Scholtens, Fucci Named ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region
6/15/2016 4:00:00 AM | Baseball
The Wright State baseball team had two players chosen as All-Mideast Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Rawlings on Wednesday as senior pitcher Jesse Scholtens was named to the First Team while senior outfielder Ryan Fucci was selected to the Second Team.
Scholtens (Fairfield, CA/Rodriguez) was a First Team All-Horizon League honoree this season as he led the league in starts with 16 and in innings pitched with 109.2 while tying for the league lead in wins with a record of 10-1. He finished second in strikeouts with 95 and third in both earned run average at 2.95 and in opposing batting average at .220. In league play, he went 6-1 with a 2.17 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 62.1 innings.
The Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on March 14, Scholtens pitched the first perfect game in school history on March 11 with a 1-0 win at Dayton, striking out a career-high 12 in the process. He struck out nine at Youngstown State on April 22 and eight on three other occasions, including at North Carolina State on February 26.
Fucci (Lexington, KY/Tates Creek), a First Team All-Horizon League selection in 2016, hit .326 with a team-best 11 home runs, 64 RBI and 26 stolen bases. He finished first in the Horizon League in home runs, RBI and stolen bases, second in total bases (124), fourth in slugging percentage (.525), fifth in runs scored (51) and seventh in hits (77) and on-base percentage (.412).
In league play, Fucci hit .321 with six home runs and 34 RBI. In 20 games during May and June, he hit .400 (30 for 75) with five home runs, 27 RBI, 20 runs scored, six doubles and six stolen bases. During that stretch, he also had an .680 slugging percentage and a .472 on-base percentage.
Fucci was named to the NCAA Louisville Regional All-Tournament Team as he hit .333 with a team-high five RBI in four games.
Both players were selected in the Major Baseball Draft this past weekend as Scholtens was chosen by the San Diego Padres in the ninth round with the 264th pick while Fucci was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 25th round with the 747th pick.
Scholtens and Fucci are the first ABCA All-Region honorees for WSU since pitcher Andrew Elliott was named First Team and infielder Michael Timm Second Team in 2014.
Wright State posted a school-record 46 wins in 2016 as the Raiders won the Horizon League regular-season and tournament titles and were a finalist in the NCAA Regionals for the second consecutive year.
| 2016 Mideast-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Teams | ||||
| NCAA Division I Mideast All-Region First Team | ||||
| Pos. | Player | Cl. | School | State |
| C | Daulton Varsho | So. | Milwaukee | WI |
| 1B | Caleb Stayton | Jr. | Ball State | IN |
| 2B | Aaron Bossi | Sr. | Marshall | WV |
| 3B | Nick Sergakis | Sr. | Ohio State | OH |
| SS | Greg Kaiser | Sr. | IPFW | IN |
| OF | Alex Call | Jr. | Ball State | IN |
| OF | Joel Booker | Sr. | Iowa | IA |
| OF | Ronnie Dawson | Jr. | Ohio State | OH |
| DH | Zarley Zalewski | Sr. | Kent State | OH |
| P | Eric Lauer | Jr. | Kent State | OH |
| P | Keegan Akin | Jr. | Western Michigan | MI |
| P | Jesse Scholtens | Sr. | Wright State | OH |
| P | Cody Sedlock | Jr. | Illinois | IN |
| RP | Dakota Mekkes | So. | Michigan State | MI |
| NCAA Division I Mideast All-Region Second Team | ||||
| Pos. | Player | Cl. | School | State |
| C | Austin Athmann | Jr. | Minnesota | MN |
| 1B | Jordan Zimmerman | Jr. | Michigan State | MI |
| 2B | David Cronin | So. | UIC | IL |
| 3B | Tyler Ratliff | So. | Marshall | WV |
| SS | Mike Brosseau | Sr. | Oakland | MI |
| OF | Vinny Mallaro | Jr. | Buffalo | NY |
| OF | Cody Bruder | Sr. | Michigan | MI |
| OF | Ryan Fucci | Sr. | Wright State | OH |
| DH | Matt Fiedler | Jr. | Minnesota | MN |
| P | Kyle Hart | Sr. | Indiana | IN |
| P | Tanner Tully | Jr. | Ohio State | OH |
| P | Brian Keller | Sr. | Milwaukee | WI |
| RP | Jack Anderson | Sr. | Penn State | PA |
