Meet the 2024 Commercial Appeal All-Metro baseball team

Chris Van Tuyl, Memphis Commercial Appeal

Here's The Commercial Appeal's All-Metro baseball team for 2024.

Player of the Year

Jack Hibbard

Arlington

Pitcher | Sr.

Why chosen: Hibbard, an Arkansas State signee, hit .377 and won seven games on the mound with a 1.79 ERA for the Tigers.

Rest of First team

KL Farr

Northpoint

Pitcher | Jr.

Why chosen: Farr went 8-2 with a 0.82 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 60 innings pitched for the Trojans. The Arkansas commitment also hit .367 with 37 RBIs.

Jack Gleason

Briarcrest

Pitcher | Sr.

Why chosen: Gleason went 5-1 with three shutouts and a 1.27 ERA for the Division II-AA state champion Saints. The righthander struck out 73 in 45.2 innings pitched.

Will Brick

Christian Brothers

Catcher | Fr.

Why chosen: Brick helped lead the Purple Wave to the Division II-AA championship game with a .330 average and 35 RBIs.

Britt Fowler

Arlington

Infielder | Sr.

Why chosen: Fowler helped the Tigers advance to the Class 4A state tournament with a .365 batting average.

Kody Gilmore

Lewisburg

Infielder | Sr.

Why chosen: The Patriots were MHSAA Class 7A playoff-bound behind the efforts of Gilmore, who hit .412 with 31 RBIs.

Robinson Martin

Houston

Infielder | Sr.

Why chosen: Martin hit a team-high .373 for the Mustangs, while also registering 33 RBIs, 44 runs scored and 34 stolen bases.

Luke Romine

Hernando

Infielder | Jr.

Why chosen: Romine guided the Tigers to the MHSAA Class 7A state championship series by hitting .372 with nine home runs and 36 RBIs.

Owen Boswell

Munford

Outfielder | Sr.

Why chosen: Boswell batted .412 with 22 RBIs, 27 runs scored and 15 stolen bases for the Cougars.

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Christian Doty

Lausanne

Outfielder | So.

Why chosen: Doty helped the Lynx win 26 games by hitting .374 with five homers, 20 RBIs and 43 runs scored.

Hank Stalnaker

Christian Brothers

Outfielder | Sr.

Why chosen: Stalnaker batted .355 with two home runs and 33 RBIs for the Purple Wave, who advanced to the Division II-AA title game.

Briarcrest Saints’ pitcher Jack Gleason (15) pitches the ball against the Menomonee Falls in a baseball game on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at Briarcest Christian School in Eads, Tenn.
Briarcrest Saints’ pitcher Jack Gleason (15) pitches the ball against the Menomonee Falls in a baseball game on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at Briarcest Christian School in Eads, Tenn.

Braden Gover

Covington

Utility | Sr.

Why chosen: The Chargers reached the Class 3A sectionals behind Gover’s .431 batting average and 26 RBIs. He also threw five complete-game shutouts with a 0.75 ERA.

Christian Brothers' Hank Stalnaker (5) pitches against Briarcrest during the fifth inning of a Division II Class AA State Baseball Tournament game at MTSU in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Thursday, May 23, 2024.
Christian Brothers' Hank Stalnaker (5) pitches against Briarcrest during the fifth inning of a Division II Class AA State Baseball Tournament game at MTSU in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Thursday, May 23, 2024.

Second team

Pitcher: Ari Bethea, Collierville, Jr.

Pitcher: Aidan McCrady, Briarcrest, Sr.

Pitcher: Phinn Waters, Briarcrest, So.

Catcher: Jack Pitts, Arlington, Sr.

Infielder: Kade Allen, Tipton-Rosemark Academy, Sr.

Infielder: Tylan Graves, Bartlett, Sr.

Infielder: Carson Hooper, Brighton, So.

Infielder: JD Whitworth, Collierville, Jr.

Outfielder: Gavin Allen, St. George’s, Sr.

Outfielder: Meyer Maddox, Hernando, Sr.

Outfielder: Hudson Shoaf, MUS, Sr.

Utility: Caleb Doty, Lausanne, Jr.

This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: TSSAA baseball: Meet the 2024 Commercial Appeal All-Metro team

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