By Bob Elliott

Canadian Baseball Network

Voted NAIA player of the year OF Christopher Acosta-Tapia (Laval, Que.) of the Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles was also named Canadian Baseball Network Player of the Year.

Among Canadian hitters, Acosta-Tapia led with 105 hits, That was two more than Connors State’s Max Hewitt (Barrie, Ont.), also selected to the Canadian Baseball Network first team, like Acosta-Tapia.

Acosta-Tapia led all Canadians with 24 homers, three more than Frank Phillips’ Brett Esau (Meadow Lake, Sask.), also named to the Canadian Baseball Network First Team.

He led with 27 doubles, one more than New Mexico Thunderbirds' 1B Ryan Rijo (Barrie, Ont.), named to the Canadian Baseball Network Second Team,

Acosta-Tapia was third in RBIs, six back of Midland’s Eric Senior (Toronto, Ont.) voted to the named to the Canadian Baseball Network Second Team.

LHP Guillaume Blanchette (St-Constant, Que.) of the Lubbock Christian was the first unanimous choice last year.

The previous Canadian Baseball Network Player of the Year winners through the years include the likes of ...

_LHP Guillaume Blanchette (St-Constant, Que.) of the Lubbock Christian, the first to ever bat 1.000, collecting 51 of 51 first-place votes last year.

_ 3B Connor Panas (Toronto, Ont.) of the Canisius Golden Griffins, named first on 33 of 45 ballots (73.3) in 2015.

_ 2B-OF Craig-St. Louis (Gatineau, Que.) of the Seminole State Trojans, 50-for-59 (84.7) in 2014.

_ LHP Ryan Kellogg (Whitby, Ont.) of the Arizona State Sun Devils, 50-for-65 (76.9) in 2013.

_ 2B Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ont.) of the Stony Brook Seawolves, 40-for-58 (69) in 2012.

_ OF Chase Larsson (Vancouver, BC), of the Cameron Aggies, 39 of 41 votes (95.1) in 2011.

_ OF Marcus Knecht (North York, Ont.) of the Connors State, 49 of 51 (96.1) in 2010.

_ 3B Jesse Sawyer (Calgary, Alta.) of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, 33 for 49 (67.3) in 2009.

_ DH Mike Gosse (Pitt Meadows, BC) of the Oklahoma Sooners, 35 of 42 (83.3) in 2008.

_ 1B Kevin Atkinson (Surrey, BC) of the New Mexico Jr. College Thunderbirds, 55 for 62 (88.7)in 2007.

— OF Jon Baksh (Mississauga, Ont.) of the Florida Tech Panthers, 40 of 63 (63.5) in 2006.

— 1B Karl Amonite (Woodslee, Ont.) of the Auburn Tigers, 55 for 62 (88.7) in 2005.

— OF Charlie MacFarlane (Lantzville, BC) of the Cumberland Bulldogs, 36 for 45 (80) in 2004.

_ C Aaron McRae (Delta, BC) of the LSU-Shreveport Pilots, 37 for 49 (75.5) in 2003.

_ OF Ryan Kenning (North Vancouver, BC) of the New Mexico State Aggies and RP-SS Jesse Crain (Toronto, Ont.) of the Houston Cougars, who shared honours with nine first-place voters on 16 ballots (56.3) in 2002.

_ LHP Jeff Francis (North Delta, BC) of the British Columbia Thunderbirds, six of seven (85.7) in 2001.

— And OF Ben Emond (Farnham, Que.) of the Texas Longhorns, in 2000, our inaugural year.

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2017 All-Canadian College Team - 18th Annual

First Team
Name	School	APP	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	ERA	Opp AVG
LHP J.P. Stevenson	Canisius	15	15	9	5	0	93	89	46	38	21	69	394	3.65	.239
RHP Noah Gapp	Cumberlands (KY)	15	15	10	4	0	111	80	29	24	26	121	402	1.94	.213
RP Matt Lloyd	Indiana	20	0	3	2	9	32	28	10	8	6	20	127	2.23	.231

Name	School	GP	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	OBP
C Tony Hrynkiw	Connors State	55	.409	198	77	81	11	0	3	60	101	.510	27	13	0	0	8	6	.485
1B J.D. Osborne	Tampa	53	.387	222	66	86	19	0	20	86	165	.743	17	30	3	1	6	9	.429
2B Jared Young	Old Dominion	58	.367	226	57	83	19	4	7	34	131	.580	15	19	9	4	18	4	.441
3B Brett Esau	Frank Phillips	52	.343	178	48	61	11	4	21	64	143	.803	17	41	11	3	7	3	.415
SS Max Hewitt	Connors State	60	.436	236	73	103	19	1	3	67	133	.564	32	18	5	0	4	2	.507
OF Chris Acosta-Tapia	Oklahoma Wesleyan	63	.441	238	89	105	27	2	24	85	208	.874	28	41	12	4	11	2	.516
OF Tristan Pompey	Kentucky	66	.361	266	70	96	18	0	10	45	144	.541	46	56	9	4	6	1	.464
OF Jonathan Lacroix	Seminole State	52	.447	199	68	89	23	1	17	67	165	.829	18	20	5	2	9	4	.504
DH Matt Lloyd	Indiana	58	.301	193	36	58	16	0	11	46	107	.554	28	60	1	3	2	1	.393

Adam Jafine (Toronto, Ont.) Charleston Golden Eagles

Second team
Name	School	APP	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	ERA	Opp AVG
LHP Adam Jafine	Charleston	14	13	8	4	0	81	84	39	31	31	80	365	3.43	.251
RHP Connor Noble	UBC	10	9	6	2	0	70	65	24	16	12	51	270	2.05	.252
RP Dalton Harvey	Dodge City	23	0	2	1	11	26	25	11	10	7	39	99	3.38	.253

Name	School	GP	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	OBP
C Riley MacDonald	Waldorf	56	.293	198	27	58	13	0	14	51	113	.571	22	54	2	1	5	2	.374
1B Ryan Rijo	New Mexico CC	58	.374	195	50	73	26	0	14	79	141	.723	43	38	3	0	6	3	.494
2B David Glaude	Missouri Western State	54	.340	215	44	73	13	2	8	47	114	.530	29	25	4	1	2	1	.421
3B Kobe Morris	Crowder	66	.384	203	56	78	15	3	9	65	126	.621	32	21	5	1	1	0	.470
SS Nolan Rattai	Midland Jr College	58	.413	201	83	83	20	2	6	72	125	.622	38	31	6	2	16	5	.527
OF Eric Senior	Midland	50	.398	226	72	90	15	7	17	91	170	.752	13	46	12	1	6	4	.438
OF Tyler Duncan	Crowder	67	.358	254	75	91	21	8	10	80	158	.622	36	48	14	2	13	0	.462
OF Raphael Gladu	Louisiana Tech	56	.378	233	63	88	19	2	8	55	135	.579	24	26	3	2	4	3	.439
DH Yan-Eric Tremblay	Clarendon	41	.430	128	33	55	10	5	5	30	90	.703	26	16	4	0	1	1	.526

David Gauthier (Mt. Saint Hilaire, Que.) Trinidad State Trojans

Third team
Name	School	APP	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	ERA	Opp AVG
LHP David Gauthier	Trinidad State	11	8	6	1	0	60	52	23	12	20	45	209	1.80	.249
RHP Christian Lindsay-Young	Niagara County	12	10	6	2	1	67.1	41	15	10	9	106	121	1.67	-
RHP Kyle Thomas	Northwestern Ohio	13	13	8	1	0	77	68	38	32	25	87	297	3.71	.250
RP Michael Mueller	Scottsdale CC	16	5	5	2	0	61	59	18	15	11	46	177	2.19	.223

Name	School	GP	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	OBP
C Jacob Cuch	Dickinson State	41	.417	144	24	60	12	1	7	39	95	.660	12	26	1	2	6	1	.479
1B Matt Warkentin	Johnson County	62	.359	237	66	85	22	2	16	70	159	.671	22	43	4	1	11	3	.432
2B Ryan Pouwells	LSU-Shreveport	55	.392	199	54	78	15	3	1	55	102	.513	44	16	10	1	0	3	.496
3B Liam Wilson	Canisius	56	.338	216	41	73	16	4	3	37	106	.491	18	25	2	2	13	2	.418
SS Anthony Quirion	Clarendon	51	.403	186	50	75	18	5	9	45	130	.699	10	38	9	0	12	1	.464
OF Chandler Robertson	Murray State	63	.369	236	61	87	13	3	7	74	127	.538	29	18	6	2	4	7	.435
OF Justin Graff-Rowe	Central Missouri	49	.412	182	48	75	12	4	5	45	110	.604	10	34	14	5	18	3	.484
OF Garrett Kirkwood	Colby	48	.379	177	30	67	26	3	5	48	114	.644	20	19	17	2	4	4	.444
DH Matt Lahn	Lock Haven	50	.357	154	35	55	14	2	10	45	103	.669	18	28	1	0	8	1	.448

Steven Dressler (Burlington, Ont.) San Antonio Roadrunners

Honourable Mention
Name	School	APP	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	ERA	Opp AVG
LHP Nick Vickers	Colby	13	9	4	6	0	60	35	31	24	36	87	207	3.58	.169
LHP Jared Spearing	Indian Hills	14	13	6	6	0	70	56	25	23	29	65	251	2.96	.223
LHP Steven Dressler	San Antonio	17	14	4	4	0	67	70	37	30	27	37	293	3.99	.263
LHP Niall Windeler	UBC	11	10	3	4	0	64	55	28	22	17	50	253	3.08	.233
LHP Chris Sauve-Gebhardt,	Bryan	9	9	6	3	0	54	35	20	19	16	52		3.16	.187

LHP Zachary Sloan	Canisius	17	9	4	2	0	64	72	43	31	33	58	290	4.31	.280
RHP Matthew Brash	Niagara	17	10	5	1	2	77	72	35	24	27	63	332	2.79	.236
RHP Chris Horvath	Wayne State	14	13	5	4	0	75	64	30	25	25	79	321	2.99	.216
RHP Landen Bourassa	Lane	14	10	6	2	0	62	48	21	19	9	55	234	2.75	'.238
RHP Olivier Mailloux	Monroe	12	8	5	3	0	50	41	34	21	14	43	221	3.75	1.970

RP Damian Clarke	Monroe CC	18	6	5	2	0	67	59	31	20	18	61	268	2.66	.220
RP Christian Botnick	UBC	11	0	3	1	3	29	15	4	4	10	24	95	1.24	.176
RP Patrick van den Brink	UBC	12	0	1	1	3	22	10	3	3	3	25	77	1.19	.135
RP Zachary Fascia	Indian Hills	12	0	1	1	5	13	6	2	1	5	18	42	0.66	.143
RP Kristjan Storrie	Galveston	21	0	3	2	8	28	21	14	12	17	36	105	3.77	.200

RP Talon Kunkel	Union College (KY)	27	4	1	1	6	57	49	28	23	23	50	214	3.61	.257
RP Jordan Scheftz	Central Florida	26	0	0	0	0	31	17	11	1	15	31	131	2.35	.160

Name	School	GP	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	OBP
C Luke Horanski	Cisco	40	.356	101	22	36	9	1	2	19	53	.525	28	12	2	1	6	0	.500
C Evan Willow	McPherson	52	.341	179	29	61	11	1	8	41	98	.547	15	25	1	1	3	2	.397
C Kole Cottam	Kentucky	55	.319	188	34	60	12	1	7	44	95	.505	15	33	0	0	6	4	.380
C Jake Sims	Roane State	38	.242	107	27	27	5	-	6	30	50	.467	22	38	0	6			.414
1B David Marcus	California (PA)	44	.403	139	35	56	22	0	5	49	93	.669	33	15	3	1	1	2	.514

1B Kyle McDonald	Crowder	68	.343	242	68	83	21	1	15	73	151	.624	43	52	9	1	5	2	.449
1B John Anthony Lantigua	Western Oklahoma	42	.330	112	35	37	9	1	14	46	90	.804	18	35	9	1	7	0	.453
1B Dominic Campeau	Cal State-San Bernardino	43	.327	147	24	48	15	0	5	29	78	.531	10	22	0	1	1	1	.371
2B Sean Alp	Minot State	49	.331	175	47	58	5	1	3	27	74	.423	21	27	4	0	6	1	.419
3B Mitch Robinson	UBC	37	.356	146	24	52	10	2	4	35	78	.534	13	33	4	0	2	1	.414

3B Nolan Bumstead	Cal State-Northridge	55	.302	192	25	58	11	0	4	25	81	.422	9	36	1	1	18	0	.388
3B Tauren Langley	Cloud County	50	.305	167	36	51	19	0	10	45	100	.599	17	44	0	1	13	1	.409
3B Evann Dumont-LaPointe	Bowdoin	33	.270	115	13	31	7	0	2	18	44	.383	9	27	9	1	2	3	.326
SS Jake Lumley	Canisius	57	.355	228	46	81	12	3	2	21	105	.461	29	40	18	4	5	2	.436
SS Royce Ando	Michigan State	50	.281	171	32	48	7	1	2	19	63	.368	16	42	8	3	3	0	.353

SS Conner Morro	Chattanooga State	51	.402	174	49	70	17	3	2	42	99	.569	36	30	12	0	7	2	.516
SS Taylor Wright	Colorado Northwestern	52	.333	171	36	57	17	2	5	22	93	.544	37	27	23	4	2	2	.453
OF Tristan Clarke	New Orleans	57	.293	215	36	63	13	3	10	43	112	.521	22	53	1	1	8	5	.372
OF Toby Handley	Stony Brook	52	.342	196	44	67	17	8	5	34	115	.587	45	31	18	3	3	3	.466
OF Nick Howie	Eastern Kentucky	56	.290	210	46	61	14	1	8	41	101	.481	32	59	5	0	4	0	.394

OF Chris Thibideau	North Florida	54	.317	221	42	70	18	0	8	37	112	.507	19	48	14	5	3	1	.377
OF Tanner Kirwer	Niagara	48	.335	194	47	65	20	0	2	29	91	.469	26	31	23	2	8	2	.430
OF Daniel Szpik	Florida Tech	50	.330	191	50	63	12	1	11	45	110	.576	38	51	11	0	2	2	.442
OF Zarley Cina	Niagara County	56	.385	192	42	74	18	0	2	54	98	.510	11	12	7	2	8	2	.437
OF Francis Desilets	Clarendon	36	.380	129	33	49	8	4	3	41	74	.574	18	7	1	0	4	5	.455

OF Alex Bedard	Trinidad State	52	.298	181	53	54	8	3	0	20	68	.376	17	28	33	6	9	0	.386
OF Evan Webb	Concord	51	.364	184	34	67	16	0	2	49	89	.484	19	44	1	0	6	1	.438
OF Danny Beaver	Notre Dame (OH)	50	.320	194	44	62	12	2	2	27	84	.433	18	41	32	1	2	1	.381
OF Ryan Humeniuk	Indian Hills	59	.333	219	57	73	14	6	5	50	114	.521	17	43	6	3	1	2	.381
OF Griffin Keller	Northern Oklahoma-Enid	48	.325	169	34	55	13	0	6	66	86	.509	20	14	1	2	4	2	.405

OFJordan Schulz	Minot State	50	.381	176	46	67	17	3	5	31	105	.597	31	35	12	3	7	5	.479
OF Tyson Troscinski	Chesapeake	42	.274	135	32	37	12	0	10	50	79	.585	14	22	3	3	8	0	.376
OF Jean-Francois Garon	Bradley	40	.246	130	26	32	4	1	10	28	68	.523	18	48	3	4	0	1	.336
OF Cole Paquin	Winnipeg	38	.362	116	26	42	8	0	2	19	56	.483	21	11	5	0	6	13	.442
DH Matt Hilderbrandt	Cuyahoga	52	.281	139	35	39	11	0	13	56	89	.640	25	35	1	0	4	2	.400

DH Kole Cottam	Kentucky	55	.319	188	34	60	12	1	7	44	95	.505	15	33	0	0	6	4	.380
DH Vincent Caschera	Goshen	57	.324	207	26	67	16	0	5	49	98	.473	24	44	0	0	3	3	.397
DH Gui Gingras	St John's	50	.318	151	20	48	9	2	5	37	76	.503	18	27	0	0	3	1	.399

2017 All-Canadian College Team: Stats