SAINT PAUL, Minn. – After making a run to the conference-championship series, the UW-Superior baseball team landed seven players on the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Baseball All-Conference Team, the league announced Tuesday.
Named to the All-UMAC first team were junior catcher
Cory Albertson (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area), senior designated hitter
Braeden Barr (San Diego, Calif./Grossmont), sophomore third baseman
Bryce Flanagan (Brainerd, Minn./Brainerd) and sophomore left-handed pitcher
Ryan Rodriguez (Chaska, Minn./Chaska). Senior outfielder
Matthew Boyde (Chanhassen, Minn./Minnetonka) and senior first baseman
Travis Miller (Whittier, Calif./La Serna) earned honorable-mention accolades. Senior right-hander
Trevor Roszczewski (Minocqua, Wis./Lakeland Union) was the Yellowjackets' recipient of the UMAC Sportsmanship Award.
Albertson claimed his third consecutive all-conference nod after being UMAC Player of the Year and a first-team selection in 2018 and an honorable-mention pick in 2017. This season, he led the team and was fifth in the league with a .408 batting average, was second in the league with 60 hits, 42 RBIs and a .673 slugging percentage. He was third in the UMAC with a .497 on-base percentage and had 37 runs scored and 14 doubles, both sixth in the conference.
Albertson tied for third with Boyde with seven home runs and had the league's eighth most walks with 22 on the season.
Barr hit .368 (50-for-136) on the year. His hit total is seventh in the league, while his 35 RBIs is sixth. Barr collected six home runs to rank fifth in that category and slugged .581, which is ninth overall in the league. He was second on the team with 11 doubles.
Barr was 3-2 with a 5.62 ERA in eight starts on the mound. He threw two complete games and 40 innings overall. He struck out 24 and walked just seven.
Flanagan batted .303 in 35 games with 33 hits, 17 runs, six doubles, a triple and a home run. He drove in 21 runs and walked 16 times. Flanagan was named UMAC Baseball Player of the Week March 18.
On the mound, Flanagan was 2-1 in three starts with a 6.92 ERA. He pitched 13 innings, striking out nine and walking four.
Rodriguez was 3-1 with a 4.63 ERA in 44.2 innings over 10 outings. He started eight games and stuck out 38 against 15 walks. Rodriguez held the opposition to a .261 batting average to rank fourth in the league. His ERA was ninth best in the UMAC and his strikeout total eighth.
Boyde batted .348 in 37 games with 46 hits in 132 at-bats. He scored 31 runs, had eight doubles, a triple and the seven homers. He drove in 22 runs and was hit by a pitch a league-leading 17 times. Boyde slugged .588 to rank seventh in the UMAC.
Miller was second on the team and 10th in the UMAC with a .378 batting average. He recorded 48 hits, 30 runs, nine doubles a triple and five home runs. He drove in 30 runs and walked 17 times. Miller had a .583 slugging percentage and .481 on-base percentage to rank eighth in the conference in both categories.
Roszczewski pitched to a 0-3 record and 18.29 ERA in five appearances, including four starts in 2019. He threw 10.1 innings and struck out five batters.
As the No. 4 seed in the UMAC tournament, the 'Jackets advanced to the final day of the event, falling to Bethany Lutheran. UWS, which finished 18-22 on the season, beat Crown, St. Scholastica and Northwestern in the process. Superior's victory against the Saints was its first since 1991, a 14-game span.