Junior third baseman Beau Mills was named Player of the Year, while Ed Cheff earned Coach of the Year honors as the Lewis-Clark State College baseball team dominated the all-NAIA Region I Team and honors. 

Nine Warriors were selected to the 17-member all-region team, led by Mills, who is a leading candidate for the NAIA Player of the Year honor, which will be chosen among the players of the year in each region. Also named to the team were catcher Jessie Mier, first baseman Kyle Greene, shortstop Mark Thompson, outfielders Paul Martin and Brent Wyatt, and pitchers Chris Kissock, Matt Fitts, and Brian Parker. 

Mills, who is being projected as a first round pick in next month’s Major League draft by several draft gurus, is hitting a team-best .462 on the season (98-of-212) with 106 RBI, 87 runs scored, and 21 doubles. He has 31 home runs, which is a single-season record at LCSC, a slugging percentage of 1.000, and an on-base percentage of .551. During the season, he was twice named the Region’s Player of the Week, and also earned the NAIA National Player of the Week honor. 

Cheff, in his 31st season at the Warrior helm, has guided the Warriors to a 51-4 record. LCSC has been ranked No. 1 in the NAIA all season and will be shooting for its 15th national title at the 51st annual Avista NAIA World Series, which takes place May 25-June 1 at Lewiston’s Harris Field. 

Mier, a senior, is hitting .359 on the season with six home runs and 57 RBI. 

Greene, a junior from Lewiston, has a .338 average and is tied with Mier for third on the team in home runs with six. 

Thompson, a senior, is hitting .385, second-best on the team, and has a team-leading six triples. He is also closing in on the single-season stolen base record of 42 as he’s 36-of-38 in steal attempts this season. 

Wyatt, a junior who suffered a facial injury a week before the season started, overcame a slow start to lift his batting average to .341 and he’s second on the team in home runs with seven. He’s also 11-of-11 in stolen bases. 

Martin, a sophomore, is at .313 on the season and has 42 RBI and an on-base percentage of .408. He’s 9-of-10 in stolen bases. 

On the mound, Kissock, a junior, is 11-1 on the season with one save. He pitched a team-high 82 innings and allowed only 67 hits and 17 earned runs. He walked 24 and struck out 60 while posting a 1.87 earned run average. 

Fitts, a sophomore, emerged at LCSC’s No. 2 starter. He had a 9-0 record with a 1.82 ERA. He’s pitched 54.1 innings and allowed 41 hits, 11 earned runs and 17 walks, and has struck out 62. 

Parker, a junior, is the Warriors’ closer. He is 4-0 with a 1.33 ERA. He had made 18 appearances this season and pitched 54 innings. He has seven saves and has walked 13, compared to 71 strikeouts. 

After LCSC, Albertson and British Columbia put three players each on the All-Region I team, while Corban had two.
 

Region 1 Team 

C- Jessie Mier , Lewis-Clark State
C- Pat Burke, Albertson
1B – Kyle Greene, Lewis-Clark State
2B – Craig Spicer, Corban College
SS – Mark Thompson, Lewis-Clark State
3B – Beau Mills, Lewis-Clark State
Infielder – Casey Oliver, Albertson
OF – Nic Lendvoy, British Columbia
OF – Jon Syrnyk, British Columbia
OF – Paul Martin, Lewis-Clark State
OF – Brent Wyatt, Lewis-Clark State
DH – Jeremy Frantz, Corban
SP – Jason Roach, Albertson
SP – Chris Kissock, Lewis-Clark State
SP – Matt Fitts, Lewis-Clark State
SP – Brendan Rolfe, British Columbia
RP – Brian Parker, Lewis-Clark State
Coach of the year - Ed Cheff, Lewis-Clark State
Player of the year - Beau Mills, Lewis-Clark State