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Four baseball Scots
named all-conference Release Date:
May 14, 2008
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Jake Bice |
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Matt McIntire |
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Billy Herrin |
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Ryan Priola |
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
The Monmouth College baseball team landed fourmembers on the
All-Midwest Conference team.
In a vote of the league’s coaches, seniors Jake Bice (Colchester,
Ill./Colchester), Matt McIntire (Stronghurst, Ill./Southern), Ryan
Priola (St. Charles, Ill./East) and freshman Billy Herrin
(Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg) were selected for the postseason honor.
The four combined to score nearly half of the Fighting Scots’ runs.
Named to the first team, Priola picked up his third all-conference
honor. As the Scots designated hitter, he hit .350 this season and
ended his career with a 348 average. He hit a team-high 10 doubles
and led the team in runs scored with 25. He was second in RBIs with
29.
Bice joined Priola on the first team and picked up his second
all-conference honor. The first baseman hit a team-high .362 and led
the team with 33 RBIs and 63 total bases. Bice set the Monmouth
College record with his 22nd hit-by-pitch in the Scots final game of
the season.
McIntire picked up his first all-conference honor in joining Bice
and Priola on the first team. The outfielder hit a career-high .321
this season with 24 RBIs. He was hit 11 times by pitches this season
and tied the team record in that category. He led the team in
sacrifice flies and tied for the lead in sacrifice bunts. He was
second in stolen bases.
Herrin was named to the second team after hitting .333 with five
doubles. He led the Scots outfielders with a .987 fielding
percentage, committing just one error in 76 chances. He becomes the
first Fighting Scots freshman to be named all-conference since 2005.
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