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RICHARDSON — Clay Baker and Blake Booher earned superlative honors on the All-American Southwest Conference East Division baseball team, released on Monday.

Baker, a senior second baseman from Henderson and Northwestern State, was voted Player of the Year by the ASC East coaches. Booher, a junior from Hurst, was selected as the division’s Pitcher of the Year.

Baker hit .401 with 10 home runs with 47 RBIs and was 17 of 21 in stolen bases. Booher, who suffered the first loss of his collegiate career in last weekend’s conference tournament, set ASC records in wins with 11 and posted a league-best 2.06 ERA.

Baker and Booher also earned spots on the first team, along with third baseman Joseph Towns (Jr., Carrollton), catcher Jeremy Harding (Jr., Houston/Cedar Valley CC), outfielders Jared Hood (Jr., Marshall/Hill College) and Andrew Damewood (Sr., Plano/Brookhaven CC) and relief pitcher Beau Ziegler (North Wales, Pa./Gloucester CC).

Shortstop Kendall Fox (Jr., Carrollton) and starting pitcher Brett Holland (Jr., Lindale) were named to the second team.

UT Tyler players receiving honorable mention were senior outfielder Chris Goss (Waco) and senior utility player Corey Farra (Lewisville/Vernon JC).

McMurry’s Derek David and Cody Curry took home Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year honors, respectively, on the All-ASC West Division team.

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All-American Southwest Conference

East Division

Player of the Year— CLAY BAKER, SR., 2B, UT TYLER

Pitcher of the Year— BLAKE BOOHER, JR., UT TYLER

Newcomer of the Year— Kyle Pope, So., OF, East Texas Baptist

Freshman of the Year— Anthony Benoit, C, Louisiana College

Coach of the Year— Brian Owens, Mississippi College

First Team

*First Basemen — Tyler Bray, Jr., Louisiana College; Max Parks, Sr., Mississippi College. Second Baseman — CLAY BAKER, SR., UT TYLER. Shortstop — Cory Briggs, So., Ozarks. Third Baseman —JOSEPHE TOWNS, JR., UT TYLER

*Catchers— Scott Dietz, So., Ozarks; JEREMY HARDING, JR., UT TYLER

Outfielders— Bruce Cameron, Jr., Ozarks;JARED HOOD, JR., UT TYLER; ANDREW DAMEWOOD, SR., UT TYLER. Designated Hitter — Robby Finnell, Sr., Ozarks. Utility— Paige Hodges, Jr., Mississippi College. Starting Pitchers —BLAKE BOOHER, JR., UT TYLER; Jonathan Russell, Sr., Mississippi College.

*Relief Pitchers — Barrett Morgan, Sr., Louisiana College;BEAU ZIEGLER, JR., UT TYLER

Second Team

First Baseman — Robert Mummy, Sr., Ozarks. Second Baseman — Chris Biguenet, Jr., UT Dallas. Shortstop —KENDALL FOX, JR., UT TYLER. Third Baseman — Brad Broussard, So., Ozarks. Catcher — Anthony Benoit, Fr., Louisiana College. Outfielders — Kyle Pope, So., East Texas Baptist; David Roux, Jr., Louisiana College; Jared Smith, Jr., UT Dallas. Designated Hitter — Will Melton, Sr., East Texas Baptist. Utility — Bruce Cameron, Jr., Ozarks.

*Starting Pitchers — Mark Cox, Sr., UT Dallas;BRETT HOLLAND, JR., UT TYLER. Relief Pitcher — John Scheuring, Jr., Ozarks.

Honorable Mention

UT Tyler — Chris Goss, Sr., OF; Corey Farra, Sr., UTL. East Texas Baptist — Cody Jones, Jr., 1B; Matt Hale, So., 2B; Jared Gage, Sr., OF. UT Dallas — Garrett Norton, Fr., SS; Chase Whitehead, Sr., OF; Adam Spinn, So., RP. LeTourneau — Joey Ramos, So., C; Ed Hurta, Jr., OF; Ed Hurta, Jr., UTL. Mississippi College — Brannon Walls, So., OF; Tyler Williams, Sr., RP. Ozarks — David Smith, Jr., OF: Curt Dixon, Sr., SP; Todd Koch, Jr., SP.

* — indicates tie in voting.