IPFW's Kaiser, Soat & Storie Named All-Summit League 1st Team
5/24/2016 8:15:00 PM | Baseball
Mastodons Earn Five All-League Honors As Boyce & Trevino Garner 2nd Team Selections
TULSA, Okla. – IPFW redshirt-senior Greg Kaiser/Fort Wayne, along with seniors Brandon Soat/Fort Wayne and Trevor Storie/Huntington, were each named to the 2016 All-Summit League Baseball First Team, as announced tonight by the league office on the eve of the Summit League Baseball Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Redshirt-senior Shane Trevino/Hudsonville, Mich. and junior Jackson Boyce/Leo were each named to the All-Summit League Second Team, in voting by the league's head coaches. Kaiser, Soat and Storie become only the fourth, fifth and sixth Mastodons to earn First Team honors since IPFW joined the league in 2008. Kaiser, Soat and Trevino are also repeat selections, as each was a Second Team choice a year ago.
Kaiser, a shortstop, has hit .301 with 15 home runs, two triples, 20 doubles, 36 runs, 46 RBIs and 12-14 stolen bases. One of 10 finalists for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award, he leads the team in home runs, doubles, RBIs, total bases (134), slugging percentage (.620), multiple RBI games (13) and fielding assists (154). Kaiser also leads the Summit League in homers, total bases and slugging percentage … he leads all Division I shortstops in home runs, as well. Among his league-only numbers: .322, 11 HRs, 29 RBIs.
Soat, a center fielder, has hit .320 with four home runs, five triples, 12 doubles, 48 runs, 34 RBIs and 8-10 stolen bases. He leads the team in batting average, at bats (228), hits (73), runs, triples, total plate appearances (264), on base percentage (.401) and multiple hit games (20). Soat also leads the Summit League in at bats and total plate appearances. Among his league-only numbers: .377, 4 HRs, 21 RBIs.
Storie, a right-handed starting pitcher, is 7-5 with a 4.02 ERA and 56 strikeouts over 85.0 innings pitched with one complete game effort, while limiting the opposition to a .244 batting average. He leads the team in starts, wins, innings pitched and runners picked off (7). Among Storie's league-only numbers: 5-3, 4.40 ERA, 35K.
Trevino, a right fielder, has hit .248 with 11 home runs, one triple, seven doubles, 34 runs, 37 RBIs and 2-3 stolen bases. He leads the team in sacrifice flies (4). Among Trevino's league-only numbers: .215, 3 HRs, 18 RBIs.
Boyce, a second baseman, has hit .302 with two home runs, three triples, nine doubles, 30 runs, 18 RBIs and 15-18 stolen bases. He leads the team in sacrifice bunts (5), stolen bases and steal attempts. Among Boyce's league-only numbers: .302, 5 2Bs, 10 RBIs.
Omaha senior Clayton Taylor (.333, 11 HRs, 12 2Bs, 66 RBIs) was named the Summit League Player of the Year, while teammate and classmate Tyler Fox (10-2, 3.17 ERA, 93.2 IP, 69K) was named the league's Pitcher of the Year. Oral Roberts redshirt-junior Brent Williams (.310, 8 HRs, 10 2Bs, 52 RBIs) was named the league's Newcomer of the Year, and ORU head coach Ryan Folmar was named the Coach of the Year after leading the Golden Eagles to a 34-18 overall record, including 22-8 in the Summit League.
IPFW (31-24), the No. 3 seed for the third consecutive season, will play No. 2 seed Omaha (28-26) in the opening game of the double-elimination tournament on Wednesday, May 25, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time at J.L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa.
The complete 2016 Summit League Baseball Team awards are listed below.
Kaiser, a shortstop, has hit .301 with 15 home runs, two triples, 20 doubles, 36 runs, 46 RBIs and 12-14 stolen bases. One of 10 finalists for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award, he leads the team in home runs, doubles, RBIs, total bases (134), slugging percentage (.620), multiple RBI games (13) and fielding assists (154). Kaiser also leads the Summit League in homers, total bases and slugging percentage … he leads all Division I shortstops in home runs, as well. Among his league-only numbers: .322, 11 HRs, 29 RBIs.
Soat, a center fielder, has hit .320 with four home runs, five triples, 12 doubles, 48 runs, 34 RBIs and 8-10 stolen bases. He leads the team in batting average, at bats (228), hits (73), runs, triples, total plate appearances (264), on base percentage (.401) and multiple hit games (20). Soat also leads the Summit League in at bats and total plate appearances. Among his league-only numbers: .377, 4 HRs, 21 RBIs.
Storie, a right-handed starting pitcher, is 7-5 with a 4.02 ERA and 56 strikeouts over 85.0 innings pitched with one complete game effort, while limiting the opposition to a .244 batting average. He leads the team in starts, wins, innings pitched and runners picked off (7). Among Storie's league-only numbers: 5-3, 4.40 ERA, 35K.
Trevino, a right fielder, has hit .248 with 11 home runs, one triple, seven doubles, 34 runs, 37 RBIs and 2-3 stolen bases. He leads the team in sacrifice flies (4). Among Trevino's league-only numbers: .215, 3 HRs, 18 RBIs.
Boyce, a second baseman, has hit .302 with two home runs, three triples, nine doubles, 30 runs, 18 RBIs and 15-18 stolen bases. He leads the team in sacrifice bunts (5), stolen bases and steal attempts. Among Boyce's league-only numbers: .302, 5 2Bs, 10 RBIs.
Omaha senior Clayton Taylor (.333, 11 HRs, 12 2Bs, 66 RBIs) was named the Summit League Player of the Year, while teammate and classmate Tyler Fox (10-2, 3.17 ERA, 93.2 IP, 69K) was named the league's Pitcher of the Year. Oral Roberts redshirt-junior Brent Williams (.310, 8 HRs, 10 2Bs, 52 RBIs) was named the league's Newcomer of the Year, and ORU head coach Ryan Folmar was named the Coach of the Year after leading the Golden Eagles to a 34-18 overall record, including 22-8 in the Summit League.
IPFW (31-24), the No. 3 seed for the third consecutive season, will play No. 2 seed Omaha (28-26) in the opening game of the double-elimination tournament on Wednesday, May 25, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time at J.L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa.
The complete 2016 Summit League Baseball Team awards are listed below.
| First Team | |||
| Name, School | Pos. | Yr. | Hometown |
| Brent Williams, Oral Roberts | 1B | R-Jr. | Colorado Springs, Colo. |
| Drew Fearing, North Dakota State | 2B | So. | Okakis, Minn. |
| Clayton Taylor, Omaha | 3B | Sr. | Omaha, Neb. |
| Greg Kaiser, IPFW | SS | R-Sr. | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Noah Cummings, Oral Roberts | OF | R-So. | Alpine, Calif. |
| Cole Gruber, Omaha | OF | Sr. | Papillion, Neb. |
| Brandon Soat, IPFW | OF | Sr. | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Matt Whatley, Oral Roberts | C | R-So. | Claremore, Okla. |
| Jesse Munsterman, South Dakota State | DH | Sr. | St. Peter, Minn. |
| Ryan Cate, Omaha | UTL | So. | Omaha, Neb. |
| Tyler Fox, Omaha | SP | Sr. | Thornton, Colo. |
| Trevor Storie, IPFW | SP | Sr. | Huntington, Ind. |
| Nick Wood, Oral Roberts | SP | R-Sr. | Los Alamitos, Calif. |
| Brady Womacks, Oral Roberts | RP | Jr. | Pevely, Mo. |
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Second Team |
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| Name, School | Pos. | Yr. | Hometown |
| Matt Johnson, South Dakota State | 1B | Jr. | Ankeny, Iowa |
| Jackson Boyce, IPFW | 2B | Jr. | Leo, Ind. |
| Chase Stafford, Oral Roberts | 3B | Sr. | Petaluma, Calif. |
| Trevor Sonnier, Oral Roberts | SS | R-Sr. | Nederland, Texas |
| Paul Jacobson, South Dakota State | OF | Sr. | Dakota Dunes, S.D. |
| Nick Rotola, Oral Roberts | OF | R-Jr. | Wichita, Kan. |
| Shane Trevino, IPFW | OF | R-Sr. | Hudsonville, Mich. |
| Luke Ringhofer, South Dakota State | C | So. | Cottage Grove, Minn. |
| Taylor Sanders, North Dakota State | DH | Sr. | Lake Oswego, Ore. |
| Rolando Martinez, Oral Roberts | UTL | Sr. | Bakersfield, Calif. |
| Bryce Howe, Oral Roberts | SP | So. | Claremore, Okla. |
| Ian Koch, Western Illinois | SP | Fr. | Crystal Lake, Ill. |
| Cale Tims, Oral Roberts | SP | So. | Jenks, Okla. |
| Landon Busch, South Dakota State | RP | Jr. | Brookings, S.D. |
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Player of the Year: Clayton Taylor, Omaha |
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| Pitcher of the Year: Tyler Fox, Omaha | |||
| Newcomer of the Year: Brent Williams, Oral Roberts | |||
| Coach of the Year: Ryan Folmar, Oral Roberts |
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