Former Grand River Flying Squirrels LHP Jackson Soucie (Cambridge, Ont.) earned 2025 CBN college Player of the Year.

November 12, 2024

By Bob Elliott

Canadian Baseball Network

In the fall of 2000, someone came up with the idea of naming our first Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian College Team.

We had spent the spring season detailing the exploits and naming our Canadian Baseball Network college Player of the Week. (This was before Matt Betts took over with his BMOC -- Big Men on Campus -- weekly updates.)

Before we get to the members of the 25th annual All-Canadian team let’s look at the pioneers on that first team 25 years ago:

Pitchers _ RHP Chris Howay (New Westminster, BC) McNeese State Cowboys, LHP Jordan Gerk (Kelowna, BC), Oral Roberts Golden Eagles and LHP Tim Goheen (Proton Station, Ont.) Saginaw Valley Cardinal.

Catcher _ Paul Schlosser (Medicine Hat, Alta.) Georgia State Panthers.

Infielders _ 1B Trent Kitsch (Kelowna, BC) Las Vegas Runnin’ Rebels, 1B Mike Galloway (St. Thomas, Ont.) Central Michigan Chippewas, 2B Jess Bechard (Brantford, Ont.), Kent State Golden Flashes, 3B Nom Siriveaw (Vancouver, BC) Eastern Oklahoma Mountaineers and SS Shayne Ridley (Milton, Ont.) Ball State Cardinals.

Outfielders _ Ben Emond (Farnham, Que.) Texas Longhorns, Jason Bay (Trail, BC) Gonzaga Stags and Kyle Leon (Guelph, Ont.) Charleston Southern Buccaneers.

Designated hitter _ Craig Munroe (Thornhill, Ont.) Maryland Terps.

Bay went on to win the 2004 National League Rookie of the Year with the Pittsburgh Pirates. And Bay would stack up as one of the best ever ..

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Most first-place votes on our First Team: Jackson Soucie (Cambridge, Ont.) 39, Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) 29, Jakob Poturnak (Vancouver, BC) 28, Colin Cymbalista (Pickering, Ont.) 26, Connor Caskenette (Duncan, BC) 24, Tyler Wilson (Chandler, Az.) 24, Francesco Barbieri (Brampton, Ont.) 23 and L.P, Langevin (Quebec, Que.) 22.

First team by province: Ontario 4, Quebec 2, Alberta 1, British Columbia 1, Nova Scotia 1, Saskatchewan 1,

First team by graduating organizations: Academie Baseball Canada 2, Escadron Sport-Études 1, FieldHouse Pirates 1, Grand River Flying Squirrels 1, Great Lake Canadians 1, Mid-Island Pirates 1, Mississauga Tigers 1, North Shore Twins 1, Okotoks Dawgs 1, Saskatoon Cubs 1, Terriers 1 and Vauxhall Jets 1.

All-Canadian (First, Second and Third) Team members by provinces: Ontario 16, Alberta 4, British Columbia 3, Quebec 3, New Brunswick 2, Saskatchewan 2, Manitoba 1, Newfoundland and Labrador 1, and Nova Scotia 1.

All-Canadian (First, Second and Third) Teams members by previous organizations: Academie Baseball Canada 3, Mississauga Tigers 3, Okotoks Dawgs 3, Ontario Blue Jays 3, Vauxhall Jets 3, FieldHouse Pirates 2, Great Lake Canadians 2, Langley Blaze 2, Absolute Baseball Academy 1, Altona Bisons 1, Escadron Sport-Études 1, Etobicoke Rangers 1, Grand River Flying Squirrels 1, Jonquière Voyageurs 1, Mid-Island Pirates 1, Mount Pearl Blazers 1, North Shore Twins 1, Ontario Nationals 1, Prospects Academy 1, Red Deer Carstar Braves 1, Saskatoon Cubs 1, Saskatoon Diamondbacks 1, Team Manitoba 1, Team Sask 1, Terriers 1, Toronto Mets 1, Victoria Eagles 1, White Rock Tritons 1 and Windsor Selects 1.

Voting electorate: Our 55 voters consisted of 18 coaches, from elite programs to colleges on both sides of the border; 14 pro scouts, 13 writers (including eight Canadian Baseball Network staffers), six executives, one man who might be an illegal booster and one player.

If you could insert like last yr

For the fifth straight year we are going to build towards our final announcements.

Next up ... our stats package.for the Canadian Baseball Network First, Second, Third and Honorable Mentions.

The 25th Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian First Team and players named to our Honourable Mention list.

Matt Betts _ Canadian Baseball Network college Player of the Year

The Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian Second Team.

The Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian Third Team

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And away we go …

Left-hander _ Jackson Soucie (Cambridge, Ont.) Wabash Valley Warriors.

When Soucie was on the mound, he didn’t have to listen to the “rumble and roar,” or the Wabash Cannonball as Dizzy Dean used to sing on the NBC Game of the Week. That’s because there was little noise from hitters when Soucie had the ball. He went 8-2 in 14 starts, with a 2.18 ERA, striking out 98 in 70 1/3 innings.

He didn’t win until Wabash Valley’s 23rd scheduled game -- and his sixth outing -- when he blanked Southwestern Illinois (two hits, two walks, nine strikeouts in eight scoreless). He also beat Shawnee (seven innings, one unearned run on four hits and a walk, with eight strikeouts), Olney Central (six innings, five hits, two runs, one earned with 13 whiffs), Vincennes (seven scoreless, two hits, 14 Ks), Rend Lake (seven scoreless, two hits, eight strikeouts), Kaskaskia (nine scoreless, three hits, eight strikeouts), Southeastern Illinois (three innings, one run, four strikeouts) and John A. Logan (five innings, one run, 11 strikeouts).

Soucie lost to Northwest Florida State (four innings, two hits, one walk, three unearned runs) and Georgia Highlands (four innings, allowing three runs -- two earned -- on four hits and two walks, while fanning five.)

After playing for the Grand River Flying Squirrels and JP Soucie, he went on to gain Great Rivers Athletic Conference and Region 24 Pitcher of the Year and honorable mention All-American honours.

Right-hander Tyler Boudreau (Middle Sackville, N.S.) Midland Chaparrals.

Boudreau had an impressive 11-2 record in 16 starts with a 4.45 ERA. He walked 38 and struck out 128 in 85 innings. He led all Canucks in strikeouts.

He had victories against Alvin (five innings, two runs, five strikeouts), Dallas College-Richland (seven innings, two runs -- one earned -- 10 strikeouts), Wayland Baptist (five innings, two runs -- one earned -- 12 whiffs), Odessa (seven innings, two runs, 10 whiffs), El Paso (seven scoreless, three hits, 11 strikeouts), New Mexico Military (five innings, three runs -- two earned -- six whiffs), Clarendon (six innings, six runs -- five earned -- seven strikeouts), Howard (five innings, two runs, eight strikeouts), Frank Phillips (five innings, five runs -- one earned -- five strikeouts), New Mexico (five innings, five runs -- three earned -- three Ks) and Western Texas (five innings, zero earned runs, seven whiffs).

Selected Western Junior College Athletic Conference Most Valuable Pitcher on the All-WJCAC Team, he pitched for the Vauxhall Jets and coach Les McTavish before heading to school. He earned Canadian Baseball Network Second All-Canadian Team honours in 2023.

Former Academie Baseball Canada right-hander L.P. Langevin (Quebec, Que.) Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns.

Reliever _ L.P. Langevin (Quebec, Que.) Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns.

Langevin was among the save leaders of Canadians playing south of the border. He was 6-1 with seven saves in 22 games -- making three starts -- with a 3.75 ERA. He had 100 strikeouts 60 innings.

Langevin could have filled his man cave, his mantle and his desk with honours in 2024: First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference and ABCA/Rawling All-South Region, Third-Team as NCBWA All-America, ABCA/Rawlings All-America and Baseball America All-America as well as Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year and Dick Howser Award Semifinalist.

He had wins against Wright State (two scoreless, one hit, three strikeouts), Southern (2 2/3 scoreless, seven whiffs), Old Dominion (4 1/3 innings scoreless, two walks, 10 strikeouts), Coastal Carolina (five innings, one hit, 10 strikeouts), Georgia Southern (5 1/3 innings, two runs, eight whiffs) and South Alabama (2 2/3 innings, three runs)

And he saved games facing Wright State (one inning, one run, two strikeouts), Texas State (3 1/3 innings scoreless, six whiffs), Texas State (one inning, two runs), ULM (2 1/3 scoreless, four strikeouts), Marshall (2 2/3 scoreless, seven whiffs), Southern Mississippi (one scoreless) and Jackson State (1 2/3 scoreless, four strikeouts).

He played for coach Maxime Hockhoussen at the Academie Baseball Canada. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2024 MLB draft by the Kansas City Royals.

Catcher _ Connor Caskenette (Duncan, BC) Purdue Boilermakers.

Caskenette batted .309 with 11 doubles, 13 homers and 69 RBIs. He had a 1.003 OPS in 55 games.

An All-Big Ten performer, league leader in RBI and Buster Posey Award semifinalist, Caskenette was a two-year starter at catcher for Purdue, played in 99 games and made 91 starts after arriving from Cochise College. He started 46 of the 48 Big Ten games in his two seasons, including all 24 as a third-team All-Big Ten honoree as a senior. His 69 RBIs were tops in the Big Ten and fourth most in program history. In the process, Caskenette became the first Boilermaker to be a semifinalist for the Buster Posey/Johnny Bench Award since 2014.

Rather than playing summer ball in 2023, he opted to remain on campus to continue weight training under strength coach Tony Webb while continuing to have full-time access to the hitting facilities. He started 49 of Purdue’s 57 games behind the plate this spring, including the final 17 during the stretch run. Caskenette’s offensive numbers ...

2023: .279/.355/.469, .824 OPS, 16 XBH, 6 HR, 35 RBI, 8.3 K%

2024: .309/.429/.574, 1.003 OPS, 24 XBH, 13 HR, 69 RBI, 10.1 K%

He earned a Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian Team honourable mentions in 2022 and 2023 after playing for the Mid-Island Pirates and coach Larson Bauck. At Purdue, he was Third Team All-Big Ten and a Big Ten Player of the Week for last week of April.

Terriers grad 1B Colin Cymbalista (Pickering, Ont.) of the Hutchinson Blue Dragons.

First base _ Colin Cymbalista (Pickering, Ont.) Hutchinson Blue Dragons.

We received complaints that Cymbalista should be on this ballot with the catchers. We contacted Hutchinson coach Brock Nehls asking where this player belonged? His answer was that Cody Gunderson (St. Malo, Man.) and Cymbalista split time evenly between first base and behind the plate. The first baseman/catcher hit .393 with 17 doubles, four triples, 12 homers and 70 RBIs. He had a 1.156 OPS in 61 games.

His best games included a 5-for-5 with two runs knocked in against McCook (double) and a 5-for-5 against Dodge City (double, pair of RBIs). Cymbalista went 4-for-5 against Coffeyville (double, four RBIs), 4-for-6 with three RBIs against Seward County and was 4-for-4 against Labette with three RBIs. He had three-hit games facing the Central Christian JVs (double, three RBIs) and Colby (two triples, four RBis).

Cymbalista had two-hit games against Southeast (home run, four RBIs), Rose State (two RBIs), Central Christian JVs (homer, two RBIs), Coffeyville (two doubles, three RBIs), Garden City (double, two RBIs), Garden City (two RBIs), Cowley County (triple, two RBIs), Butler (double, two RBIs), Seward County (two doubles, RBI), Dodge City (two homers, five RBIs), Cloud County (double), Barton (two doubles), Barton (homer, three RBIs), Barton (double, homer, four RBIs), Allen County (two homers, two RBIs) and Labette (double).

Cymbalista, like Gunderson, was named to the All-Region VI First Team. Cymbalista played for the Terriers and coaches Dean DiCenzo and Greg O’Halloran.

Second base _ Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) Kentucky Wildcats.

Pitre was the highest drafted Canadian collegian, going in the second round to the Tampa Bay Rays, who were impressed with his .301 batting average, his 20 doubles, a triple, 10 homers and 58 RBIs. In 54 games, he had a .940 OPS.

An Academie Baseball Canada grad, Pitre, was named a Third Team All-American by D1Baseball.com and a Third Team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings. The second baseman previously earned Southeastern Conference All-Defensive Team for the second consecutive season.

As the Wildcats’ No. 2 hitter, he shone in all facets of the game: nearly flawless with two errors in 255 chances this season, a fielding percentage of .992, hitting over .300 with 57 runs scored, 31 extra-base hits, 47 walks and 26 stolen bases, which are the most in a season for a player in the coach Nick Mingione era. Mingione routinely has called Pitre “perhaps the best all-around player he’s coached in his 20 years in college ball.”

Third base _ Jakob Poturnak (Vancouver, BC) Cloud County T-Birds.

Poturnak, whose mother, Filipino actress Ina Raymundo, does fitness moves for 25 million ‘X’ followers every week, hit .332. He had 11 doubles, two triples, 19 homers and a 1.081 OPS in 58 games.

On April 26, Poturnak broke the single-game T-Birds’ RBI record against Garden City. With two RBIs in the first, two in the second, one in the fourth on a solo homer, and then three on another homer in the fifth he finished with eight RBIs in a 25-4 romp over the Garden City Broncbusters. His eight RBIs broke a record held by five different T-Birds. He was also 4-for-4 in a game against Allen County with two homers and five RBIs.

The hitting machine manufactured three-hit games against Southeast (double, homer, three RBIs), Pratt (two doubles, a homer, five RBIs), Seward County (homer, two RBIs), McPherson JVs (two doubles, triple, RBI), Hutchinson (two homers, three RBIs) and Garden City (triple, three RBIs). Plus, he had two-hit games playing Des Moines Area (double, homer, RBI), Southeast (RBI), Colby (double, two RBIs), Pratt (two homers, three RBIs), Iowa Western (RBI), Seward County (homer, two RBIs), Highland (RBI) and Allen County.

Prior to his college career, Poturnak played for the North Shore Twins and coach Brooks McNiven.

Shortstop _ Core Jackson (Wyoming, Ont.) Utah Utes.

Jackson was steady up the middle and hit .363 with 15 doubles, three triples, four homers and 41 RBIs. He had a .979 OPS in 52 games, walked 30 times and scored 51 runs.

He had season-best four-hit performances against Stanford and Utah Valley. In that UVU game, he was a triple short of the cycle and scored four runs. He was 3-for-5, all with doubles, driving in three against Washington. He stole 17 bases, trailing only Kai Roberts (33) for the team and Pac-12 lead, as well as ranking among Pac-12 leaders in batting average (fourth), OBP (third) and hits (fourth, 78).

Jackson’s 26 multi-hit games were the second-most by a Ute in the Pac-12 era. He hit .398 in conference play, behind only Arizona State’s Kien Vu. Defensively, he led the league in assists (163) and took part in 38 double plays, the fifth-most in the Pac-12, starting 52 games at short, missing only three games all season.

Jackson, who played for the Great Lake Canadians, earned Pac-12 All-Conference honours. He rated No. 31 preseason prospect in the Pac-12 heading into the 2024 draft.

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Outfielders _ Tyler Wilson (Chandler, Ariz.) Grand Canyon Antelopes; Francesco Barbieri (Brampton, Ont.) Ave Maria Gyrenes and Payton McHarg (Saskatoon, Sask.) Washburn Ichabods.

OFTyler Wilson (Chandler, Az.) of Grand Canyon Runnin’ Lopes and the son of former big-league reliever Steve Wilson (Victoria, BC) was the top outfielder.

Wilson hit .378 with 16 doubles, two triples, 17 homers and 65 RBIs. In 54 games, he had a 1.129 OPS.

He led the Lopes in most offensive categories, including batting average, OPS, runs (54), hits (88), doubles, home runs, RBIs and slugging percentage (.691). Nationally, he ranked in the top 75 in hits (88, 43rd), total bases (161, 50th), average (.378, 61st) and slugging percentage (.691, 67th). He was the WAC’s best statistical hitter and took home the conference’s batting title with his average. He ranked second in slugging, seventh in on-base (.441) and second in RBIs. His .405 average in conference games also led the WAC.

His 2024 season was one of the best in GCU program history with top-15 finishes in all-time single-season records in: slugging (15th), home runs (tied for 13th) and total bases (161, tied for 15th). He was named to the Tucson All-Regional team after hitting .333 (5-for-15) with two RBIs, two doubles and a home run as the Lopes picked up their first two D-I NCAA tournament wins in program history. Wilson broke GCU’s record for longest hitting streak at 26 games (was: Chad De La Guerra, 2015, 24 games). He went every game from April 9 against Arizona State to May 31 in the Tucson Regional against Arizona with at least one hit. Along the way, he picked up two WAC Hitter of the Week honours. He managed grand slams against Nebraska, California Baptist and Washington.

He earned WAC Player of the Year, GCU’s third such honoree (Garrison Schwartz, 2017; Quin Cotton, 2018). He was also honoured as a first-team All-WAC outfielder. He was the best Canuck at GCU since Mike Irlving and is the son of former Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Steve Wilson (Victoria, BC), who is now a New York Yankee scout. He earned a Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian Honourable Mention in 2023.

Former FieldHouse Pirates and Mississauga Tigers OF Francesco Barbieri (Brampton, Ont.), of the Ave Maria Gyrenes, made the first team.

Barbieri batted .374 with 10 doubles, five triples, 18 homers and 43 RBIs. In 48 games, he had a 1.340 OPS and was 25-for-26 stealing bases.

His best games were against Webber International when he was 4-for-5 with a double, homer and three RBIs, as well as Keiser when he was 4-for-5 with a double, three homers and five RBIs.

Barbieri enjoyed three-hit days against Arizona Christian (two homers, four RBIs), Point (double, solo homer), Southeastern and Warner (solo homer).

He had two-hit outings against Vanguard (homer, two RBIs), Wiley (homer, two RBIs), New College (RBI), Webber (solo homer), New (solo homer), New (solo homer), Florida Memorial, Florida Memorial (homer, two RBIs), Florida Memorial (RBI), Southeastern (homer, two RBIs), Warner (triple) and Warner (triple, RBI).

Barbieri was named a Second Team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators, a college student-athletes who performed at an elite level in their chosen sport and in the classroom. He had the greatest single-season in AMU history as he was named the SUN Conference Player of the Year, leading the league in average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, OPS, walks, triples and home runs. He set the program record for slugging percentage, on-base percentage and OPS, posting just the third 1+ OPS season in school history. He also set single-season records for walks and home runs, breaking the record with the second three-home run game in AMU history.

In addition to his spot as the Sun Conference Player of the Year, the All-American was also an Academic All-Sun Conference, CSC Academic All-District, and Sun Conference All-Tournament Team selection. Off the field, Barbieri earned a 3.78 grade point average in Ave Maria’s Master’s of Business Administration program.

He played for the FieldHouse Pirates and Mississauga Tigers for coaches Jimmy Richardson, Vincent Cambruzzi, Paulo Gomes, Brian Westlake, Ron Gotwalt, Dwain Ervin, Gary Liddel, Lawrence Collymore and Courtney Brown.

McHarg hit .354 with 17 doubles, 21 homers and 67 RBIs. In 53 games, he had a 1.216 OPS.

McHarg played and started in all 53 games, picking up 73 hits and 17 doubles with team-high totals in RBIs, home runs, runs (66), batting average and OPS. He had three home runs with five RBIs on February 8 at Union and had 11 games with three-plus hits (Lynn, with a double; Barry, homer, five RBIs; Union three homers, five RBIs; Pittsburg State, double, solo homer; Pittsburg State, double, homer, five RBIs; Central Missouri, homer, two RBIs; Rogers State, double, two solo homers; Rogers State, solo homer; Southern Nazarene, double, two RBIs, Northeastern State two homers, six RBIs and Northeastern State with a double, three RBIs).

He also had two-hit games against Pittsburg State (double, homer), Rockhurst (homer, three RBIs), Emporia State (double, RBI), Emporia State (double, solo homer), Missouri Western State (RBI), Central Missouri (two homers, two RBIs), Northwest Missouri State (double, homer, two RBIs), Newman (homer, four RBIs), Newman, Fort Hays and Central Oklahoma (homer, two RBIs).

McHarg was named an All-MIAA first team member in the outfield, a second team All-Region selection by ABCA/Rawlings and D2CCA, as well as a first team Central Region selection by NCBWA in the outfield and earned second team All-American honours by NCBWA and earned MIAA Academic Honour. He played for the Saskatoon Cubs and coaches Scott Frey and former Niagara Purple Eagle Dan Morari.

Designated hitter _ Jake Wrubleski (Okotoks, Alta.) Chandler-Gilbert Coyotes.

Wrubleski hit .409 with 14 doubles, three triples, five homers and 50 RBIs. In 48 games, he compiled a 1.201 OPS.

He had three-hit games against Thompson Rivers (double, triple, homer, five RBIs), Paradise Valley (double, solo homer), Cochise (two homers, four RBIs), Pima, Phoenix, Mesa (RBI), Mesa (grand slam, four RBIs), Paradise Valley (homer, four RBIs) and Paradise Valley (two doubles, RBI).

He also had two hits against Scottsdale, Arizona Western (triple), Okotoks Dawgs (double, solo homer), South Mountain, Scottsdale (two RBIs), Glendale (two RBIs) and GateWay (double).

Wrubleski, who played for the Okotoks Dawgs and coaches Tyler Hollick, Val Helldobler and Jeff Duda, was named First Team All ACCAC. hitting .411 in Conference (third) and on-base percentage (.489).

Honourable Mention

(Points for first, second and third votes from our 55 voters were awarded on a 5-3-1 basis.)

Left-Handers _ Graham Brunner (Sherwood, Park, Alta.) Emporia State University and Callum Young (Vancouver, BC) Everett.

Voting (first-place votes in brackets) _ Soucie (39) 216, Kody Butt (St. Johns, Newfoundland & Labrador) Williston State (6) 118, Hayden Dow (St. John, NB) Southeast Missouri State University (7) 66, Brunner (2) 43, Young (1) 30.

(Three others receive 10 or less points.)

Right-handers _ Sean Heppner (Delta, BC), UBC, Owen MacNeil (Georgetown, Ont.), Charleston, Reece Hemmerling (Beaumont, Alta.), Barton, Jack Pineau (Thunder Bay), Ont.) Creighton.

Voting (first-place votes in brackets) _ Boudreau (14) 109, Kurt Barr (Saint Joachim, Ont.) Michigan (14) 86, Ethan Giesbrecht (Altoona, Man.) Hutchison (13) 86, Owen Luchies (Victoria, BC) Lower Columbia (7) 74, Heppner (2) 44, MacNeil (1) 22, Pineau (1) 15, Hemmerling 11.

(Six pitchers received 10 or fewer points.)

Relievers _ Nelson Mercado (Brampton, Ont.) Arkansas-Monticello, Samuel Worthen (Guelph, Ont.) D’Youville, Ryan Magdic (Beamsville, Ont.) Missouri, Takao Cookson (Regina, Sask.) Valley City State, Griffin Catto (Whitby, Ont.) Jefferson, Evan Hoegler (North Vancouver, BC) UBC, Ben Adams (Ottawa, Ont.) St. John’s and Vicarte Domingo (Vancouver, BC) UBC,

Voting (first-place votes in brackets) _ Langevin (22) 144, Zach Cameron (Hamilton, Ont.) Niagara (14) 135, Worthen, (7) 43, Mercado (2) 24, Magdic (2) 22, Cookson (2) 19, Catto (1) 18, Hoegler 8, Adams (1) 6 and Domingo (1) 6.

(Eight pitchers had less than six votes.)

Catchers _ Wyatt Tweet (Russell, Man.) Bismark State, Tyler Favretto (Montreal, Que.) Kansas Wesleyan, Cody Gunderson (St. Malo, Man.) Hutchison, Deiten Lachance (Sherbrooke, Que.) McLennan, Ben Columbus (North Vancouver, BC) Nebraska, Michael Quick (Oshawa, Ont.) McCook, Lucas Johnson (Hamilton, Ont.) Eastern Michigan and Kyle Hepburn (Richmond, BC) Johnson County.

Voting (first-place votes in brackets) _ Caskenette (24) 130, Logan Grant (Chestermere, Alta.) Bellevue (6) 79, Josh Cote (Midland, Ont.) Northeastern (10) 72, Tweet (4) 68, Favretto (3) 43, Gunderson (2) 24, Lachance (2) 22, Columbus 17, Quick (2) 12, Johnson 7 and Hepburn (1) 5.

(Two players received less than five votes.)

First base _ Ty Doucette (Dartmouth, NS) Rutgers, Jimmy Dionne (Quebec, Que.) Howard, Wylie Waters (Vancouver, BC) South Mountain, Noah Hull (Scarborough, Ont.) Mary, Carlin Dick (Abbotsford, BC) Canisus, Jack Taylor (Abbotsford, BC) Spring Hill, Spencer Jamieson (Burlington, Ont.) Cleary and Kyle Magdic (Beamsville, Ont.) Marshalltown.

Voting (first-place votes in brackets) _ Cymbalista (26) 165, Trent Lenihan (White Rock, BC), UBC (7) 78, Tom Poole (Calgary, Alta.) Dallas Baptist (7) 72, Doucette (4) 42, Dionne (2) 34, Hull (2) 20, Dick 20, Taylor 6, Jamieson (1) 5 and Magdic (1) 5.

(One player received less than five points.)

Second base _ Yohann Dessureault (Trois-Rivieres, Que.) Stetson, Aaron Marsh (Nanaimo, BC) UBC, Keegan Martin (Newmarket, Ont.) Frontier and Kalem Haney (Lethbridge, Ont.) Mary.

Voting (first-place votes in brackets) _ Pitre (29) 171, Blake Simpson (Toronto, Ont.) Connors State (13) 123, Greg Lachance (Toronto, Ont.) Jefferson (7) 79, Dessureault (4) 62, Marsh (1) 20, Martin (1) 15 and Haney 10.

(Five players received less than six points.)

Third base _ Alec Boucher (Essex, Ont.) D’Youville, Griffin Palfrey (Vancouver, BC) Columbia, AJ Karosas (Mississauga, Ont.) Charleston, Keon Moseni (Mississauga, Ont.) Antelope Valley, Connor Crowson (Okotoks, Alta.) Montevallo, Nathan Houston (Regina, Sask.) Arizona Western, Manny Alberto (Aurora, Ont.) Three Rivers, Zachary Kourous (Toronto, Ont.) Mercyhurst and Dawson Tweet (Russell, Man.) William Jewell.

Voting (first-place votes in brackets)_ Poturnak (28) 171, Carter Roth (Stratford, Ont.) Colby, (7) 90, Cleary Simpson (Elnora, Ont.) Northern Kentucky, (7) 67, Boucher (6) 46, Palfrey (1) 37, Karosas (2) 19, Moseni (14), Crowson 13, Houston (1) 11, Alberto (1) 9 and Tweet (1) 8.

(One player received less than five points.)

Shortstop _ Ashton Graff-Rowe (Waterloo, Ont.) Crowder, Anthony Esposito (Montreal, Que.) Corning, Porter Jorgenson (Thunder Bay, Ont.) Century and Gavin Roy (Sudbury, Ont.) Colby.

Voting (first-place votes in brackets) _ Jackson (19) 143, Brendan Luther (Mississauga, Ont.) Bellevue (16) 130, Brandon Nicoll (Langley, BC) Southern Arkansas (13) 117, Graff-Rowe (3) 43, Esposito (3) 39, Jorgenson 11 and Roy (1) 5.

(Three players received less than five points.)

Outfielders _ Carter Beck (Carnduff, Sask.) Mary, Cameron Chee-Aloy (Toronto, Ont.) Illinois, Jordan Lewis (Toronto, Ont.) Florida National, Jude Hall (Chilliwack, BC)) Southeastern Louisiana, Noel McGarry-Doyle (Maple, Ont.) Mid-American, Louka Daoust (Repentigny, Que.) Weatherford, Noah Cassie (Vancouver, BC) Mineral Area, Jared Hall (Chilliwack, BC) Bethel, Ronan Glassford (Burlington, Ont.) Erie, Taeg Gollert (Toronto, Ont.) Missouri State, Nathan Gagnon (Otterburn Park, Que.) St. Johns River State, Jaden Brown (Mississauga, Ont.) Austin Peay State, Nick Groves (London, Ont.) Niagara, Ben Hoshizaki (Calgary, Alta.) Chandler-Gilbert, Alejandro Cazorla (Okotoks, Alta.) Dayton, Mathieu Vallee (Saint-Joseph-Du-Lac, Que.) Southern Illinois-Carbondale, Mitchell Middlemiss (Chilliwack, BC) UBC, Elijah Hammill (Oakville, Ont.) Central Arizona, Jonny McGill (Richmond, BC) UBC and Brysen Vernon (LaSalle, Ont.) Southwestern.

Voting (first-place votes in brackets) _ Wilson (16) 175, Barbieri (15) 173, McHarg (15) 139, David Stanley (Toronto, Ont.) Connors State (8) 124, Micah McDowell (Coldbrook, NS) Oregon State (11) 97, Sam White (Aurora, Ont.) West Virginia State (10) 91, Luis Pimentel-Guerrero (Toronto, Ont.) Hutchison (3) 75, Charles Davalan (Montreal, Que.) Gulf Coast (2) 59, Demitri Shakotko (Fredericton, NB) Cloud County, (3) 54, Beck (3) 50, Chee-Aloy (4) 47, Lewis (3) 47, Jude Hall (3) 45, McGarry-Doyle (1) 35, Daoust 34, Cassie (2) 31, Jared Hall (2) 29, Cassie (1) 22, Glassford (1) 20, Gollert (1) 20, Gagnon (2) 19, Brown (2) 18, Groves (1) 17, Hoshizaki (1) 17, Cazorla (2) 16, Vallee (2) 16, Middlemiss (2) 14, Hammill (1) 11, McGill (1) 11 and Vernon 8.

(Three players received less than six points.)

Designated hitter _ Robin Villeneuve (Gatineau, Que.) Tennessee, Nick George (Sarnia, Ont.) William Penn, JJ Dutton (Toronto, Ont.) Indian Hills, Louis Gendron (Levis, Que.) Saint Rose and Cole Iantomasi (Toronto, Ont.) Jefferson.,

Voting (first-place votes in brackets) _ Jake Wrubleski (Okotoks, Alta.) Chandler-Gilbert (19) 129, Corey Wouters (Saskatoon, Sask.) McCook (13) 117, Rees Kozar (Amherstburg, Ont.) Niagara (5) 63, Villeneuve (9) 62, George (4) 62, Dutton (3) 19, Gendron (1) 13 and Iantomasi (1) 11.

(Three players received less than six points.)

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

2024 _ LHP Jackson Soucie (Cambridge, Ont.) Wabash Valley Warriers, had 39 of 55 first-place votes (71%).

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, who had 41 of 52 first-place votes (78.8%).

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

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

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

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

2017 _ OF Christopher Acosta-Tapia (Laval, Que.) of Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles, received first-place votes from 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%).

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 on 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.