Batusich Named to C-USA All-Freshman Team

DALLAS – WKU Baseball player Ty Batusich has been named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team, as announced by league officials Tuesday afternoon.

Batusich is just the third Hilltopper to be named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team since WKU entered the league in 2015, joining Jackson Swiney (2019) and Luke Brown (2018).

Batusich was one of the top hitters on the team in his first year at WKU, leading the squad in on-base percentage (.402), slugging percentage (.484), runs (39), RBI (34), walks (24) and home runs (eight) while ranking second in batting average (.288), total bases (89), hits (53) and doubles (12).

In 52 total games, which included 28 starts as the designated hitter and 24 starts at catcher, the freshman compiled 14 multi-hit, nine multi-RBI and eight multi-run games to go along with a season-long hitting streak of five games and on-base streak of 16 games during his first campaign on The Hill.

Batusich also earned C-USA Hitter of the Week honors earlier this season, receiving the nod on March 7 after slashing .471/.500/.706 in four starts while racking up eight hits – including a double and home run – to go along with two runs and 10 RBI in wins against (RV) Kentucky and Hartford.

The full 2022 All-CUSA Teams are listed below.

First Team All-Conference
C – Brock Gagliardi, Old Dominion
INF – Matt Coutney, Old Dominion
INF – Nolan Schanuel, Florida Atlantic
INF – Taylor Young, LA Tech
INF – Jack Dragum, Charlotte
OF – Andy Garriola, Old Dominion
OF – Cole McConnell, LA Tech
OF – Gabriel Rincones, Jr., Florida Atlantic
P – Tanner Hall, Southern Miss
P – Blake Morgan, Old Dominion
P – Hurston Waldrep, Southern Miss
P – Luke Malone, UTSA
RP – Kyle Crigger, LA Tech
RP – Landon Harper, Southern Miss
DH – David McCabe, Charlotte
UTIL – Luke Edwards, Marshall

Second Team All-Conference
C – Jorge Corona, LA Tech
INF – Leyton Barry, UTSA
INF – Nate Furman, Charlotte
INF – Dustin Dickerson, Southern Miss
INF – JT Mabry, Middle Tennessee
OF – Carter Trice, Old Dominion
OF – Cam Fisher, Charlotte
OF – Dylan Goldstein, Florida Atlantic
P – Hunter Cooley, Florida Atlantic
P – Jaden Hamm, Middle Tennessee
P – Trent Seibert, Middle Tennessee
P – Cade Gibson, LA Tech
RP – Ryan Harland, LA Tech
RP – Collin Taylor, UAB
DH – Christian Hall, UAB
UTIL – Jonathan Tapia, UTSA

All-Freshman Team
P – Blake Morgan, Old Dominion
OF – Carson Paetow, Southern Miss
OF – Cam Fisher, Charlotte
P – Ryan Harland, LA Tech
DH/C – Ty Batusich, WKU
P – Collin Kramer, Charlotte
P – James Sells, Middle Tennessee
INF – Aaron Smigelski, Rice
C – Henry Hunter, UAB
INF – Matt King, UTSA
P – Thomas Ballard, UAB

Players Mentioned

Ty Batusich

Jackson Swiney

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