Pasco-Hernando State College baseball standout Trey Pearce has been named National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DII Baseball Defensive Player of the Year in NJCAA Region 8 Men’s Baseball by the Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA).
The 6-foot-1, 195-pound freshman first baseman and left-hand pitcher fielded .993 with only one error in 145 total chances.
Pearce, a native of Tallahassee, also was named to the NJCAA Men’s Baseball DII All-Gulf District Team.
Joining him from PHSC are: designated hitter Tyree Austin (Pasco High); infielders Zach Ghelfi (Wesley Chapel High) and Alex Reynolds (Land O’ Lakes High); catcher Bailey Partlow (Westfield, Indiana); and pitcher Korey Prince, (Jacksonville).
The baseball team went 25-20 in 2017, the 10th consecutive winning season for the program.
“I was really proud of our ball club this season,” head coach Steve Winterling said, in a release. “The team started 0-7 against some tough competition, but started gelling together in late February. One of my proudest moments was upsetting sixth-ranked St. Johns River State College (on) back-to-back days in April.”
