Central Michigan University Athletics
Three Chippewas Collect ABCA All-Mideast Region Honors
6/8/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
MOUNT PLEASANT Three Central Michigan University baseball players have earned All-Mideast Region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Junior pitcher Josh Collmenter (Homer, Mich./Homer HS) and junior outfielder Tyler Stovall (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller HS) were named to the first team, while senior first baseman Ben Humphrey (West Chester, Ohio/Olney Central CC) was a second team selection.
The three all-region selections are the most for CMU since 1994. CMU is the only Mid-American Conference program to place multiple players on the all-region squad.
Collmenter adds the all-region honor to a lengthy list of accolades from the 2007 season. The 2007 MAC Pitcher of the Year was a unanimous All-MAC first team pick, a four-time MAC West Division Pitcher of the Week honoree and a second team Academic All-District IV selection. He was named CMU’s Most Valuable Player at the team’s postseason awards banquet.
Collmenter was 9-4 with a 1.93 earned-run average in 2007. He led the MAC in wins, ERA, strikeouts (117), strikeouts per nine innings (9.05), opponent batting average (.201), complete games (6) and innings pitched (116-1/3).
Collmenter, who has fanned at least 10 hitters in a game nine times in his career, is CMU’s all-time leader with 288 career strikeouts. He whiffed 117 batters in 116-1/3 innings in 2007, six short of the school single-season record.
Stovall is the 2007 MAC Player of the Year and a unanimous All-MAC first team selection. He led the conference in batting average (.391), hits (88) and RBI (59), tied for first in runs (58), ranked second in steals (20), third in on-base percentage (.462) and total bases (127) and fourth in slugging percentage (.564).
He recorded 26 multiple-hit games, including a career-best 5-for-6 performance at Akron on April 14 in which he tied a school record with four doubles and scored a school-record six runs. His 88 hits are the third-most in a season at CMU, while his 58 runs tie for the 10th-most in school history.
Stovall put together a 21-game hitting streak midway through the season, tied for the second-longest streak in CMU history. He hit .468 (44-for-94), scored 31 runs and drove in 24 runs during the streak.
Humphrey was also a unanimous All-MAC first team honoree in 2007. He ranked first in the MAC in total bases (133), tied for first in runs (58), second in hits (83), tied for second in doubles (18), third in batting average (.362) and slugging percentage (.581) and tied for third in home runs (10). His 18 doubles are tied for the fourth-most in a season at CMU, while his 83 hits are tied for sixth and 58 runs tied for 10th.
Humphrey earned MAC West Division Player of the Week honors after hitting .647 (11-for-17) with four doubles, a homer and four walks, including three intentional passes, as CMU went 4-0 during the last week of April. He scored five runs, drove in six and stole three bases in four attempts.
CMU finished the 2007 season 35-21 overall, 21-6 in the MAC. The Chippewas’ 35 wins were the most of any team in the MAC.
Junior pitcher Josh Collmenter (Homer, Mich./Homer HS) and junior outfielder Tyler Stovall (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller HS) were named to the first team, while senior first baseman Ben Humphrey (West Chester, Ohio/Olney Central CC) was a second team selection.
The three all-region selections are the most for CMU since 1994. CMU is the only Mid-American Conference program to place multiple players on the all-region squad.
Collmenter adds the all-region honor to a lengthy list of accolades from the 2007 season. The 2007 MAC Pitcher of the Year was a unanimous All-MAC first team pick, a four-time MAC West Division Pitcher of the Week honoree and a second team Academic All-District IV selection. He was named CMU’s Most Valuable Player at the team’s postseason awards banquet.
Collmenter was 9-4 with a 1.93 earned-run average in 2007. He led the MAC in wins, ERA, strikeouts (117), strikeouts per nine innings (9.05), opponent batting average (.201), complete games (6) and innings pitched (116-1/3).
Collmenter, who has fanned at least 10 hitters in a game nine times in his career, is CMU’s all-time leader with 288 career strikeouts. He whiffed 117 batters in 116-1/3 innings in 2007, six short of the school single-season record.
Stovall is the 2007 MAC Player of the Year and a unanimous All-MAC first team selection. He led the conference in batting average (.391), hits (88) and RBI (59), tied for first in runs (58), ranked second in steals (20), third in on-base percentage (.462) and total bases (127) and fourth in slugging percentage (.564).
He recorded 26 multiple-hit games, including a career-best 5-for-6 performance at Akron on April 14 in which he tied a school record with four doubles and scored a school-record six runs. His 88 hits are the third-most in a season at CMU, while his 58 runs tie for the 10th-most in school history.
Stovall put together a 21-game hitting streak midway through the season, tied for the second-longest streak in CMU history. He hit .468 (44-for-94), scored 31 runs and drove in 24 runs during the streak.
Humphrey was also a unanimous All-MAC first team honoree in 2007. He ranked first in the MAC in total bases (133), tied for first in runs (58), second in hits (83), tied for second in doubles (18), third in batting average (.362) and slugging percentage (.581) and tied for third in home runs (10). His 18 doubles are tied for the fourth-most in a season at CMU, while his 83 hits are tied for sixth and 58 runs tied for 10th.
Humphrey earned MAC West Division Player of the Week honors after hitting .647 (11-for-17) with four doubles, a homer and four walks, including three intentional passes, as CMU went 4-0 during the last week of April. He scored five runs, drove in six and stole three bases in four attempts.
CMU finished the 2007 season 35-21 overall, 21-6 in the MAC. The Chippewas’ 35 wins were the most of any team in the MAC.
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