CofC's Chigges, Pawlowski Earn Southern Conference Baseball Honors
5/23/2007 4:00:00 AM | Baseball
College of Charleston right-hander Nick Chigges was named the 2007 Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year, while head coach John Pawlowski was named the SoCon Coach of the Year, in a vote of conference coaches, it was announced on Wednesday.
Chigges, a senior from Columbia, S.C., currently leads the SoCon with an 11-0 and a 2.63 earned run average. Chigges also leads the SoCon in innings pitched (102.2), strikeouts (109) and lowest opponent batting average (.223). Chigges is the first pitcher in Southern Conference history to be named Pitcher of the Year two times. Charleston has won the past four SoCon Pitcher of the Year honors. Ryan Johnson won the award in 2004, Brett Harker in 2005 and Chigges in 2006.
Pawlowski has won his third Coach of the Year award in four years after leading the Cougars to a 39-17 regular-season record, including a 20-7 mark in conference play. The Cougars claimed a share of the SoCon regular season championship, their fourth consecutive league title. Charleston won regular season crowns in 2004 and 2005, and the league's tournament title in 2006.
College of Charleston had seven players named to either the first-team or second-team all-conference squad while regular-season co-champion Western Carolina landed six players on the all-league teams including five first-team members. The Citadel had four players honored and Appalachian State had two players named to the teams while Davidson, Elon, Georgia Southern, UNC Greensboro and Wofford had one player each named first-team or second-team All-Southern Conference.
Western Carolina's Kenny Smith was named the SoCon Player of the Year after batting .412 with 18 home runs and 79 RBI. The Citadel's Richard Jones, who batted .331 with 12 home runs and 55 RBI was selected as the league's Freshman of the Year.
Coaches All-Southern Conference Team
Player of the Year ? Kenny Smith (Western Carolina)
Pitcher of the Year ? Nick Chigges (College of Charleston)
Freshman of the Year ? Richard Jones (The Citadel)
Coach of the Year ? John Pawlowski (College of Charleston)
First Team
C- Blake Murphy (Western Carolina)
1B- Zach Brown (The Citadel)
2B- Kenny Smith (Western Carolina)
3B ? Brandon Waring (Wofford)
SS ? Oliver Marmol (College of Charleston)
OF ? Michael Harrington (College of Charleston)
OF ? Barrett Shaft (Western Carolina)
OF ? David Rubinstein (Appalachian State)
DH ? Rob Wilson (Davidson)
SP ? Nick Chigges (College of Charleston)
SP ? Drew Saberhagen (Western Carolina)
RP ? Greg Holland (Western Carolina)
Second Team
C ? Alex Garabedian (College of Charleston)
1B ? Graham Maiden (College of Charleston)
2B ? Chris Campbell (College of Charleston)
3B ? Ben Lasater (College of Charleston)
SS ? Jason Altenhof (Appalachian State)
OF ? Chris Swauger (The Citadel)
OF ? Steven Strausbaugh (Western Carolina)
OF ? Sonny Meade (The Citadel)
DH ? Richard Jones (The Citadel)
SP ? Steven Hensley (Elon)
SP ? Ryan Falcon (UNC Greensboro)
RP ? A.J. Battisto (Georgia Southern)
