BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Three West Virginia State University baseball players were named All-Mountain East Conference when the league released its annual list on Wednesday afternoon. Graduate student Andrew Stone earned First Team All-MEC status, sophomore Chase Norris garnered Second Team All-MEC honors, and freshman Nathan Paulsen received an All-MEC Honorable Mention.

Second baseman Andrew Stone was placed on the first team for the first time in his fifth year at WVSU. He was given an honorable mention by the conference last year and made the second team in 2019 and 2018. He was named Second Team All-Region in 2021 and was the MEC Freshman of the Year in 2018. In his final season as a Yellow Jacket, he led West Virginia State in on-base plus slugging (1.111), runs (49), doubles (14), triples (4), slugging percentage (.565), bases on balls (45) and stolen bases (17). His .546 on-base percentage was not only the best on the team but also the best mark in the MEC. Furthermore, Stone had the lowest number of strikeouts (20) among WVSU starters and did not ground into a double play all season long.

Pitcher Chase Norris worked his way into the starting rotation in his second year at West Virginia State and earned second team honors in the process. He recorded a team-high 46 strikeouts in 42.1 innings pitched. Opposing batters hit .238 off Norris, the lowest average among WVSU starters, and his 3.83 earned run average was the only sub-4.00 ERA posted by a starter on the West Virginia State pitching staff this year. 

Center fielder Nathan Paulsen made the honorable mention shortlist after becoming a day one starter in his first year with the Yellow Jackets. He led West Virginia State in homeruns (4) and triples (4) and was second-best on the squad in runs batted in (33) and total bases (74). Paulsen posted a .296 batting average with the most at bats (159) on the team after starting all 45 games played this season.
 

All-MEC First Team
Pos.	Name	School
C	Tyler Dellerman	Charleston
1B	Bryce Jackson	Frostburg State
2B	Andrew Stone	WV State
SS	Ben Ross	Notre Dame College
3B	Zack Saryeldin	Concord
Utility	Jack Lawrence	Frostburg State
DH	J.R. Heavilin	Wheeling
OF	Danny Estrada	Frostburg State
OF	Nick Farrell	Notre Dame College
OF	Zach Musgrove	Fairmont State
OF	Jack Skantze	Wheeling
SP	Andrew Neff	Concord
SP	Adam Riggleman	Glenville State
SP	Ethan Soderna	Charleston
SP	Colt Webb	Charleston
RP/SS	Anthony Stehlin	Concord
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All-MEC Second Team
Pos.	Name	School
C	Calen Kampes	Glenville State
1B	Kyle West	Charleston
2B	Jordan Bailey	Charleston
SS	Braxton Boddorf	Charleston
3B	Alec Medoza	Notre Dame College
Utility	Chandler Ballenger	Alderson Broaddus
DH/SP	Ethan Kiple	Frostburg State
OF	Eric Chartier	Charleston
OF	Fabian Escalante	Glenville State
OF	Trevor Jones	Frostburg State
OF	Kyle Keenan	Concord
SP	Will Grove	Frostburg State
SP	Chase Norris	WV State
SP	Justin Pennybacker	West Liberty
SP	Logan Smith	Fairmont State
RP	Jose Rodriguez	Glenville State
All-MEC Honorable Mention
C: Joey Duffer (CU); 1B: Chris Satcher (CU); 2B: Ryan Talbert (WLU); 3B: Vince Sabatino (FAIR); Utility: Jacob Murray (WU); DH: Trevor Smith (GSU); OF: Josh Adkins (CU), Mathew Mangum (GSU), Nathan Paulsen (WVSU), Jacob Sherman (WLU), Blake Vandiver (WU); SP: Connor Cramer (FAIR), Julian Minaya (GSU), Max Proctor (FROST), Hayden Scudder (WU); RP: Cole Peschl (UC)
Top Honors
Player of the Year: Ben Ross (Notre Dame College) Pitcher of the Year: Adam Riggleman (Glenville State) Freshman of the Year: Kyle West (Charleston) Coach of the Year: Matt Yurish (Fairmont State)