Posted by Molly Brown - Thu, May 8, 2008 - [ Baseball ] - Viewed 179 times

Des Moines, Ia. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-Region VII and Rawlings Gold Glove baseball teams have been announced.

Nine of the seventeen members of the All-Region VII team were from the Midwest Collegiate Conference. The remaining eight were from the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

St. Francis junior outfielder Dan Higgins (Chicago, Ill.) was named the NAIA Region VII Player of the Year.

Nine players were named to the NAIA Region VII Rawlings Gold Glove Team; four members from the MCC.

NAIA Region VII Player of the Year: Dan Higgins – St. Francis

NAIA All-Region VII Baseball Team
Brett Newsome (1B) – St. Ambrose
Joe Martin (2B) – St. Ambrose
Kyle Roesler (3B) – St. Ambrose
Jose Nunez (SS) – Iowa Wesleyan
Chris Schultz (UT) – Purdue-North Central
Dan Higgins (OF) – St. Francis
Zach Clements (OF) – St. Xavier
Casey Raisbeck (OF) – St. Ambrose
Phil Colling (OF) – Olivet Nazarene
Pat Grady (C) – St. Francis
Mark Gaulden (C) – St. Ambrose
Erich Holsten (P) – Olivet Nazarene
Daniel Cutler (P) – St. Ambrose
Erik Panek (P) – St. Francis
Joey Grant (P) – William Penn
Jayson Koehn (P) – St. Xavier
Ramon Cabral (DH) – William Penn

NAIA All-Region VII Rawlings Gold Glove Team
Steve Kehr (1B) – St. Francis
Matt Mueller (2B) – St. Xavier
Tim Allen (3B) – Olivet Nazarene
Alex Chavez (SS) – William Penn
Tony Testin (LF) – St. Xavier
Ben Irmen (CF) – St. Ambrose
Dan Higgins (RF) – St. Francis
Mark Gaulden (C) – St. Ambrose
Daniel Cutler (P) – St. Ambrose

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