TCCAA announces Baseball Special Awards, All-TCCAA Teams

CHATTANOOGA, TN – The TCCAA announced their Baseball Special Awards and All-TCCAA Teams on Thursday.  

Walters State swept the Special Awards, as Tyler Myatt was named the TCCAA Player of the Year, Aiden Robertson was named the TCCAA Pitcher of the Year and Dave Shelton was named the TCCAA Coach of the Year. 

Myatt was named Player of the Year after winning the conference's Triple Crown. For the season, Myatt hit .506 with 27 home runs and 99 RBIs. He won the batting title, was first in RBIs by 20 and first in home runs by 11. Myatt also leads the country in all three categories. 

Myatt also has an on base percentage of .592 and a slugging percentage of 1.057. He scored 78 runs and stole nine bases. Myatt had six multi-home run games and drove in more than four runs in nine games. 

Named the Pitcher of the Year, Robertson was the conference's pitching Triple Crown winner. In 14 starts, Robertson went 10-1 with a 3.09 ERA and 101 strikeouts. Robertson led the conference in wins, ERA and strikeouts and leads the country in strikeouts. 

Robertson also threw three complete games, two shutouts and had a 14.20 K/9. Robertson struck out 10 or more batters in four games this season. 

The Coach of the Year for the sixth time, Shelton earned the honor after leading the Senators to a 49-6-1 record, a TCCAA regular season title and a No. 1 ranking in the country. Shelton's team is first in the country in runs and first in home runs. 

On All-TCCAA First Team were Southwest Tennessee's Bryce Turner at first base, Cleveland State's Brogan Jones at second base, Chattanooga State's Devyn McEachron at third base, Southwest Tennessee's Logan Luckett at shortstop, Walters State's Jack Vogele and Nate Conner and Columbia State's Cade Htison in the outfield, Walters State's Tyler Myatt at designated hitter, Cleveland State's Ty Denton at catcher, Walters State's Aiden Robertson and Gage Peterson, and Columbia State's Dylan Alonso at starting pitcher, and Southwest Tennessee's Anthony Scarpino at relief pitcher. 

On All-TCCAA Second Team were Walters State's Walker Morgan at first base, Chattanooga State's Braden Graves at second base, Walters State's Holden Pantier at third base, Walters State's Kole Fenton at shortstop, Southwest Tennessee's Tyler Casserly and Motlow State's Barton Ratliff and Drew Potts in the outfield, Columbia State's Clint Seymore at designated hitter, Walters State's Carson Cabbage at catcher, Volunteer State's Eben Hansen, Chattanooga State's Ian Sonner and Pellissippi State's Collin Rittenberry at starting pitcher and Columbia State's Jay Watson at relief pitcher.