MEAC Announces 2016 Baseball All-Conference Honors

NORFOLK, Virginia  — Florida A&M infielder Dylan Dillard was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Baseball Player of the Year, the conference announced on Tuesday.Danny Rodriguez, of Bethune-Cookman, was selected Rookie of the Year, while Norfolk State’s Matt Outman earned Pitcher of the Year honors. Florida A&M’s Jamey Shouppe received Coach of the Year accolades.

All awards are voted on by the conference’s head baseball coaches and sports information directors.

Dillard started 48 games and batted .335 in 167 at-bats. He finished the season with 56 hits, including eight doubles, six triples, six home runs, 53 runs batted in and 46 runs scored. He led the conference in RBIs and triples. Dillard was a two-time MEAC Player of the Week honoree.

Rodriguez, a two-time MEAC Rookie of the Week honoree, led the Wildcats in RBIs (40). He recorded 60 hits, including nine doubles and seven home runs, with 29 runs scored. Defensively, he notched a .988 fielding percentage.

Outman, the 2015 Pitcher of the Year and 2016 Preseason Pitcher of the Year, appeared in 12 games and registered seven wins, including five shutouts, in 79.0 innings pitched. He led the conference in innings pitched, batters struckout looking (30) and wins. He ranks second in the MEAC in earned run average (2.62) and runs allowed (26).

Shouppe earned Coach of the Year honors after leading the Rattlers to a 19-5 conference mark and 30-19 overall, along with clinching the number one seed from the southern division in the upcoming 2016 MEAC Baseball Championship. This season marks Florida A&M’s first 30-win season since 2003.

Joining Dillard and Outman on the first team are Jonathan Mauricio (NSU), Andrew Vernon (NCCU), Alex Mauricio (NSU), Clay Middleton (B-CU), Brian Davis (FAMU), Alec Wong (FAMU), Ben Ellzey (FAMU), Milton Rivera (NCAT), Nathan Bond (B-CU), Carlos Ortiz (NCCU) and Michael Cruz (B-CU).

The 2016 MEAC Baseball Championship tournament gets underway Thursday, May 19 beginning at 12 p.m. at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium in Salisbury, Maryland. A complete tournament bracket can be found on www.MEACsports.com.

2016 Baseball All-MEAC Teams

As voted on by the conference’s head baseball coaches and sports information directors

Player of the Year: Dylan Dillard, Florida A&M

Rookie of the Year: Danny Rodriguez, Bethune-Cookman

Pitcher of the Year: Matt Outman, Norfolk State

Coach of the Year: Jamey Shouppe, Florida A&M

First Team

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
P	Matt Outman	Norfolk State	r-Sr.	6-3	210	Chesapeake, Va.
P	Jonathan Mauricio	Norfolk State	Jr.	6-2	175	Midlothian, Va.
RP	Andrew Vernon	North Carolina Central	Sr.	6-4	240	Raleigh, N.C.
RP	Alex Mauricio	Norfolk State	So.	6-0	175	Midlothian, Va.
C	Clay Middleton	Bethune-Cookman	r-Jr.	6-0	205	Oviedo, Fla.
1B	Brian Davis	Florida A&M	So.	5-10	195	Pensacola, Fla.
2B	Alec Wong	Florida A&M	Sr.	5-6	160	Rockledge, Fla.
3B	Ben Ellzey	Florida A&M	Jr.	6-0	205	Ocala, Fla.
SS	Milton Rivera	North Carolina A&T State	So.	5-9	175	Humacao, Puerto Rico
OF	Nathan Bond	Bethune-Cookman	Sr.	6-2	195	Orlando, Fla.
OF	Dylan Dillard	Florida A&M	Gr.	6-1	205	Kissimmee, Fla.
OF	Carlos Ortiz	North Carolina Central	Jr.	5-9	197	Cleveland, Ohio
UTL	Michael Cruz	Bethune-Cookman	Jr.	5-11	210	Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Second Team

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
P	Ricky Page	Florida A&M	Sr.	5-11	185	Ocala, Fla.
P	Tyler Norris	Bethune-Cookman	So.	6-1	160	Coral Springs, Fla.
RP	Joseph Calamita	Bethune-Cookman	So.	6-0	175	Lake Worth, Fla.
RP	Michael Parmentier	Norfolk State	So.	6-0	170	Suffolk, Va.
C	Adan Ordonez	North Carolina A&T State	So.	5-7	185	Clermont, Fla.
1B	Danny Rodriguez	Bethune-Cookman	Fr.	6-3	240	Pembroke Pines, Fla.
2B	Mike Escanilla	Maryland Eastern Shore	Sr.	5-7	150	Waldorf, Md.
3B	Ellington Hopkins	North Carolina Central	Jr.	5-6	174	Lansing, N.Y.
SS	Tom Prospero	North Carolina Central	Jr.	6-0	180	Batavia, N.Y.
OF	Austin Bentley	Delaware State	So.	5-11	205	Waldorf, Md.
OF	Denathan Dukes	Norfolk State	Jr.	6-2	180	Woodbridge, Va.
OF	Marlon Gibbs	Florida A&M	r-Sr.	5-9	185	Orange Park, Fla.
UTL	James Dey	North Carolina Central	Sr.	5-10	198	Charlotte, N.C.

Third Team

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
P	Alex Dandridge	North Carolina Central	Sr.	6-3	204	Arlington, Texas
P	Chase Jarrell	Florida A&M	Jr.	6-3	175	Winter Springs, Fla.
RP	Devin Repine	Maryland Eastern Shore	r-Sr.	6-9	250	Salisbury, Md.
RP	Ryan McCranie	Savannah State	Sr.	6-2	220	Covington, Ga.
C	Jacky Miles, Jr.	Florida A&M	Jr.	6-0	205	Graceville, Fla.
1B	Kyle Clary	North Carolina A&T State	Jr.	5-11	175	Lakewood, Calif.
2B	Jonathan Moore	Savannah State	Sr.	6-1	160	Cairo, Ga.
3B	Bryant Miranda	Coppin State	Jr.	5-10	175	Cidra, Puerto Rico
SS	Demetrius Sims	Bethune-Cookman	r-So.	6-2	200	Ann Arbor, Mich.
OF	George Dragon	Coppin State	Sr.	6-0	215	Ashtabula, Ohio
OF	Zachary Marszal	North Carolina Central	Jr.	6-0	211	Cary, Ill.
OF	Rakeem Quinn	Bethune-Cookman	Sr.	5-10	205	Port St. Joe, Fla.
UTL	Kyle Vaas	Norfolk State	Sr.	6-0	205	Chesterfield, Va.

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