Vera of Trinity; Skeen of Hendrix selected to 2007 ABCA All-West Region Team

May 31, 2007 – The American Baseball Coaches Association released the 2007 All-West Region Team and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference was represented by both Nick Vera of Trinity University (First Team) and Nathan Skeen of Hendrix College (Third Team).

The complete ABCA All-West Region Teams are as follows:

FIRST TEAM WEST REGION SECOND TEAM WEST REGION
Team Player Position Team Player Position
Hardin-Simmons Taylor Gibbs DH Dallas Chase Violette DH
Claremont-McKenna Morgan Cummins C UT-Dallas Matt Putnam C
Pomona-Pitzer Drew Hedman 1B McMurry Brent Voorhees 1B
*UT-Dallas Brett Rosen 2B UT-Tyler Brett Amyx 1B
McMurry Derek David 3B McMurry Weston Franco 2B
Hardin-Simmons Brad Coleman 3B Pacific Jared Simon 3B
UT-Dallas Jake Jackson SS Chapman Ryan Cavan SS
Chapman Kurt Yacko UT Texas Lutheran Jacob Kaase SS
Hardin-Simmons Michael Simpson OF Pomona-Pitzer Zachary Mandelblatt UT
Trinity (Tex.) Nick Vera OF UT-Dallas Mitch Elliott OF
George Fox Dan Wentzell OF Univ. of the Ozarks John Glenn OF
Claremont-McKenna Alex Weber-Shapiro OF CSU-East Bay Michael Thomasson OF
Pacific Joe DiPietro P UT-Tyler Andrew Damewood OF
#Chapman Devin Drag P UT-Tyler Ryan Campbell P
Chapman Wayde Kitchens P McMurry Nick Schafer P
      Linfield Brian Clark P
      Pacific Brett Brunner P
 
THIRD TEAM WEST REGION
Team Player Position  
Whittier Matt Morgado DH
Hendrix Nathan Skeen C
CSU-East Bay Lamonte Toney 1B
George Fox Pat Bailey 2B
CSU-East Bay Jacob Haberman 3B
Claremont-McKenna Andy Durland 3B
UT-Tyler Kendall Fox SS
Puget Sound Tim Steggall SS
Univ. of the Ozarks Robby Finnell UT
UT-Dallas Trent Elizondo OF
Chapman Tyler Dean OF
Occidental Glenn Gray OF
Texas Lutheran Ryan Nokelby OF
George Fox Drew Johnson OF
Texas Lutheran Adam Enloe P
George Fox Nick Bratney P
UT-Tyler Nathan Jennings P
Concordia-Austin Jonathan Miller P
 
*West Region Player-of-the-Year
#West Region Pitcher-of-the-Year