Starting pitchers Drake George and Shane Spencer split the title of Cascade Conference Pitcher of the Year and Jake Taylor was named the Cascade Conference Coach of the Year for the third time in his career to highlight CCC honors for LC State Baseball. The Warriors had six players earn All-Cascade Conference honors and two were tabbed as CCC Gold Glove recipients.
Dominic Signorelli (third base), Jake Gish (utility), Brandon Cabrera (outfield), Carter Booth (outfield), George (pitcher) and Spencer (pitcher) were each voted All-CCC, while Signorelli and Nick Seamons (outfield) each earned Gold Glove honors.
“Dom, Jake, Carter and Brandon had exceptional regular seasons that have helped propel us to a regular-season conference championship. Congratulations to Nick and Dom for their Gold Glove awards. So well deserved,” Head Coach Jake Taylor said. “To be awarded all of these accolades in this very competitive conference is outstanding, and as a staff and program as a whole, we are grateful for their efforts and happy for all of them.”
Taylor guided the No. 5 Warriors to a 35-9 record in the regular season and LC State currently holds the longest active winning streak in the NAIA at 16 games. The Warriors are 20-0 at home this season and finished CCC play with a 19-3 mark to clinch the regular season title.
George and Spencer share the CCC Pitcher of the Year honor with Oregon Tech’s Bronson Chapple. Spencer leads the conference in ERA (3.42) and opposing batting average (.202). In his 55.1 innings pitched, the senior struck out 70 batters to lead the team. George and Spencer have each walked only 17 batters, and George is one strikeout behind Spencer with 69 punchouts in his 60 innings. George leads the team in wins with six and is second in ERA at 3.60, good for third in the CCC. George tossed the first complete game by a Warrior since 2022 at UBC.
“We are very excited for and proud of Drake and Shane,” Taylor said. “Extremely well deserving and both of them have had outstanding seasons up to this point.”
Signorelli leads the Cascade Conference in home runs (15) and walks (38) this season and leads LC State in slugging (.698), on-base percentage (.488) and RBI (49). He is batting .309 with 13 doubles. Signorelli had been solid at the hot corner before making the move short stop late in the season. He holds a .967 fielding percentage with just four errors in 123 total chances. Gish is hitting .346 with a .591 slugging percentage and .427 on-base mark with six home runs, 11 doubles and 39 RBI.
Cabrera and Booth have been key in the outfield for LC State this season. Booth is at the top of the CCC in runs scored (58) and doubles (22). He is currently second on the team in batting average (.353) with eight home runs and 36 RBI. He leads the team in triples with three for a slugging percentage of .665. Cabrera leads the team in batting average (.370) and is third in the CCC in home runs (13). The junior is slugging .685 with 10 doubles and a triple and has driven in 35 runs. Cabrera leads the team in stolen bases with 17 and has scored 53 runs.
Seamons has been the most consistent defensive presence in the outfield for LC State, rounding out one of the best outfields in the NAIA. The senior has committed just one error in 92 chances for a .989 fielding percentage.
UP NEXT
The Warriors open postseason play on Saturday when LC State hosts the 2024 Cascade Conference Baseball Championship, presented by U.S. Bank. LC State takes on Bushnell at 4 p.m. at Harris Field with live coverage in the LC Valley on 95.5 FM and AM 950 KOZE and streaming free online here.
