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McGriff heads up baseball All-KCAC Selections
By: David Toelle, KWU Sports Information

LINDSBORG – Senior outfielder Guy McGriff was the lone First Team All-KCAC selection for Kansas Wesleyan, as eight Coyotes earned All-KCAC honors when the 2007 KCAC Baseball All-Conference Teams were released.

McGriff was Wesleyan’s only First Team selection, while freshman pitcher Casey Barnes and junior reliever Andrew Masojc were named Second Team All-KCAC.

Five Coyotes were named Honorable Mention All-KCAC including Carlos Sanchez, Chad Petersen, Dustin Romero, Matt Garretson and Paul Bridenbaugh.

This year the baseball coaches also selected the Rawlings-NAIA Baseball KCAC Conference Gold Glove Team.

Romero was named the Gold Glove winner at second base, and Garretson was the winner in center field.

McGriff hit .411 in KCAC play during the season with 23 hits, including five doubles and three home runs. Overall, McGriff hit .316 with 30 hits, including seven doubles and four home runs. He also had a team high 29 RBIs.

Barnes was 4-1 in eight starts in KCAC play in his first year with the Coyotes. He had three complete games and a 3.16 ERA while pitching 42.2 innings. She struck out a team high 28 batters in KCAC play. Overall, Barnes was 6-3 in 11 starts with four complete games in 66.2 innings pitched. He struck out 38 overall.

Masojc was 0-1 with a 3.86 overall ERA in 11 appearances on the mound. He pitched 14 innings and struck out 16. In KCAC Play, he was 0-1 with a 4.63 ERA in eight appearances. He also had five saves in KCAC play.

Kansas Wesleyan was the top seed in this week’s KCAC Post-Season Baseball Tournament held at Hobart-Detter Field in Hutchinson. The Coyotes knocked off Ottawa 5-2 in their opening game on Wednesday. On Thursday, the Coyotes scored three runs in the first and held on for a 4-3 win over Saint Mary, and took on the Spires again in the Tournament Championship, using a six-run second inning to rout the Spires 14-5 for Wesleyan’s first conference baseball title since 2001.

Wesleyan (27-24) advances on to the NAIA Region IV Tournament which begins next week in Omaha, Neb.

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2007 FIRST TEAM ALL-KCAC BASEBALL TEAM
POS NAME	SCHOOL	YR	HOMETOWN
1B Seth Beason	Friends University	SR	Newton, Kan.
2B Charles Brown	Bethany College	SR	Pasadena, Calif
3B Shaun Ravenscraft	Bethany College	SR	Muscatine, Iowa
SS Keenen Dukes	Bethany College	SR	Colorado Springs, Colo.
IF Tycen Povey	Bethany College	SR	Ogden, Utah
OF Andy Spirek	Bethany College	SR	Grand Junction, Colo.
OF Guy McGriff	Kansas Wesleyan	SR	Houston, Texas
OF Chris Huston	Tabor College	SO	Bakersfield, Calif.
OF Morgan Johann	U. of Saint Mary	SR	Paola, Kan.
C Joel Sundquist	Bethany College	JR	Riverton, Utah
C Cody Newman	U of Saint Mary	SR	Peculiar, Mo.
P Shawn Ravenscraft	Bethany College	SR	Muscatine, Iowa
P Nick Miles	Bethany College	SR	Salina, Kan.
P Matt Braumberger	Friends University	JR	Sudburg, Ontario, Canada
P Derek Allison	U of Saint Mary	SR	Lebannon, Tenn.
RP Phil Kueber	Bethany College	JR	Kelowna, B.C., Canada
DH Ryan Staten	Sterling College	JR	Dodge City, Kan.

2007 SECOND TEAM ALL-KCAC BASEBALL TEAM
POS	NAME	SCHOOL	YR	HOMETOWN
1B	Roger Schroder	Tabor College	JR	Fresno, Calif.
2B	J.D. Poplin	Tabor College	SR	Vaccaville, Calif.
2B	Joel Boguki	Friends University	SR	Sandy, Utah
3B	Silvester Hernandez	Bethany College	JR	Los Angeles, Calif.
SS	Lane Wolfer	Friends University	SO	Buhler, Kan.
IF	Tyson Bauerle	Tabor College	JR	Nickerson, Kan.
OF	Ben Schmidt	Bethany College	SR	Torrington, Wyo.
OF	Matt Elliot	Sterling College	SR	Alberquerque, N.M.
OF	Errol Bailey	Tabor College	SO	New Orlean, La.
OF	Joe McCray	Friends University	SR	Haysville, Kan.
C	Chris Brown	Tabor College	JR	Grass Valley, Calif.
C	Ryan Pinkall	Friends University	SR	Pratt, Kan.
P	Chris Atkins	Bethany College	JR	Fallriver, Mass.
P	Scott Holcomb	Friends University	SR	Manor, Texas
P	Casey Barnes	Kansas Wesleyan	FR	Phoenix, Ariz.
P	Tyler McKim	Tabor College	SR	Redwolf, Calif.
RP	Andrew Masojc	Kansas Wesleyan	JR	Windsor, Ontario, Canada
DH	Mike Ponsole	Friends University	JR	St. Paul, Minn

2007 HONORABLE MENTION ALL-KCAC BASEBALL TEAM
POS	NAME	SCHOOL
DH	Brandon Messerlli	Bethany
P	Cody Suhre	Bethany
OF	Dave Huffles	Bethany
P	Kyle Nadeau	Bethany
DH	Ralph Chavez	Bethany
OF	Jeff Finlay	Friends
C	Matt Mansfield	Friends
1B	Carlos Sanchez	Kansas Wesleyan
OF	Chad Peterson	Kansas Wesleyan
2B	Dustin Romero	Kansas Wesleyan
OF	Matt Garretson	Kansas Wesleyan
SS	Paul Bridenbaugh	Kansas Wesleyan
2B	Brandon Myers	Ottawa
SS	Tyler Lynnes	Ottawa
OF	Brandon Flood	Saint Mary
1B	Colin Aldrich	Saint Mary
P	Jeff Cook	Saint Mary
P	Zane Merritt	Saint Mary
C	Adam Castillo	Sterling
P	Brad Hull	Sterling
P	Brett Orniston	Sterling
1B	Luke Orr	Sterling
P	Nick Villalovas	Tabor
P	Phil Unruh	Tabor
3B	Tyler Sizemore	Tabor

2007 RAWLINGS-NAIA BASEBALL ALL-KCAC GOLD GLOVE TEAM
NAME	SCHOOL	POS	HOMETOWN
Seth Beason	Friends University	1B	Newton, Kan.
*Dustin Romero*	*Kansas Wesleyan*	2B	*Las Vegas, Nev.*
Shaun Ravenscraft	Bethany College	3B	Muscatine, Iowa
Keenan Dukes	Bethany College	SS	Colorado Springs, Colo.
Brandon Flood	University of Saint Mary	LF	Raymore, Mo.
Matt Garretson	Kansas Wesleyan	CF	Assaria, Kan.
Jeff Finlay	Friends University	RF	Topeka, Kan.
Ryan Pinkall	Friends University	SR	Pratt, Kan.
Brad Hull	Sterling College	P	Denver, Colo.