Fresno State baseball’s sixth consecutive Western Athletic Conference regular-season championship was capped off by a trio of top honors on Tuesday night.
Junior slugger Dusty Robinson was named WAC Player of the Year, while his teammates Greg Gonzalez grabbed Pitcher of the Year and freshman Aaron Judge selected as Freshman of the Year. To top it off, seven of the 16 first team All-WAC slots were Fresno State Bulldogs.
Robinson led the conference in home runs with 14, six more than the runner up. He also had the most doubles (19), total bases (123) and the top slugging percentage (.658) in the WAC. Robinson is just the latest in a long line of Player of the Year honorees from Fresno State, becoming the fourth straight Bulldog to head into the conference tournament with the honor.
Gonzalez grabbed Pitcher of the Year honors for his unblemished 10-0 record and a conference-leading earned run average of 1.44. Gonzalez led every major statistical category in the WAC for a starting ace, including strike outs (118) and opposing batting average (.182).
The towering 6-foot-7 Judge earned his Freshman of the Year honor after having an outstanding inagural season at the plate. Judge led all Bulldogs in batting average with .351, including .414 in WAC play and was selected as first team all-conference. Danny Muno was the last Bulldog to win the honor back in 2008.
The following is a list of the 2011 All-WAC teams and postseason conference honors:
First Team All-WAC
OF – Aaron Judge, Fr., Fresno State
OF – Dusty Robinson, Jr., Fresno State
OF – Kyle Roliard, Jr., Louisiana Tech
OF – Tanner Waite, Jr., New Mexico State
1B – Jordan Ribera, Sr., Fresno State
1B – Brock Stassi, Sr., Nevada
1B – Danny Stienstra, Sr., San Jose State
2B – Kolten Wong, Jr., Hawaii
3B – Danny Muno, Sr., Fresno State
SS – Garrett Weber, Sr., Fresno State
C – Austin Wynns, So., Fresno State
DH – Zack Swasey, Jr., Hawaii
SP – Greg Gonzalez, Sr., Fresno State
SP – Mike Jefferson, Jr., Louisiana Tech
SP – Roberto Padilla, Jr., San Jose State
RP – Scott Coffman, Jr., New Mexico State
Second Team All-WAC
OF – Brennan Gowens, Jr., Fresno State
OF – Brian Barnett, Sr., Nevada
OF – Nick Melino, Jr., Nevada
OF – Craig Hertler, Sr., San Jose State
1B – Jeff Van Doornum, Sr., Hawaii
2B – Parker Hipp, So., New Mexico State
3B – Mark Threlkeld, Jr., Louisiana Tech
SS – Ryan Gebhardt, Fr., Louisiana Tech
SS – Braden Shipley, Fr., Nevada
SS – Tyler Forney, Jr., New Mexico State
C – Derrick Chung, Jr., Sacramento State
DH – Zac Fisher, So., New Mexico State
SP – Josh Poytress, Jr., Fresno State
SP – Troy Marks, Jr., Nevada
SP – Esteban Guzman, Jr., San Jose State
RP – Lenny Linsky, Jr., Hawaii
Player of the Year: Dusty Robinson, Jr., Fresno State
Pitcher of the Year: Greg Gonzalez, Sr., Fresno State
Freshman of the Year: Aaron Judge, Fr., Fresno State
Coach of the Year: Mike Trapasso, Hawaii
All information used either came from www.gobulldogs.com’s May 24, 2011 report or www.WACsports.com
Nadav • Oct 4, 2011 at 4:16 am
Those achievements are great! I always like to see who wins the WAC, and Frenso State definitely deserved it this year.
Congratulations!
Nadav