BRUBAKER, CAMPEAU TOP PLAYERS FOR OEC BASEBALL
Cypress College catcher Dominic Campeau was named the Orange Empire Conference Player of the Year, while pitcher Tanner Brubaker was named the Pitcher of the Year for the 2018 season at Monday night’s postseason meeting, as voted on by the conference’s head coaches.
May 2, 2018
Cypress College catcher Dominic Campeau was named the Orange Empire Conference Player of the Year, while pitcher Tanner Brubaker was named the Pitcher of the Year for the 2018 season at Monday night's postseason meeting, as voted on by the conference's head coaches.
It was a clean sweep in the voting for Brubaker, who dominated the OEC this year, going 6-1 with three complete games and a 1.85 ERA for the Chargers. He led the conference in wins, complete games, innings pitched and ERA, while striking out 39 batters in 58 1/3 innings.
Campeau was a standout leader for the Chargers, batting .376 with 35 hits, nine extra base hits, four home runs and 18 RBI. He led the conference in hits, and slugging percentage (.581) and was in the top five among conference hitters in at-bats (93), RBI (18) and batting average.
For the second straight year, Orange Coast College head coach John Altobelli was named the conference's Coach of the Year, guiding the Pirates to back-to-back OEC titles. It had been 31 years at OCC since the Pirates accomplished that feat, with Mike Mayne leading Coast to back-to-back titles in 1986 and 1987. This year's Pirates finished the regular season 27-13 overall, 15-6 in conference, two games ahead of Saddleback (28-12, 13-8) and four games up on Riverside (25-15, 11-10).
Full All-Conferece awards list below:
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Dominic Campeau, Cypress (6'0, 190, So)
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Tanner Brubaker, Saddleback (6'4, 210, So)
COACH OF THE YEAR: John Altobelli, Orange Coast
FIRST TEAM
STARTING PITCHERS
Michael Giacone, Orange Coast (6'0, 160, So)
Cameron Jabara, Orange Coast (6'2, 195, So)
Dan Harris, Saddleback (6'2, 210, So)
Jake Mahood, Cypress (6'2, 200, So)
RELIEF PITCHER
Noah Bradford, Irvine Valley (6'2, 165, Fr)
CATCHERS
Andrew Martinez, Santa Ana (6'2, 220, So)
Brett Auerbach, Saddleback (5'9, 185, So)
FIRST BASEMAN
Willie Lajoie, Saddleback (6'1, 200, Fr)
INFIELDERS
Coby Kauhaahaa, Orange Coast (6'1, 195, So)
Murphy Stehly, Orange Coast (5'10, 180, Fr)
Mike Jarvis, Saddleback (5'11, 180, So)
Shane Martinez, Riverside (6'1, 185, So)
OUTFIELDERS
Bryan Leef, Santa Ana (6'3, 185, So)
Ramiro Velasco, Orange Coast (6'2, 240, So)
Aaron Simpson, Cypress (5'11, 175, So)
Skylar Limonchi, Orange Coast (5'8, 155, So)
Jeremiah Vison, Golden West (5'4, 135, So)
DESIGNATED HITTER
Jacob Doty, Orange Coast (6'3, 230, So)
UTILITY
Nate Flores, Santa Ana (5'11, 175, So)
SECOND TEAM
STARTING PITCHERS
Connor McCollum, Cypress (6'2, 200, So)
David Barela, Riverside (5'10, 180, So)
Connor Tousignant, Fullerton (5'9, 165, Fr)
Garrett Molnar, Fullerton (5'11, 175, So)
Alex Salazar, Riverside (5'11, 180, Fr)
Sean Henry, Fullerton (6'3, 205, So)
RELIEF PITCHERS
Shaine McNeely, Cypress (6'2, 180, So)
Doug Magee, Orange Coast (6'0, 185, So)
CATCHER
Anthony Marquez, Golden West (5'11, 200, Fr)
FIRST BASEMAN
Jake Anderson, Fullerton (6'0, 190, So)
INFIELDERS
Ryan Aguirre, Fullerton (5'11, 195, So)
Juan Gonzalez, Santa Ana (5'9, 170, So)
Jake Rodriguez, Riverside (5'7, 150, Fr)
Colin Conroy, Irvine Valley (5'9, 160, So)
Logan Mahaffy, Golden West (5'11, 170, So)
OUTFIELDERS
Monte Montenegro, Fullerton (5'10, 165, So)
Aaron Lizarraga, Cypress (5'10, 180, So)
Ben McConnell, Irvine Valley (5'10, 170, Fr)
Junior Coleman, Riverside (5'11, 180, Fr)
DESIGNATED HITTER
Pierson Loska, Cypress (6'0, 210, So)
Cooper Moore, Irvine Valley (6'3, 220, So)
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