Four Missouri Western baseball players earn Division II All-Region and All-America honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Michael Schulze continued to bring in the awards being named the national and regional Player of the Year which included being named first team All-American and All-Region. Grant Fink and Bubba Dotson were named first team All-Region and second team All-America while Brandon Simmons was named first team All-Region and honorable mention All-America.
This is the third All-American honor for Schulze as he was named the National Player of the Year and First Team All-America by Daktronics. He was the MIAA and Daktronics Regional Player of the Year hitting .439 on the year for the Griffons scoring 70 runs while adding 17 stolen bases. He had 24 extra base hits and drove in 49 runs. He was also a First Team All-America selection by American Baseball Coaches Association along with being named the Central Region Player of the Year and a first team selection.
On the second team are teammates Grant Fink, Bubba Dotson. This is their third selection on All-America teams. Fink hit .397 for the year hitting 14 home runs and driving in 51 runs. He is also a finalist for the Tino Martinez Player of the Year Award and was a First Team All-America selection by Daktronics and Second Team selection by American Baseball Coaches Association. Dotson hit .359 for the season with 13 home runs and 59 RBI being named to the Daktronics All-American First Team and ABCA Second Team.
Brandon Simmons earned First Team NCBWA All-Region and Honorable Mention All-American. He became the Griffons first ever MIAA Pitcher of the Year selection and earned his second First Team All-MIAA honor this past season. He was also a First Team All-Region selection by the ABCA and Daktronics. Simmons was outstanding last season finishing with a 11-1 record. Simmons won 10 or more games twice and broke the MIAA and MWSU record for wins in a career. He won 35 games in his career. Simmons sits third in the MWSU record book in strikeouts with 228 and complete games with 20. Simmons started and appeared in 13 games with three complete games. He finished with a 2.91 ERA in 80.1 innings pitched.
The Griffons finished the season with a 40-12 overall record making just their second trip to the NCAA Tournament in school history.
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