Santa Ana College and Orange Coast College Dominate All-Conference Honors
Conference champion Santa Ana College took home Pitcher of the Year and Coach of the Year honors while runner-up Orange Coast College had a pair of players named Players of the Year. In all, 18 players were named First-Team All-OEC with another 20 named Second-Team All-OEC
Orange Coast sophomore Matt Moynihan and sophomore teammate Jordan Beck have been selected as the Orange Empire Conference Players of the Year and Santa Ana sophomore ace Ben Burke was named the conference Pitcher of the Year in a vote of conference coaches. Moynihan led the conference in several categories, including batitng average (.480), on base percentage (.534), slugging percentage and (.667). Beck, a first baseman, finished fourth in the batting average race with a .416 average and led the conference in hits (37) and RBIS with 28.
Meanwhile, Burke anchored a pitching staff, which posted a conference-best 3.66 ERA. Burke finished the 21-conference game season with an ERA of 2.89. He made eight starts, working 53 innings. He allowed 58 hits, 20 runs (17 earned), while striking out 33, while walking 17. He finished the conference season with a 5-2 record. Santa Ana's head coach Don Sneddon was selected the conference coach of the year as he guided the Dons to the 2011 conference championship by two games over Orange Coast.
In all, the conference recognized 18 players on the first team and another 20 on the second team.
2011 All-Orange Empire Conference Baseball Team
Co-Player of the Year — Jordan Beck, Orange Coast, 6-3, 185, So; Matt Moynihan, Orange Coast, 6-2, 210, So
Pitcher of the Year — Ben Burke , Santa Ana, 6-1, 195, So
Coach of the Year — Don Sneddon, Santa Ana
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First Team |
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Starting Pitchers |
School |
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Connor Haddock |
Cypress |
6-2 |
200 |
So |
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Ryan Goodbrand |
Irvine Valley |
6-0 |
180 |
So |
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Marcus Garrett |
Santa Ana |
6-3 |
250 |
So |
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Jed Vandernaald |
Orange Coast |
6-3 |
185 |
Fr |
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Relief Pitcher |
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Garrett Wilson |
Santa Ana |
6-1 |
175 |
Fr |
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Catcher |
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Danny Recio |
Santa Ana |
5-11 |
200 |
So |
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Brad Hartong |
Cypress |
6-5 |
220 |
Fr |
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First Baseman |
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Jordan Beck |
Orange Coast |
6-3 |
185 |
Fr |
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Infielders |
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Scott Kaplan |
Irvine Valley |
5-11 |
175 |
Fr |
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Zach Chavez |
Orange Coast |
5-8 |
170 |
So |
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Andy Peterson |
Santa Ana |
5-10 |
170 |
Fr |
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Cody Webber |
Golden West |
5-11 |
185 |
So |
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Outfielders |
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Gary Apelian |
Santa Ana |
6-4 |
205 |
So |
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Kevin Cho |
Orange Coast |
5-9 |
165 |
So |
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Cade Gotta |
Riverside |
6-2 |
190 |
Fr |
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Chris Carlson |
Orange Coast |
5-10 |
175 |
Fr |
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Utility |
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Billy Nottingham |
Riverside |
6-2 |
180 |
So |
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Designated Hitter |
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Tanner Perkins |
Cypress |
6-2 |
210 |
So |
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Second Team |
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Starting Pitchers |
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Chad Thompson |
Orange Coast |
6-8 |
220 |
Fr |
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Race Parmenter |
Golden West |
6-0 |
175 |
So |
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Christian Salinas |
Fullerton |
5-10 |
185 |
Fr |
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Matt Chabot |
Riverside |
6-0 |
185 |
Fr |
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Relief Pitcher |
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Chris Neff |
Riverside |
6-0 |
150 |
Fr |
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Catcher |
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Trent Woodward |
Orange Coast |
6-1 |
185 |
Fr |
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First Baseman |
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Jake Clark |
Cypress |
6-3 |
215 |
Fr |
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Lee Casas |
Saddleback |
6-7 |
235 |
Fr |
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Infielders |
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David Kiriakos |
Riverside |
5-11 |
165 |
So |
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Elliott Martin |
Saddleback |
6-0 |
180 |
So |
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Joey Boney |
Cypress |
5-10 |
170 |
So |
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Zach Luther |
Fullerton |
5-11 |
170 |
So |
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Garrett Donohoe |
Fullerton |
5-10 |
180 |
Fr |
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Outfielders |
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Manual Alonso |
Cypress |
6-1 |
200 |
So |
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Arby Fields |
Cypress |
5-11 |
210 |
So |
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Blake McMartin |
Fullerton |
5-11 |
190 |
So |
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Aaron LaFountaine |
Riverside |
6-1 |
160 |
Fr |
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Frankie Torres |
Riverside |
6-1 |
190 |
So |
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Utility |
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Cameron Luitwieler |
Fullerton |
6-3 |
200 |
So |
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Designated Hitter |
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Blake Cooper |
Golden West |
5-10 |
225 |
Fr |