WOU's Keitzman, Pettit Selected In Baseball Free-Agent Draft

Keitzman	Pettit

Western Oregon pitchers Blake Keitzman and Jacob Pettit were selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur draft last week.

Keitzman was picked by the Colorado Rockies in the 27th round. Keitzman (6-0, 190, Roseburg, OR) went 830rd overall in the draft and was the 14th pitcher and the fourth lefty of the day selected by the Rockies.

This season, Keitzman was named to the All-West region team on both the Daktronics and National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association ballots after posting a record of 7-3 and a 3.84 earned run average.

He also led the GNAC with eight complete games in 12 starts. He struck out 76 batters in 75 innings, while issuing only 23 walks.

Keitzman was also selected in the 2009 draft, by the Seattle Mariners, but decided to return to Western Oregon for his senior season. He came to WOU after spending his first two season in the Oregon State bullpen.

Pettit was selected in the 42nd round by the Baltimore Orioles.

Pettit (6-1, 185, Orting, WA) was the 2010 GNAC Pitcher of the Year after posting a league-record 1.80 earned run average to go along with a 7-1 record.

He ended the season with 20 consecutive scoreless innings and was named to all three all-regional teams. Opponents hit just .238 off of him and he tied for the conference lead in wins and shutouts.

Pettit came to WOU after two seasons at Green River Community College. He was the 1,258 overall pick.

WOU's Pettit Earns First Team West Region Honors

Jacob Pettit

Jacob Pettit, who earlier was selected the GNAC Pitcher of the Year, has been named to the first team on two different NCAA Division II West Region baseball teams.

Pettit was a first team pick on the American Baseball Coaches Association team (ABCA) and on the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association team (NCBWA).

Pettit, who finished the season with a 7-1 record and a GNAC-record low 1.80 ERA, is now a candidate for All-American honors by virtue of his first team selection.

In addition to Pettit, five GNAC players were selected to the NCBWA second team and 11 others received honorable mention honors.

The ABCA selected four GNAC players to its second team including Western Oregon outfielder Daniel Dillard, who also earned a Gold Glove.

Earlier four GNAC players earned Daktronics second team all-region honors. The Daktronics team is selected by the region's sports information directors.

NCBWA (Sportswriters): First Team – Jacob Pettit, WOU (P, 6-2, 190, Sr., Orting, WA). Second Team – Jon Keller, NNU (1B, 6-1, 200, Sr., Eugene, OR); Kyle Boe, WOU (3B, 6-0, 205, Sr., Burlington, WA); Daniel Dillard, WOU (OF, 6-3, 220, Jr., Olalla, WA); Jason Moseby, WOU (DH, 6-3, 205, Sr., Bellevue, WA); Michael Ward, WOU (P, 6-4, 225, Jr., Eugene, OR). Honorable Mention – Jake Hammons, CWU (C, 5-11, 185, Sr., Snohomish, WA); Travis Jones, SMU (1B, 5-10, 220, So., Mililani, HI); Grant Glover, WOU (2B, 5-8, 180, Jr., McMinnville, OR); Devon Bouvier, WOU (OF, 6-2, 195, Sr., Kennewick, WA); Andrew Elke, SMU (OF, 5-7, 160, Jr., St. Charles, IL); Sean McDonald, NNU (OF, 5-9, 165, So., Boise, ID). Kevin Walkenhauer, CWU (UT, 6-1, 175, Sr., Yakima, WA); Jesse Gwaltney, NNU (P, 5-11, 205, Jr., Vancouver, WA); Blake Keitzman, WOU (P, 6-0, 175, Sr., Roseburg, OR); Kalen Hruza, NNU (RP, 6-0, 205, Jr., Caldwell, ID); Kirk Lind, WOU (RP, 6-0, 210, So., Vancouver, WA).

ABCA (Coaches): First Team – Jacob Pettit, WOU (P, 6-2, 190, Sr., Orting, WA). Second Team – Jon Keller, NNU (1B, 6-1, 200, Sr., Eugene, OR); Kyle Boe, WOU (3B, 6-0, 205, Sr., Burlington, WA); Daniel Dillard, WOU (OF, 6-3, 220, Jr., Olalla, WA); Michael Ward, WOU (P, 6-4, 225, Jr., Eugene, OR). Gold Glove – Daniel Dillard, WOU (OF, 6-3, 220, Jr., Olalla, WA).

DAKTRONICS (SIDs): Second Team - Daniel Dillard, WOU (OF, 6-3, 220, Jr., Olalla, WA); Jason Moseby, WOU (DH, 6-3, 205, Sr., Bellevue, WA Jacob Pettit, WOU (P, 6-2, 190, Sr., Orting, WA).

Wolves Dominate GNAC All-Star Selections

Boe	Robbins

Third baseman Kyle Boe and pitcher Jacob Pettit, both from Western Oregon, have been voted the Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

The Wolves, who won their ninth consecutive GNAC title with a conference record of 28-4 this spring, nearly made a clean sweep of the special awards as Wolf head coach Jeremiah Robbins was selected the GNAC Coach of the Year and outfielder Daniel Dillard was voted the GNAC Newcomer of the Year.

Zeb Sneed of Northwest Nazarene was the only non-WOU player to win a special award claiming the GNAC Freshman of the Year prize.

Western Oregon dominated the all-star selections earning nine of the 16 spots. Northwest Nazarene placed four players on the first team, while Saint Martin's had two and Central Washington had one.

Boe ranked second in the league in batting with a .365 average and also had seven home runs and 38 RBI while anchoring the WOU defense from his third base slot to earn the Player of the Year award.

Pettit posted a 7-1 record and set GNAC single-season records for lowest earned run average (1.80) and lowest ERA in conference games (1.00) for pitchers throwing a minimum of 30 innings.

Dillard	Sneed

Dillard finished the season ranked third in the GNAC in batting (.361). He led the conference in home runs (16), total bases (128) and slugging average (.699) and ranked second in RBI (47). His 16 home runs was one short of the GNAC single-season record and his 11 homers in conference games was a GNAC record.

Sneed finished his freshman season with a 4-4 record and ranked 10th in ERA.

Robbins won his fifth straight GNAC Coach of the Year award, leading WOU to a 34-15 record. The 2001 graduate of Eastern Oregon now has a 175-83 record in his five seasons in Monmouth.

A total of 10 players were unanimous selections to the all-conference first team, including Pettit, Boe, Dillard, WOU pitchers Michael Ward and Blake Keitzman, Central Washington catcher Jake Hammons, Northwest Nazarene first baseman Jon Keller, WOU second baseman Grant Glover, WOU designated hitter Jason Moseby and Northwest Nazarene outfielder Sean McDonald.

Six players earned first team honors for the second time. Repeaters from the 2009 squad included Keitzman, Pettit, Keller and Moseby. Two players – Ward and Western Oregon shortstop Cesar Lopez – were repeaters from the 2008 season after sitting out last season.

SMU's Evans Heads Up GNAC Academic All-Conference Team

Blaine Evans

A total of 17 student-athletes have been named to the 2010 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Baseball Academic all-conference team.

Blaine Evans, a junior outfielder from Saint Martin's, heads up the academic all-star team for the second year in a row with a near-perfect 3.99 GPA.

Jason Moseby of Western Oregon has the second highest GPA among the all-stars with a 3.92 average. Moseby has also been named to the CoSIDA District VIII all-academic team and is a candidate for Academic All-American honors. He was the only GNAC player named to the district team.

Five players were repeaters from last year including Kevin Walkenhauer of Central Washington, Matt Schoonover of MSUB and Jarred Joffer of Northwest Nazarene who were all selected for the third time. CWU's Michael McCanna and Evans each earned their second academic award.

2010 GNAC Baseball Game Stories