Baseball is the first of the Whittier Daily News All-Area Spring Sports to be released. Our player of the year is La Mirada’s Andres Rodriguez while the coach of the Year is Whittier Christian’s Brent Lavoie.
Please click below for the entire list and link to stories.
WHITTIER DAILY NEWS
ALL-AREA BASEBALL
Coach of the Year: Brent Lavoie, Whittier Christian
Player of the Year: Andres Rodriguez, Senior, Shortstop, La Mirada
La Mirada’s Andres Rodriguez
Whittier Christian’s Brent Lavoie
First Team
Pitcher:
Infield: Michael Aguilar, Senior, Third Base, Montebello; Connor Burke, Senior, Shortstop, La Serna; Jacob Collazo, Senior, First Base, Whittier; Rich Rios, Senior, Second Base, El Rancho
Utility: Victor Garcia, Junior, El Rancho
Catcher: Anthony Ybarra, Senior, St. Paul
Outfield: Aaron Porter, Junior, Left Field, La Habra; O’Bryan Sanchez, Senior, Right Field, Whittier; Cameron Stanley, Senior, Center Field, Whittier Christian
Second Team
Pitcher: Nathan Blount, Junior, California; AJ Gonzalez, Senior, St. Paul
Infield: Aaron Ashton, Senior, First Base, La Serna; Andres Dorantes, Senior, Second Base, La Mirada; Nick Mata, Senior, Third Base, La Mirada; Vai Peko, Senior, Shorstop, La Habra
Utility: Marcos Casillas, Senior, Santa Fe
Catcher: George Flynn, Senior, Whittier Christian
Outfield: Eli Garcia, Senior, Left Field, Whittier; Sam Medina, Senior, Center Field, El Rancho; James Morgutia, Senior, Right Field, Cantwell Sacred Heart
Honorable Mention
California: Andrew Alvarez, Michael Esparza
Cantwell Sacred Heart: Richard Manriquez, Chris Montero
El Rancho: Joe Sanchez, Nick Vasquez
La Habra: Zach Ferreira, David Wiggins
La Mirada: Jordan Rosenberg, Jeremy Shirley
La Serna: Nathan Casillas, Jordan Mena
Montebello: Alex Guerrero, Silvestre Sanchez
Pioneer: Edward Aguirre, Anthony Garcia
Santa Fe: Gael Esparza, Gibert Sanchez
Schurr: Matthew Mayo, Daniel Perez
St. Paul: Anthony Lares, Jorge Zepeda
Whittier: Jose Romero, Stephen Zavala
Whittier Christian: Steve Krecker, Jake McMullen
Here’s the Player of the Year and First Team Story – All Area Baseball Team
Here’s the Coach of the Year Story – Whittier Christian’s Lavoie named Coach of the Year
