Orsbon (160 points) hit .485 for the Knights this year with four home runs and 26 RBIs, with a slugging percentage of .912. He beat out defending NWC Player of the Year Geoff Bowers of LCC (148 points) for the 2007 honor.
Other first-team NWC baseball selections were Nate Vermillion (142) and Zac Dysert (124) of Ada; Crestview’s Cory Schneider (141) and Ryan Myers (109); Travis Kottenbrock (122) and John Stanovich (113) of LCC; Adam Wietholter (111) of Bluffton and senior Kory Thatcher (105) of Lincolnview.
Earning second-team honors were Jarod Riley (89) of Paulding, Derek Neu (82) of Columbus Grove; Cody Michaud (81) and Matt Myers (70) of Crestview; Curt Yetman (76) of Allen East; Jefferson sophomore infielder/pitcher Josh Miller (72), senior pitcher Matt Miehls (49) of Spencerville; Tony Caprella (40) of LCC; Michael Allen (39) of Ada; and senior pitcher/infielder/outfielder Mitch Ringwald of Lincolnview.
On the honorable-mention list: senior pitcher/infielder Chris Boyd (27) of Lincolnview, Devin Kisor (26) of Bluffton, Chris Phlipot (26) and Cory Sholl (7) of Paulding, Chad Werling (25) of Allen East, Jeremy Pederson (23) of Ada, sophomore third baseman/pitcher Sean Fisher (22) and junior catcher Adam Kraning (7) of Jefferson, sophomore shortstop Nate Bogart (20) of Columbus Grove; and Cory Michaud (13) and Josh Harmon (9) of Crestview.
Edited by llabesab, 11 March 2008 - 09:58 PM.