Six Players Earn All-SoCon Selections

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Six Mercer baseball players were named to the Southern Conference All-Conference Teams, it was announced on Tuesday. Treyson Hughes earned Coaches and Media First Team honors, Eric Toth was selected for the Coaches First Team and Media Second Team, Ty Dalley was named to the Coaches All-Freshman Team, Jozsef Rohrbacher claimed Coaches and Media Second Team honors, and Josh Farmer and Jackson Cherry each earned a spot on the Media Second Team.

This is the second All-SoCon honor for Hughes after the outfielder earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team in 2022. Hughes led the team in batting average this year at .378 which also ranked sixth in the league. His on-base percentage of .494 is third in the SoCon. Hughes ranked second in the conference in runs scored with 69 which is 14^th nationally. The Warner Robins, Georgia, native also recorded 79 hits and 50 RBI which rank fourth and seventh in the conference, respectively. Hughes led the SoCon in walks with 43.

Joining the Bears for his graduate year, Toth was an excellent addition, hitting a conference second-most 19 home runs this year. The Mobile, Alabama, native logged a .660 slugging percentage, ranking sixth in the league. Toth recorded the second-most hits with 66 and notched 49 RBI. His .335 batting average ranked 14^th in the SoCon. During the season, Toth posted a nine-game hitting streak and reached base in 17-straight games. The designated hitter was named SoCon Player of the Week and a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week on May 22. This is the first SoCon postseason award of Toth's career and third conference honor (2021, 2022 Big South honors at Presbyterian College).

Dalley posted big numbers his freshman year, finishing fourth in the conference in home runs with 17 and seventh in the league in RBI with 50. 27 of Dalley's 45 hits were extra-base hits, pushing his slugging percentage to .609 which was fourth on the team. The Vidalia, Georgia, native also recorded 36 runs. As the Bears' consistent first baseman, Dalley ranked second in the conference in fielding double plays at 37. This is Dalley's first postseason honor.

Playing multiple roles this year, Rohrbacher earned two second-team honors as an outfielder. The senior ranked third in the conference with 18 home runs which is the second-most for the Bears. Rohrbacher also ranked seventh in the league in runs with 51 and second in walks with 38. The Tallahassee, Florida, native batted .280 with a .414 on-base percentage. Rohrbacher was named a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week on May 1. He finished the season on a 17-game streak of reaching base, his longest of the season. This is Rohrbacher's first postseason honor.

Farmer is the lone pitcher for the Bears to earn an all-conference selection, picking up his first-career honor. The redshirt senior secured three wins in conference play, going 3-0 as the pitcher of record. Farmer threw 42.1 innings in conference play, including a seven-inning complete game against ETSU, only allowing two runs scored. Overall, Farmer recorded 38 strikeouts and just 14 walks this season. The Bogart, Georgia, native was named the SoCon Pitcher of the Week on March 13.

Rounding out the all-conference selections is Cherry, who was recently named the SoCon Player of the Week on May 15. The outfielder holds a perfect fielding percentage this season with 51 putouts. The Forest, Virginia, native batted .324 this season with a .406 average in conference play. Cherry is on the double figure home run list this season with 12, eight of which were against league opponents. His .712 slugging percentage leads the team, and he added 27 RBI and 20 runs this season.

The Bears have had at least six players placed on the All-SoCon Teams four out of the eight years awards have been given since Mercer joined the conference. Mercer has had a player earn All-Freshman honors every year the Bears have been in the league.

Mercer begins play in the Southern Conference Baseball Championship presented by Holston Gases as the No. 2 seed on Friday, May 26 at 12:30 p.m. at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C.

Coaches All-Southern Conference Teams

Player of the Year: Ryan Galanie, Sr., 1B, Wofford
Pitcher of the Year: Jacob Cravey, Jr., RHP, Samford
Freshman of the Year: Lucas Steele, OF, Samford
Coach of the Year: Tony David, Samford

First team
SP – Nathanial Tate, Sr., ETSU
SP – Jacob Cravey, Jr., Samford
RP – Lucas Mahlstedt, So., Wofford
C – Cole Garrett, Jr., VMI
1B – Ryan Galanie, Sr., Wofford
2B – Jayden Davis, Fr., Samford
SS – Pascanel Ferreras, Jr., Western Carolina
3B – Justin Starke, R-Jr., VMI
OF – Treyson Hughes, So., Mercer
OF – Kennedy Jones, So., UNCG
OF – Cole Jenkins, Jr., VMI
DH – Eric Toth, Gr., Mercer

Second team
SP – Cameron Reeves, Sr., The Citadel
SP – Matthew Marchal, Sr., Wofford
RP – Ben Petschke, Jr., Samford
C – Cameron Gill, Sr., Wofford
1B – Cameron Sisneros, Jr., ETSU
2B – Ty Swaim, Jr., VMI
SS – Zac Morris, R-Jr., VMI
3B – Dixon Black, Jr., Wofford
OF – Nick Iannantone, Jr., ETSU
OF – Jozsef Rohrbacher, Sr., Mercer
OF – Trey Morgan, R-Jr., VMI
DH – John Anderson, Jr., Samford

All-Freshman Team
Will Holmes, The Citadel
Cody Miller, ETSU
Ty Dalley, Mercer
Julien Peissel, UNCG
Luke Thomas, UNCG
Jayden Davis, Samford
Lucas Steele, Samford
Grayson Fitzwater, VMI
Jimmy Koza, VMI
Ryan White, Western Carolina
Zac Cowan, Wofford
Branton Little, Wofford
Charlie Weber, Wofford

SCSMA All-Southern Conference Teams

Player of the Year: Ryan Galanie, Sr., 1B, Wofford
Pitcher of the Year: Jacob Cravey, Jr., RHP, Samford
Freshman of the Year: Jayden Davis, 2B, Samford
Coach of the Year: Tony David, Samford

First team
SP – Nathanial Tate, Sr., ETSU
SP – Jacob Cravey, Jr., Samford
RP – Lucas Mahlstedt, So., Wofford
C – Cole Garrett, Jr., VMI
1B – Ryan Galanie, Sr., Wofford
2B – Jayden Davis, Fr., Samford
SS – Pascanel Ferreras, Jr., Western Carolina
3B – Justin Starke, R-Jr., VMI
OF – Treyson Hughes, So., Mercer
OF – Kennedy Jones, So., UNCG
OF – Cole Jenkins, Jr., VMI
DH – John Anderson, Jr., Samford

Second team
SP – Cameron Reeves, Sr., The Citadel
SP – Josh Farmer, Sr., Mercer
SP – Coulson Buchanan, So., Wofford
RP – Cade Carlson, Jr., ETSU
C – Cameron Gill, Sr., Wofford
1B – Cameron Sisneros, Jr., ETSU
2B – Ty Swaim, Jr., VMI
SS – Sawyer Reeves, So., The Citadel
3B – Dixon Black, Jr., Wofford
OF – Nick Iannantone, Jr., ETSU
OF – Jackson Cherry, So., Mercer
OF – Jozsef Rohrbacher, Sr., Mercer
DH – Eric Toth, Gr., Mercer

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Players Mentioned

Jackson Cherry

Ty Dalley

Josh Farmer

Treyson Hughes

Jozsef Rohrbacher

Eric Toth

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