Three Owls Earn Four All-C-USA Honors

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University baseball trio of Nolan Schanuel, B.J. Murray and Hunter Cooley represent the Owls on the 2021 All-Conference USA squad, as voted on by league coaches, SID's and media members and released on Tuesday, the eve of the C-USA Championship. All three are Second Team members, while Schanuel is also an All-Freshman honoree.

Sophomore LHP Hunter Cooley
Cooley began the year as a jack-of-all-trades, but with injuries to other Owl arms, moved to Friday night starter and has thrived…He is tied for second in the league with eight wins – an 8-3 mark – with an FAU-low 3.57 ERA (ranking ninth in C-USA)…On one day's notice, he opened the team's USF road series with a seven-inning shutout outing, on four hits, one walk and six strikeouts…He repeated that same stat line in the C-USA opener, but with a complete game effort vs. Marshall the next week (7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K)…He added another road CG win over WKU…Twice he had seven K's, in a road win over FIU, and in a win over No. 19 USM

Sophomore INF B.J. Murray
Murray has had a breakout sophomore campaign, to the tune of a .316 average, with an FAU-high 14 home runs (tied for second in C-USA and 32nd in DI) along with 51 RBI (sixth in C-USA and 49th nationally)…He is also third in C-USA with 38 walks, and is sixth in slugging .601, also tops on the Owls…Other C-USA ranks are seventh in total bases (116), 11th in hits (61), 12th in runs (46), and 13th in OBP (.431)...He hit a home run in each game of a road series against eventual C-USA regular season champion Charlotte, and two more the next weekend vs. ODU…In fact, nine of his 14 HR have come against C-USA foes, second among league hitters

Freshman INF Nolan Schanuel
Schanuel has had a superlative true freshman campaign, ranking among the C-USA Top 10 in nearly every hitting category…He leads the Owls, and is fifth in C-USA and 37th in all of Division I, with 53 RBI, and has a team-high .346 average, seventh in the league…He also has 11 home runs, ranking him seventh in C-USA, 48 runs (eighth), a .442 OBP (eighth), 109 total bases (eighth), .589 slugging (eighth) and 64 hits (ninth)…He did not fall off one bit once league play started, as he had hit .346 in non-conference games (28-of-81), and then the very same .346 average against C-USA foes (36-of-104)…He also has more walks than strikeouts, 25 to 20

Here is the full list of those voted to the squads:
Player of the Year
Austin Knight, So., 3B, Charlotte

Pitcher of the Year
Walker Powell, Sr., RHP, Southern Miss

Freshman of the Year
Carter Trice, Fr., 2B, Old Dominion

Defensive Player of the Year
Taylor Young, Sr., 2B, Louisiana Tech

Newcomer of the Year
Austin Knight, So., 3B, Charlotte

Keith LeClair Coach of the Year
Robert Woodard, Charlotte

Assistant Coach of the Year
Christian Ostrander, Southern Miss

First Team All-Conference
IF           Austin Knight, So., Charlotte
IF           Taylor Young, Sr., Louisiana Tech
IF           Hunter Wells, Sr., Louisiana Tech
IF           Carter Trice, Fr., Old Dominion
OF         Parker Bates, Sr., Louisiana Tech
OF         Kyle Battle, Sr., Old Dominion
OF         Reed Trimble, Fr., Southern Miss
C            Nick Thornquist, Sr., UTSA
DH         Charlie Fischer, So., Southern Miss
UT         Manny Garcia, Sr., Louisiana Tech
SP          Bryce McGowan, So., Charlotte
SP          Jonathan Fincher, Jr., Louisiana Tech
SP          Hunter Gregory, Jr., Old Dominion
SP          Hunter Stanley, Sr., Southern Miss
SP          Walker Powell, Sr., Southern Miss
RP          Christian Lothes, Fr., Charlotte
RP          David Zoz, Sr., Middle Tennessee

Second Team All-Conference
IF           Nolan Schanuel, Fr., Florida Atlantic
IF           B.J. Murray, So., Florida Atlantic
IF           Tommy Bell, Jr., Old Dominion
IF           Griffin Paxton, Sr., UTSA
OF         Andy Garriola, Jr., Old Dominion
OF         Gabe Montenegro, Jr., Southern Miss
OF         Jackson Gray, So., WKU
C            Aaron McKeithan, So., Charlotte
DH        Will Butcher, Fr., Charlotte
UT         Cade Edwards, Sr., Rice
SP          Hunter Cooley, So., Florida Atlantic
SP          Aaron Brown, Jr., Middle Tennessee
SP          Ryne Moore, Jr., Old Dominion
SP          Ben Ethridge, Fr., Southern Miss
RP          Jason Hartline, Jr., Old Dominion
RP          Ryan Och, So., Southern Miss

All-Freshman Team
INF        Gino Groover, Charlotte
INF        Adrian Figueroa, FIU
INF        Nolan Schanuel, Florida Atlantic
INF        Carter Trice, Old Dominion
INF        Chandler Simpson, UAB
OF         Cole McConnell, Louisiana Tech
OF         Reed Trimble, Southern Miss
DH         Will Butcher, Charlotte
DH         Nathan Becker, Rice
SP          Ben Ethridge, Southern Miss
RP          Christian Lothes, Charlotte
RP          Noah Dean, Old Dominion

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