wednesday night at the annual Lone Star Conference postseason banquet.
Leading the charge for the Patriots was the Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year,
Kaston Mason. Mason has 13 home runs this season to go along with an LSC-best .764 slugging percentage. He has the second best OPS in the LSC, and has totaled 13 doubles, three triples, and 54 RBI.
In addition to being named Freshman of the Year, Mason was also named a member of the All-Lone Star Conference Second Team as a designated hitter.
The Patriots had a pair of Lone Star Conference First Team members in
Garrett Arredondo and
Lane Hutchinson.
Arredondo has been the key piece to the Patriots bullpen, sporting a tremendous .80 ERA over 33.2 innings pitched. Arredondo has a perfect 4-0 record and has also posted four saves. He has allowed just three earned runs and has struck out 38 hitters during the season.
Hutchinson earned the nod at second base after batting .358 for the year in 42 games played. Hutchinson added in seven doubles and seven home runs to post a slugging percentage of .567. He drew 20 free passes for the year and had an on-base percentage of .439.
Joining Mason on the second team was
Dylan Blomquist,
Ethan Bedgood,
Austin Ochoa, and
Jordan Gochenour.
For Blomquist, he earns his third total All-LSC honor after getting both First and Third Team All-LSC last season. Blomquist was yet again the Friday night ace for the Patriots, totaling a 4.45 ERA and a 6-1 record in 14 appearances. He has thrown a team-high 62.2 innings and struck out 52 batters while allowing just 31 earned runs.
Bedgood earns his first All-LSC selection after a monster season as the Patriots first baseman. He has set a new school record for total bases, and has slugged 14 doubles, three triples, and 10 home runs to post a slugging percentage of .637. He has a team-high 85 hits and has an on-base percentage of .436.
Ochoa gets his first All-LSC nod at third base after hitting .372 for the season and driving in a team-high 63 runs. He has the second most runs scored, third most hits, second most doubles, and is tied for the team lead in home runs with 13.
Gochenour is the final member for UT Tyler on the All-LSC Second Team, joining a pair of All-Academic nods and an All-Defensive nod for his career. Gochenour has done it all for the Patriots, playing right field, first base, second base, and third base in a game this season. He is the team leader in average at .404, has the most runs scored, most walks, highest on-base percentage, and has posted 23 extra base hits.
Miles Clack was the lone member of the All-LSC Third Team for the Patriots after coming on as a key Saturday starter this season. The transfer from Katy, Texas posted a record of 7-1 in 15 appearances while sporting a 5.40 ERA. He has thrown a pair of complete games with 56.2 innings pitched. He has struck out 52 hitters while issuing 26 walks and allowing 34 earned runs.
The final two All-LSC honorees for the Patriots were
Ethan Bedgood and
Riley Lambert, who each earned LSC All-Academic honors for their work both on the field and in the classroom this spring.
Bedgood holds a 3.94 GPA in Accounting and earns is second All-Academic team nod of his Patriots career. Lambert is a senior Business Administration major who holds a perfect 4.0 GPA. Lambert has primarily spent the season as a defensive replacement, and holds a .957 fielding percentage with just one error for the year.
The Patriots will get back to work on the field on Thursday afternoon as they take on #2 seed St. Edward's in the opening game of the LSC Tournament second weekend in San Angelo, Texas.
