Aube & Tavera Selected SBC All-Tournament
5/31/2021 10:21:00 AM | Baseball
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Junior Carlos Tavera and Senior Connor Aube were named to the Sun Belt  All-Tournament Team, as announced by the Sun Belt Conference following the conclusion of the Sun Belt baseball championship.
Tavera, who was also 1st Team All-Conference, started the Pool Play clinching win over Arkansas State that launched the Mavericks into their first SBC semifinals appearance since 2014. Tavera fanned nine batters across 6.1 innings pitched and allowed just four hits. The nine strikeouts put his season total to 117 - a single-season record for the Mavericks.Â
Aube finished the tournament with a .429 batting average and slugging percentage of .929 across the three games, and hit two runs to increase his season total to a career-high 12. He led the Mavericks with 4 RBI and scored an additional six times. This is Aube's second consecutive All-Tournament team selection.
SUN BELT ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Most Outstanding Player
Miles Smith, South Alabama (Sr., P – Laurel, Miss.)Â
All-Tournament Team
Nick Lucky, Coastal Carolina (Jr., OF – Denver, Pa.)Â
Parker Biederer, Georgia Southern (Sr., OF – Cumming, Ga.)Â
Jordan Jackson, Georgia Southern (Sr., P – McDonough, Ga.)Â
Jason Swan, Georgia Southern (Sr., 1B – Jacksonville, Fla.)Â
Josh Smith, Georgia State (So., OF – College Park, Ga.)
Spencer Arrighetti, Louisiana (So., P – Katy, Texas)Â
Ben Fitzgerald, Louisiana (Jr., DH – Mason City, Iowa)
Kaleb DeLaTorre, South Alabama (Sr., 1B – Fort Scott, Kan.)Â
Hunter Donaldson, South Alabama (Fr., OF – Phenix City, Ala.)Â
Santi Montiel, South Alabama (Jr., SS – Alpharetta, Ga.)Â
Ethan Wilson, South Alabama (Jr., OF – Andalusia, Ala.)
Connor Aube, UTA (Sr., OF – Falmouth, Maine)
Carlos Tavera, UTA (Jr., P – Fort Worth, Texas)
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Tavera, who was also 1st Team All-Conference, started the Pool Play clinching win over Arkansas State that launched the Mavericks into their first SBC semifinals appearance since 2014. Tavera fanned nine batters across 6.1 innings pitched and allowed just four hits. The nine strikeouts put his season total to 117 - a single-season record for the Mavericks.Â
Aube finished the tournament with a .429 batting average and slugging percentage of .929 across the three games, and hit two runs to increase his season total to a career-high 12. He led the Mavericks with 4 RBI and scored an additional six times. This is Aube's second consecutive All-Tournament team selection.
SUN BELT ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Most Outstanding Player
Miles Smith, South Alabama (Sr., P – Laurel, Miss.)Â
All-Tournament Team
Nick Lucky, Coastal Carolina (Jr., OF – Denver, Pa.)Â
Parker Biederer, Georgia Southern (Sr., OF – Cumming, Ga.)Â
Jordan Jackson, Georgia Southern (Sr., P – McDonough, Ga.)Â
Jason Swan, Georgia Southern (Sr., 1B – Jacksonville, Fla.)Â
Josh Smith, Georgia State (So., OF – College Park, Ga.)
Spencer Arrighetti, Louisiana (So., P – Katy, Texas)Â
Ben Fitzgerald, Louisiana (Jr., DH – Mason City, Iowa)
Kaleb DeLaTorre, South Alabama (Sr., 1B – Fort Scott, Kan.)Â
Hunter Donaldson, South Alabama (Fr., OF – Phenix City, Ala.)Â
Santi Montiel, South Alabama (Jr., SS – Alpharetta, Ga.)Â
Ethan Wilson, South Alabama (Jr., OF – Andalusia, Ala.)
Connor Aube, UTA (Sr., OF – Falmouth, Maine)
Carlos Tavera, UTA (Jr., P – Fort Worth, Texas)
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