Nine Sun Devils Named to All-Pac-12 Baseball Teams

PHOENIX – The Sun Devil Baseball team was well-represented on the Pac-12 All-Conference awards with eight players being recognized on the All-Conference Teams and three earning a spot on the league's All-Defensive Team, as announced by the league office on Wednesday.
 
Four Sun Devils earned All-Pac-12 first team honors in Hunter Bishop, Spencer Torkelson, Lyle Lin and Alec Marsh while Brady Corrigan, Trevor Hauver, Alika Williams and Gage Workman were tabbed with honorable mention accolades. Williams doubled up in being named to the conference's All-Defensive Team, joined by honorable mention All-Defensive selections in Workman and Drew Swift.
 
ASU's four first team selections are the most since the 2016 roster also featured four selections. The eight overall selections are also the most since that 2016 team.

Torkelson is a First Team selection for the second consecutive season while Lin is now a three-time selection in each of his seasons with the Sun Devils. Bishop is making his second rotation on the All-Pac-12 team and first as a first team selection. It is the first career selections for Marsh, Corrigan, Hauver, Williams and Workman.
 
ASU now has 312 all-time Pac-12 All-Conference selections, 156 of those being First-Team selections and 156 as Honorable Mentions.  
 
Hunter Bishop, Jr., First Team Outfield

• Hunter Bishop was named Perfect Game and D1Baseball's Midseason Player of the Year during the first week of April and was also tabbed as the NCBWA National Player of the Month for the Month of March. He was tabbed as a Pac-12 All-Conference First Team selection this week.
• Bishop has also been named the 2019 Midseason Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist.
• Sophomore Hunter Bishop sits fifth nationally in home runs (22). He is five homers shy of ASU's single season record for home runs (27 by Mitch Jones in 2000).
• The junior is ranked in the top-30 nationally in numerous offensive categories, including homers, slugging (7th/.765), runs (28th/64), RBIs (38th/61) and total bases (6th/163).
• He has reached base in all but three games this season and had a 44-game reach base streak at one point after reaching in the first 39 games of this season and last five. of 2018.
• Bishop is ranked in the Pac-12 top-10 in every major offensive category and is Top-Five in average, slugging, on-base percentage, runs, RBIs, hits, homers, triples, total bases and walks. .
• Bishop has 21 multi-hit games this season and leads the team with three games with four or more hits. His 17 multi-RBI games are more than any other player on ASU's prolific roster and he has 10 games with three or more RBIs. 
• The 61 current RBIs are easily the most for a Sun Devil in the BBCOR era of batting, surpassing the previous best of 53 by Torkelson (2018) and Abe Ruiz (2011).
• Bishop leads the team in advancing teammates 71 times on 131 chances (.542).

 
Spencer Torkelson, So., First Team First Base

• In only seven games this season has All-American and First Team All-Pac-12 selection Spencer Torkelson not registered a hit and in only 21 of his 109 career games has that been the case. Torkelson has at least one hit in 80.7 percent of his appearances as a Sun Devil. Torkelson has multiple hits in 45 of his 109 career starts (.412).
• Torkelson has 21 home runs this season, second in the Pac-12 and 10th in the country. He had at least one home run in 10 of the last 11 weekend series that the Sun Devils have played with the season finale against Stanford being the lone exception.
• Torkelson has 46 long balls in his career at ASU – already tied with Mike Kelly for third in program history and just 10 shy of the Sun Devil school record of 56 held by Bob Horner. He has joined Horner as the only other player in ASU history to have 20 or more home runs in consecutive seasons.
• In Pac-12 history, Torkelson is one of just three players to have 20+ home runs in back-to-back seasons (UCLA's Eric Valent in '97-98 and Bill Scott '99-00).
• Torkelson has also joined former Missouri State First-Round Draft Pick Jake Burger as the only player in the BBCOR era of batting standards to log multiple seasons with 20 or more home runs.
• Torkelson enters this weekend ranked in the Top-10 in the Pac-12 in nearly every major offensive category, including average (10th/.348), slugging percentage (4th/.687), RBIs (3rd/60), runs (5th/62), total bases (2nd/156), walks (8th/40) and hits (3rd/79) in addition to his spot among the home run leaders. He sits in the Top-50 nationally in home runs, runs, RBIs, slugging and total bases.
• Torkelson has multiple hits in a team-best 25 of ASU's games this season - four more than any other player - and at least one RBI in 16 games.
• In Pac-12 ONLY games, Torkelson was the league leader with 14 home runs - two more than any other player. His .721 slugging percentage in league games was fourth in the Pac-12.
• The sophomore had a career-long 22-game hitting streak ended against Utah. It was the longest hitting streak by any Sun Devil since Riccio Torrez had a 26-game streak back in 2010 and is among the top-five longest streaks by a player in the NCAA this year.
• Torkelson leads the team with 25 hits with runners in scoring position, recording 25 hits on 63 chances (.397)
• He has been an extremely tough out to end the inning, extending the inning 25-of-63 times with two outs (.397) with a team-best 33 two-out RBI - 13 more than any other player on the roster.
• Hit or not, Torkelson consistently finds a way to successfully advance baserunners, doing so 66 times on 131 opportunities (.504).
• With his first home run in the series against Cal, Torkelson has now homered in every single Pac-12 ballpark in the league despite being just a sophomore.
• Torkelson has played 29 weekend series at ASU and homered at least once in 23 of those. He has played 20 Pac-12 series and homered in 18 - the season finales against Cal (2018) and Stanford (2019) being the only exceptions
• Defensively, Torkelson has made huge strides and helped turn 9 more double plays than any other player in the Pac-12 (54), which is still a testament to some of the impressive stretches and picks he has made to make those possible.
• He has just three errors on the year despite being sixth in Pac-12 in defensive chances (446) and one of those came while he was playing out of position in right field for one inning in a game earlier this season.

 
Lyle Lin, Jr., First Team Designated Hitter

• Lyle Lin has embraced his new role as the team's designated hitter this season, just outside the Top-10 in the Pac-12 with 46 RBIs despite not quite being an every-day starter
• Lin's 46 RBIs are an incredible tally considering the junior had just 18 RBIs total during the 2018 season, despite starting every game. He has multiple RBIs in 9 games.
• Lin was named a first team selection on the All-Pac-12 team.
• Prior to the Cal series, Lin had a 10-game streak as good as any by a Sun Devil this season, batting .474 in that span with four doubles and four home runs with 10 RBIs. That .474 average was 140 points higher than any Sun Devil on the roster.
• Over the final month of the season (15 games), Lin led the team with a .379 average and a .410 on-base percentage. He had five homers and 11 RBIs in that time while slugging .707.
• Of Lin's 63 hits this season, 45 have come on EITHER the first pitch of an at-bat OR when battling from behind in the count. A contact hitter, Lin is second on the team in fewest strikeouts at 28 but has also walked a team-low 12 times.
• Lin is 14-for-19 this season in bringing runners from third home with less than two outs, a notable area of struggle for the junior was just 2-for-12 in the category last season despite starting every game in the middle of the lineup. The 14 RBIs in that spot this year are three more than any other Sun Devil.
• Lin has advanced baserunners 68 times on 116 chances (.586) - the highest total on the team by average.
• His knack for getting the ball into play has paid its due, as he's reached base a team-best 10 times on opponent errors this season - five more than any other Sun Devil. He has advanced a runner with an out 24 times - also good for the team lead.
• Lin became the first Sun Devil since 2014 to hit a grand slam with his round-tripper in the second game of the UC Davis series.
• Lin leads the team with nine games this season with three or more hits.

Alec Marsh, Jr., First Team Starting Pitcher

• Alec Marsh has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 31 of his last 34 appearances dating back to his freshman season and was named an All-Pac-12 First Team selection this week.
• Dating back to last season, Marsh has a posted a quality start (6+ innings pitched with 3 or fewer earned runs allowed) in 16 of his 23 starts since assuming the mantle of Mr. Friday Night midway through the 2018 campaign.
• Marsh is tied for second in the Pac-12 and 22nd in the nation with nine victories this season, currently posting an 9-3 record.
• His 3.17 ERA is currently 11th in the Pac-12 while his 92 strikeouts sit 5th in the league.
• Marsh leads Pac-12 pitchers and is is among the Top-25 nationally with 96.2 innings pitched this season.
• The junior is not hesitant about pounding the strike zone, throwing a strike on 63.1 percent of his pitches while falling into 2-0 counts just 53 times on 397 batters faced on the year (.134).
• Marsh dominates when getting ahead of the count, holding batters to 3-30 hitting (.100) on 0-2 counts and 11-of-63 hitting (.175) on 1-2 counts with 48 combined strikeouts between the two. 2-2 counts have been especially deadly when facing Marsh this season, with opponents going 4-for-53 (.075) with 30 punchouts and a 69.5 strike percentage.
• Marsh is responsible for one ASU's two complete game this season, a masterful three-hit effort as he shut down third-ranked Oregon State to the tune of a 4-1 victory.
• Alec Marsh struck out 10 batters in back-to-back games against Nebraska and Cal and has done so three times this season. He is the first Sun Devil to record back-to-back 10-strikeout outings since Mike Leake did so in three straight games in the 2009 season (May 15, May 22 and May 30). Marsh is also the first Sun Devil to have at least three games in the same season striking out 10 batters in a game since Leake and Josh Spence during that 2009 campaign.

 
Brady Corrigan, So., Honorable Mention Relief Pitcher

• Brady Corrigan has quickly asserted himself as one of ASU's go-to players out of the pen, appearing in 28 of ASU's 54 games this season.
• Corrigan has inherited a team-high 36 runners this season, allowing just seven of them to score (.194).
• Corrigan has 65 strikeouts in 50.0 innings pitched - easily the best strikeout-to-inning ratio on the team.
• The sophomore was selected as an All-Pac-12 honorable mention selection.

 
Trevor Hauver, So., Honorable Mention Outfielder

• Perhaps no player on the Sun Devil roster has shown as much improvement this season as sophomore Trevor Hauver who was named to the Pac-12 Honorable Mention team.
• The leadoff man is batting .333 with a .421 on-base percentage this season and 77 hits - good for 5th in the Pac-12.
• Hauver had a 15-game hitting streak and 21-game reached base streak snapped in the series finale against in the penultimate weekend series.
• Hauver has also showed plenty of pop in the bat, third on the team with 13 home runs this season - good for 10th in the Pac-12.
• He has been the top ASU player in games in several categories, posting a seven-RBI game, a five-hit game, a four-walk game and a two-home run game.
• Hauver has scored 56 runs this season, 5th in the league and 36th nationally.
• As a leadoff batter in an inning, Hauver has reached base 33 times this season on 93 chances (.355).
• Hauver has been very productive for his teammates as well, successfully advancing runners 64 times on 118 chances (.542). Of ASU's day-to-day starters, Hauver's 28 runners left stranded this season are the fewest on the team.
• Hauver has been light's out with runners in scoring position, leading the team with a .439 average on 25-of-57 hitting while also making it tough for pitchers to get out of innings with a second-best .385 average on 20-of-52 hitting with two outs.
• Hauver has a case for being ASU's most clutch batter late in games this season. In innings 7-9, Hauver is batting .400 on 22-of-55 hitting with 16 RBIs and 16 runs, easily leading ASU in each of those categories in the late stages of games. Six of his 13 home runs have come in these latter stages of games.

 
Alika Williams, So., Honorable Mention Infielder, First Team All-Defense

• Alika Williams has quietly continued to put up impressive numbers as a sophomore, embracing his role as a cleanup hitter with All-Pac-12 honorable mention accolades with a .332 batting average with 48 RBIs - easily a career high in the category. He had just 20 total RBIs last season.
• When he does get RBIs, he tends to get a lot of them. He has 14 multi-RBI games this season and is second on the team with eight games with three or more RBIs.
• Williams has homered four times this year and recorded 10 doubles and three triples. He is slugging .470 on the season - nearly 150 points higher than his freshman total of .333. With 17 extra-base hits on the year, he has far surpassed his freshman total of nine.
• The sophomore been incredible when falling behind in counts this season, posting a .405 average (17-of-42) when facing 1-2 counts. Of his 67 hits on the year, 39 have come when falling behind in the count. 
• He is 35-of-98 (.357) on two-strike hitting on the year - striking out a team-low 26 times while walking 31 times, making him the only player on the team with more walks than strikeouts.
• 17 of his 48 RBIs (.354) have come when falling behind in counts.
• The sophomore has been incredible at advancing baserunners this season, leading the team with a .584 average with 66 advancements on 113 opportunities.
• Williams is ASU's most productive hitter with the bases loaded, going 7-for-14 this season (.500) with a team-best 16 RBIs.
• Defensively, Williams is currently second in the Pac-12 with 141 defensive assists this season. He was named a member of the Pac-12 All-Defensive team as a result.
• He has helped turn 34 double plays this season, which is good for fourth overall in the Pac-12 and first among non-first basemen.
   

Gage Workman, So. Honorable Mention, Infielder, Honorable Mention All-Defense

• Gage Workman has been one of the hottest players in the Sun Devil lineup of late, batting .322 with 39 runs scored, 42 RBIs and eight home runs. He has hits in 17 of his last 23 games and multiple hits in 10 of those.
• In Pac-12 only games, Workman has a .330 average - the best total on the squad while his 25 Pac-12 RBIs are second on the team.
• In Pac-12 only games, Workman is tied for 10 in the league with 19 walks.
• His .430 on-base percentage is 12th in Pac-12 games and the second-best among all Sun Devils in the category. His .623 slugging percentage in Pac-12 games is 9th in the league and second on the team.
• Workman has eight home runs on the season, a new career high. His 22 extra-base hits have surpassed his freshman total of 20.
• The sophomore earned Honorable Mention honors on the All-Pac-12 team.
• Workman had just three errors in Pac-12 games at third base on 80 changes (.964) and helped turn 17 double plays on the season en route to Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention honors.

 
Drew Swift, So., Honorable Mention All-Defense

• Despite missing three weeks to injury, Drew Swift returned to the lineup and continued to show he is one of ASU's most improved hitters.
• He has nine doubles this season - already a career-best - and a triple for 10 extra-base hits on the season despite missing several weeks to injury. He had just two extra-base hits on the season.
• Swift has been a part of 33 double plays this season, despite the time missed, good for fifth in the Pac-12 in the category and second among non-first basemen.
• His 121 defensive assists are good for 11th in the Pac-12.
• Despite his .268 batting average, Swift still manages to reach base at a .365 clip this season - a valuable tool at the bottom of the ASU order.
• Became the first Sun Devil since Jake Peevyhouse in 2014 to have three doubles in a game, doing so against San Diego.