BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- The Mountain East Conference today announced its top individual award winners for the 2019 season with Shepherd's Brenton Doyle taking Player of the Year honors and Fairmont State's Michael Stout earning Pitcher of the Year accolades. Both players are repeat honorees for the top awards. Urbana's Tyler Dellerman was tabbed as the MEC Freshman of the Year, and Charleston's Andrew Wright was selected as the league's Coach of the Year.
Doyle, a junior from Warrenton, Va., hit .399 this season for the Rams and led the country in runs scored (74) and runs scored per game (1.54). He led the league in slugging percentage at .768 and total bases with 129, and was second in the league in home runs (12), hits (67), and on-base percentage (.514). He was a four-time MEC Player of the week and a two-time NCBWA Atlantic Region Player of the Week. He has a 3.52 grade-point average in recreation/leisure studies major with a concentration in sports marketing and a minor in business.
Stout, a senior from St. Mary's, W.Va., is the MEC Pitcher of the Year for a second-straight year after posting a 7-2 record with a 2.74 ERA. His walk-to-strikeout ratio of 8.30 is best in the MEC and is ranked sixth in the country. He was second in the league in strikeouts (83), WHIP (1.00) and ERA (2.74). He has a 3.02 GPA in occupational safety.
Dellerman, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, hit .306 this season and ranked among the league leaders with nine home runs and 11 doubles. He also drove in 36 runs and scored 27 times and posted a slugging percentage of .569 for the Blue Knights.
Wright is the MEC Coach of the Year after leading Charleston to a second-straight South Division title. He directed Charleston to a third-straight 30-win season as the Golden Eagles posted a 33-17 record. UC, last year's MEC Tournament Champion, also had 25 league wins this year, which are the most since the league went to divisional play in 2015.
The All-MEC teams and awards are selected by a vote of the league's coaches.
| All-MEC First Team |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Cl. |
Hometown |
| C |
Tyler Blaum |
UVa-Wise |
Jr. |
Mechanicsville, Va. |
| 1B |
Eddie Notthingham |
Shepherd |
Sr. |
Windsor Mill, Md. |
| 2B |
Gianfranco Morello |
Charleston |
Sr. |
Toronto, Ontario |
| SS |
Anthony Stehlin |
Concord |
So. |
Montclair, Va. |
| 3B |
Syeed Mahdi |
Shepherd |
Sr. |
Odenton, Md. |
| Utility |
Justin Smith |
Shepherd |
Sr. |
Hagerstown, Md. |
| DH |
Daniel Keer |
Shepherd |
So. |
Lehighton, Pa. |
| OF |
Jared Carr |
Shepherd |
So. |
Martinsburg, W.Va. |
| OF |
Brenton Doyle |
Shepherd |
Jr. |
Warrenton, Va. |
| OF |
Eric Forbrick |
W.Va. Wesleyan |
Jr. |
Orlando, Fla. |
| OF |
Colby Johnson |
Charleston |
Jr. |
Lewisburg, W.Va. |
| SP |
Jack Brunetti |
Charleston |
Sr. |
Huntington, W.Va. |
| SP |
Will Guay |
Concord |
Sr. |
West Palm Beach, Fla. |
| SP |
Ryan Potts |
Shepherd |
Sr. |
Owings, Md. |
| SP |
Michael Stout |
Fairmont State |
Sr. |
St. Mary's, W.Va. |
| RP |
Todd Marshall |
Notre Dame |
Jr. |
Barnhart, Mo. |
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| All-MEC Second Team |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Cl. |
Hometown |
| C |
Jordan Clark |
Concord |
Sr. |
Scott Depot, W.Va. |
| 1B |
Connor Slagill |
W.Va. State |
Sr. |
Honolulu, Hawai'i |
| 2B |
Andrew Stone |
W.Va. State |
So. |
Cross Lanes, W.Va. |
| SS |
Jordan Bailey |
Charleston |
So. |
Upper Arlington, Ohio |
| 3B |
Tristan Peccerelli |
UVa-Wise |
Jr. |
Guatemala, Guatemala |
| Utility |
Brett Yates |
UVa-Wise |
Sr. |
Lynchburg, Va. |
| DH |
Joe Paskell |
Notre Dame |
So. |
Solon, Ohio |
| OF |
Chase Carney |
Urbana |
Jr. |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| OF |
Ryan Fralin |
Concord |
Jr. |
Roanoke, Va. |
| OF |
Zach Musgrove |
Fairmont State |
Jr. |
Grafton, W.Va. |
| OF |
Tre'von Smith |
Glenville State |
So. |
Barborsville, Va. |
| SP |
Will Brown |
Fairmont State |
Jr. |
Glen Burnie, Md. |
| SP |
Greg Duncan |
UVa-Wise |
Jr. |
Centreville, Va. |
| SP |
Tyler Gault |
Notre Dame |
Jr. |
Rittman, Ohio |
| SP |
Ty Shoaff |
Notre Dame |
Jr. |
Akron, Ohio |
| RP |
Adam Linkous |
Concord |
Jr. |
Blacksburg, Va. |
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| All-MEC Honorable Mention |
| C: Tyler Phillips (GSC); 1B: Evan Webb (CU); 2B: Brett Simmons (CU); SS: Griffin Stevens (UU), 3B: Nathan Neff (CU); Utility: E.J. Trickett (FAIR); DH: Austin Hathaway (UC); OF: Brice Arrington (UC), Jakob Divers (CU), Matt Harrison (WVSU), Matt Kline (WVSU); SP: Troy Beckner (CU), Austin Henrich (UC), Mitch Wilson (SU); RP: Houston Morris (FAIR), Nate Thompson (WISE) |
| Top Honors |
Freshman of the Year: Tyler Dellerman (UU)
Player of the Year: Brenton Doyle (SU)
Pitcher of the Year: Michael Stout (FSU)
Coach of the Year: Andrew Wright (UC) |