May 16, 2005
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SIX PLAYERS HONORED BY GLIAC

BAY CITY, Mich. – The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced their All-GLIAC teams for the 2005 season and six Cardinals have been selected as representatives. Four players have earned Second Team All-GLIAC honors and two players have earned Honorable Mention All-GLIAC honors for their prowess on the diamond.
     Senior designated hitter Dan Jones (Gladstone, Mich.) concluded his two years at SVSU as a dominant hitter. This season, Jones hit .336 in 40 games and led the GLIAC with 37 walks. He collected 40 hits and led the team with 13 doubles, which ranked third in the GLIAC. Jones also ranked third in the league in on-base percentage (.509) and 13th in slugging percentage (.546). Jones was also great in the field sporting one error in 195 chances for a .995 fielding percentage. He collected four homers and 28 RBI this season and had 13 multi-hit games.
    Joining Jones on the Second Team is senior third baseman Justin Hanning (Lake Orion, Mich.) who ranked third on the team with a .333 average. Hanning appeared in 42 games and collected 39 hits, including 10 doubles which ranked second on the team. He registered 24 RBI including five multi-RBI games. In addition, Hanning batted .409 with runners in scoring position.
     Freshman pitcher Scott Roy (Mt. Morris, Mich.) and sophomore pitcher Scott Schlaff (Warren, Mich./Mott) round out the Second Team award winners as each had stellar years on the mound. Roy won his first five starts and finished 5-3 with a 2.39 ERA in 60.1 innings of work. Roy's ERA ranked fifth in the GLIAC and he also ranked fourth in the conference allowing a .223 average to the opponents. He racked up 53 strikeouts and allowed a GLIAC-best 19 runs. Roy allowed six extra-base hits all season and recorded two shutouts in 11 appearances.
     Schlaff had an identical 5-3 record with a 3.34 ERA in 10 starts for SVSU. Schlaff ranked ninth in the GLIAC in ERA, ninth in innings pitched (62.0) and fifth in strikeouts (60). He tied for the team lead with five complete games and walked 15.
     Senior shortstop Chris Norton (Grand Rapids, Mich./Catholic Central) and junior second baseman Justin Doughty (Oscoda, Mich.) earned Honorable Mention plaudits forming a solid middle infield. Norton led the team with 159 at-bats and batted .314 with a team-best 50 hits in 48 games. Norton collected nine doubles and 29 RBI and also scored 27 runs. Norton had a nine-game hitting streak during the season which tied for a team-best in 2005. He also recorded 108 assists and 66 putouts good for a .930 fielding percentage.
     Doughty earned a starting nod at second base and made the most of it with a .308 batting average in 41 games. Doughty collected 32 hits in 104 at-bats and also scored 23 runs. In addition, he had four doubles and two homers with 21 RBI. Doughty had a .447 on-base percentage which ranked 10th in the GLIAC and led the conference being hit by 10 pitches. He batted .346 against lefties and tallied a .957 fielding percentage in 138 chances.

All-GLIAC Release (.pdf)

Contact: Ryan Thompson (989) 964-4053

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