All-area team

Georgia player of the year: Jeff Rice, Sr., 2B, Evans

South Carolina player of the year: Dalton Gress, Sr., OF/RHP, South Aiken

Coach of the year: T.J. Davis, Lakeside

First team

Pos. Name School Year Comment C Will Salley Westside Sr. Capped standout career with .431 average, 38 RBI, 5 HR, 30 R INF Cameron Stallings Laney Sr. Middle Georgia signee hit .460 and nearly led team to rare state playoff berth INF Patrick Arrington Lakeside Sr. Shortstop doubled 8 times and drove in 30 runs for region champs INF Logan Gaines Westside Sr. South Georgia signee led area with .551 average; 6 HRs INF Jeremy Rosier Screven County Sr. Set school record by hitting .524 for region champs OF Patrick Gamblin Harlem Sr. Winthrop signee hit .466 with 30 RBI; also pitched 43 2/3 innings OF Taylor Grover Midland Valley Sr. Hit .462 with 33 RBI; had 3.45 ERA as team's top pitcher OF Taylor Rozier North Augusta Sr. Wofford recruit led team with 7 HR and 26 RBI UTL Shawn McCain Greenbrier Jr. Great postseason (12-for-16) capped breakout season; hit .425 with 29 RBI RHP Tucker Hawley South Aiken Sr. Alabama recruit had 1.27 ERA in 45 2/3 innings for region champs LHP Chad Farmer Greenbrier Jr. First-year varsity player one of top strikeout pitchers in Georgia (113 in 69 IP)

Second team

Pos. Name School Year Comment C Brandon Paul Aquinas Sr. Presbyterian signee hit .433 and doubled 10 times INF Kevin Caughman Evans Sr. Hit. 424, scored 30 times; solid at shortstop INF Will Anderson Thomson Sr. Region 3-AAA player of the year batted .380 INF Caleb Bell Fox Creek Jr. Class A all-state selection hit .500 and drove in 38 INF Derek Clayton Harlem Sr. Led Bulldogs with .528 average and 32 RBI OF Hamp Wade Edmund Burke Sr. Hit .482 with 11 HR for GISA state semifinalists OF Glenn Cassedy Evans So. All-around game powered Knights: .398 avg, 6 doubles, 24 RBI OF Ryan Hutchins Lakeside Sr. Led region champs in virtually every pitching category and also hit .432 UTL Mike Gram Lakeside Sr. Respected hitter walked 31 times and hit .419 with 34 RBI RHP Taylor Guerrieri North Augusta So. Led team with 1.56 ERA; South Carolina recruit also hit 5 HRs LHP Christian Bragg Westside Jr. Forced to pitch in every big game ; won eight times and struck out 90

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Catcher: Tyler Barden (Evans), Bryson Crouch (Cross Creek), Dillon Grantham (North Augusta), Aaron Rachels (Harlem), Michael Weaver (Edmund Burke).

Infield: Phillip Anderson (Thomson), Joel Collins (Screven County), Cody Cozart (Cross Creek), Aaron Davis (Westside), Cody Ewest (Thomson), Cole Cromer (Midland Valley), Evan Darr (North Augusta), LaTron Hunter (Laney), Brandon Ingram (Silver Bluff), Tony Miller (Hephzibah), Devin Rachels (John Hancock), Spencer Starnes (Lakeside), Jeff Stoner (Lakeside), Cody Usry (Thomas Jefferson), Tripp Warrick (North Augusta).

Outfield: William Banks (Augusta Christian), Derek Beasley (Harlem), Nate Bowman (South Aiken), Dontavis Brown (Thomson), Sam Daniel (Greenbrier), Ian Jesse (Aquinas), Joseph Hall (Augusta Prep), Kevin McCrary (Brentwood), Zach Morris (Harlem), Tevin Nelson (Evans), Brad Miller (Aquinas), Blake Ross (Greenbrier), Rob Swan (Thomas Jefferson), Will Tankersley (Thomson).

Pitchers: Steven Bleile (North Augusta), Matt Blume (Evans), Michael Bone (Westminster), Harrison Brawley (Lakeside), Abe Cartledge (Thomson), Rick Chandler (Richmond Academy), Troy Cowart (Silver Bluff), Josh Evans (Brentwood), Michael Farr (Evans), Andrew Faulkner (South Aiken), Erin Hawk (Aquinas), Stephen Leopard (South Aiken), Chris Phillips (North Augusta), Brandon Sharpe (Edmund Burke), Jackson Whitley (Augusta Christian).