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3 M.H. Players on All-WVIACBy George Springer (IPVIAC Commissioner) Besides choosing three repeaters, the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball coaches came up with an all-conference team for 1974 that is batting .409 as a squad.Three pitchers were chosen who have a total earned run average of 1.27.For the third time the coaches named Steve Wojcik of West Liberty. He wound upGLOVERSMOOTCARLUCCIMATTHEWSCOLEMANthe season with an 0.85 earned run average, a 7-2 record, a .281 batting average and three1974 ALL-WVIAC BASEBALL TEAMNarne . School Pos. Aver. BI-HR ClassSieve wojcik, w. Liberty P 7-2 15-4 5r.Etlis Glover, M, Harvey P 6-1 9-2 Sr.Steve Lesser, A-8, P 2-4 0-0 Fr.Rick Martini, W. Liberty Inl-C ,392 19-1 Jr.Vic Carlucci, M. Harvey SS .397 27-6 Sr.Steve 5moot, M. Harvey IB .400 40-7 Sr.Ziggy Brown, Salem 3B .433 21-5 Jr.Pat Mathews, WV. State SS .317 19-0 Sr.Jon Kertes, W. Liberty OF .431 23-2 Jr.Reggie Coleman, WV. State OF .478 21-3 Jr.Robert Gometj, Concord OF .458 19-3 So.Hometown Wheeling Charleston Ambler, Pa. Harrison City, Pa. Stamford, Conn. Charleston Trenton, N.J.So. Charleston Jewett, Ohio Harrisburg, Pa. Chesepeake, Va.Particular Honorable Mention (Hometown in Brackets}Bob Orsini (Roselle Park, N. J.l Wesleyan; Ron Conner (Connellsvilte, Pa.) Salem; Fred Mock (Hinton), Concord; Randy Holman (WillowGrove, Pa.} Salem; Jesse Boyd (Elkton, Md.) Wesleyan; Larry Carroll (Buckhannon) Wesleyan; Steve Ward (Hinton) W. Va. Tech; Terry Johnson (Knoxville, Pa.) Alderson-Broaddus; Tom Lilly (Glenville) Glenville State; Doug Higgins (Williamsport, Md.}, Shepherd.Honorable MentionRon Carter (Charleston) W. Va. State; John Buchanan (Edgewood, Md.) Alderson-Broaddus; Mike Inscore (Edgewood, Md.) Shepherd; BobMattice (Highland, N. Y.) Davis Elkins; John Bing (Washington, D. C.) Alderson-Broaddus; Roger Gould-threod (Grampian, Pa.) Salem; Richard Ferrell (Charleston) Morris Harvey; Jerry Williams (Strasburg) W. Va. Tech.Mickey Harbert (Cocoa, Fla.) W. Va, Tech; Mark Sandy (Mullens! Concord; Rick O'Reilly (Weslernport, Md.) Glenville State; Dave Williams (Coshocton, O.) West Liberty; Henry Lewis (Harrisburg, Pa.) W. Va. State; Bob Gray (Trenton, N. J.) Alderson-Broaddus; Ed Herbst (Trafford, Pa.) Salem; Mike Freeland (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Morris Harvey.Bob Schmidt (Wheeling) West Liberty; Ron Wade (Hopewell, Va.) Concord; Joe Mitchem (Marietta, O.) Glenville State; 5hawn Girty (St. Clairsville, 0.) West Liberty; Rich Walker, (Clendenin) w. Va. State; Mike O'Toole (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Alderson-Broaddus; Jim Mel linger (Jewett, 0.) West Liberty.Mike Beulike (Charleston) W. Va. State, Greq DeSantis (Wellsburg) West Liberty; Sim Fry son (Dunbar) w, Va. State; Jack Hendricks (Ravenswood) w. Va. State; Fred Doss (St, Albans) W. Va. State; Charles McKinney (Sumerco) W. Va. State.home runs along with 15 RBIs.The other two repeaters were Ellis Glover, Morris Harvey College pitcher, and the Golden Eagles’ shortstop Vic Carlucci, Morris Harvey also placed Steve Smoot, first baseman, on the team. He led the conference with seven home runs and 40 runs batted jn.West Liberty likewise had three players honored. In addition to Wojcik, the coaches tabbed Rick Martini, a shorts-top-catcher. and Jon Kertes, an out-fielder.West Virginia State had twohonorees: league-leadingbatsman Reginald Coleman and in-fielder Pat Matthews.The rest of the squad included Alderson-Broaddus pitcher Steve Lesser, Salem infielder, Ziggy Brown and Concord outfielder Robert Gometz.OUTSIDE of the pitchers, five of the eight other players hit .400 or better. Coleman’s .478 was high and followed by Gometz’s .458, Brown at .433, Kertes at .431 and Smoot at an even .400. Matthews was the low man at .325. Martini hit.391 and Carlucci .397 as he dropped below the .400 mark by going zero for six in the playoffs.Carlucci had the most hits, 52, and Smoot had 50. Behind Smoot in the RBI column was Carlucci with 27. Morris Harvey played a total of 36 games. Smoot hit seven home runs, Carlucci six and Salem's Brown had five in far less games.The three pitchers won a combined number of 15 games while losing seven. Glover only lost one decision in seven and Wojcik won seven of nine. The West Liberty hurler had a 9.4 strikeout record per nine innings. In the same department Glover was 9.2 and Lesser 7.8.The earned run averages behind Wojcik’s 0.85 were 1.22 for Glover and 1.74 for Lesser.Four of the players make West Virginia their home. Wojcik is from Wheeling. Glover and Smoot from Charleston and Matthews from South Charleston.
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