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PSC Baseball places eight players on All-Region XX First Team

Clockwise from top left: Zack Whitacre, Dale Houser, Robert Kelley, Caleb Taylor, Graham Brown, Avery Heiple, Josh Hoffman and Brandon Schaeffer were named to the All-Region XX Division I Baseball First Team.
Clockwise from top left: Zack Whitacre, Dale Houser, Robert Kelley, Caleb Taylor, Graham Brown, Avery Heiple, Josh Hoffman and Brandon Schaeffer were named to the All-Region XX Division I Baseball First Team.
Posted: May 21, 2021

NJCAA Region XX officials have released the 2021 All-Region selections. Eight Potomac State baseball players were named to the All-Region XX Division I first team and one received All-Region honorable mention honors.

Catamount first team honorees include Graham Brown, Avery Heiple, Josh Hoffman, Dale Houser, Robert Kelley, Brandon Schaeffer, Caleb Taylor and Zack Whitacre.

Brown is a Covid-year freshman infielder from Middletown, Md. His slash line of .492/.582/.784 led the Catamounts in all three categories and rank him in the top five nationally in average and OBP among Division I players. Brown is committed to Coastal Carolina University next season.

Heiple, a second-year freshman pitcher from Friedens, Pa finished the season with a 6-0 record in 8 starts with a 2.56 ERA. In 38.2 innings pitched he recorded 80 strikeouts.

Hoffman is a second-year freshman outfielder from Belle Vernon, Pa. Appearing in all 43 games he hit .340, slugged .738 and led the Catamounts in home runs with 10. Hoffman also tied for the team lead in steals with 13.

Sophomore Houser from Marietta, Pa. proved his versatility seeing time at both third base and in left field. Over 35 games he hit .379 with an OBP of .476. Houser scored 50 runs and drove in 35 predominantly from the two slot in the line-up.

Kelley, a freshman pitcher hails from Vienna, Va. He compiled a 6-0 record in 10 appearances, including 6 starts. Kelley finished with a 3.68 ERA and 47 strike outs over 44 innings pitched.

Schaeffer is a Covid-year sophomore from Auburn, Pa. In nine starts he compiled a 7-1 record, striking out 79 batters over 47.2 innings and allowing only 5 earned runs for an NJCAA Division I best 0.94 ERA. Schaeffer is committed to the University of North Carolina.

Taylor, a second-year freshman catcher from Morgantown W.Va., appeared in all 43 games for the Catamounts. He produced a .414 average, .503 OBP and .721 slugging percentage. Defensively, Taylor committed just one error all season behind the plate for a .997 fielding percentage.

Whitacre, a second-year freshman infielder from Ridgeley, W.Va. also played in all 43 games for the Catamounts. As the lead-off hitter, he hit .399 and scored a team-high 66 runs and drew a team-high 29 walks. He also tied for the team lead with 17 doubles and 6 triples. Whitacre is committed to Radford University.

Rounding out the Potomac State awardees with an Honorable Mention selection is freshman outfielder Dakota Miller from Newport, Ohio. Miller hit .376 with an OBP of .500 and slugged .505 for the Catamounts.