Herrera and Ludwick Earn LSWA All-Louisiana Honors
Freshman LHP Tyler Herrera (Spring, Texas) and senior 1B/RHP Preston Ludwick (Pflugerville, Texas) were each named to the 2022 Louisiana Sports Writers All-Louisiana College Baseball Team, the LSWA announced on Tuesday.
Shreveport - Freshman LHP Tyler Herrera (Spring, Texas) and senior 1B/RHP Preston Ludwick (Pflugerville, Texas) were each named to the 2022 Louisiana Sports Writers All-Louisiana College Baseball Team, the LSWA announced on Tuesday.
Ludwick, who earned Honorable-Mention honors last season, was named to the Second Team as a Utility selection while Herrera earned Honorable-Mention recognition. Centenary placed multiple players on the squad for the first time since 2016.
Herrera was named to the D3baseball.com All-America Team, earning a spot on the Second Team, named both Pitcher of the Year and Rookie of the Year on the 2022 D3baseball.com West All-Region Team, named to the 2022 D3baseball.com West All-Region Team, and the 2022 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III All-Region Team. He was named both the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year and was also a First-Team All-SCAC selection.
Ludwick was also named to the 2022 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III All-Region Team and reached three individual milestones this past season – 200 hits, 150 RBI, and 150 strikeouts on the mound. He earned First-Team All-SCAC honors at first base, earning first-team all-conference honors for the third time in his stellar career. Ludwick was the leading hitter in the conference (.405) and ranked in the top 10 in the conference in multiple statistical categories and was also the team leader in batting average, hits, walks, doubles, RBI, and on-base percentage. Ludwick was also one of Centenary's top pitchers this season, going 5-4 with a team-leading 13 starts. He threw one complete game and struck out 58 batters in 60.2 innings pitched. Ludwick recorded his 150th career strikeout on May 8 in the 2022 SCAC Tournament. He played in all 46 games for the Diamond Gents and had 70 hits in 173 at-bats with 39 runs scored, 45 RBI, 33 walks and just 24 strikeouts. He hit five home runs, 11 doubles, three triples, and stole two bases. His OBP was .505 and he slugged .590. Ludwick had 25 multi-hit games this past season including six three-hit performances.
Ludwick had a 28-game hitting streak from Feb. 6-April 10 and recorded his 200th career hit on April 2 as he became just the fourth player in the current division III era (2012-present) in program history to record 200 or more hits in a career. He also became the 46th SCAC baseball player to reach 200 hits in his career. He recorded his 150th career RBI on April 23 versus Southwestern and ranks second in career RBI in the D3 era. Ludwick, named SCAC Hitter of the Week after getting his 200th career hit, was named to the 2022 SCAC Championship All-Tournament Team after hitting .357 (5-14) with a home run, four RBI, five walks, and a run scored.
Herrera became the first Centenary player to be named an All-American since 2017 and just the seventh in program history and is the only Centenary player in the division III era (2012-present) to win both the conference Freshman of the Year and Pitcher of the Year awards in the same season. He tied former Centenary star Taylor Henry for the lowest ERA in a season by any Centenary pitcher in the D3 era. He becomes just the second Centenary pitcher (Henry - 2015) to be named D3baseball.com All-Region Pitcher of the year and first to be named Rookie of the Year.
He finished in the top 10 in the country in ERA (1.59) and went 7-1 with two complete games. Herrera, whose ERA was under 1.00 for most of the season, made 16 appearances and nine starts and in 73.2 innings pitched allowed just 13 earned runs and 61 hits with 25 walks and 59 strikeouts. Herrera was a two-time SCAC Pitcher of the Week recipient, and was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Rookie of the Week on March 31.
2022 LOUISIANA SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION COLLEGE BASEBALL TEAM
SPECIALTY AWARD WINNERS
Hitter of the Year – Dylan Crews, LSU
Pitcher of the Year – Cameron Foster, McNeese
Freshman of the Year – Ryan Harland, Louisiana Tech
Newcomer of the Year – Jacob Berry, LSU
Coach of the Year – Brad Neffendorf, LSU-Shreveport
FIRST TEAM
P – Kyle Crigger, Louisiana Tech
P – Cameron Foster, McNeese
P – Ma'Khail Hilliard, LSU
P – Kevin Miranda, LSU-Shreveport
C – John Garcia, Grambling
1B – Carson Roccaforte, Louisiana
2B – Amani Larry, New Orleans
3B – Jacob Berry, LSU
SS – Taylor Young, Louisiana Tech
OF – Dylan Crews, LSU
OF – Ethan Groff, Tulane
OF – Cole McConnell, Louisiana Tech
DH – Luke Clement, Loyola (N.O.)
Utility – Shemar Page, Grambling
SECOND TEAM
P – Bo Bonds, Louisiana
P – Jonathan Fincher, Louisiana Tech
P – Paul Gervase, LSU
P – Bobby Vath, LSU-Shreveport
C – Julian Brock, Louisiana
1B – Preston Faulkner, Southeastern
2B – Cade Doughty, LSU
3B – Julian Flores, LSU-Shreveport
SS – Austin McNicholas, LSU-Shreveport
OF – Payton Harden, McNeese
OF – Pearce Howard, New Orleans
OF – Steele Netterville, Louisiana Tech
DH – Connor Kimple, Louisiana
Utility – Preston Ludwick, Centenary College
Honorable Mention
P – Tyler Herrera, Centenary College; Patrick Vienne, LSU-Eunice; C – Jorge Corona, Louisiana Tech; 1B – Tre' Morgan, LSU; 2B – Brad Burckel, McNeese; 3B – Allen Dennis, Loyola (N.O.); OF – Mason Holt, ULM; Ryan Major, LSU-Shreveport; DH – Braydon Jobert, LSU.
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