Big 12 Conference announces yearly baseball awards
The Big 12 Conference announced its annual awards on Tuesday ahead of this week’s conference tournament.
This season’s awards are headlined by JJ Wetherholt (West Virginia) as Player of the Year and Lucas Gordon (Texas) as Pitcher of the Year. WVU’s Randy Mazey won coach of the year after guiding the Mountaineers to a share of the Big 12 title.
Texas led the way with the most players earning all-conference honors.
P Lucas Gordon (first-team), P Lebarron Johnson Jr. (first-team), OF Dylan Campbell (first-team), OF Porter Brown (first-team), C Garrett Guillemette (first-team), IF Peyton Powell (second-team) and IF Jared Thomas (freshman-team).
The 2022 Longhorns only had four players selected for the first team. David Pierce and his players deserve props for their development this season.
The Big 12 baseball tournament takes place from Wednesday-Sunday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. It is the last chance for teams to boost their resumes before the NCAA Tournament selection show.
Here is a full look at the 2023 Big 12 Baseball Award winners.
Player of the Year: JJ Wetherholt (West Virginia)
Pitcher of the Year: Lucas Gordon (Texas)
Freshman of the Year: Nolan Schubart (Oklahoma State) & Kodey Shojinaga (Kansas)
First team
C: Garret Guillemette, Texas
IF: Roc Riggio, Oklahoma State
IF: Brayden Taylor, TCU
IF: Gavin Kash, Texas Tech*
IF: Kevin Bazzell, Texas Tech
IF: JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia*
OF: Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State
OF: Porter Brown, Texas*
OF: Dylan Campbell, Texas
DH: Janson Reeder, Kansas
UT: Carson Benge, Oklahoma State
SP: Braden Carmichael, Oklahoma
SP: Lucas Gordon, Texas*
SP: Lebarron Johnson Jr., Texas
SP: Ben Hampton, West Virginia
RP: Tyson Neighbors, Kansas State
RP: Carlson Reed, West Virginia
Second team
C: Chase Adkison, Oklahoma State
IF: Cole Elvis, Kansas
IF: Kodey Shojinaga, Kansas
IF: Tyler Wulfert, Oklahoma State
IF: Anthony Silva, TCU
IF: Peyton Powell, Texas
OF: Chase Jans, Kansas
OF: Carson Benge, Oklahoma State
OF: Nolen Hester, Texas Tech
OF: Landon Wallace, West Virginia
OF: Braden Barry, West Virginia
DH: Colin Bruegemann, Oklahoma State
UT: Nolan McLean, Oklahoma State
SP: Collin Baumgartner, Kansas
SP: Owen Boerema, Kansas State
SP: Mason Molina, Texas Tech
SP: Blaine Traxel, West Virginia
RP: Isaac Stebens, Oklahoma State
RP: Garrett Wright, TCU
Freshman team
Kolby Branch, Baylor*
Kodey Shojinaga, Kansas*
Easton Carmichael, Oklahoma
Carson Benge, Oklahoma State*
Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State*
Ben Abeldt, TCU
Karson Bowen, TCU*
Kole Klecker, TCU
Anthony Silva, TCU*
Jared Thomas, Texas*
Kevin Bazzell, Texas Tech*
Gage Harrelson, Texas Tech
