YSUsports.com - Baseball: Caipen, Diedrich Earn First-Team All-Horizon League Honors

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May 23, 2006
Caipen, Diedrich Earn First-Team All-Horizon League Honors
    Dayton, Ohio -- Youngstown State senior Brandon Caipen earned First-Team All-Horizon League honors for the second straight season and sophomore Erich Diedrich made the team for the first time, the League announced at its annual awards banquet Tuesday evening.
    Caipen is the first YSU player to earn First-Team All-Horizon League honors twice in a career, and he is only the third player to be named first-team all-conference twice. Senior Justin Banks and freshman John Koehnlein earned second-team honors, and Koehnlein was named to the All-Newcomer Team.
    Caipen, a catcher and outfielder from Tallmadge, Ohio, earned first-team honors as a utility player. This season he has posted career-best numbers in batting average, home runs, RBIs and runs scored, and he became the first player in school history to be named First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District. Caipen also ranks in the top five in YSU history in career hits, runs scored, RBIs, at bats, games played, doubles, triples and total bases.
    Diedrich, a native of Bay Village, Ohio, made first-team as a designated hitter after leading the team in batting average, home runs and RBIs. He ranked second in the Horizon League in RBIs, sixth in home runs and seventh in hitting. Diedrich also set the school record for RBIs in a season with 56.
    Banks, a first baseman from Steubenville, Ohio, hit a team-best .417 against Horizon League opponents and has hit .385 since April 1. A first-team selection last season as a third baseman, this season Banks has set YSU's career records for total bases, doubles and games played.
    Koehnlein, a freshman from Toronto, Ohio, has been a key player down the stretch for YSU having started 22 of the past 24 games. Since becoming an everyday starter, he has hit .333 and scored a team-best 22 runs.
    UW-Milwaukee's Mike Goetz was named the Player of the Year while Joe Smith from Wright State earned Pitcher of the Year honors. UIC shortstop Chad Schroeder was named Newcomer of the Year, and UIC's Mike Dee was named Coach of the Year.