
Players Selected for 2018 GWL All-Star Game
July 17, 2018 - Great West League (GWL) News Release
Portland, Oregon - The Great West League's 2018 All-Star Game is next Monday, July 23 and the All-Star Teams are now official, as announced today by GWL Commissioner Ken Wilson.
The league's third annual All-Star Game will be played at historic Kiger Stadium in Klamath Falls, Oregon. First pitch is at 6:35 pm, with a Home Run Derby slated for
4:30 pm. Fans will be able to obtain player autographs following the Home Run Derby. Gates open at 4:00 pm.
The game will pit the North All-Stars (Chico Heat, Klamath Falls Gems and Medford Rogues) against the South All-Stars (Lincoln Potters, San Francisco Seals and Yuba Sutter Gold Sox). Fred Ludwig, skipper of the league leading Chico Heat, will manage the North All-Stars, while Yuba Sutter Gold Sox manager Jeramy Gillen will lead the South All-Stars.
The Chico Heat and Lincoln Potters have the most All-Star players, each with eleven. Two Lincoln Potters are the only repeat players from the 2017 GWL All-Star Team. Infielder Will Law and outfielder Austen Swift were on the team that downed the Chico Heat 11-1, with Swift winning the Home Run Derby for the second straight time.
2018 North All-Star Team
C - Miles Harris of San Joaquin Delta College (Klamath Falls Gems)
C - Parke Phillips of Brown University (Chico Heat)
1B - Tommy Ahlstrom of Simpson University (Medford Rogues)
1B - Joe Debaca of UC San Diego (Chico Heat)
1B - Mike Hicks of University of Portland (Klamath Falls Gems)
2B - Travis Danielson of Davis & Elkins College (Klamath Falls Gems)
2B - Matt Kimura of Chico State University (Chico Heat)
3B - Alexander Orejudos of Columbia Basin College (Klamath Falls Gems)
SS - Andrew Meggs of Creighton University (Chico Heat)
OF - Cole Carder of University of Antelope Valley (Medford Rogues)
OF - Kody Garvin of Lewis-Clark State College (Medford Rogues)
OF - Cole Lemmel of UC Berkeley (Chico Heat)
OF - Brandon Stewart of UC San Diego (Chico Heat)
P - Tony Barrios of UC San Diego (Medford Rogues)
P - Brayden Bonner of Dixie State University (Chico Heat)
P - Aki Buckson of Bellevue College (Klamath Falls Gems)
P - Shane Gustafson of Folsom Lake College (Chico Heat)
P - Reid McLaughlin of Brigham Young University (2019) (Chico Heat)
P - Ryan Sanchez of Hawaii Pacific University (Chico Heat)
P - Tanner Simpson of Lewis-Clark State College (Medford Rogues)
P - Gabe Smith of Everett Community College (Medford Rogues)
P - Chase Spinning of University of New Mexico (2019) (Medford Rogues)
P - Justin Sterner or Brigham Young University (Chico Heat)
2018 South All-Star Team
C - Kevin Gregerson of Chapman University (San Francisco Seals)
C - Jacob Terao of University of Portland (Yuba Sutter Gold Sox)
1B - Brian Morley of Old Dominion University (Lincoln Potters)
1B - Jay Vincent of University of Pikeville (San Francisco Seals)
2B - Will Law of William Jessup University (Lincoln Potters)
2B - Steve Robinson of Cal State - East Bay (Yuba Sutter Gold Sox)
3B - Matt Monahan of St. Xavier University (San Francisco Seals)
3B - Zach Patterson of University of Utah (Lincoln Potters)
SS - Larry Fonseca of Cal State - Northridge (Lincoln Potters)
OF - Brody Clifford of Dixie State University (Yuba Sutter Gold Sox)
OF - Charles Middleton of Sierra College (Lincoln Potters)
OF - Joe Starick of William Jessup University (Lincoln Potters)
OF - Austen Swift of William Jessup University (Lincoln Potters)
P - Keegan Beebe of Mendocino College (San Francisco Seals)
P - Tim Brokop of St. Xavier University (San Francisco Seals)
P - Tyler Cochran of Folsom Lake College (Lincoln Potters)
P - Jakob Frederick of San Joaquin Delta College (Lincoln Potters)
P - Nolan Murphy of Folsom Lake College (Lincoln Potters)
P - Zach Perkins of Feather River College (Yuba Sutter Gold Sox)
P - Josh Savea of Hawaii Pacific University (Lincoln Potters)
P - Drew Stahl of Holy Names University (San Francisco Seals)
P - Mason Verhees of Academy of Art University (Yuba Sutter Gold Sox)
P - Alex Zalasky of Concordia University Irvine (Yuba Sutter Gold Sox)
Schools are where the player performed in the spring, with the noted exceptions.
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