Falcons Place Nine on All-Region Squads

Centerville -- Indian Hills placed nine players on the All-Region 11 baseball team.

Freshman infielder Jordan Patton (Des Moines) and sophomore outfielder Adam Coleman (Bowling Green, Mo.) were the Falcons’ first-team picks.

Patton enjoyed an outstanding freshman season playing both shortstop and second base, hitting .366 and leading the team in stolen bases with 10. His 52 hits and 38 runs scored were both second on the team Coleman, the everyday center fielder, was the team-leader in runs (49), hits (54), walks (25) and on-base percentage (.432). He had three homers and 30 RBIs. Coleman was a second-team all-region choice as a freshman.

Named to the second All-Region team this year were sophomores Mitch Osnowitz (Bloomington, Ill.) and Francisco Perez (Juncos, Puerto Rico) and freshmen Yuliecer Arias (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) and Cashtyn DeLeeuw (Grimshaw, Alberta, Canada).

Osnowitz, a transfer, made the most of his only season at IHCC by providing a big bat in the middle of the lineup. He posted team highs in doubles (12), triples (3), homers (9), RBIs (40), total bases (95), and sacrifice flies (5) while playing in all 52 games and starting all but one game.

Perez, another transfer, hit .302 with one homer and 25 RBIs while starting 40 games, most of them behind the plate. A middle infielder, Arias had a .316 batting average with 10 doubles, four home runs and 28 RBIs. He was third in runs scored with 36.

DeLeeuw came on strong in the second half of the season. He had a record of 7-2 and won five straight decisions from April 14 - May 8. The righthander had an ERA of 4.34 and struck out 52 batters in 45 2/3 innings.

Honorable mention all-region choices from IHCC were sophomore Kevin Vazquez (Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico) and freshmen Kelvin Brito (Yabucoa, Puerto Rico) and Miguel Sanchez (Yauco, Puerto Rico).

Vazquez made the all-region team for the second straight year; he was a first-team pick in 2010. He was 5-3 with a 3.42 ERA this spring. Brito was another player who came on strong in the second half of the season. He raised his batting average to .298 and supplied five homers and 24 RBIs as the regular third baseman. Sanchez, an outfielder, wound up the year with a .347 average and hit three home runs with a team-leading .583 slugging percentage.