CKSR (Calvin Baseball Players Receive All-Mideast Region Honors)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MAY 20, 2014

Calvin Baseball Players Receive All-Mideast Region Honors

BASEBALL

Three members of the Calvin baseball team have received Division III All-Mideast Region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association.

Named to the All-Mideast Region second team from Calvin is senior Matt Schepel while junior Grant Van Putten and senior Cory Laster have been named to the All-Mideast Region third team.

Schepel is receiving ABCA All-Mideast Region honors for the first time. Yesterday he was named to the D3baseball.com All-Mideast Region first team. A native of Grand Rapids and a graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School, Schepel batted .394 this year with 38 runs batted, 36 runs scored, 33 base on balls and 21 extra-base hits.
He had 12 doubles, four triples and five home runs and d a slugging percentage of .659 and an on-base percentage of .540. He was also 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts and compiled a .950 fielding percentage while splitting time between second base, shortstop, third base, designated hitter and the outfield.
His season base on balls total was a new Calvin single-season record while his runs batted in total matched his own Calvin single-season mark originally set back in 2008 and later tied by Nate Pocock in 2009.
Schepel finished his Calvin career as the school's all-time leader in total bases (298), hits (177), runs scored (134), runs batted in (130), home runs (19), doubles (33) and base on balls (108) and is tied for the all-time lead in triples (11).
During the year, he was named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week once and was also named MIAA Position Player of the Week once. In addition, he was also named to the All-MIAA first team in baseball.

Van Putten is receiving ABCA All-Mideast Region honors for the second consecutive year. He was named to the ABCA All-Mideast Region third team in 2013.

This spring, Van Putten batted .355 with 43 runs scored and a Calvin single-season record 32 stolen bases. His 43 runs scored also matched Calvin's single-season mark, originally set by Schepel in 2009. His total of 59 hits also ranks as the second-highest single-season total in Calvin history, surpassed only by his own total of 63 set in 2013. He also played a stellar centerfield, comitting only one error in 80 total chances for a .988 fielding percentage.

Earlier this month, Van Putten was named to the All-MIAA first team.

A native of Ludington and a graduate of Ludington High School, Laster is receiving ABCA All-Mideast Region honors for the first time. This spring, Laster blossomed into a front-line starter for the Knights while also filling in out of the bullpen when needed in a pinch.

This spring, Laster was 7-3 on the mound with a 3.11 earned run average while also recording two saves. He limited opponents to a .242 batting average. In addition, he racked up five complete games and two shutout victories.

Laster was a two-time MIAA Pitcher of the Week this spring and was later named to the All-MIAA first team.

Calvin finished the year with an overall record of 28-16 and finished second in the MIAA with an 18-10 conference record.
Received on Tue May 20 23:55:32 2014