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For Immediate Release
May 14, 2015
2015 Daktronics All-Midwest Region Team
Newman and Colegate Named Player and Pitcher Of The Year
Rolla, Mo. – Trevecca Nazarene’s Hunter Newman and Ohio Dominican’s Ryan Colegate headline the
2015 Daktronics, Inc. Baseball All-Midwest Region First Team. They were named the Midwest Region
Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, as selected by the region’s sports information directors.
Newman, a junior third baseman from Chapmansboro, Tenn., was the Player of the Year in the Great
Midwest Athletic Conference. He hit .451 and led the Trojans and the G-MAC in batting average, home
runs (18), runs batted in (77), slugging percentage (.877), on-base percentage (.558), total bases (171),
walks (39) and tied for the lead in hit by pitches (13). His 18 home runs are 11th best in Division II.
Newman is a three-time selection to the All-G-MAC team. He helped lead the Trojans to a 36-18 mark
and the G-MAC regular and postseason championships.
Colegate, a starting pitcher for the Panthers from Centerville, Ohio, made 13 appearances on the mound
this season and was the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Pitcher of the Year. He is 9-1
with a 1.98 earned run average in 72 and two-thirds innings pitched and has struck out 57 batters while
holding the opposition to a .214 batting average. Colegate has thrown three complete games and a
shutout. He allowed more than one earned run in just two starts this spring and in a seven appearance
stretch (six starts) between April 4 and May 2 yielded just five earned runs in 43.1 innings (1.04 ERA).
Joining Newman and Colegate on the first team are Kentucky Wesleyan’s Josh Galvan (C), Troy Parris
(DH) and Matt Pobereyko (SP); Grand Valley State’s Jamie Potts (OF) and Kevin Zak (SS); Truman State’s
Paul Trenhaile (OF) and Kent Frantz (SP); Ashland’s Stephen James (2B); Bellarmine’s Austin Crutcher
(OF); Drury’s Luke Tewes (1B); Malone’s Matt Davis (Utility Non-Pitcher); Missouri-St. Louis’s Austin
Simokaitis (RP); Southern Indiana’s Matt Chavarria (Utility Pitcher) and Trevecca Nazarene’s Michael
Purcell (SP).
The second team is comprised of Quincy’s David Jacob (1B), Kory Wisdom (2B) and Teddy (RP);
Indianapolis’s Colin Hawk (SS) and Matthew Kaplanis (SP); Southern Indiana’s Sam Griggs (Utility NonPitcher) and Drake McNamara (DH); William Jewell’s Luke Luccehtti’s (OF) and Austin Kretchmar (SP);
Alderson-Broaddus’s Luke Shiflett (DH); Ashland’s Jake Baldwin (SP); Cedarville’s Drew Johnson (3B);
Grand Valley’s Patrick Kelly (SP); Kentucky Wesleyan’s Johnathan Eberhardt (OF); Ohio Dominican’s Lee
Sponseller (OF); Wayne State’s Kyle Zimmerman (Utility Pitcher); and Wisconsin-Parkside’s Jake
Kolasinski (C).
All 16 first-team All-Region selections will now be placed on the national ballot for All-America
Consideration. The All-America teams are scheduled to be released on Friday, May 22. The complete
Daktronics Midwest Region teams can be found on the following page.
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FIRST TEAM
NAME
Josh Galvan
Luke Tewes
Stephen James
Kevin Zak
Hunter Newman
Austin Crutcher
Jamie Potts
Paul Trenhaile
Troy Paris
Matt Davis
Ryan Colegate
Kent Frantz
Michael Purcell
Matt Pobereyko
Matt Chavarria
Austin Simokaitis
SECOND TEAM
NAME
Jake Kolasinski
David Jacob
Kory Wisdom
Colin Hawk
Drew Johnson
Lee Sponseller
Johnathan Eberhardt
Luke Luccehtti
Sam Griggs
Drake McNamara*
Luke Shiflett*
Matthew Kaplanis
Jake Baldwin
SCHOOL
Kentucky Wesleyan
Drury
Ashland
Grand Valley State
Trevecca Nazarene
Bellarmine
Grand Valley State
Truman State
Kentucky Wesleyan
Malone
Ohio Dominican
Truman State
Trevecca Nazarene
Kentucky Wesleyan
Southern Indiana
Missouri-St. Louis
SCHOOL
Wisconsin-Parkside
Quincy
Quincy
Indianapolis
Cedarville
Ohio Dominican
Kentucky Wesleyan
William Jewell
Southern Indiana
Southern Indiana
Alderson-Broaddus
Indianapolis
Ashland
YEAR
POSITION
Junior
Senior
Senior
Senior
Junior
Senior
Senior
Senior
Junior
Junior
Junior
Freshman
Senior
Senior
Senior
Junior
Catcher
First Base
Second Base
Shortstop
Third Base
Outfield
Outfield
Outfield
Designated Hitter
Utility (Non-Pitcher)
Starting Pitcher
Starting Pitcher
Starting Pitcher
Starting Pitcher
Utility Pitcher
Relief Pitcher
YEAR
POSITION
Sophomore
Sophomore
Senior
Junior
Sophomore
Freshman
Junior
Senior
Freshman
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Junior
Catcher
First Base
Second Base
Shortstop
Third Base
Outfield
Outfield
Outfield
Utility (Non-Pitcher)
Designated Hitter
Designated Hitter
Starting Pitcher
Starting Pitcher
HOMETOWN
Cicero, Ill.
Lincoln, Neb.
Westlake, Ohio
Novi, Mich.
Chapmansboro, Tenn.
Lexington, Ky.
Ravenna, Mich.
Hannibal, Mo.
Mt. Vernon, Ind.
Canton, Ohio
Centerville, Ohio
Bloomington, Ill.
New Johnsville, Tenn.
Munster, Ind.
Carlsbad, N.M.
St. Louis, Mo.
HOMETOWN
New Berlin, Wis.
Springfield, Ill.
Eureka, Mo.
Beech Grove, Ind.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mason, Ohio
Indianapolis, Ind.
Yorkville, Ill.
Evansville, Ind.
Mt. Vernon, Ind.
Bridgewater, Va.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Madison Heights, Mich.
Austin Kretchmar
Patrick Kelly
Kyle Zimmerman
Teddy Rule
* - Tie in voting
William Jewell
Grand Valley State
Wayne State
Quincy
Junior
Junior
Senior
Junior
Starting Pitcher
Starting Pitcher
Utility (Pitcher)
Relief Pitcher
Okarche, Okla.
Brookfield, Ill.
Frankfort, Mich.
St. Louis, Mo.
Midwest Region Player of the Year – Hunter Newman, Jr., Third Baseman, Trevecca Nazerne
Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year – Ryan Colegate, Jr., Starting Pitcher, Ohio Dominican