2015-16 Baseball Postseason Awards

PBC Elite 15 Award Presented by GradesFirst Michael Maiocco , Flagler

ABCA All-Region

D2CCA All-Southeast Region

hit by pitch ( 17 ), fourth in total bases ( 154 ), sixth in runs scored ( 65 ), and eighth in slugging percentage (. 614 ).

For USC Aiken , Nick Jobst was the second PBC player taken , going in the 15th round with the 451st pick to the Baltimore Orioles . A 6-3 junior right-handed pitcher from Lake In The Hills , Ill ., Jobst saw time in 29 games for the Pacers this season . He posted a 6-3 mark and tallied a team-best five saves . Jobst held opponents to a . 186 batting average and struck out 57 batters in 34.0 innings of work .

The Pacers ’ Chaz Pal was the final PBC player taken in the draft , picked up in the 38th round by the Houston Astros . A 6-0 senior outfielder from Deerfield Beach , Fla ., Pal garnered Southeast Region all-tournament team accolades . He started 53 games , batting . 336 . Pal drove in 52 runs while crossing home 51 times . The second-team all-conference honoree had four , four-hit performances on the season . Pal knocked in a season-high five RBI against Montevallo . In just two years under head coach Kenny Thomas , Pal batted . 363 and slugged . 583 . He drove in 110 RBI and scored 112 times .

The Chicago Cubs took North Georgia ’ s Sam Tidaback in the 21st round with the 644th pick . A graduated senior from Plainfield , Ill ., Tidaback was a second-team All-Conference selection at catcher . He hit . 340 for the Nighthawks with 11 home runs and 52 RBIs – both numbers among the top 20 in the PBC . He also slugged . 566 with a . 417 on-base percentage and threw out six base stealers this season .

Francis Marion senior outfielder JD Crowe was selected by the St . Louis Cardinals in the 23rd round . A two-time All-Peach Belt Conference selection , Crowe was second on the team in hitting with a . 347 average . He led the team in most power-number categories with 11 doubles , eight home runs , 49 runs batted in , and a . 539 slugging percentage . The Birmingham , Ala ., native also scored a team-high 47 runs and led the Patriots with 11 stolen bases ( in 11 attempts ). He registered an OPS of . 978 , was named the Patriot team MVP , hit safely in 41 of 49 contests , and reached base safely in 48 of 49 games . He also posted 20 multi-hit and 12 multi-RBI games .

Flagler ’ s Mike O ’ Reilly was selected in the 27th round ( 804th overall ) by the St . Louis Cardinals . The Shoreham , New York native made 14 starts for the Saints in 2016 , posting 6-3 record with a 4.13 earned run average . O ’ Reilly led Flagler with 99 strikeouts in 90.2 innings of work . He punched out a career-high 12 hitters vs . Barry on March 20 and fired a five-hit shutout against No . 17 Columbus State ( March 25 ). The Cardinals ’ selection was named the PBC Pitcher of the Year in 2015 and all-southeast region .

Montevallo ’ s Dane Hutcheon was taken in the 29th round by the Minnesota Twins . Hutcheon started all 53 games for the Falcons during his junior season and posted a . 365 batting average with three home runs while driving in 43 runs . He finished eighth in the Peach Belt Conference with 85 hits on the season , scored 58 runs and stole 16 bases in 17 attempts , with his runs scored and stolen bases ranking him 11th in the Peach Belt Conference in the category . The Colorado Springs native recorded a . 424 on-base percentage and a . 468 slugging percentage