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Obviously, the numbers for this season were a far smaller sample size than what a normal season of 20-odd games would be.

However, as in past years, The SNAP has relied on statistics mostly for the selections.

This year’s top awards for Batter and Pitcher of the Year will both go to the same player.

West Stanly’s Michael Crayton had the highest batting average, slugging percentage and RBI total this season of anyone in the county.

He pitched the most innings (41.1), had the most wins on the mound (seven), and the second-best strikeouts-to-walks ratio (6.0). He averaged 1.74 strikeouts per inning as well.

The Baseball Coach of the Year goes to West Stanly’s new athletic director. Chad Yow directed the Colts to the best record in the county (13-2) and both the Rocky River Conference regular-season and tournament titles.

Here are the 2021 All-Stanly winners by position:

C	Jeffery Forrest	WS	.256	.375	.282	1	0	0	10
1B	Michael Crayton	WS	.447	.571	.711	3	2	1	20
2B	Solomon Eudy	GS	.421	.421	.546	0	1	0	0
SS	Luke Shaver	NS	.475	.569	.550	3	0	0	11
3B	Connor Tucker	WS	.439	.629	.659	3	3	0	10
OF	Hayden Furr	NS	.371	.410	.485	2	1	0	11
OF	Jake Cohen	SS	.353	.421	.352	0	0	0	4
OF	Jordon Hart	WS	.325	.451	.475	4	1	0	13
DH	Trey Gibson	NS	.286	.400	.392	3	0	0	11
	Hon. Mention
1B	Nic Melton	NS	.389	.532	.555	1	1	1	10
1B	Carson Morton	WS	.313	.424	.521	7	0	1	21
SS	Charlie Carpenter	WS	.387	.638	.677	5	2	0	19
3B	Trevor Tucker	SS	.432	.523	.594	4	0	1	11
3B	Lawson Hicks	SS	.316	.413	.421	2	0	1	12
OF	Jett Thomas	WS	.317	.367	.415	4	0	0	11
OF	Austin Stoker	WS	.306	.452	.327	1	0	0	8
OF	Clay Hatley	NS	.278	.386	.361	3	0	0	7

Now for the All-SNAP pitching squad…

Pitcher of the Year		ERA	IP	W	L	BB	K	Ratio
Michael Crayton	WS	1.86	41.1	7	1	12	72	6.00
All-County
Carson Morton	WS	1.47	28.2	5	1	21	61	2.90
Cole Smith	NS	3.23	37.0	3	2	15	23	1.53
Lawson Hicks	SS	3.78	24.0	1	2	5	37	7.40
Luke Shaver	NS	1.02	20.2	0	1	11	16	1.45
Hon. Mention
Charlie Carpenter	WS	0.42	16.2	1	0	3	26	8.67
Trevor Tucker	SS	2.52	8.1	1	1	5	11	2.20

Sports Editor’s Note: One name was unintentionally placed twice in the All-SNAP batters list and another name was mistakenly omitted in a previous version of this story. It is now corrected.