INDIANAPOLIS—Zachry Schneider and Holden Missey were both awarded First Team All-GLVC Honors Wednesday, the conference office announced. Charlie Kreh was the most recent First Team All-GLVC honoree back in 2018, and for the first time since 2017 the Bulldogs landed multiple players on the First Team (Peter Young and Jason Priest). In addition, the Bulldogs won the James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Team Award and Jake Schneider was Truman Individual Sportsmanship winner.
Schneider had a dominant season on the mound, finishing the year with a 2.90 ERA. He was third in the GLVC in innings pitched with 80.2, fifth in ERA at 2.90, and led the conference in runners picked off with four. He won pitcher of the week the first week of the season with a complete game shutout at Christian Brothers Unviersity, and threw a second complete game at Rockhurst. He set new career highs this season with ten strikeouts against Quincy and eight innings pitched twice (UIndy and Ill.-Springfield). Â
Missey led the Bulldogs in most offensive categories, including batting average (.361), home runs (13), doubles (17), runs (32), hits (61), total bases (119), slugging percentage (.704) and on base percentage (.447). He had one of the most prolific offensive games in Truman history against Lewis going 5-5 with three home runs in the series opener. He also appeared in 14 games on the mound, earning six saves with a 3-1 record.
Here are the GLVC Awards:
GLVC Player of the Year:Â Â Zion Pettigrew, Sr., 3B, Illinois Springfield
GLVC Pitcher of the Year:Â Xavier Rivas, So., SP, Indianapolis
GLVC Freshman of the Year:Â Michael Laudando, Fr., SP, Rockhurst
GLVC Coach of the Year:Â Scott Nasby, Drury
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FIRST TEAM
Kal Youngquist, Sr., 1B, UIS
Brandon Bannon, Jr., 2B, UIS
Zion Pettigrew, Sr., 3B, UIS #
Alex Epp, R-So., SS, WJC
Holden Missey, Jr., UT, TSU
Michael Laudando, Fr., UT, RU
Joey Polak, Gr., DH, MU #
Luke Napleton, So., C, QU
Anthony Hansen, R-Sr., OF, WJC
Alex Hoff, R-Sr., OF, MU
Corey Price, Sr., OF, MCK
Asher Bradd, So., OF, UIS
Austin Alderman, Jr., OF, UIS
Xavier Rivas, So., SP, UINDY
Spencer Walker, Sr., SP, QU
Ryan O'Connell, Gr., SP, LWU
Colton Hale, Jr., SP, UIS
Zach Schneider, So., SP, TSU
Ben Prywitch, R-So., RP, MU
Cameron Zunkel, Sr., RP, UIS
# Unanimous Selection
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SECOND TEAM
Cameron Fliege, R-Sr., 1B, WJC
Dayson Croes, R-Sr., 2B, QU
Aaron Mann, Sr., 3B, DU
Alex Vela, Sr., SS, UINDY
DJ McNew, R-Sr., UT, DU
Andrew Branson, So., UT, S&T
Joseph Copeland, So., DH, MCK
Elias Stevens, R-So., C, MU
Brant Vanaman, Fr., OF, UIS
Stephen Randazzo, Sr., OF, DU
Brandon Olion, R-Jr., OF, UMSL
Brant Schaffitzel, Gr., OF, DU
Brandon Dewitt, Jr., OF, UINDY
Jacob Kroeger, R-So., SP, MU
Quinn Gudaitis, Jr., SP, UIS
Michael Laudando, Fr., SP, RU
Jay Hammel, Sr., SP, QU
Seth Masters, So., SP, UIS
Jacob Thompson, R-Jr., RP, LWU
Alex Pribyl, R-Sr., RP, QU
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GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP HONOREES
Bryce Boswell, DU
Austin Alderman, UIS
Alex Vela, UINDY
Tyler MacDougall, LEWIS
Kolby Schulte, LWU
Ben Hopkins, MU
Joseph Costanzo, MCK
Braden Mahurin, S&T
Kameron Laskowski, UMSL
Spencer Walker, QU
Tommy Kraus, RU
Sammy Barnett, USI
Colby Sneed, SBU
Jake Schneider, TSU
Alex Epp, WJC
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GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM AWARD
Truman State