HOOVER, Ala. – Mizzou baseball had three players honored by the Southeastern Conference on Monday (May 18) as the league announced its All-Conference selections for 2015. Highlighting the honorees was junior reliever Breckin Williams (Oronogo, Mo.), who earned Second-Team All-SEC. Freshmen Tanner Houck (Collinsville, Ill.) and Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Mo.) each earned a spot on the All-SEC Freshman Team as well. The All-SEC honorees were chosen by the league’s 14 coaches.
Williams is Mizzou’s first All-SEC honoree since Keaton Steele took home first team honors in 2013 as a utility player. The Tiger closer finished the regular season with 12 saves, tied for the most ever in a single season at Mizzou (Ryan Stegall had 12 in 2000 as well). Williams was named to the Stopper of the Year Award Midseason Watch List and has a win or save in all nine of Mizzou’s one-run wins this season. His 15 career saves are the fourth-most in program history as well. He finished the season with a 4-3 record and 12 saves with a 1.89 ERA in 23 appearances. He tossed 33.1 innings, striking out 35 and walking just eight. He allowed just five extra-base hits all season.
Harris and Houck are the first Tiger freshmen to take home All-SEC Freshman Team honors since current junior Josh Lester (Columbus, Ga.) did so in 2013. Harris earns a spot as one of three outfielders while Houck made the team as one of two starting pitchers. Harris hit .249 with 24 runs and 20 RBI, 16 of which came in SEC games. He tallied a walk-off hit over South Carolina earlier this season and hit his first career homer; a three-run, go-ahead homer at Georgia, just an hour from where he grew up. He earned the Tigers’ starting right field job in his first year with the program.
Houck has put together one of the best freshman seasons in Mizzou baseball history. His eight wins are the most by a Tiger freshman since Kyle Gibson (a former first-round draft pick) in 2007 and his 92.2 innings are the most ever by a Tiger freshman under Tim Jamieson. He also leads all freshman nationally in innings pitched. He compiled a 3.40 ERA on the season, striking out 83 batters over 92.2 innings while walking just 11 in 14 starts as a freshman. He was named to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List earlier this season.
Williams, Houck and Harris will open the SEC Tournament on Tuesday at approximately 12:30 p.m. against No. 10 seed South Carolina at Hoover Met.
— MU Sports Information —