2023 All-Canadian Team: Elliott- Cerkownyk, Arnold, Bach, Villeneuve, Gomm, Murdoch, Wilkinson, Hon. Mentions

Former Mississauga Tigers’ C Brady Cerkownyk (Etobicoke, Ont.), of the Connors State Cowboys, is the Canadian Baseball Network Player of the Year. Photo: Matthew Harmon, Connors State Athletics

November 23, 2023

By Bob Elliott

Canadian Baseball Network

As a youngster, we remember watching the NBC Game of the Week -- and it was literally THE game of the week because it was the only game we got to see before the Montreal Expos were born.

Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese were in the broadcast booth. And once Dizzy was finished singing a chorus of the Wabash Cannonball ...

“Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar

As she glides along the woodland o’er the hills and by the shore

Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear the lonesome hobo’s call

As you travel across the country on the Wabash Cannonball”

And once he was finished telling where his old pal Roy Acuff would be playing that night he’d zero in on the players.

Like Cincinnati Reds slugger Ted Kluszewski. Big Klu had a big name and big shoulders both in Cincy and around the National League. Kluszewski hit 40 or more homers from 1953 to 1955, including leading the NL with 49 homers in 1954. He hit 279 homers in his 15-year career.

In those days, the Reds wore vest-like white jerseys, with red undershirts. Or sometimes no long-sleeved shirt at all. So, the 10 letters in Big Klu’s last name went from below the left arm pit, across his shoulders to below his right arm pit.

Speaking of big names we have one as our Canadian Baseball Network’s 24th annual Canadian College Player of the Year: C Brady Cerkownyk -- one letter shorter than Kluszewski -- who was a big name around Warner, Okla., home of the Connors State Cowboys.

He was voted the best of the 1,003 of the Canadians playing the majority of their schedules south of the border. Cerkownyk (Etobicoke, Ont.) garnered first-place votes on 46 of the 53 ballots edging SS Bryce Arnold (Grimsby, Ont.) of the Campbell Camels.

Our electorate this year consisted of 22 coaches, from elite programs to colleges on both sides of the border; 16 writers (including eight CBN staffers), nine pro scouts, four executives (including two SIDs) and two ex-players (counting one Olympian).

Cerkownyk, who played for the Mississauga Tigers, Ontario Blue Jays and Brampton Royals, finished second in the JUCO ranks in batting average (.470), and home runs (27), while leading in RBIs (107). He contended for the NJCAA Triple Crown, while also leading the nation with a .985 slugging percentage. He sat 12 points behind Nicklas Williams of Wabash Valley in the batting race, was second in homers -- one behind countryman Robin Villeneuve (Gatineau, Que.) and led in RBIs.

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Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian First Team and our Honourable Mentions.

Kevin Glew: Canadian Baseball Network Player of the Year

Canadian Baseball Network college All-Canadian Second Team.

Canadian Baseball Network college All-Canadian Third Team

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Most first-place votes on our First Team: Brady Cerkownyk (Etobicoke, Ont.) 46, Bryce Arnold (Grimsby, Ont.) 45, Jordan Bach (Ladner, BC) 37, Robin Villeneuve (Gatineau, Que.) 35, Austin Gomm (Mississauga, Ont.) 34, Ethan Murdoch (Swift Current, Sask.) 30, Matt Wilkinson (Ladner, BC) 30, Matt Duffy (Burlington, Ont.) 27, L.P, Langevin (Quebec, Que.) 27, Pier-Olivier Boucher (Saint-Joseph-de-Bauce, Que.) 24.

First team by province: Ontario 5, British Columbia and Quebec, 3 each, Saskatchewan 1.

First team by graduating organizations: Academie Baseball Canada 2, Alouettes de Charlesbourg 1, Boucher Canonniers de Québec 1, Delta Blue Jays 1, FieldHouse Pirates 1, Great Lake Canadians 1, Mid-Island Pirates 1, Mississauga Tigers 1, Okotoks Dawgs 1, Swift Current ‘57s, Toronto Mets 1, Terriers 1.

All-Canadian team players by provinces: Ontario 15, Quebec 5, Alberta 4, Nova Scotia 4, British Columbia 3, Saskatchewan 2, Newfoundland and Labrador 1,

All-Canadian teams by graduating organizations: Okotoks Dawgs 5, Toronto Mets 5, Academie Baseball Canada 4, Vauxhall Jets 3, Terriers 3, Great Lake Canadians 2, Ontario Blue Jays 2, Abbotsford Cardinals 1, Alouettes de Charlesbourg 1, Boucher Canonniers de Québec 1, Calgary Babe Ruth Blues 1, Dartmouth Renegades 1, Delta Blue Jays 1, FieldHouse Pirates 1, Gonzaga Vikings 1, Langley Blaze 1, Mid-Island Pirates 1, Mississauga Tigers 1, Ontario Nationals 1, Royal de Repentigny 1, Swift Current ‘57s 1 and Victoria Mariners 1.

Okotoks Dawgs LHP Matt Wilkinson (Ladner, BC) of the Central Arizona Vaqueros.

Left-hander: Matt Wilkinson (Ladner, BC) Central Arizona Vaqueros.

He had a 10-2 record and a find-it-if-you-can ERA of 1.07 in 16 games, making 14 starts. He walked 19 and struck out 136 in 84 innings, while allowing only 42 base hits. Wilkinson was named 2023 NJCAA D1 Pitcher of the Year after his superb campaign at Central Arizona. He led all Canucks with 136 strikeouts and had the lowest ERA.

He had victories over Yavapai (seven scoreless, eight strikeouts), Pima (six innings, one run, nine Ks), Arizona Western (five innings, two runs, 11 strikeouts), Eastern Arizona (seven innings, zero earned runs, 11 whiffs), Yavapai (five innings, two runs, 11 strikeouts), Chandler-Gilbert (seven scoreless, 11 Ks), Mesa (6 1/3 innings scoreless, 13 strikeouts), Pima (six innings, two runs, four whiffs), Arizona Western (5 1/3 innings, scoreless, 10 strikeouts) and Yavapai (one scoreless, two strikeouts).

In all, he fanned seven or more in 12 of his 14 starts, including 15 in a 1-0 loss to Arizona Western. Of his 16 outings he allowed zero runs in eight outings and not once did he give up more than two runs.

Wilkinson, who pitched for Jeff Duda and the Okotoks Dawgs, earned Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian First Team honours as a reliever in 2022.

Great Lake Canadians grad RHP Matt Duffy (Burlington, Ont.) of the Canisius Golden Griffins.

Right-hander _ Matt Duffy (Burlington, Ont.) Canisius Golden Griffins.

He was 6-3 with a 4.13 ERA in 14 games, walking only 28 and striking out 119 in 80 2/3 innings. He was second among Canucks in strikeouts.

He pitched 4 1/3 innings against Boston College (allowing three hits), worked a season-high eight innings against Mount St. Mary’s (four hits, one run), struck out 13 batters against Iona, struck out a career-high 14 batters against Saint Peter’s (one hit) and notched his 100th strikeout of the season facing Manhattan. Duffy struck out seven or more batters in nine of 14 starts. He became the first pitcher in MAAC history to post back-to-back seasons of 100-plus strikeouts on his way to winning MAAC Pitcher of the Week four times.

Duffy led the conference in total strikeouts (119), strikeouts per nine innings (13.28), WHIP (1.14) and hits allowed per nine innings (7.14). He earned an All-MAAC First Team selection, was an American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Division I All-Northeast Region First-Team honoree and was Canisius Male Athlete of the Year. He was drafted by the Red Sox in the fourth round this summer, becoming the highest draft pick in program history and was a MAAC All-Academic Team selection.

A former Great Lake Canadian, Duffy pitched for coaches Chris Robinson and Adam Stern. He gained Canadian Baseball Network First Team honours in 2022 and a Canadian Baseball Network Honourable Mention in 2021.

Former ABC’s L.P. Langevin (Quebec, Que.) of the Wabash Valley Little Giants.

Reliever _ L.P. Langevin (Quebec, Que.) Wabash Valley College Warriors.

Langevin only had three saves, but he sported a 9-1 record with a 2.48 ERA. Appearing in 22 games (eight starts) he walked 29 and struck out 92 in 58 innings.

Langevin had saves against Georgia Highlands (scoreless 2/3) and South Suburban (2/3 scoreless) and Shawnee (1 1/3 scoreless, four whiffs). And he registered wins against Kellogg (one scoreless), John A. Logan (scoreless 1/3 of an inning), Kaskaskia (four innings, two runs, five strikeouts), Rend Lake (five innings, zero earned runs, nine whiffs), Southeastern Illinois (four scoreless, seven strikeouts), Southwestern Illinois (3 1/3 innings, three runs), Lake Land (5 2/3 innings, three runs, 10 whiffs), South Suburban (five scoreless) and Salt Lake (2 2/3 scoreless).

Langevin pitched twice at the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Col. Facing No. 4 ranked Weatherford he allowed three runs -- two earned -- in 3 1/3 innings in a 14-4 win. And in the championship final, he worked 3 1/3 scoreless in a 13-6 loss to No. 1 ranked Central Florida before 11,969 fans.

He played for coach Maxime Hockhoussen at the Academie du Baseball Canada.

Catcher _ Brady Cerkownyk (Etobicoke, Ont.) Connors State Cowboys.

He didn’t hit for average, rather he smashed for average: .470. That average included 23 doubles, 27 homers, 107 RBIs and an OPS of 1.540 in 55 games. He led all Canadians in batting average, RBIs, slugging, OPS and in hits with 95, two more than McCook’s Ethan Murdoch. Plus, he had the second highest on-base percentage, second-most homers with 27 and tied for second in runs scored -- tied with Murdoch -- one behind teammate Luca Boscarino. He was third in doubles.

Those numbers made him Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Year. Does the wind blow out in Oklahoma? We’re told it does ... but as a scout used to say when Marcus Knecht (North York, Ont.) won the same honour: “It blows out, but it blows out for everyone -- not just Knecht.”

Four of his best games were: going 5-for-7 in a 26-8 romp over Rose State with two doubles, a homer and eight RBIs, facing UA Rich Mountain when he went 4-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs, going 4-for-5 with two homers and four RBIs against Rose State and 4-for-5 Seminole State with a double, two homers and four RBIs,

On opening day, Cerkownyk gave an indication of what kind of year he was going to have, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs in a romp over Oklahoma Wesleyan as well he had three-hit games against Carl Albert State (two homers, four RBIs), TCS Postgrad (three doubles, four RBIs), 3-for-3 against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 3-for-5 (double, homer and five RBIs) against Seminole State, 3-for-3 against DFW Postgrad (three doubles), 3-for-4 against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 3-for-4 against Seminole State (double, homer, four RBIs) and 3-for-3 facing ASU Mountain Home (double, solo homer).

And he had two-hit games against Murray State (double, homer, two RBIs), North Central Texas (two doubles, five RBIs), North Central Texas (two homers, five RBIs), TCS Postgrad (two homers, three RBIs), Arkansas Tech (two homers, five RBIs), Arkansas Tech again, Ozarks (double, RBI), Eastern Oklahoma State (solo homer). Eastern Oklahoma State again (RBI), Rose State (homer, four RBIs), Crowder (two doubles, five RBIs), Seminole State (OK) (RBI), Crowder, Eastern Oklahoma State (two RBIs), Eastern Oklahoma State again, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (homer, two RBIs), Seminole State (double, homer, three RBIs) and ASU Mountain Home (homer, three RBIs).

Cerkownyk played for the Mississauga Tigers and coaches Greg Byron and Damon Topolie, Ontario Blue Jays and coaches Sean Travers, Sean Bignall and Byron as well as coach Stan Wilson with the Brampton Royals,

ABC 1B Robin Villeneuve (Gatineau, Que.) of the Weatherford Coyotes.

First base _ Robin Villeneuve (Gatineau, Que.) Weatherford Coyotes.

He owned a .401 average with 24 doubles, 28 homers, 103 RBIs and a 1.386 OPS in 63 games. Villeneuve led the 1,003 Canadian players in home runs, was second in doubles and RBIs, plus third in slugging. He was tied for fourth in OPS and tied for fourth in hits,

Three-hit outings included going 3-for-4 against Amarillo (three doubles, three RBIs), 3-for-3 climbing the Hill (double, homer, plating a pair), 3-for-4 with against Vernon (two RBIs), 3-for-4 facing North Central Texas (three RBIs), 3-for-4 against Temple (double, two homers and six RBIs), 3-for-5 in a narrow win over New Mexico (three doubles and three RBIs) and 3-for-5 against Central Florida (double and two RBIs).

He had two-hit games against Blinn (homer, three RBIs), Blinn again (homer, two RBIs), Tyler, Tyler again (double), Lamar (double, homer, two RBIs), Lamar again (two homers, three RBIs), Iowa Western (homer, two RBIs), Amarillo (double, two RBIs), Western Texas (double, homer, three RBIs), Hill (double, three RBIs), Northeast Texas, Vernon (two RBIs), Vernon again (three RBIs), North Central Texas (homer, three RBIs), Temple (homer, three RBIs), Cisco (double, three RBIs), Cisco again (double, homer, four RBIs), Ranger (solo homer), New Mexico Military (RBI), Midland (double, three RBIs), Delgado (double, homer, two RBIs) and Central Florida (homer, two RBIs).

At the JUCO College World Series in Grand Junction, Col. Villeneuve was 6-for-14 (.429) with a double, two homers and four RBIs in wins over No. 1 ranked Central Florida (14-6) and No. 5 Blinn (12-2) and losses to No. 3 Wabash Valley (14-4) and a loss to Central Florida (14-13).

Villeneuve played at the ABC for coach Maxime Hockhoussen.

Former Mid Island Pirates’ 2B Aaron Marsh (Nanaimo, BC) of the UBC Thunderbirds.

Second base _ Aaron Marsh (Nanaimo, BC) British Columbia Thunderbirds.

He batted .377 with 17 doubles, two triples, 11 homers, 47 RBIs and a 1.105 OPS.

His best game was going 4-for-6 facing Eastern Oregon with a double, homer and five RBIs. In another game against Eastern Oregon, he went 4-for-6 with a double and an RBI. Marsh was 3-for-3 against Corban with a double and an RBI, 3-for-4 against the College of Idaho with a pair of doubles and four RBIs, 3-for-5 playing Eastern Oregon with a homer and four RBIs, 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs against Bushnell, 3-for-4 against Oregon Tech with a double and a solo homer, 3-for-4 with a double, homer and driving in three facing Corban.

He had two hits in the opener against Ottawa-Arizona, Benedictine Mesa (triple, three RBIs), Midland (triple, three RBIs), Arizona Christian (double, solo homer), Bushnell (solo homer), Bushnell again, Bushnell again (homer, two RBIs), Oregon Tech, Idaho (homer, two RBIs), Eastern Oregon (solo homer), Bushnell, Bushnell again (RBI), Seattle (double, RBI), Oregon Tech (RBI), Corban (double, two RBIs), Corban again, Corban (homer, two RBIs), Oregon Tech (homer, two RBIs), Westmont (double) and Vanguard (two RBIs).

Marsh played for coaches Larson Bauch and Doug Rogers with the Mid-Island Pirates.

Terriers grad 3B Austin Gomm (Mississauga, Ont.)

Third base _ Austin Gomm (Mississauga, Ont.) Parkland Cobras.

He hit .455 with 22 doubles, two triples, 20 homers and 58 RBIs. He also stole 10 bases and had a 1.439 OPS in 56 games. On the top Canuck list, Gomm was second in slugging and OPS. He tied for third in homers with Nash Crowell, had the third highest batting average and was fourth in on-base percentage.

His 20 home runs were seventh in the JUCO ranks and the most in program history. Gomm numbers ranked amongst the best in the USA as his batting average was seventh in the nation, his 87 hits (11th), his 22 doubles (13th) and his 58 RBIs (52nd).

He filled his hat going 4-for-5, hitting a double, homer and knocking in three against Lincoln Land, 4-for-5 against Lincoln Land hitting a double, homer and plating three and it was poetic justice when he was 4-for-5 against Carl Sandburg with a homer and three RBIs. Gomm went 3-for-4 against Southwestern Illinois with a double, a homer and three RBIs, 3-for-4 facing Carl Sandburg with a double and an RBI, 3-for-3 with two homers and six RBIs in a win over Spoon River, 3-for-4 facing Spoon River with a double, homer and three RBIs, 3-for-4 against the Quincy JVs with two doubles, a triple and an RBI, he went 3-for-5 facing Marian JVs with a double, homer and two RBIs, he was 3-for-6 facing South Suburban with a solo homer, 3-for-5 against Illinois Central with a homer and five RBIs.

He had two-hit outings against Harper, Kirkwood (double, RBI), Spoon River (homer, two RBIs), Spoon River again (two doubles, an RBI), Heartland (double), John Wood (double), Danville Area (double, three RBIs), Danville Area (triple, solo homer), Illinois Central (solo homer), Illinois Central (homer, two RBIs), Lincoln Land (double, two RBIs), Vincennes (homer, three RBIs), Vincennes (two RBIs), Lewis & Clark, Lewis & Clark again (double, three RBIs) and Vincennes (double, RBI).

Gomm, who played for the Terriers coaches Dean Dicenzo (Hamilton, Ont.) and Scott Vandevalk (Georgetown, Ont.), earned NJCAA DII First Team All-American, NJCAA DII All-Region 24, Mid-West Conference All-Conference Teams First Team and was named Parkland Male Athlete of 2023.

FieldHouse Pirates grad SS Bryce Arnold (Grimsby, Ont.)

Shortstop _ Bryce Arnold (Grimsby, Ont.) Campbell Camels.

He batted .321 with 18 doubles, four triples, 17 homers and 65 RBIs with an OPS of 1.050 in 59 games. He had 25 multi-hit games and a team-high 19 multi-RBI games. Arnold was tied for sixth in homers on the Canucks leader list with 17.

He led the Big South with doubles (19) and total extra-base hits (40) and was among the league’s top five in eight statistical categories.

On the season, he had a high of five hits in a 5-for-6 day with a home run at Presbyterian as well as a pair of five-RBI games, one against Butler with a triple and homer, and again at Tulane with two homers. He had his most important swing of the season with a game-tying grand slam in the seventh against Central Connecticut State at the Columbia Regional to keep the season alive. Arnold managed three-hit games against Butler (solo homer), he was 3-for-5 against Radford (double, two triples, five RBIs), he was 3-for-4 against UNC Asheville with two triples and he went 3-for-6 against North Carolina State with an RBI.

As well, he had two-hit games against Appalachian State (double, two RBIs), Coastal Carolina (two homers, three RBIs), Winthrop, Radford (double, three RBIs), Charleston Southern (homer, two RBIs), Charleston Southern again (RBI), Duke (homer, two RBIs), Coastal Carolina (solo homer), Longwood (two doubles, RBI), Longwood again (two RBIs), Longwood again, UNCW (solo homer), North Carolina (double, homer, two RBIs), Asheville (two doubles, three RBIs), USC Upstate, Upstate again (homer, three RBIs) and Upstate again.

Arnold earned Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA Third-Team All-American, as well as ABCA All-Atlantic Region First-team All-Big South. He played for the FieldHouse Pirates and coach George Halim. Arnold was a Canadian Baseball Network Third Teamer in 2021

Outfielders _ Jordan Bach (Ladner, BC) Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norse, Ethan Murdoch (Swift Current, Sask.) McCook Indians and Pier-Olivier Boucher (Saint-Joseph-de-Bauce, Que.) Southern Illinois Salukis.

Delta Blue Jays grad Jordan Bach (Ladner, BC) of the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norse

Bach hit .401 with 19 doubles, 14 homers, 69 RBIs and a 1.234 OPS in 47 games. He was sixth in RBIs and eighth in slugging among Canadians.

Bach played a sweet tune, going 4-for-5 facing Eastern Oklahoma State including a double, homer and two RBIs and he had three-hits afternoons against Southwestern Illinois (double, RBIs), against Rose State (double), was 3-for-4 against Connors State with a double, 3-for-5 against Eastern Oklahoma State with two homers and six RBIs, 3-for-3 playing Rose State (double, homer, two RBIs) and 3-for-4 against Seminole State (OK) with a homer and three RBIs.

He had two hits against Panola (homer, two RBIs), Panola again (double, solo homer), Metropolitan (two RBIs), Southwestern Illinois (double, three RBIs), Southwestern Illinois again, Kaskaskia (double, two RBIs), Rose State (homer, three RBIs), Connors State (homer, three RBIs), Drury JVs (double, RBI), Seminole State (double, two RBIs), Connors State (homer, two RBIs), Connors State again (home run plating three) and Eastern Oklahoma State (two RBIs).

A graduate of the Delta Blue Jays, he was coached by Trevor Lishanko (Delta, BC).

Swift Current ‘57s Ethan Murdoch (Swift Current, Sask.) is a First Team outfielder.

Murdoch batted .396 with 23 doubles, four triples, 18 homers, 82 RBIs and a 1.245 OPS in 62 games. Among Canucks, he was second in hits, third in RBIs and tied for third with Brady Cerkownyk in doubles.

The prairie lad managed three-hit games against Dallas-North Lake (double, RBI), Labette (two doubles, two RBIs), Labette again (double), Trinidad State (solo homer), Northwestern Oklahoma State JVs (double, homers, four RBIs), Hastings JVs (double, two RBIs), Hastings JVs again (two doubles, RBI), Otero (home run, seven RBIs), Northeast (homer, three RBIs), Northeastern (triple, two RBIs), Northeastern (grand slam, four RBIs) and Colby (two doubles).

Murdoch had a pair of hits against Murray State (double), Clarendon (triple), Clarendon again (double, homer, three RBIs), Trinidad State (double, three RBIs), Southeast (homer, two RBIs), Lamar (two homers, four RBIs), Lamar (double, homer, two RBIs), Lamar again (double, two RBIs), Otero (double, homer, three RBIs), Otero, Western Nebraska (two doubles, RBI), Colby (double), Western Nebraska (double, triple, four RBIs), Western Nebraska again (two RBIs), Western Nebraska again (homer, four RBIs), Southeast (double, homer, three RBIs) and Pima.

He played for the Swift Current ‘57s for his father Derek Murdoch (Swift Current, Sask.) and Team Saskatchewan under coach Greg Brons (Saskatoon, Sask.) at the Canada Cup in 2019 when it was hosted in Regina.

Boucher batted .331 with 11 doubles, four triples, 16 homers, 43 RBIs and a 1.025 OPS in 57 games. Amongst Canucks, Boucher was eighth in home runs.

He started all 57 games, leading SIU in average, hits, slugging, stolen bases (19-for-22) and runs scored. He was second in homers and RBIs. He tied for team lead in multi-hit games (26) and was second in the Missouri Valley Conference in hits, third in total bases, fourth in homers and stolen bases.

He had three-hit games against Jacksonville State (homer, two RBIs), Ohio (two doubles, RBI), Kentucky (double, three RBIs), Southern Indiana (homer, three RBIs), Illinois (three RBIs), Bradley (triple, two RBIs), Bradley (two homers, five RBIs), Lindenwood, Belmont and SIUE (two doubles),

Former Canonniers de Québec and Alouettes de Charlesbourg Pier-Olivier Boucher (Saint-Joseph-de-Bauce, Que.).

Boucher had two-hit games against Jacksonville State, Jacksonville State again, Ohio (double, two RBIs), Chicago-Illinois, UT Martin (solo homer), Bradley, Belmont (RBI), Evansville, Evansville again (solo homer), Illinois State (double, homer, two RBIs), Valparaiso (solo homer), Valparaiso again (homer, two RBIs), Valparaiso, Missouri State (double, RBI), Missouri State (double, homer, two RBIs), Murray State and Evansville (solo homer).

He tied the team record for steals in a conference game against Valparaiso and combined with Steven Loden (18) to form SIU’s top single season home-run hitting duo (34). During his career he hit .331, with 24 homers and RBIs 76, while slugging .583. His 24 career homers leave him tied for ninth at Dave Stieb’s school.

A pre-Season All-Conference Team selection, Boucher played for Canonniers de Québec and coach Jean-Philippe Roy as well as the Alouettes de Charlesbourg for coach Josué Peley. He earned an Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian Honourable Mention in 2021.

Ex-Toronto Mets DH Noah Hull (Scarborough, Ont.)

DH _ Noah Hull (Scarborough, Ont.) University of Mary Mauraders.

He hit .316 with 11 doubles, a triple, 13 homers, 38 RBIs and a 1.084 OPS in 45 games.

He went 4-for-5 with a double, homer and three RBIs against Southern Nazarene. As well, he had three-hit games playing Metro State (double, triple), Truman State (homer, two RBIs), Minnesota State (three RBIs) and Minot State (triple, three RBIs).

And he had two-hit games against Wayne State (double, triple, RBI), Minnesota State (double), Augustana (homer, three RBIs), Northern State (solo homer), Minnesota Duluth (homer, two RBIs) and Minnesota Duluth again (double, two RBIs). This spring, UMary obliterated their school record of 51 homers in 2022 belting 72. Hull was a first-time selection.

Hull played for the Toronto Mets and coach Rich Leitch.

Honourable Mention

Left-Hander _ Tanner Maclean (Charlottetown, PEI) Sussex County.

Voting _ Wilkinson (30 first-place votes) 181 points; Connor O’Halloran (Mississauga, Ont.) Michigan (11) 114 and Kyle Carr (San Marcos, Calif./Sydney, NS) Palomar (10) 114, Harley Gollert (Toronto, Ont.) Oral Roberts (4) 56, Maclean (15).

(Three others received less than 10 points.)

Right-handers _ Nico Saldias (Ajax, Ont.) Saint Xavier, Sean Heppner (Delta, BC) UBC, Ryan Heppner (Delta, BC) UBC, and Matthew Grabmann (Dartmouth, NS) Oregon.

Voting _ Duffy (27) 167, Tyler Boudreau (Middle Sackville, NS), Midland (12) 90, Cohen Achen (Calgary, Alta.), Lindsay Wilson (4) 53 and Brody Forno (Okotoks, Alta.) Williston State (3) 53, Saldias (4) 48, S. Heppner (3) 27, R. Heppner 20 and Grabman 10.

(Four players received less than five points.)

UBC Thunderbirds RP Vicarte Domingo (Vancouver, BC)

Relievers _ Vicarte Domingo (Vancouver, BC), UBC, Rylan Penner (Blumenort, Man.) Williston State, Ryan Capuano (Toronto, Ont.), Marshall; Ben Adams (Ottawa, Ont.) St. John’s, Reece Helland (Moose Jaw, Sask.), MidAmerica Nazarene, Andrew Bench (Fonthill, Ont) Niagara County, Jeff Liddell (Mississauga, Ont.), Southern Arkansas, Brett Hecimovich (Petrolia, Ont.) Kankakee, Daniel Sereda (Vancouver, BC) UBC, Zach Cameron (Hamilton, Ont.) Niagara, Brandon Langley (New Glasgow, PEI), USC Lancaster and Bryce Libke (Saskatoon, Sask.) Bismark State.

Voting _ Langevin (27) 161, Kody Butt (St. John’s Nfld,) Williston State (5) 71, Chester, (Victoria, BC) Cal-State Fullerton (5) 67, Domingo (7) 49, Penner (3) 25, Capuano (1) 20, Adams (1) 17, Helland (2) 16, Bench (1) 9, Liddell 8, Hecimovich 7, Sereda 7, Cameron (1) 5, Brandon Langley 5, Libke 5.

(Two players received less than five points.)

Catchers _ Luca Boscarino (Mississauga, Ont.) Connors State, Connor Dykstra (Chilliwack, BC) George Mason, Wyatt Tweet (Russell, Man.) Bismarck State, Connor Caskenette (Duncan, BC) Purdue, Raphael Pelletier (Mascouche, Que.) Kansas State, Tyler Wilson (Chandler, Az.) Grand Canyon and Michael Quick (Oshawa, Ont.) McCook.

Voting _ Cerkownyk (46) 243, Logan Grant (Chestermere, Alta.), Bellevue (1) 64, Josh Cote (Midland, Ont.) Northeastern 37, Boscarino (1) 35, Dykstra (2) 28, Caskenette (2) 17, Pelletier (1) 12, Wilson 10, Quick 7.

(Eight players received less than six points.)

First base _ Mathieu Sirois (Quebec, Que.) Bellevue, Nick Parsons (Vernon, BC) Central Oklahoma, Dryden Howse (Okotoks, Alta.) Barton and Daniel Carinci (Ajax, Ont.) Marshall.

Voting: Villeneuve (35) 204, David Mendham (Dorchester, Ont.) Oklahoma State (13) 117, Martin Vincelli-Simard (St. Therese, Que.) Cal-State Sacramento (4) 82, Sirois 26, Parsons (1) 21, Howse 9 and Carinci 8.

(Six players received five or less points.)

Fort Hayes State 2B Emile Boies (Levis, Que.)

Second base _ Emile Boies (Levis, Que.) Fort Hays State, Kyle Maves (Burlington, Ont.) Quinnipiac and Cleary Simpson (Elnora, Alta.) Northern Kentucky.

Voting _ Marsh (13) 113, Justin Carinci (Ajax, Ont.), Mineral Area (15) 109, Émilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) Kentucky (12) 82, Ricky Sanchez (Okotoks, Alta.) Barton (9) 82, Boies (3) 33, Maves (1) 25 and Simpson 6.

(Two players received less than six points.)

Third base _ Brandon Nicoll (Langley, BC) Southern Arkansas; Tim Holyk (Nanaimo, BC) Cumberland; Dawson Tweet (Russell, Man.) William Jewell and Kenny Di Clemente (Oakville, Ont.) Keiser.

Voting _ Gomm (34) 216, Kaiden Cardoso (Abbotsford, BC) Antelope Valley (5) 102, Aaron Manias (Uxbridge, Ont.) Howard (10) 100, Nicoll (3) 31, Holyk 8, Tweet (1) 5 and Di Clements 5.

(Four players received less than five votes.)

Shortstop _ Mike Fitzsimmons (Chilliwack, BC) UBC, Brandon Luther (Mississauga, Ont.) Bellevue, Sawyer Pace (Tecumseh, Ont.) Schoolcraft, Joel Suraganan (Pickering, Ont.) Lourdes, Carter Marlow (Cranbrook, BC) Northeastern and CJ Maury (Brampton, Ont.) Wayne State.

Voting _ Arnold (45) 238, Brando Leroux (Markham, Ont.) Bossier Parish (2) 97, Benji Sauve (Mascouche, Que.) Trinidad State(3) 50, Fitzsimmons (36), Luther (1) 16, Pace (1) 12, Marlow 8 and Maury 8.

(One player received less than five points.)

Cloud County Thunderbirds’ Demitri Shakotko (Fredericton, NB)

Outfielders _ Demitri Shakotko (Fredericton, NB) Cloud County, Nick Groves (London, Ont.) Niagara, Riley Silva (Cambridge, Ont.) Barton, Keon Moseni (Mississauga, Ont.) Antelope Valley, Caleb Feuerstake (Waterdown, Ont.) McPherson, Clayton Loranger (Sherwood Park, Alta.) Stephen F. Austin, Jonny McGill (Richmond, BC) UBC, Brandon Hupe (Vancouver, BC) UBC, Brody Black (Stouffville, Ont.) Coppin State, Tanner Almond (Thornbury, Ont.) Connors State), Noah Geekie (Strathclair, Man.) Emporia State, Blake Jacklin (St. Jacobs, Ont.) Yavapai, Ethan Hammond (Oakville, Ont.) D’Youville, Jacob Bonzon (Toronto, Ont.) Roanoke and Dawson Tanner (Russell, Man.) South Suburban.

Voting _ First team: Bach (37) 215, Ethan Murdoch (30) 186 and Boucher (24) 181.

Second team: Felix Chenier-Rondeau (Blainville, Que.), Oklahoma City (6) 118, Noel McGarry-Doyle (Maple, Ont.), Mid-America Christian (11) 113 and Avery Owusu-Asiedu (Saskatoon, Sask,) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (10) 113.

Third team: Micah McDowell (Halifax, NS) Oregon State (17) 101, Jude Hall, (Chilliwack, BC) Yavapai (2) 52 and Layton Cuvilier, (Hantsport, NS) Sussex County (5) 50.

Honourable mentions: Shakotko (2) 37, Groves (3) 36, Silva (1) 31, Moseni 31, Feuerstake 24, Loranger (2) 23, McGill 23, Hupe 21, Black 19, Almond 18, Geekie (2) 16, Jacklin 10, Hammond (1) 9, Bonzon (1) 6, Turner (1) 6.

(Five players received less than five points.)

DH _ Ryan McCarthy (Ladner, BC) Butte, Owen Napieralski (Delta, BC) Bryan, Kenneth Sugi (North Vancouver, BC) Kaskaskia and Nash Crowell (Yarmouth, NS) Reinhardt.

Voting _ Hull (21) 166, Ben Jones (17) 140, Nick George (12) 110, McCarthy (1) 22, Napieralski 12, Sugi 9 and Crowell (1) 5.

(Two players received less than five points.)

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Previous winners of Canadian Baseball Network Player of the Year (most first-place votes for the All-Canadian team):

2023 _ C Brady Cerkownyk (Etobicoke, Ont.) of the Connors State Cowboys, had 46 of 52 first-place votes (88.5%).

2022 _ 1B Matt Coutney (Edmonton, Alta.) of the Old Dominion Monarchs, had 41 of 52 first-place votes (78.8).

2021 _ INF Tyler Black (Stouffville, Ont.) of the Wright State Raiders, 56 of 56 first-place votes (100%).

2020 _ INF David Mendham (Dorchester, Ont.) of the Connors State Cowboys, 54 of 62 first-place votes (87.1%).

2019 _ LHP Ryan Johnson (Winnipeg, Man.) of Lubbock Christian Chaps, 54 of 59 first-place votes (91.5%).

Former Auburn Tiger Edouard Julien (Quebec, Que.)

2018 _ DH Edouard Julien (Quebec, Que.) of the Auburn Tigers, 43 of 52 ballots (82.7%).

2017 _ OF Christopher Acosta-Tapia (Laval, Que.) of Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles, 41 of 51 (80.3%) voters.

2016 _ LHP Guillaume Blanchette (St-Constant, Que.) of Lubbock Christian Chaparrals, 51 of 51 (100%) first-place votes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Florida Tech Panthers OF Jon Baksh (Mississauga, Ont.)

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

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

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

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

2002 (tie) _ OF Ryan Kenning (North Vancouver, BC) of the New Mexico State Aggies and RP-SS Jesse Crain (Toronto, Ont.) of the Houston Cougars, nine first-place votes of 18 ballots (50%) in 2002.

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

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

(Bold indicates major leaguers.)