SAN ANGELO – The Angelo State baseball advanced to the NCAA Division II College World Series for the second time in program history and shattered multiple records along the way. From Steve Naemark establishing a new Lone Star Conference and ASU program record with a 1.37 ERA, Cameron Massengill throwing out an ASU record 27 runners attempting to steal and Paxton DeLaGarza having 163 assists at shortstop, the Rams finished the 2015 season with a 42-18 record and with DeLaGarza, Naemark, Blake Bass and J.C. Snyder earning all-America honors. Below is a list of awards from the 2015 season and then records that were set along the way.


2015 ANGELO STATE AWARDS

Paxton DeLaGarza  || Junior  ||  Lubbock, Texas

1. Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week (4.28.2015)
2. Lone Star Conference First-Team
3. Lone Star Conference Player of the Year
4. Lone Star Conference Tournament MVP
5. NCBWA South Central First-Team
6. Daktronics South Central First-Team
7. ABCA/Rawlings Positional Player of the Year
8. NCAA DII South Central Championship Co-MVP
9. Daktronics All-America First-Team
10. ABCA/Rawlings All-America First-Team

 
Steve Naemark  ||  Junior  ||  Tucson, Arizona

1. Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week (2.17.2015)
2. NCBWA DII South Central Pitcher of the Week (2.18.2015)
3. Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (2.23.2015)
4. Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week (2.24.2015)
5. Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week (4.28.2015)
6. NCBWA DII South Central Pitcher of the Week (4.29.2015)
7. Lone Star Conference First-Team
8. Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Year
9. NCBWA South Central Pitcher of the Year
10. NCBWA South Central First-Team
11. Daktronics South Central First-Team
12. Daktronics South Central Pitcher of the Year
13. ABCA/Rawlings South Central Pitcher of the Year
14. NCAA DII South Central Championship Co-MVP
15. Daktronics All-America First-Team
16. ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second-Team
17. Lone Star Conference Athlete of the Year
18. Selected by the Houston Astros in the Major League Baseball Draft

 
Blake Bass  ||  Senior  ||  Lubbock, Texas

1. Lone Star Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year
2. Baseball America No. 3-ranked Division II professional prospect
3. Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week (5.4.2015)
4. Capital One Division II Academic All-District Selection
5. Lone Star Conference First-Team
6. Lone Star Conference All-Academic
7. Lone Star Conference All-Tournament Team
8. NCBWA South Central Second-Team
9. Daktronics South Central First-Team
10. ABCA/Rawlings South Central First-Team
11. Daktronics All-America Honorable Mention
12. Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-America Third-Team
13. Selected in 8th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Texas Rangers

J.C. Snyder  ||  Senior  ||  Salem, Utah

1. Lone Star Conference First-Team
2. NCBWA South Central Second-Team
3. Daktronics South Central First-Team
4. ABCA/Rawlings South Central First-Team
5. NCAA DII South Central Championship All-Tournament
6. Daktronics All-America Honorable Mention

 
Nehwon Norkeh  ||  Sophomore  ||  Minneapolis, Minnesota

1. Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week (3.3.2015)
2. Lone Star Conference First-Team
3. Lone Star Conference All-Tournament Team
4. Baseball America No. 5-ranked Division II professional prospect
5. NCBWA South Central Second-Team
6. Daktronics South Central First-Team

David Goggin  ||  Junior  ||  Red Wing, Minnesota

1. Lone Star Conference Academic Player of the Year
2. Lone Star Conference All-Academic
3. NCAA Division II Baseball ELITE 89

 
Graylon Brown  ||  Junior  ||  Brownwood, Texas

1. Lone Star Conference First-Team
2. NCBWA South Central Second-Team

 
Derek Tyner  ||  Senior  ||  Boerne, Texas

• Lone Star Conference First-Team

 
Brett David  ||  Senior  ||  El Paso, Texas

1. Lone Star Conference Honorable Mention
2. Lone Star Conference All-Tournament Team

 
Bryce Zak  ||  Junior  ||  San Angelo, Texas

• Lone Star Conference Second-Team

 
Cameron Massengill  ||  Senior  ||  Kennedale, Texas

• Lone Star Conference Second-Team

 
Dillon Becker  ||  Junior  ||  Bastrop, Texas

• Lone Star Conference Second-Team
• Lone Star Conference All-Academic
• Selected by the New York Mets in the Major League Baseball Draft

 
Kellen Rholl  ||  Freshman  ||  Shoreview, Minnesota

• Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year

 
Sam Kohler  ||  Junior  ||  Dripping Springs, Texas

• NCAA DII South Central Championship All-Tournament

ANGELO STATE SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS
Lowest earned run avg. (min. 37 IP)
1. 1.37 - Steve Naemark (125.0 IP) - 2015
2. 1.73 - Tommy Rafferty (52.0 IP) - 2006
3. 2.22 - Blake Bass (105.1 IP) - 2015
4. 2.38 - Dillon Becker (41.2 IP) - 2015
5. 2.52 - Mike Weatherly (82.0 IP) - 2013
6. 2.56 - Jake Feckley (81.0 IP) - 2013
7. 2.67 - Bryce Zak (70.2 IP) - 2015
8. 2.72 - Blake Bass (76.0 IP) - 2014
13. 3.33 - Graylon Brown (48.2 IP) – 2015
Most strikeouts
1. 138 - Steve Naemark - 2015
2. 106 - Blake Bass - 2015
3. 89 - Michael Gunter - 2007
4. 88 - Kenny Elkind - 2009
5. 86 - Joseph Key - 2009
6. 85 - Bryce Zak – 2015
19. 60 - Dillon Becker - 2015
Most wins
1. 12 - Cody Broussard (12-2) - 2007
2. 11 - Steve Naemark (11-1) - 2015
3. 10 - Michael Gunter (10-5) - 2007
    10 - Blake Bass (10-3) - 2015
    10 - Kenny Elkind (10-4) - 2009
    10 - Jake Feckley (10-5) – 2013
11. 8 - Dillon Becker (8-2) - 2015
Lowest opponent batting avg. (min. 37 IP)
1. .147 - Tommy Rafferty (52.0 IP) - 2006
2. .187 - Dillon Becker (41.2 IP) - 2015
3. .204 - Steve Naemark (125.0 IP) - 2015
4. .220 - J. W. Nastoupil (82.0 IP) - 2006
5. .226 - Graylon Brown (55.1 IP) - 2014
6. .226 - Austin Church (41.1 IP) - 2012
7. .250 - Chace Vacek (82.1 IP) - 2006
     .250 - Jeffrey Asby (48.2 IP) - 2009
9.   .251 - Graylon Brown (48.2 IP) – 2015
13. .257 - Bryce Zak (70.2 IP) – 2015
Most strikeouts/9 inn game (min. 37 IP)
1. 12.96 - Dillon Becker (41.2 IP) - 2015
2. 10.89 - Mike Weatherly (38.0 IP) - 2012
3. 10.83 - Bryce Zak (70.2 IP) - 2015
4. 9.94 - Steve Naemark (125.0 IP) - 2015
5. 9.58 - Austin Church (41.1 IP) - 2012
6. 9.06 - Graylon Brown (48.2 IP) - 2015
7. 9.06 - Blake Bass (105.1 IP) - 2015
Most saves
1. 12 - Graylon Brown - 2015
2. 9 - Mike Weatherly - 2012
3. 8 - Joseph Key - 2008
4. 7 - James Conlee - 2011
5. 5 - Dillon Becker - 2015
5 - Chris Reed – 2005
Most games started
1. 18 - Michael Gunter - 2007
    18 - Steve Naemark - 2015
3. 17 - Blake Bass - 2015
4. 15 - Kenny Elkind - 2009
5. 14 - Mike Weatherly - 2013
    14 - Elliott Love - 2006
    14 - R. Reyna - 2011
    14 - Bryce Zak - 2015
Most appearances
1. 31 - Graylon Brown - 2015
2. 30 - Dillon Becker - 2015
3. 29 - Jeffrey Asby - 2009
4. 28 - Joseph Key - 2007
    28 - James Conlee - 2011
6. 27 - Austin Church - 2012
7. 26 - Mike Weatherly - 2012
8. 25 - Graylon Brown – 2014
Most innings pitched
1. 125.0 - Steve Naemark - 2015
2. 121.1 - Michael Gunter - 2007
3. 105.1 - Blake Bass - 2015
4. 100.2 - Kenny Elkind - 2009
Most games finished
1. 22 - Graylon Brown - 2015
2. 19 - James Conlee - 2011
3. 18 - Mike Weatherly - 2012
4. 17 - Joseph Key - 2008
5. 16 - Tommy Rafferty - 2006
6. 13 - Dillon Becker - 2015
Most hits
1. 108 - Steven Allred - 2007
2. 96 - Clay Calfee - 2007
3. 92 - Clay Calfee - 2008
    92 - Shan Sullivan - 2008
5. 91 - Isaac Garcia - 2010
6. 90 - Drew Caraway - 2007
7. 89 - Dylan Petrich - 2010
    89 - Austin Lasprilla - 2009
9. 88 - Paxton DeLaGarza - 2015
10. 87 - Chris Adamson - 2010
      87 - Keith Towne - 2009
      87 - John Beal – 2006
Most doubles
1. 28 - Steven Allred - 2007
2. 24 - J.C. Snyder - 2015
    24 - Clay Calfee - 2008
4. 23 - Shan Sullivan - 2008            
Most home runs
1. 26 - Keith Towne - 2009
2. 13 - Clay Calfee - 2008
    13 - Matt Lenderman - 2007
4. 11 - Trey Carter - 2009
5. 10 - Chris Adamson - 2010
    10 - Nehwon Norkeh - 2015
    10 - Drew Caraway - 2007
8. 9 - Ronnie Gaines - 2006
    9 - Paxton DeLaGarza - 2015
    9 - Clay Calfee - 2007
    9 - Chris Adamson - 2009
Most sacrifice hits
1. 15 - John Beal - 2006
2. 12 - Sam Kohler - 2015
    12 - Tony Kostelnik - 2009
4. 11 - Scott Pollard - 2010
5. 9 - Charley Belew - 2007
    9 - Tyler Coughenour - 2013
Highest fielding pct. (min. 100 chances)
1. 1.000 - Ryan Greer (104-6-0) - 2013
2. .995 - Cameron Massengill (515-47-3) - 2015
3. .994 - Keith Towne (165-5-1) - 2010
4. .993 - Clay Calfee (499-31-4) - 2007
5. .992 - Quaid McKinnon (453-26-4) - 2012
6. .992 - Lee Neumann (114-3-1) - 2012
7. .991 - David Goggin (105-10-1) - 2013
8. .991 - Nate Hemm (329-14-3) - 2005
9. .991 - Cameron Massengill (303-20-3) - 2014
10. .990 - Brett David (474-26-5) – 2015
Most caught stealing by
1. 27 - Cameron Massengill - 2015
2. 25 - Andrew LaCombe - 2012
3. 16 - Trey Carter - 2009
Most chances
1. 565 - Cameron Massengill - 2015
2. 562 - Quaid McKinnon - 2013
3. 534 - Clay Calfee - 2007
4. 531 - Clay Calfee - 2008
5. 505 - Brett David – 2015
Most assists
1. 163 - Paxton DeLaGarza - 2015
2. 158 - Derek Bockhorn - 2005
3. 155 - Tyler Coughenour – 2013
15. 128 - Sam Kohler - 2015
Most putouts
1. 520 - Quaid McKinnon - 2013
2. 515 - Cameron Massengill - 2015
3. 510 - Clay Calfee - 2008
4. 499 - Clay Calfee - 2007
5. 474 - Brett David - 2015

ANGELO STATE TEAM RECORDS
Most wins
1. 51 (51-20) - 2007
2. 45 (45-20) - 2009
3. 42 (42-18) - 2015
4. 41 (41-16) - 2006
5. 40 (40-17) – 2012
Most strikeouts
1. 526 - 2015
2. 440 - 2009
3. 427 - 2007
4. 365 - 2006
5. 364 - 2012
Lowest earned run avg.
1. 3.11 (497.0 IP) - 2015
2. 3.82 (442.2 IP) - 2006
3. 3.87 (457.2 IP) - 2012
4. 3.87 (439.0 IP) - 2014
5. 4.39 (478.0 IP) – 2013
Lowest opponent batting avg.
1. .245 (442.2 IP) - 2006
2. .251 (497.0 IP) - 2015
3. .270 (439.0 IP) – 2014
Most strikeouts/9 inn game
1. 9.53 (497.0 IP) - 2015
2. 7.48 (529.2 IP) - 2009
3. 7.42 (442.2 IP) - 2006
4. 7.16 (457.2 IP) – 2012
Most saves
1. 21 - 2015
2. 13 - 2007
3. 11 - 2008
11 – 2012
Most shutouts
1. 8 - 2012
2. 6 - 2006
6 - 2015
4. 5 – 2013
Most innings pitched
1. 559.0 - 2007
2. 529.2 - 2009
3. 497.0 - 2015
4. 478.0 – 2013
Fewest runs allowed
1. 211 - 2015
2. 239 - 2006
3. 241 - 2012
4. 255 - 2014
5. 301 – 2013
Fewest earned runs allowed
1. 172 - 2015
2. 188 - 2006
3. 189 - 2014
4. 197 - 2012
5. 231 - 2005
Fewest hits allowed
1. 417 - 2006
2. 463 - 2014
3. 471 - 2011
4. 473 - 2015
5. 474 – 2012
Fewest home runs allowed
1. 13 - 2015
2. 16 - 2014
3. 19 – 2006
Highest fielding pct.
1. .969 (1491-573-67) - 2015
2. .963 (1400-587-76) - 2008
3. .963 (1373-575-75) - 2012
4. .959 (1391-602-85) - 2010
5. .959 (1588-611-94) – 2009
Fewest errors
1. 67 - 2015
2. 75 - 2012
3. 76 - 2008
4. 84 - 2006
5. 85 – 2010
Most caught stealing by
1. 31 - 2015
2. 26 - 2012
3. 23 - 2007
4. 21 - 2013
5. 20 – 2009
Fewest passed balls
1. 5 - 2015
2. 8 - 2008
3. 10 - 2009
4. 13 – 2011
 
ANGELO STATE GAME RECORDS
Most strikeouts
1. 15 - Steve Naemark; Regis; 2/21/2015
2. 12 - Blake Bass; Eastern N.M.; 5/2/2015
    12 - R. Reyna; Ouachita Baptist; 2/3/2012
    12 - Steve Naemark; Lubbock Christian; 2/14/2015
5. 11 - Bryce Zak; Regis; 2/22/2015
     11 - Jason Zgardowski; Eastern New Mexico; 3/29/2014
     11 - Michael Gunter; Northeastern St. OK; 3/2/2007
     11 - Michael Gunter; Eastern New Mexico; 3/31/2007
     11 - Steve Naemark; at Eastern N.M.; 3/27/2015
10. 10 - Blake Bass; at Tarleton State; 3/7/2015
      10 - Bryce Zak; at West Texas A&M; 4/18/2015
      10 - Chace Vacek; Tarleton State TX; 4/29/2006
      10 - Chace Vacek; East Central OK; 3/3/2006
      10 - Clay Calfee; Emporia State KS; 2/9/2007
      10 - J. W. Nastoupil; at West Texas A&M; 4/14/2006
      10 - Joe Key; St. Edward's TX; 4/15/2008
      10 - Kenny Elkind; Fort Hays State; 2/2/2008
      10 - Kyle Gibson; Southwestern Okla.; 2/19/2005
      10 - Mike Weatherly; Southern Arkansas; 2/8/2013
20. 9 - Blake Bass; West Texas A&M; 3/13/2015
      9 - Bryce Zak; Tex. A&M-Kingsville; 4/25/2015
Most putouts
1. 19 - Derek Tyner; at West Texas A&M; 3/16/2014
2. 18 - Cameron Massengill; Regis; 2/21/2015
3. 17 - Brett David; vs Henderson State; 5/27/2015
    17 - Nate Hemm; West Texas A&M; 4/22/2005
5. 16 - Brett David; vs Henderson State; 5/23/2015
    16 - Cameron Massengill; Tex. A&M-Kingsville; 4/25/2015