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WVWC’s Eplin earns Honorable Mention honors on MEC All-Conference Baseball Team

West Virginia Wesleyan’s Hunter Eplin received Honorable Mention honors as the Mountain East Conference announced its 2025 all-conference baseball team and major award winners ahead of this week’s championship tournament.

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — On the eve of the Mountain East Conference Baseball Championship, the MEC announced Tuesday afternoon its 2025 all-conference team and individual postseason honors. 

The teams were determined via a vote of the league’s 11 head coaches. 

Point Park’s Jared Campbell is the 2025 MEC Player of the Year, while Frostburg State ace Patrick Bauer was voted the MEC Pitcher of the Year. West Liberty’s Tyler Skeen is this season’s Freshman of the Year, and Point Park’s Loren Torres has been chosen as the Coach of the Year by his peers.

Campbell, a 5-foot-11 senior, ranks among the MEC’s offensive leaders across the board. The native of Sunrise, Florida, enters postseason play with a .372 batting average, along with 14 home runs, 50 RBIs, 10 steals, and a 1.232 OPS.

Bauer has been stellar for the Bobcats this season. The 6-8 hurler is 9-1 with a 1.82 ERA across 59 and 1/3 innings. He has allowed more than two earned runs in only one start — the first of the season on Feb. 24. He has 85 strikeouts, including a trio of double-digit performances.

Skeen led West Liberty in wins and innings pitched in his first collegiate season. The 5-9 right-hander struck out 53 batters and tossed a pair of complete games.

Torres guided Point Park to the best record in the league and the MEC North Division title in the program’s inaugural MEC baseball season. The Pioneers are 37-13 overall, including 22-6 in conference action. PPU enters Wednesday’s MEC tournament opener — against Concord at 10 a.m. at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston, West Virginia — on an eight-game conference winning streak.

Fifteen of the 16 All-MEC first team players will participate in this week’s MEC Baseball Championship, which runs from Wednesday through Sunday at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston, West Virginia. No. 1 overall Point Park University, an MEC newcomer which finished the regular season with the best overall league record, led the way with four first team all-conference selections. 

The full list of honorees is below: 

All-MEC First Team
Pos.NameSchool
CEvan UlrichCharleston
1BMatt DisAntiConcord
2BOmar MorilloPoint Park
SSKyle WatersWest Virginia State
3BMikey GuyFrostburg State
UTILITYMJ HunterConcord
DHZac BayorGlenville State
OFJared CampbellPoint Park
OFJackson SchalickFrostburg State
OFNathan PaulsenWest Virginia State
OFQuintin ReepFairmont State
SPPatrick Bauer    Frostburg State
SPJavier CardosoPoint Park
SPJack RayFrostburg State
SPJake RobinsonConcord
RPHarold BoycePoint Park
All-MEC Second Team
Pos.NameSchool
CKaden SwaimConcord
1BCasey FinckCharleston
2BQuintin SmithFairmont State
SSCrixtian TaverasPoint Park
3BLuis GonzalezPoint Park
UTILITYCarlos De JesusGlenville State
DHJake HollerFrostburg State
OFLance MinsonGlenville State
OFTrevor JonesPoint Park
OFZach LaurieGlenville State
OFKorbin BosticConcord
SPGrant LandisGlenville State
SPTyler SkeenWest Liberty
SPJake McDonaldFrostburg State
SPCole GradyGlenville State
RPNate VermillionFrostburg State
All-MEC Honorable Mention
C: Tyler Haskins (Fairmont State); 1B: Will Balgo (West Liberty); 2B: Samuel Lemond (Charleston); SS: Nick DisAnti (Concord); 3B: Ryan Goff (Fairmont State); Utility: Ben Wieman (Frostburg State); DH: Cameron Moore (Fairmont State); OF: Jacob Sherman (West Liberty); Trent Dosenbach (Charleston); Zach Brennan (Fairmont State); Brett Johnson (Wheeling); SP: Campbell Spradling (Charleston); Zach Powell (Concord); Micah Canterbury (Fairmont State); Hunter Eplin (West Virginia Wesleyan); RP: Sebastian Khan (Wheeling)
2025 MEC Baseball Top Honors
Player of the Year: Jared Campbell (Point Park)
Pitcher of the Year: Patrick Bauer (Frostburg State)
Freshman of the Year: Tyler Skeen (West Liberty)
Coach of the Year: Loren Torres (Point Park)

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