Albany players singled out for Preps honors

By Donnie A. Lucas

Several Albany baseball players were placed on the Big Country Preps teams recently.

Senior William Webb was named to the Big Country Preps All-Hustle Team for baseball.

The award was announced Sunday by BCP to “honor players, male and female, who were the hardest-working, best teammates in the area this spring.”

The All-Hustle team includes players who participated in either softball or baseball during the spring.

Webb, who was also first team All-District, was singled out for his “hard work and dedication.”

“William played first base for us this year on a team that went 22-5-1,” coach David Fairchild said. “He was a fighter who was always at practice and ready to go. He is the guy that stayed after practice to get more cuts.”

Fairchild praised Webb’s work ethic.

“If we were on the road, he would show up early to hit on his own before we left,” the coach said. “Then he would get more cuts at the field we traveled to.”

Fairchild said that Webb was the “most dependable and hardest worker on and off the field I have had in a long time.”

According to the BCP, the All-Hustle team honors effort, discipline, toughness, coachability, and selflessness – “traits that coaches wish they had in every player and upon which championships are built.”

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Albany players were also named to both the first and second All-BCP Baseball teams, along with one honorable mention.

Senior Cade Neve was named as a first team pitcher, with a 12-1 record that included 123 strikeouts against 31 walks. He had a 1.96 ERA. Neve was picked as the District 8-2A MVP.

Jackson Chapman, also a senior, received a spot on the All-BCP second team at the pitching position with a 6-2 record with a 75- to 12 strikeouts to walks ratio. He had a batting average of .395. Chapman was named the Offensive MVP for District 8-2A.

Cooper Fairchild, a junior outfielder, received honorable mention.