From Staff Reports
May 03, 2008 12:06 am
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There were many leaders on the Navarro Bulldogs baseball team.
One stood out more than the others.
Navarro’s Brett Parsons was selected as the 2008 player of the year for Region XIV by the conference coaches.
Parsons had a batting average of .416 with 72 hits, 16 doubles, 51 RBIs and 10 home runs.
Pitcher Bryan Bingham was selected as the conference’s pitcher of the year for his contributions to a 46-8 record.
Bingham was 11-0 on the mound this season with an ERA of 2.37 and recorded 60 strikeouts.
Coach Whoa Dill was selected as the conference’s coach of the year after the Bulldogs broke a single-season record for wins and a regular season conference championship.
Navarro had six other players selected to the All-Region XIV team: Second baseman Kyle Livingstone, third baseman Zach Grichor, shortstop Brock Holt, outfielders Justin Howard and Jaron Shepherd and designated hitter Ross Hubbard.
Holt was the second leading hitter with a batting average of .405 while Howard was one of three leaders in doubles with 16.
Holt and pitcher Jared Rogers have signed with Rice University while Grichor has signed with South Alabama.
The Bulldogs will begin the Region XIV Tournament Saturday, May 10 at Northeast College in Mount Pleasant.
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