Northwoods League Announces 2022 Postseason All-Star Team
August 12, 2022 - Northwoods League (Northwoods) News Release
Rochester, Minn. - The Northwoods League announced the 2022 Postseason All-Star Team and award winners on Friday, August 12. Mankato outfielder Sean Ross was named the League's Most Valuable Player and Willmar's Jack Habeck was named Pitcher of the Year as voted by the League's coaches and members of the media. Kirk Shrider from Wisconsin Rapids was named the Manager of the Year and John Halama from Wisconsin Rapids won the Coach of the Year Award.
Ross was a 2022 mid-season All-Star and also played in the 2022 Major League Dreams Showcase. For the season he hit .376 with eight home runs, 14 doubles, three triples and 51 runs scored. He drove in 53 and stole 21 bases. Ross is a native of San Diego, California.
Jack Habeck, a left-handed pitcher from the Willmar Stingers, was named the Northwoods League Pitcher of the Year. Habeck has appeared in 11 games and is 8-0 with a 2.77 ERA in 68.1 innings. He was also a mid-season All-Star.
Wisconsin Rapids first baseman Brendan Bobo was also selected for the Postseason All-Star Team and is currently leading the league in home runs with 17.
Ross, Habeck and Bobo are among the 32 players selected to the NWL's Postseason All-Star team.
The St. Cloud Rox and Willmar Stingers led all teams with five selections each while the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders and the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters each had three players selected.
In his second season in Wisconsin Rapids as Field Manager, Kirk Shrider of the Rafters is the 2022 Manager of the Year. The Rafters currently have the best overall record in the league at 56-14 and are the First and Second Half Champions in the Great Lakes West Division.
Former MLB pitcher John Halama earned the award for 2022 Coach of the Year in the Northwoods League. Halama is in his third season with the Rafters, and this is the second time he has been named Coach of the Year.
Northwoods League Stories from August 12, 2022
- Rockers Take Down Chinooks in Home Finale - Green Bay Rockers
- Larks Win Thriller in 2nd-To-Last Game - Bismarck Larks
- Chinooks Drop Final Road Game of Season - Lakeshore Chinooks
- Rox Drop Opener in Bismarck, Look for 50th Win in Season Finale - St. Cloud Rox
- Rafters Run over Dock Spiders, 8-2 - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
- Alec Atkinson Plays All Nine Positions and Picks up Save on the Mound in Electric Win - Traverse City Pit Spitters
- Huskies Shut Down by Stingers - Duluth Huskies
- Wausau Clinches Playoff Spot in Late Win - Madison Mallards
- Battle Jacks Drop Third Straight, 3-1, Longest Skid of the Year - Battle Creek Battle Jacks
- Woodchucks Clinch Playoff Spot - Wausau Woodchucks
- Garrett Martin Signs with Pioneer League's Range Riders - Battle Creek Battle Jacks
- Rox Playoff Tickets on Sale Now - St. Cloud Rox
- Ross Named Northwoods League's Most Valuable Player - Mankato MoonDogs
- Tristin Garcia and Dylan Carter Make 2022 Northwoods League All-Star Team - Green Bay Rockers
- Three Dock Spiders Named NWL Post-Season All-Stars - Fond du Lac Dock Spiders
- Rockers Conclude Five-Game Homestand against Chinooks - Green Bay Rockers
- Patrick Mills Named Postseason All-Star - Battle Creek Battle Jacks
- Aidan Sweatt Named All-NWL - La Crosse Loggers
- Northwoods League Announces 2022 Postseason All-Star Team - Northwoods
- Kingfish Fall to Traverse City in Home Season Finale - Kenosha Kingfish
- Honkers Win Back-and-Forth Game to Sweep Bucks - Rochester Honkers
- Loggers Swept by Huskies; Lose, 6-5. - La Crosse Loggers
- Rafters Walk It Off Against the Mallards - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
- Rox Walk off Mud Puppies for Second Straight Night, Finish Home Slate 28-8 at the Rock Pile - St. Cloud Rox
- Stingers Fall to Larks, 3-1 - Willmar Stingers
- Rafters Complete Rare Season-Series Sweep - Madison Mallards
- Woodchucks Split Series on Thursday Night - Green Bay Rockers
- Crenshaw, Shoen and Roberts Clutch up to Crown MoonDogs Walk-Off Winners in Home Finale - Mankato MoonDogs
- Woodchucks Hang on to Beat Rockers - Wausau Woodchucks
- Chinooks Score Six Unanswered, Dock Spiders Fall 6-1 - Fond du Lac Dock Spiders
- Chinooks Defeat Dock Spiders, 6-1 - Lakeshore Chinooks
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