Appo's Carrier is Player of the Year, leads All-State baseball team

Appoquinimink center fielder Lorenzo Carrier is the Player of the Year and heads the All-State baseball team selected by the Delaware Baseball Coaches Association.

The 6-foot-6 Carrier hit .547 with four home runs, four triples and 11 doubles in 53 at-bats this spring. He also drove in 36 runs and was perfect in 22 stolen-base attempts for the Jaguars.

The senior has signed to play college baseball at Miami (Florida), but is also expected to be selected in the Major League Baseball draft this summer.

Carrier leads a list of 13 first-team All-State players, along with fellow outfielders Mike Mallamaci of Archmere, Jonathan Stokley of Sussex Tech and Alec Rodriguez of Dover.

The first-team pitchers are Zach Hart of St. Georges and Christian Colmery of St. Mark’s, with Sussex Tech’s Jason Shockley voted as the top catcher.

The first-team infielders are Sussex Central’s A.J. Cannon (first base), Smyrna’s Connor Strauss (second base), Conrad’s Tyler Pirrung (third base) and Concord’s Luke Gabrysh (shortstop).

Middletown’s Zak Sophy was voted the top designated hitter, and Delmarva Christian’s Riley Culver made the first team as a utility player.

The Coach of the Year is St. Georges’ Jeff Rodgers, who guided the Hawks to a 16-2 regular season and the No. 1 seed in the DIAA Baseball Tournament.

Tower Hill’s Paul Gillerlain was named the Assistant Coach of the Year.

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DEBCA All-State baseball team

FIRST TEAM

Pitcher – Zach Hart, sr., St. Georges

Pitcher – Christian Colmery, sr., St. Mark’s

Catcher – Jason Shockley, sr., Sussex Tech

First base – A.J. Cannon, jr., Sussex Central

Second base – Connor Strauss, jr., Smyrna

Third base – Tyler Pirrung, jr., Conrad

Shortstop – Luke Gabrysh, sr., Concord

Outfield – Lorenzo Carrier, sr., Appoquinimink

Outfield – Mike Mallamaci, sr., Archmere

Outfield – Jonathan Stokley, jr., Sussex Tech

Outfield – Alec Rodriguez, sr., Dover

Designated hitter – Zak Sophy, so., Middletown

Utility – Riley Culver, sr., Delmarva Christian

SECOND TEAM

Pitcher – Grant Allen, jr., Sussex Tech; Luke Gabrysh, sr., Concord. Catcher – John Pfander, sr., Concord; Ben Anderson, sr., St. Mark’s; Mason DeLuca, sr., DMA. First base – Patrick McKenzie, sr., Wilmington Friends. Second base – Michael Breen, sr., St. Georges; Kevin Williams, sr., DMA. Third base – Brendan Anderson, jr., Sussex Central. Shortstop – Hunter Rauch, sr., Cape Henlopen; Chase Boyle, sr., Sussex Central; Jaden Dickerson, sr., St. Elizabeth. Outfield – Andrew Arterbridge, sr., St. Georges; Brian Lang, sr., Salesianum; Gage Joseph, fr., Cape Henlopen; Jack Szczerba, sr., Conrad. Designated hitter – Justin Marsh, jr., Cape Henlopen. Utility – Peter Erskine, sr., Wilmington Friends; Josh Reinhold, jr., Cape Henlopen.

HONORABLE MENTION

Pitcher – Evan Bouldin, jr., Appoquinimink; Kevin Williams, sr., DMA; Braedon Scherer, sr., Conrad; Jack Burns, jr., St. Mark’s; Marty Coyne, sr., Tower Hill. Catcher – Riley Burroughs, so., St. Andrew’s; Dominic Joseph, sr., Glasgow. First base – Aaron Rhodes, sr., Delmar; Tyler August, so., DMA; Chris Brown, sr., Concord. Second base – Gabe Martin, sr., Lake Forest. Third base – Deuce Rzucidlo, jr., Salesianum; Reid Dalton, sr., St. Mark’s; Derek Cannon, sr., Woodbridge. Shortstop – Jackson Tyer, sr., DMA; Luke Waters, sr., Delmar. Outfield – Conor Campbell, jr., Salesianum; Brandon Grygo, so., William Penn; Chase Killen, jr., Lake Forest; Jason Todd, jr., St. Mark’s. Designated hitter – Michael Clarke, jr., St. Mark’s; Jack Lazarski, so., Sanford; Kevin Callahan, so., Charter of Wilmington. Utility – Sean Bogan, so., Brandywine; Colin Pie, so., Concord.

Player of the Year – Lorenzo Carrier, sr., Appoquinimink

Coach of the Year – Jeff Rodgers, St. Georges

Assistant Coach of the Year – Paul Gillerlain, Tower Hill