TCU’s Skoug selected as Big 12 baseball Co-Player of the Year
TCU catcher Evan Skoug and Texas Tech first baseman Hunter Hargrove, a former Mansfield High standout, were selected Tuesday as the Big 12 baseball Co-Players of the Year.
Skoug, a junior from Libertyville, Ill., led 10 Horned Frogs on the all-conference team including fellow first-team players Cam Warner, Austen Wade and Jared Janczak. Luken Baker, Sean Wymer and Nick Lodolo were selected to the second team, Brian Howard and Durbin Feltman made honorable mention and Lodolo also was named to the All-Freshman team.
Skoug leads the Big 12 with 16 home runs and is third with 54 RBIs. Hargrove leads the league with 22 doubles and is hitting .347 this season.
Steve Rodriguez of Baylor was selected as Coach of the Year.
2017 ALL-BIG 12 Baseball Team
Co-Player of the Year: Evan Skoug, TCU C Jr. Libertyville, Ill.
Co-Player of the Year: Hunter Hargrove, Texas Tech INF Sr. Mansfield
Pitcher of the Year: Steven Gingery, Texas Tech LHP So. Huntington Beach, Calif.
Co-Newcomer of the Year: Montana Parsons, Baylor RHP Jr. Conroe
Co-Newcomer of the Year: Brylie Ware, Oklahoma INF So. Sedgwick, Kan.
Freshman of the Year: Josh Jung, Texas Tech INF Fr. San Antonio
Coach of the Year: Steve Rodriguez, Baylor (2nd season)
First Team
Evan Skoug, TCU C
Brylie Ware, Oklahoma DH
Aaron Dodson, Baylor INF
Garrett Benge, Oklahoma State INF
Cam Warner, TCU INF
Orlando Garcia, Texas Tech INF
Hunter Hargrove, Texas Tech INF
Steele Walker, Oklahoma OF
Garrett McCain, Oklahoma State OF
Austen Wade, TCU OF
Cody Farhat, Texas Tech OF
Braden Zarbnisky, West Virginia UTL
Troy Montemayor, Baylor RHP
Stephen Villines, Kansas RHP
Jared Janczak, TCU RHP
Morgan Cooper, Texas RHP
Nolan Kingham, Texas RHP
Steven Gingery, Texas Tech LHP
Second Team
Shea Langeliers, Baylor C
Renae Martinez, Oklahoma C
Matt Menard, Baylor DH
James Cosentino, Kansas INF
Jake Scudder, Kansas State INF
Luken Baker, TCU INF
Kacy Clemens, Texas INF
Josh Jung, Texas Tech INF
Will Brennan, Kansas State OF
Nolan Brown, TCU OF
Kyle Davis, West Virginia OF
Cam Thompson, Kansas State UTL
JB Olson, Oklahoma RHP
Sean Wymer, TCU RHP
Montana Parsons, Baylor RHP
Nick Lodolo, TCU LHP
Michael Grove, West Virginia RHP
BJ Myers, West Virginia RHP
Honorable Mention
Baylor - Tucker Cascadden, Richard Cunningham, Kameron Esthay, Nick Lewis, TJ Raguse, Davis Wendzel
Kansas - Jackson Goddard, Rudy Karre, Matt McLaughlin, Taylor Turski, Blake Weiman
Oklahoma - Connor Berry, Ben Hollas, Jake Irvin, Austin O'Brien, Devon Perez
Oklahoma State - Tyler Buffett, Colin Simpson
TCU - Durbin Feltman, Brian Howard
Texas - Bret Boswell, Kyle Johnston, Travis Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Beau Ridgeway, Austin Todd
Texas Tech - Parker Muskinski
West Virginia - Cole Austin, Jackson Cramer, Jimmy Galusky, Kyle Gray, Darius Hill, Sam Kessler, Brandon White
This story was originally published May 23, 2017 at 8:21 PM with the headline "TCU’s Skoug selected as Big 12 baseball Co-Player of the Year."