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GCAC Baseball Awards
Seventeen players make up the team, and the Rams had six players named to the honorary squad. Junior second baseman Jared Baria was tabbed the GCAC MVP after batting .440 on the season and setting a new Rams' record with 88 hits on the season. Andalusia native Justin Bracewell went 10-1 on the mound for the Rams to earn GCAC Pitcher of the Year honors. Mobile Head Coach Mike Jacobs picked up his 600th career victory earlier this year and was named the GCAC Coach of the Year after guiding the Rams to the Regular Season GCAC Title. Joining the aforementioned pair on the roster were center fielder Carlos Romero, short stop Stephen Stork, first baseman Kevin Orso and starter Jesse Luker. Romero has belted 10 homers on the season and is only two homers shy of moving to the top of Mobile's career home run list. Stork posted a .438 batting average and hit 16 doubles for the Rams, while Satsuma native Orso currently leads the Rams with 12 homers in his first year with the ball club. Luker sits alongside Bracewell at the top of the Rams' pitching staff and is 10-2 on the season and is 1st all-time at Mobile with 24 career victories. Gold Glovers Abound On Mobile Team: The Rams also accounted for 4 of the 9 members on the 2008 GCAC Gold Glove Team. First baseman Daniel Harper, second baseman Baria, left fielder Nelson Curry and catcher Matt Sparks were the Mobile selections. Harper posted a .996 fielding percentage in 260 chances and Baria recorded 114 putouts and 125 assists in the middle of the infield. Curry played the season without an error and threw out 4 base runners while manning left field for Mobile. Sparks split time behind the plate and threw out 65% of would-be base stealers. |
MOBILE, Ala— The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference released the 2008 baseball All-Conference and Gold Glove lists Tuesday evening and the 6th-ranked University of Mobile was well-represented.