Gefroh Named ABCA And D3baseball All-Region
MOORHEAD, Minn. (5/23/14)—Concordia senior designated hitter Jordan Gefroh capped his career by being named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and D3baseball.com All-Region Teams.
Gefroh, who earns All-Region honors for the first time in his career, was placed on the All-Region Second Team in both postseason award lists.
Complete List of ABCA All-Midwest Region Teams
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Gefroh becomes the 18th All-Region award winner for the Cobbers in the past 11 seasons. Concordia has had at least one All-Region honoree in 12 of the past 14 seasons.
Gefroh helped the Cobbers post an 18-16 overall record in 2014. Gefroh also helped finish off head coach Bucky Burgau's 36-year career in style as Concordia beat NCAA Division I University of Minnesota 3-2 in the final game of the season. The 18 overall wins marks the 22nd time in the past 25 seasons that Concordia has won at least 15 games in a season.
Gefroh led the Cobbers in almost every major offensive category. His ascension to the top of the team leaderboard came after playing in only 11 games and having 11 at-bats in his previous three seasons for Concordia.
Gefroh hit .422 for the season. He played in 31 of the team's 34 games and had 102 at-bats. Gefroh's .422 batting average puts him in rare company as a Cobber player. Only seven other players have hit over .420 for an entire season in the past 20 years.
To go along with his sky-high .422 batting average, Gefroh also had a .716 slugging percentage and .469 on-base percentage. He finished the regular season by being ranked 20th in the nation in slugging percentage and 42nd in batting average.
Gefroh also led Concordia with 34 RBI, five home runs, three triples and nine doubles.
Cobber ABCA All-Region Winners
2014 - Jordan Gefroh
2013 - Devin Johnson
2012 - Michael Olson, Brian Guler (Gold Glove Team)
2010 - Jake Krause, Dan Wackler
2009 - Kyle Johnson, Scott Schumacher
2008 - Kyle Johnson, Adam Johnson
2006 - Billy DeNet, Brian Schumacher
2005 - Bryan Romsa, Brian Scumacher
2004 - Ryan Hebrink, Jeremy Hinderks, Luther Kangas
2003 - Derek Dormanen, Ryan Hebrink, Jeremy Hinderks
2002 - Chad Felstul
2001 - Derek Dormanen
2000 - Clayton Horgen
1999 - Clayton Horgen
1997 - Scott DeBrito, Noah Johnson
1996 - Stuart Lang, Randy Razidlo
1995 - Chris Coste, Jeremy Kovash, Ron Litzau
1994 - Chris Coste
1993 - Chris Coste, Chris Marsden, Gary Ullrich
1992 - Brad Keenan
1989 - Terry Horan
1986 - Eric Jacobson, Doug Kovash, John Riewer
1985 - Kent Kuball, Joel Smith
1984 - Howard Berglund, Mark Nelson
1983 - Stephen Anderson, Mark Nelson