Kelowna Falcons outfielder, Trent Tinglestad has been named the 2018 league MVP. Tinglestad led the West Coast League(WCL) in home runs this summer with nine and had a .350 batting average in 44 games. The Marysville, Wash., native helped lead the Falcons to the team's second WCL Championship Series appearance in franchise history. It’s the second time in franchise history that the Falcons have had the league’s Most Valuable Player Hunter Villanueva won the award in 2015.
The co-Pitcher of the Year was split between Curtis Bafus from the Wenatchee AppleSox and Landen Bourassa of the Corvallis Knights both posted outstanding numbers. Both pitchers started in the 2018 WCL All-Star Game in Port Angeles.
Matt McClain from the Bellingham Bells was recognized with the Top Prospect Award. He was selected in the first round of this year's Major League Baseball Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 25th overall pick but opted not to sign.
Coach of the Year honors were shared by Justin Barchus and Kelowna’s Bryan Donohue. The Bellingham Bells and Kelowna Falcons were co-recipients of the Jim Dietz Team Sportsmanship Award. Bellingham's Glenn Kirkpatrick was honored as the Executive of the year, in his first season as the owner of the Bells.
The Kelowna Falcons and Corvallis Knights were tied as the most represented squad on the All-WCL first team, each featuring three selections:
First-Team All-WCL
C - Cole Hamilton (Linn Benton CC, soph), Corvallis Knights
1B - Connor McCord (Western Oregon, junior), Wenatchee AppleSox
2B - Gio Diaz (St. Mary's, soph), Portland Pickles
3B - Taylor Wright (Maryland, senior), Kelowna Falcons
SS - Ernie Yake (Gonzaga, soph), Bellingham Bells
OF - Trent Tinglestad (Louisiana-Monroe, junior), Kelowna Falcons
OF - Kyle Dean (Cal State Monterey Bay, junior), Yakima Valley Pippins
OF - Cody Hawken (Portland, senior), Corvallis Knights
UTL - Collin Runge (Portland, senior), Bend Elks
SP - Landen Bourassa (San Francisco, senior), Corvallis Knights
SP - Curtis Bafus (VCU, senior), Wenatchee AppleSox
SP - Bryce Moyle (Washington State, soph), Walla Walla Sweets
SP - Nick Nastrini (UCLA, frosh), Bellingham Bells
SP - Cullen Kafka (Oregon, soph), Yakima Valley Pippins
RP - Cal Hehnke (Nebraska-Omaha, senior), Kelowna Falcons
RP - Theron Kay (Cal State Northridge, senior), Bellingham Bells
Second-Team All-WCL
C - Noah Cardenas (UCLA, frosh), Portland Pickles
C - Victor Cerny (Cal State Northridge, soph), Yakima Valley Pippins
1B - Nick Nyquist (Gonzaga, senior), Walla Walla Sweets
1B - Dan Pruitt (Seminole State College, soph), Kelowna Falcons
2B - Jason Dicochea (Santa Clara, junior), Port Angeles Lefties
3B - Zach Needham (Lewis-Clark State College, junior), Bellingham Bells
SS - Beau Philip (Oregon State, junior), Corvallis Knights
OF - Chandler Anderson (Utah, senior), Corvallis Knights
OF - Johnny Sage (Purdue, junior), Wenatchee AppleSox
OF - Ryan Kim (Portland, junior), Cowlitz Black Bears
UTL - Carson Breshears (Gonzaga, senior), Portland Pickles
SP - Zach Heaton (Dallas Baptist, frosh), Cowlitz Black Bears
SP - Brad McVay (Portland, soph), Portland Pickles
SP - Trevor Brigden (Okanagan College, senior), Kelowna Falcons
SP - Chase Farrell (UCLA, soph), Yakima Valley Pippins
SP - Hunter Boyd (College of Idaho, senior), Wenatchee AppleSox
RP - Justin Armbruester (Pacific Lutheran, soph), Bellingham Bells
RP - Taylor Davis (Gonzaga, senior), Bellingham Bells