SEE THE TEAM: The 2012 all-area baseball team

2012 Victoria Advocate All-Area Baseball Team

MVP: Miles Manning, sr., Victoria West• Offensive Player of the Year: Kyle Bludau, sr., Schulenburg

• Defensive Player of the Year: Dylan Blaha, sr., Weimar

• Pitcher of the Year: Travis Quintanilla, so., Refugio

• Newcomer of the Year: Jonathan Ortega, fr., Victoria East

• Coach of the Year: Shorty Cook, Hallettsville

First Team• Pitcher: Camden Green, sr., El Campo; Adam Hunter, sr., Yoakum; Chris Jones, jr., Hallettsville; Ky Sandelovic, sr., Shiner; Zach Cruz, jr., Calhoun.

• Catcher: Brice Lauer, jr., Yoakum

• First Base: Jordan Boothe, sr., Cuero

• Second Base: Reagan McAda, jr., Hallettsville

• Third Base: Michael Mikulenka, sr., Victoria West

• Shortstop: Zach Valenzuela, sr., Victoria West

• Outfield: Trey Thormahlen, jr., Victoria East; Seth Harrison, sr., Victoria West; Shiloh Whetsel, sr., Refugio.

• Utility: Dylan Pointer, so., Bay City

• Designated Hitter: Colton Jacob, sr., Cuero

Second Team• Pitcher: Michael Garcia, so., Victoria East; Beau Talley, jr., El Campo; Tim Blakeney, so., Yoakum, Ross Bludau, so., Schulenburg; Richard Tuttle, sr., Refugio.

• Catcher: Ryan Renken, sr., Hallettsville; Zach Reese, sr., Shiner

• First Base: Will Wallace, jr., Hallettsville

• Second Base: Greg Rod, sr., El Campo.

• Third Base: John Garcia, sr., Victoria East

• Shortstop: Logan Howard, sr., El Campo

• Outfield: Logan Goebel, jr., Cuero; Bryce Brandl, jr., El Campo; Hunter Perkins, jr., Victoria East

• Utility: Austin Johnson, so., Cuero; Cullen Groover, sr., Boling

• Designated Hitter: Colby Schrade, jr., Goliad; Marshall Hajek, sr., Hallettsville.

Honorable Mention• Victoria West: Austin Davis, A.J. Kuester, Jayce Serrano, Colin Payne, Koby Bynum, Shane Kallman, Blake Staff.

• Victoria East: Gabe Verduzco, Christian Herring, Ryan Williams.

• Calhoun: Devean Cantu, Dustin Canales, Trey Alvarado, Royce Williams.

• Beeville: Michael Rosas, Benji Gomez.

• El Campo: Michael Wall.

• Bay City: Cole Ragsdale.

• Cuero: Brayden Sievers, Dustin Ohrt, Clint Davis.

• Yoakum: Blake McCracken, Hogan Lauer, Reagan Jacobs, Keith Ratley.

• Gonzales: Tyler Morgan.

• Wharton: Thomas Anders, Jacob Hinze, Nathan Williams.

• Palacios: Garret Shimek, Jonah Solis.

• Goliad: Tyler Flores.

• Van Vleck: Ty Folmar, Jorge Correa, Phillip Wilson, Colbey Calk.

• Boling: Caleb Henson, Ben Merecka, Ryan Moreno, Riley Riojas.

• Industrial: Kade Smith, Nathan Maraggia, Ethan Woolsey, Will Knopp, Will Maraggia, Christian Fowler.

• Tidehaven: Ishmeal Villarreal, Eric Villarreal, Mark Siptak, Jimmy Leatherwood.

• Edna: Billy Ganem, Ross Novian, Xavier Redland, T.J. Foley.

• Bloomington: Andres Castro, Aaron Garza.

• Weimar: Ryan Rerich, Trent Janecka.

• Schulenburg: Logan Lebeda, Hayden Besetzny, Ryan Havrda, Jacob Langhamer.

• Hallettsville: Carson Schindler, Nate Kowalik, Braden Kahanek.

• East Bernard: Grant Aschenbeck, Justin McGuire.

• Rice Consolidated: Lorenzo Anderson.

• Nixon-Smiley: Jaime Moreno.

•  Karnes City: Garrett Liska, Lawrence Carrasco, Cody Salas, Philip Vaughan.

• Refugio: Louie Whetsel, Richard Tuttle, Jared Contreras, John Wesley Shipp.

• Shiner: Brady Cejka, Jacob Stafford, Blaine Caka, Matt Pohler, Jake Jalufka, Donovan Mardis.

• Flatonia: Colby Mica, Cole Robbins, Josh Velasquez, Will Bruns, Ray Lopez, Zane Ponder, Colby Craig.

• Ganado: Kaleb Leal, Benny Garcia, Kenny Kocian, Trey Thedford, Kyle Sparkman.

•  Louise: Colton Courville, Dillon Lee.

• Kenedy: Rolando Zepeda, Tristan Mejia, Dominic Cruz, Isaac Cruz, Eddie Villarreal, Jeremy Rodriguez, Kris Bryan.

• Woodsboro: Garret Horner, Connor Payne.

• Runge: Dylan Torres, Jeric Esperza, Travis Perez.

• St. Joseph: Jerry Vasquez, Justin Oliver, Jarret Ortmann, Stephen Boedeker, Sam Poland, Braylin Kasper.

• Hallettsville Sacred Heart: Casey Mueller, Jared Krischke, Cade Brewer, Leightin Pilat, Casey Jirkovsky, Nathan Hollas.

•  Shiner St. Paul: Dakota Kresta, Dylan Barton, Jared Markham, Brett Hodges, Adam Hollenbach, Cole Hybner, Mitchell McElroy, Laddie Patek, Martin Kennedy.

• Faith Academy: Jonathon Luck, Jacob Nunez.