One TCU baseball player makes All-Big 12 first team — FULL LIST
The TCU baseball team is preparing for its first game of the Big 12 Tournament, and ahead of the postseason, the league announced the All-Big 12 team Tuesday.
TCU had six players who earned honors, headlined by relief pitcher Tanner Sagouspe, who made the first team. The senior right-hander went 2-3 with a 2.51 ERA and five saves this season.
Starting pitcher Lance Davis made the second team after finishing the season with a shutout of West Virginia. The freshman Arkansas transfer went 5-3 with a 3.71 ERA.
Three Horned Frogs earned honorable mention. Junior outfielder Chase Brunson hit 304 with 10 home runs, 51 RBIs and 13 stolen bases; graduate student infielder Cole Cramer hit .313 with three home runs and 38 RBIs; and sophomore pitcher Zack James went 6-0 with 3.64 ERA.
Catcher Brady Dallimore made the all-freshman team after hitting .270 with eight home runs and 23 RBIs.
The Horned Frogs will open the Big 12 Tournament against the winner of Utah and Kansas State at 10 p.m. Wednesday in Surprise, Arizona.
All-Big 12 baseball team
Award winners
Player of the Year: Landon Hairston, Arizona State
Pitcher of the Year: Maxx Yehl, West Virginia
Newcomer of the Year: Tyce Armstrong, Baylor
Freshman of the Year: Enzo Infelise, Cincinnati
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Ashton Johnson, BYU
Coach of the Year: Dan Fitzgerald, Kansas
All-Big 12 first team
C: Gavin Kelly, West Virginia
IF: Nu’u Contrades, Arizona State
IF: Tyce Armstrong, Baylor
IF: Quinton Coats, Cincinnat
iIF: Tyson LeBlanc, Kansas
IF: Dee Kennedy, Kansas State
OF: Landon Hairston, Arizona State*
OF: Alex Conover, Oklahoma State
OF: Kollin Ritchie, Oklahoma State
OF: Logan Hughes, Texas Tech
DH: Enzo Infelise, Cincinnati
UT: Connor Shouse, Texas Tech
SP: Cole Carlon, Arizona State
SP: Nathan Taylor, Cincinnati
SP: Chansen Cole, West Virginia
SP: Maxx Yehl, West Virginia*
RP: Boede Rahe, Kansas
RP: Tanner Sagouspe, TCU
RP: Ian Korn, West Virginia
*unanimous selection
All-Big 12 second team
C: Jack Natili, Cincinnati
IF: Dominic Smaldino, Arizona State
IF: Travis Sanders, Baylor
IF: Ezra McNaughton, BYU
IF: Josh Dykhoff, Kansas
IF: Aidan Meola, Oklahoma State
OF: John Smith III, Central Florida
OF: Andrew Williamson, Central Florida
OF: Jake Long, Utah
OF: Paul Schoenfeld, West Virginia
DH: Caden Ferraro, Texas Tech
UT: Cade Baldridge, Kansas
SP: Camden Wicker, Central Florida
SP: Dominic Voegele, Kansas
SP: Ethan Lund, Oklahoma State
SP: Lance Davis, TCU
RP: Caleb Bunch, Baylor
RP: Ashton Johnson, BYU
RP: Adam Buczkowski, Cincinnati
All-freshman team
Tony Lira, Arizona*
Nate Novitske, Arizon
aBrady Janusek, Baylor
Jordan Lodise, Central Florida
Max Murray, Central Florida
Connor Blue, Cincinnati
Enzo Infelise, Cincinnati*
Ryan Tyranski, Cincinnati
Brady Dallimore, TCU
Linkin Garcia, Texas Tech
Jesse Rusinek, Texas Tech
Cal Miller, Utah
*unanimous selection
All-Big 12 honorable mention
Arizona: Garrett Hicks, Tony Lira
Arizona State: Sean Fitzpatrick, Taylor Penn, Dean Toigo
Baylor: Lucas Davenport
Central Florida: Evan Jones, Kris Sosnowski, Zak Skinner
Houston: Tre Broussard, Cade Climie, Ryne Rodriguez
Kansas: Brady Ballinger, Mason Cook
Kansas State: Bear Madliak
Oklahoma State: Stormy Rhodes, Brock Thompson
TCU: Chase Brunson, Cole Cramer, Zack James
Texas Tech: Tracer Lopez, Jesse Rusinek (OF, UT)
Utah: Jet Gilliam, Cameron Gurney, Cal Miller
West Virginia: Reese Bassinger, Carson Estridge, Armani Guzman, Matt Ineich, Sean Smith