Otterbein’s Meadows and Marietta’s Toth Named ABCA/Rawlings Div. III All-Americans; Marietta’s Hopper selected Gold Glove
Otterbein’s Meadows and Marietta’s Toth Named ABCA/Rawlings Div. III All-Americans; Marietta’s Hopper selected Gold Glove
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Otterbein senior utility player Wes Meadows (Marion/Ridgedale)
earned American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-American
First-Team honors. Meadows, the 2013 OAC Player of the Year, was
also named the ABCA Mideast Region Player of the Year and selected
D3baseball.com First Team All-American.
Meadows led the conference in batting average (.420), home runs
(10) walks (31), slugging percentage (.748) and on-base percentage
(.527). He also set a new school record with a 26-game hitting
streak.
On the mound, Meadows went 6-1, with a 3.09 ERA and 56
strikeouts over 48.1 innings.
Marietta seniors catcher Alex Toth (Painesville/Notre
Dame-Cathedral Latin) and outfielder Aaron Hopper (Wheelersburg)
also received recognition. Toth was named to the third team,
while Hopper earned Gold Glove recognition for his play in the
outfield.
Toth also was named D3baseball.com Second Team All-American and
led the Pioneers with a .413 batting average and 20 doubles. He was
second on the team with 69 base hits and 40 runs batted in. With
only eight strikeouts in 167 at bats, Toth was the toughest hitter
to strikeout in the OAC.