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NORFOLK, VA-- Old Dominion University freshman outfielder Nick Walker (Virginia Beach, VA.) and senior firstbaseman Josiah Burney (Gloucester, VA.) have been selected to the 2014 Conference USA All-Conference squad, as the league's baseball awards were announced on Tuesday in Hattiesburg, MS, site of the 2014 Conference USA Baseball Championships. Walker was named first team All-Conference and All-Rookie, while Burney was named to the second team All-Conference squad.
Walker leads the Monarchs in hitting at .329 with four homers, 24 RBI and a team best 42 runs scored. He ranks fifth in C-USA in slugging at .482, third in on base percentage at .420. Walker also ranks third in the league with 71 total hits, fourth in runs scored and third in stolen bases with 14. Walker enters the tournament with a 22-game
on base streak and recently had a 20-game hitting streak.
Burney is hitting .303 with a team best six homers and 41 RBI. Burney ranks third in C-USA in slugging at .526, fourth in on base percentage at .414, fifth in RBI and homers. Burney has 12 multiple RBI games and 14 multiple hit games. During the season, Burney had three homers and 10 RBI in the three-game series at LA Tech which earned him C-USA Player of the Week honors.
In his first season in the league, FIU junior catcher Aramis Garcia was named Conference USA Player of the Year while UAB senior RHP Chase Mallard became the first Blazer to earn C-USA Pitcher of the Year honors.
FIU RHP Chris Mourelle was named Freshman of the Year, while Rice junior C John Clay Reeves gained Newcomer of the Year recognition. UAB head coach Brian Shoop was named the Keith LeClair Coach of the Year, while his aide, Josh Hopper became the inaugural winner of the Assistant Coach of the Year award.
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
IF Skyler Ewing, Jr., Rice
IF Shane Hoelscher, Sr., Rice
IF Zach Houchins, Sr., East Carolina
IF Trent Miller, Sr., Middle Tennessee
OF Jared Allen, Jr., Middle Tennessee
OF Michael Aquino, Sr., Rice
OF Nick Walker, Fr., Old Dominion
C Aramis Garcia, Jr., FIU
DH/UT Drew Reynolds, Sr., East Carolina
SP Zac Curtis, Sr., Middle Tennessee
SP Mike Franco, Sr., FIU
SP Blake Fox, So., Rice
SP Chase Mallard, Sr., UAB
RP Ryan Williams, Sr., East Carolina
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
IF Josiah Burney, Sr., Old Dominion
IF Stephen Kerr, Fr., Florida Atlantic
IF RJ Perucki, Sr., UTSA
IF Mike Warren, Sr., UTSA
OF Chase Davis, Jr., UAB
OF Brendon Sanger, So., Florida Atlantic
OF John Welborn, Sr., UTSA
C John Clay Reeves, Jr., Rice
DH/UT Matt Durst, Jr., Southern Miss
SP Conor Fisk, Sr., Southern Miss
SP Alex Luna, Jr., UAB
SP Brock Hartson, So., UTSA
SP Chris Mourelle, Fr., FIU
RP Bradley Roney, Jr., Southern Miss
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
1B Bryce Harman, East Carolina
2B Stephen Kerr, Florida Atlantic
2B T.J. Nichting, Charlotte
2B CJ Pickering, UTSA
2B Charlie Yorgen, East Carolina
3B Hunter Hope, Tulane
OF Corey Bird, Marshall
OF Dylan Burdeaux, Southern Miss
OF Nick Walker, Old Dominion
RHP Chris Mourelle, FIU
RHP Jon Duplantier, Rice
LHP Thomas Lowery, UAB
2014 CONFERENCE USA BASEBALL AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Aramis Garcia, Jr., C, FIU
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Chase Mallard, Sr., RHP, UAB
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Chris Mourelle, Fr., RHP, FIU
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
John Clay Reeves, Jr., C, Rice
KEITH LECLAIR COACH OF THE YEAR
Brian Shoop, UAB
ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
Josh Hopper, UAB