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2015 All-Area Baseball Team
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Read a feature story on The Times' All-Area Player of the Year, Gainesville catcher Michael Curry, here:

Read a feature story on The Times' All-Area Pitcher of the Year, Buford pitcher Jake Higginbotham, here:

All-Area First Team Players

C Michael Curry (Player of the Year)

Gainesville Sr.

.414 batting average | 9 doubles | 15 home runs | 44 RBIs

29 runs | .901 slugging percentage | .507 on-base percentage

Signed with Georgia

 

C Joey Bart

Buford Sr.

.441 batting average | 11 doubles | 1 triple | 3 home runs

29 RBIs | 32 runs

Signed with Georgia Tech


IF Caleb Whitenton

Gainesville Sr.

.374 batting average | 7 doubles | 18 home runs | 41 RBIs

27 runs | .944 slugging percentage | .474 on-base percentage

Signed with South Carolina


IF Joel Munoz

Johnson Sr.

.455 batting average | 8 doubles | 2 triples | 1 home run

16 stolen bases | .580 on-base percentage


IF Austin Wilhite

Buford Jr.

.389 batting average | 5 doubles | 3 triples | 2 home runs 24 RBIs | 34 runs | 10 stolen bases


IF Joel Ellis

Jackson County Jr.

.410 batting average | 10 doubles | 3 home runs | 25 RBIs

15 runs | 6 stolen bases | .994 fielding percentage

 

OF Lincoln Hewett

North Hall Sr.

.404 batting average | 10 doubles | 2 triples | 18 RBIs 21 runs | 0 errors in 31 games | 7 assists

Signed with Gordon State College


OF Micah Strickland

North Hall Sr.

.417 batting average | 10 doubles | 5 home runs | 18 RBIs 34 runs | 9 stolen bases | .513 on-base percentage

Signed with Darton State College


OF Andrew Nolt

Flowery Branch Sr.

.455 batting average | 10 doubles | 2 triples | 1 home run

13 RBIs | 26 runs | 14 stolen bases


UT Micah Carpenter

Jefferson Sr.

8-3 | 1.52 ERA | 78 strikeouts | .173 batting average against

.365 batting average | 28 RBIs

Signed with Georgia Tech


All-Area First Team Pitchers

LHP Jake Higginbotham (Pitcher of the Year)

Buford Sr.

11-1 | 0.21 ERA (area leader) | 127 strikeouts | 65.1 innings

20 hits allowed | 2 earned runs allowed | 4-0, 0.00 ERA in playoffs

Signed with Clemson


RHP Connor Bennett

Buford Sr.

7-0 | 7 saves | 0.76 ERA | 107 strikeouts | 55.1 innings

21 hits allowed | 6 earned runs allowed

Signed with Cincinatti Reds


LHP Jonathan Gettys

Gainesville Jr.

12-3 | 2 saves | 0.85 ERA | 131 strikeouts (area leader) 82.1 innings | 0.887 WHIP

Committed to LSU


RHP Jonathan Hughes

Flowery Branch Sr.

4-3 | 2 saves | 1.57 ERA | 71 strikeouts | 4 walks

Signed with Baltimore Orioles


All-Area Second Team Players

C Drew Hulsey

Commerce Jr.

.448 batting average | 5 home runs

23 RBIs


IF Cole Garcia

Riverside Military Academy Sr.

.401 batting average | 10 doubles 28 RBIs


IF Fedrick Cardona

Gainesville Jr.

.286 batting average | 6 doubles 34 runs scored | 20 stolen bases


IF Zack Collins

West Hall Jr.

.345 batting average | 7 doubles

1 home run | 25 runs | 17 stolen bases

 

IF Sebastian Dunn

Lumpkin Co. Jr.

.378 batting average | 26 runs scored 28 stolen bases

 

OF Anthony Carrera

Gainesville Jr.

.366 batting average | 10 doubles 5 home runs | 21 RBIs | 27 runs scored

 

OF Nick Wilhite

Buford Jr.

.349 batting average | 6 triples

3 homers | 35 RBIs | 31 runs | 16 SB

 

OF Taylor Wilkes

Jefferson Jr.

.407 batting average | 2 home runs 34 RBIs | 14 stolen bases


UT Jack Hagwood

East Hall Sr.

.392 batting average | .446 OBP 17 runs | 8 steals


UT Corbin Lewallen

North Hall Sr.

.322 batting average | 8 doubles | 27 RBIs

Pitching: 10-3, 77 innings, 49 strikeouts


All-Area Second Team Pitchers

RHP Keyton Gibson

Buford Sr.

8-1 | 2 saves | 0.55 ERA |

51.1 innings | 78 strikeouts


RHP Chris Griggs

Jackson County So.

7-4 | 1.46 ERA | 67.1 innings

86 strikeouts | 6 complete games


RHP Cody Waters

Lumpkin Co. Sr.

9-1 | 1.40 ERA | 64 innings

82 strikeouts


RHP Ethan Garner

Jefferson Sr.

10-2 | 1.86 ERA | 76 strikeouts

.188 batting average against

 

Honorable mentions

Drew Wright, Sr., Gainesville

Mikey Gonzalez, Sr., Gainesville

Harrison Styles, Sr., Gainesville

Taber Mongero, So., North Hall

Ben Walker, Sr., Riverside Military

Will Lovett, Sr., Riverside Military 

Chandler Rogers, Sr., Commerce

Kevin Coulter, Sr., Buford

Brandon Marsh, Jr., Buford

Griffin Jolliff, Jr., Buford

Justin Glover, Jr., Buford

Caleb Moore, Sr., Buford

Dillon Lancaster, Jr., Buford

Ian Jenkins, So., Buford

Jonah Crocker, Jr., East Hall

Jesse Cooper, Jr., East Hall

Eli Stuart, Jr., East Hall

Levi Crocker, Fr., East Hall

Jake Franklin, Jefferson

Christian Hutch, Jefferson

Derek Eder, Sr., Flowery Branch

Trey Groves, Jr., Flowery Branch

Stephen Skeggs, Sr., Flowery Branch

Kohlton Hamann, Jr., Flowery Branch

Josh Henderson, So., Johnson

Rob Hamby, So., Lakeview Academy

Bailey Whitlock, So., Lakeview Academy

Logan Barwick, Jr., Lakeview Academy

Rob Collison, Jr., Lakeview Academy

Ben Brown, Jr., Lumpkin County

Caleb Chastain, Fr., Lumpkin County

Derek DiSanto, Sr., Lumpkin County

Tim Summersett, Sr., Lumpkin County

Gunner Wood, Sr., Lumpkin County

Joe Crotzer, Sr., Lumpkin County

Joseph Mancuso, Jr., Union County

Hunter Hughes, Sr., Union County

Coleman Barbee, Jr., Jackson County

Jase Latty, Jr., Jackson County

Max Wilson, Sr., Jackson County

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