2021 ORVC Baseball All-Conference Team Announced

Conference champion Southwestern had the most all-conference selections this season.

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(Rising Sun, Ind.) - The Ohio River Valley Conference has released its 2021 All-Conference Baseball Team. 

Conference champion Southwestern led the way with four all-conference selections. Their coach, Dan Thurston is the ORVC Coach of the Year. 

South Ripley (9-3, 2nd in ORVC) had three all-conference selections, led by IHSBCA All-Star Brady Linkel. The Raiders star is 6-1 with a 0.62 ERA and 103 strikeouts in 45.1 innings. Linkel is joined on the all-conference team by Cody Samples and Bryce Franklin. 

Jac-Cen-Del, Milan, and Rising Sun tied for third place in the conference at 7-5. The Eagles and Shiners had three all-conference selections, while Milan had two. 

Rising Sun's Landon Cole is the 2021 ORVC Mental Attitude Award. 

The full 2021 ORVC Baseball All-Conference Team is listed below. 

 

Landon Cole, Rising Sun

Zach Cole, Southwestern

Jordan DeAtley, Southwestern

Landon DeAtley, Southwestern

Bryce Franklin, South Ripley

Jacob Hertz, Shawe

Corey Hughes, JCD

Damon Hughes, JCD

Johnathan Jimenez, Rising Sun

Brady Linkel, South Ripley

Foster Mefford, Southwestern

Peyton Merica, Rising Sun

Cody Samples, South Ripley

Nate Scoggins, JCD

Grayden Taylor, Milan

Bryce Turner, Switzerland County

Caiden Yorn, Milan

 

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