ARLINGTON, Va. – [ALL-CONFERENCE RECIPIENTS] After winning the its fifth Atlantic 10 Regular Season Title in the last seven years, Saint Louis University Baseball players occupied nearly half of the slots on the Atlantic 10 All-Conference First team as award recipients were announced on Tuesday. Miller Hogan was voted the A-10 Pitcher of the Year while Coach Darin Hendrickson was named Coach of the Year.
The Billikens grabbed five A-10 All-Conference First Team slots as Hogan was also named in this group. Joining the junior right-handed hurler was Parker Sniatynski, Jake Garella, Nick Reeser and Alex King.
Hogan finished his regular season tied for the All-Time Billiken lead in strikeouts with 120. A record that was set in 1965 by former Billiken John Marcum. The junior hurler turned-in an impressive 2.07 ERA with a 9-3 record and 95.2 innings pitched, both of which were career highs. Hogan ranks among the top 10 pitchers in college in strikeouts and is ranked sixth overall in WHIP (0.80) and No. 5 in strikeout-walk ratio (10.00).
Coach Hendrickson grabbed his fifth A-10 Regular Season title and with his win in game two of Saturday's doubleheader, became the all-time winningest head coach in Billiken history with his 362nd win in a Saint Louis Uniform. He was previously the 2012 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year and currently ranks eighth among active coaches in NCAA Division I in career win percentage (.682).
Parker Sniatynski roamed left field for the Billikens and saw his average shoot above .300 in the last weekend of play. The senior hit .305 and was second on the team in RBI (45) and slugging percentage (.557), hits 62 and runs scored (46). The outfielder also led the team with 19 stolen bases, 17 doubles and five triples.
Alex King earned All-Conference First Team honors as one of the big sluggers in the A-10 in 2018. The senior belted 13 home runs on the year, a career high, and led the team in slugging percentage (.563) and runs scored (49).
Joining King and Sniatynski was sophomore Jake Garella. The right fielder led the team in batting average (.364) and hits (76) as he has a chance to crack the top 10 All-Time list at Saint Louis for hits in a season. Further, Garella led the team in on-base percentage with .424 on the year.
Nick Reeser garnered All-Conference First Team honors at first base and was consistently one of the best hitters in the Billiken order throughout the 2018 campaign. The senior out of Lakewood, Calif., finished with a .328 average with an impressive 61 hits.
Also announced on Tuesday were the recipients of the Academic All-Conference Award as Jackson Wark represented Saint Louis. The junior settled into the Saturday starter role and thrived with a 3.40 ERA and finished ranked as one of the top pitchers in the nation in wins with nine of the season. Wark, a Computer Science major, finished as one of the top players in the league both academically and athletically.
The 12-member All-Conference First and Second Teams and the 12-member All-Rookie Team were selected by a vote of the 13 Atlantic 10 head coaches. The 13-member All-Academic team was chosen by the league's baseball communication directors.
Saint Louis will begin the 2018 Atlantic 10 Championship on Thursday, May 24 at 12:30 p.m. CDT when it plays the winner of No. 4 Richmond and No. 5 Davidson. The Billikens earned a day one bye by virtue of attaining the best record in the A-10 in 2018 at 19-4.
