UNC Greensboro Athletics: Hoppe, Windish Highlight 16 All-SoCon Awards

Greensboro NC

25 May, 2022

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Press release from UNC Greensboro Athletics: 5/24/2022 3:31:00 PM Story Links SPARTANBURG, S.C.- UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball second baseman, Hogan Windish, and right-handed pitcher, Alex Hoppe, earned the title of coaches Southern Conference Player and Pitcher of the Year, while Hoppe was also named the media Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year, the league announced on Tuesday. The duo, who also earned first-team honors on the coaches and media side, highlighted four players who earned All-Conference recognition as well. Senior Austin Parsley, sophomore Pres Cavenaugh, sophomore Mitchell Smith, and freshman Kennedy Jones earned coaches and media second-team honors. This is the second coaches Player of the Year and third Pitcher of the year for UNCG, and the fifth media Pitcher of the Year. Hoppe becomes the second Spartan pitcher to sweep the coaches and media pitcher award. Matt Frisbee was the first back in 2018. Hogan Windish SoCon Coaches Player of the Year Coaches and Media All-SoCon First Team Junior | Second Base | Jefferson, N.C. 2022 Preseason All-Conference Team. Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List. SoCon Player of the Week (February 21). Fourth in UNCG history with 31 career home runs. Third in UNCG history in hit by pitch with 36. Leads team with a .392 batting average and .707 slugging percentage. Leads the conference in on-base percentage with a .495. Alex Hoppe SoCon Coaches and Media Pitcher of the Year Coaches and Media All-SoCon First Team Senior | RHP | Clinton, Iowa Leads the conference in ERA with 2.43 and opposing batting average with .182. Has allowed the least amount of hits, runs, doubles, home runs, and earned runs in the conference. 18th in the nation in hits allowed per nine innings with 6.00. Has a 7-2 record this season. Has struck out 81 batters. Austin Parsley Coaches and Media All-SoCon Second Team Senior | RHP | Charlotte, N.C. Pitched first career complete-game shutout in the 4-0 win over The Citadel. Has struck out team-high 82 batters. Leads the conference with nine wins this season. The nine wins rank 10th in the nation. It's also a career-high in a single season. Has pitched two complete games this season. Has struck out a season-high nine batters twice. Mitchell Smith Coaches and Media All-SoCon Second Team Sophomore | 3B | Pickerington, Ohio Has a .343 batting average. Leads the conference in doubles with 23. Is ninth in the nation in doubles. Had a career-high four hits against Western Carolina. Has four games with multiple doubles. Pres Cavenaugh Coaches and Media All-SoCon Second Team Sophomore | OF | Charlotte, N.C. 2022 Perfect Game Preseason Player of the Year Has a .327 batting average. Is tied for second in the conference with four triples. Had a career-high five hits against Coastal Carolina and a career-high six RBIs against Longwood. Has six home runs this season. Two came against ETSU. Kennedy Jones Coaches and Media All-SoCon Second Team All-Freshman Team Freshman | OF | Norfolk, Va. 2022 SoCon February Player of the Month. Has a .359 batting average. Leads the team with 56 RBIs. Had a career-high four hits against Wofford. Is tied for second in the conference with four triples. 2022 SoCon Baseball Coaches All-Southern Conference Teams Player of the Year – Hogan Windish, Jr., 2B, UNCG Pitcher of the Year – Alex Hoppe, Sr., RHP, UNCG Freshman of the Year – Tommy Barth, OF, ETSU Coach of the Year – Todd Interdonato, Wofford First team SP Zach Franklin, Western Carolina SP Matthew Marchal, Wofford RP Alex Hoppe, UNCG C Lawson Hill, Wofford 1B John Dempsey, Wofford 2B Hogan Windish, UNCG SS Pascanel Ferreras, Western Carolina 3B Ryan Galanie, Wofford OF Tommy Barth, ETSU OF Bill Knight, Mercer OF Colby Thomas, Mercer DH Brennen Dorighi, Wofford Second team SP Austin Parsley, UNCG SP Michael Ross, Samford RP Jackson Kelley, Mercer RP Dalton Rhadans, Wofford C Collin Price, Mercer 1B Bryce Hodge, ETSU 2B Will Prater, Western Carolina SS Ashton King, ETSU 3B Mitchell Smith, UNCG OF Pres Cavenaugh, UNCG OF Kennedy Jones, UNCG OF Colton Ledbetter, Samford DH Noah Webb, ETSU All-freshman team Fisher Paulsen, The Citadel Sawyer Reeves, The Citadel Wells Sykes, The Citadel Tommy Barth, ETSU Andrew Ronne, ETSU Treyson Hughes, Mercer Kennedy Jones, UNCG Garrett Staton, Samford Tyler Kaltreider, VMI Carter Bailey, Wofford Coulson Buchanan, Wofford Marshall Toole, Wofford 2022 SoCon Sports Media Association Baseball All-Conference Teams Player of the Year – Lawson Hill, 5th, C, Wofford Pitcher of the Year – Alex Hoppe, Sr., RHP, UNCG Freshman of the Year – Tommy Barth, OF, ETSU Coach of the Year – Todd Interdonato, Wofford First team SP Zach Franklin, Western Carolina SP Matthew Marchal, Wofford RP Jackson Kelley, Mercer RP Alex Hoppe, UNCG C Lawson Hill, Wofford 1B John Dempsey, Wofford 2B Hogan Windish, UNCG SS Pascanel Ferreras, Western Carolina 3B Ryan Galanie, Wofford OF Tommy Barth, ETSU OF Bill Knight, Mercer OF Colton Ledbetter, Samford DH Brennen Dorighi, Wofford Second team SP Austin Parsley, UNCG SP Josh Vitus, Wofford RP Dalton Rhadans, Wofford C Collin Price, Mercer 1B Stephen Klein, Samford 2B Zac Morris, VMI SS Ashton King, ETSU 3B Mitchell Smith, UNCG OF Pres Cavenaugh, UNCG OF Colby Thomas, Mercer OF Kennedy Jones, UNCG DH Noah Webb, ETSU The Spartans go into the 2022 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament as the fourth seed. They will face the winner of the No. 5 ETSU/No. 8 Citadel game tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Fluor Field. in Greenville, S.C. Print Friendly Version This press release was produced by UNC Greensboro Athletics. The views expressed here are the author's own.