Loberg Named MVP, Cloyd Top Pitcher on All-NCC Baseball Team
Mike Loberg of Augustana was named the league's Most Valuable Player and Tyler Cloyd of Nebraska-Omaha was tabbed as the Most Valuable Pitcher for the second consecutive year to highlight the All-North Central Conference baseball team announced today by the conference office.
Loberg led the league in on-base percentage (.490), finished second in slugging percentage (.718) and third in batting (.405) in all-games statistics. Cloyd led the league in games started (13), innings pitched (79.0), complete games (6) and shutouts (2, tied), ranked second in innings wins (8, tied) and strikeouts (87) while being third in opponent batting percentage (.231). It is the third consecutive year that a Cloyd has been named the Most Valuable Pitcher award as Tyler's brother, Troy, was the league's Most Valuable Pitcher in 2005.
Five players are making their second appearance on the elite squad.
Dean Bowyer of Minnesota State tallied Coach of the Year honors. It is the 11th time, that Bowyer, in his 30th year at Minnesota State has been honored by his peers. He led Minnesota State to the top seed in the NCAA Central Region tournament that begins Thursday in Warrensburg, Mo. The Mavericks, who have appeared in 10 of the last 12 NCC Championship games, won both the NCC regular-season standings and NCC Championship tournament.
Honors were voted on by the NCC coaches.
|
Nate Meissner |
North Dakota |
IF |
Sr. |
.433 |
1 |
16 |
Brandon, Minn. |
|
David Olson |
Minnesota Duluth |
IF |
So. |
.356 |
5 |
14 |
Lakeville, Minn. |
|
Evan Porter |
Nebraska-Omaha |
IF |
So. |
.333 |
6 |
28 |
Omaha, Neb. |
|
Dan Skog |
St. Cloud State |
IF |
Sr. |
.289 |
4 |
29 |
Anoka, Minn. |
|
Zach Danelson |
Minnesota State |
OF |
Jr. |
.350 |
2 |
9 |
Great Falls, Mont. |
|
Mike Loberg* |
Augustana |
OF |
Sr. |
.333 |
1 |
6 |
Andover, Minn. |
|
Bruce Thompson |
St. Cloud State |
OF |
So. |
.329 |
2 |
16 |
Maplewood, Minn. |
|
Chris Weimer |
Nebraska-Omaha |
OF |
Jr. |
.425 |
10 |
24 |
Iowa City, Iowa |
|
Pat Ottum |
Minnesota State |
C |
Sr. |
.310 |
3 |
20 |
Bloomington, Minn. |
|
Scott Schmidt |
North Dakota |
C |
Jr. |
.356 |
2 |
12 |
Alexandria, Minn. |
|
Jay Bresnahan |
Minnesota State |
DH |
So. |
.447 |
0 |
16 |
Edina, Minn. |
|
Nick Fellman* |
Minnesota State |
RP |
Jr. |
3-0, 0.59 ERA, 5 saves |
Eagan, Minn. | ||
|
Jon Bjelland |
Minnesota State |
P |
Sr. |
5-0, 2.02 ERA, 46 Ks |
Barron, Wis. | ||
|
Adam McGrane |
St. Cloud State |
P |
Sr. |
4-3, 5.72 ERA, 38 Ks |
Plymouth, Minn. | ||
|
Dane Secott* |
Minnesota State |
P |
Sr. |
4-1, 1.33 ERA, 48 Ks |
W. Lafayette, Ind. | ||
* - indicates second year on All-NCC team
Coach of the Year: Dean Bowyer, Minnesota State
Most Valuable Pitcher: Tyler Cloyd, Nebraska-Omaha (Second Consecutive Year)
Most Valuable Player: Mike Loberg, Augustana
By Schools: Augustana (1), Minnesota Duluth (1), Minnesota State (8), Nebraska-Omaha (4), North Dakota (2), St. Cloud State (3).
By Class: Senior (10), Junior (3), Sophomore (3), Freshman (1)
Honorable Mention: Augustana: Drew
Heithoff, Ian Strum, Ryan Kessinger, DJ Juhlke, Elliot Gleason;
Minnesota Duluth: Kyle Zweber;
Minnesota State: Eric Austvold, Josh
Simon, Patrick Criss; Nebraska-Omaha:
Matt Boro; North Dakota: Anthony Brenner;
Mike Lundeen, Sean Cooley; St. Cloud
State: Adam McGrane (relief).