Ryan Black Named All-Conference - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

ARLINGTON, Texas – Ryan Black was the lone representative for the Mavericks as the WAC All-Conference selections were announced by the league on Monday evening. Black earned Second Team honors as a DH. This is the third second-team selection and fourth overall selection in UTA's WAC history dating back to their lone season back in 2013 and first since rejoining the WAC this season.

Black made an immediate impact his first season at UTA, starting in 52 of the 53 games played for the Mavs. In 205 at-bats, Black hit .341 on the year with 70 hits, 12 doubles and seven home runs with 53 RBIs. He also slugged .502 during the regular season and posted a .427 on-base percentage.

His six sacrifice flies were 2nd most in the WAC and 47th in the NCAA.

Black led the Mavs with 17 two-hit games and seven three-hit games during the regular season. He had 16 multiple RBI games, eight games with two and eight games with three runs driven in. His season-high hitting streak reached 12 games, the third highest during the season for the Mavs. He also reached base 17 games in a row during the season, also the third highest mark for the Mavs.

His biggest moment of the season came against UT Rio Grande Valley back on April 30, as he hit a walk-off home run to straight away center field in the series finale to earn the victory and series win for the Mavs over the Vaqueros.

Black and the rest of the Mavs will look to bring home a Western Athletic Conference Tournament championship this week in Mesa, Arizona. They will take on UT Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday, May 23, at 6 p.m. on the opening day of the WAC tournament.

All-Conference Selections
WAC Player of the Year
Grayson Tatrow, Sr., OF, Abilene Christian

WAC Pitcher of the Year
Liam Rocha, Jr., RHP, California Baptist

WAC Freshman of the Year
Wehiwa Aloy, SS, Sacramento State

WAC Defensive Player of the Year
Jacob Wilson, Jr., SS, Grand Canyon

WAC Coach of the Year
Gregg Wallis, Grand Canyon

All-WAC First Team
SP - Liam Rocha, Jr., RHP, California Baptist
SP - Daniel Avitia, So., RHP, Grand Canyon
SP - Casey Anderson, Jr., RHP, Utah Valley
RP - Chandler David, Jr., RHP, Sam Houston
C - Martin Vincelli-Simard, Sr., Sacramento State
1B - Tyler Davis, Sr., Sam Houston
1B - Brandon Pimentel, Grad, UTRGV
2B - Daniel Dickinson, Fr., Utah Valley
3B - Justin Wishkoski, Jr., Sam Houston
SS - Jacob Wilson, Jr., Grand Canyon
OF - Grayson Tatrow, Sr., Abilene Christian
OF - Homer Bush Jr., Jr., Grand Canyon
OF - Joe Redfield, Jr., Sam Houston
DH - JP Smith, Fr., Sacramento State

All-WAC Second Team
SP - Zach Thornton, Jr., LHP, Grand Canyon
SP - Coltin Atkinson, Jr., RHP, Sam Houston
SP - Angelo Cabral, Jr., RHP, UTRGV
RP - Brodie Cooper-Vassalakis, Grad, RHP, Grand Canyon
C - Michael Carpentier, So., California Baptist
1B - Zach Yorke, Fr., Grand Canyon
2B - Kevin Jimenez, Sr., NM State
3B - Mitchel Simon, Jr., California Baptist
3B - Christian Perez, Fr., NM State
SS - Wehiwa Aloy, Fr., Sacramento State
OF - Dusty Garcia, Sr., California Baptist
OF - Keith Jones II, Jr., NM State
OF - Matt Boissoneault, Sr., Seattle U
DH - Ryan Black, Fr., UT Arlington

WAC All-Defensive Team
OF - Logan Britt, Jr., Abilene Christian
IF - Garret Ostrander, Jr., California Baptist
IF - Emilio Barreras, Fr., Grand Canyon
OF - Cade Verdusco, Jr., Grand Canyon
SS - Jacob Wilson, Jr., Grand Canyon
1B - Zach Yorke, Fr., Grand Canyon
C - Nick Gore, Jr., NM State
OF - Alec Williams, Jr., Tarleton
2B - Isaac Lopez, So., UTRGV
1B/OF - Brandon Pimentel, Grad, UTRGV

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