Belmont baseball sweeps OVC coach, player and pitcher of the year awards

Belmont's Dave Jarvis was named the Ohio Valley Conference baseball coach of the year Tuesday, and the Bruins' Guy Lipscomb was named player of the year and Andy Bean pitcher of the year.

Belmont (37-19, 18-6), which is leaving the OVC after the season to join the Missouri Valley Conference, won the regular season title and earned a No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.

The 37 wins tied for the most in Belmont's history (2013), and included Jarvis' 1,000th career victory as a coach on Feb. 23 against Middle Tennessee State and his 700th win at Belmont on April 23 against Evansville.

Jarvis is in his 25th season as Belmont's coach and one of just 16 active head coaches with 700 or more wins at their current school.

Lipscomb, a Franklin native, hit .400 and stole 40 bases and became the first NCAA Division I player to accomplish that feat since 2011 (Stephen F. Austin's Bryson Myles).

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His 40 stolen bases are the most by an OVC player since 2003, when Eastern Kentucky's Josh Anderson set the OVC record with 57 steals.

Among OVC players he was first in batting average, stolen bases, on-base percentage, third in hits, seventh in runs scored and eighth in triples.

Bean made 14 starts and finished the year with a 9-1 record and 4.00 ERA in 83.1 innings of work. The lefty struck out 84 and held opponents to a .215 batting average.

Belmont earned a double-bye in the OVC tournament at Wild Health Field in Lexington, Kentucky. The Bruins' first game is Thursday at 10 a.m. They meet the Game 3 winner. Eastern Illinois faces the SIUE-Austin Peay winner in Game 3.

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All-OVC first team

C - Jack Alexander, Austin Peay             

1B - Jackson Feltner, Morehead State

2B - Nick Gooden, Morehead State

SS - Tyler Wilber, Southeast Missouri

3B - Bryson Bloomer, Murray State

OF - Guy Lipscomb, Belmont

OF - Jason Hinchman, Tennessee Tech

OF - Brett Johnson, SIUE

DH - Brady Bunten, SIUE

UT - Ryan Ignoffo, Eastern Illinois

SP - Andy Bean, Belmont

SP - Hayden Wynja, Murray State

SP - Kaid Karnes, SIUE

RP - Hayden Birdsong, Eastern Illinois

All-OVC second team

C - Andrew Keck, Southeast Missouri

1B - Brodey Heaton, Belmont

1B - Brennan Orf, SIUE

2B - Lucas DiLuca, Eastern Illinois

SS - Ed Johnson, Tennessee Tech

3B - Gabe Lacy, Tennessee Tech

OF - Brett Graber, Southeast Missouri

OF - Alex Jacobs, Morehead State

OF - Ryan Guardino, Tennessee Tech

DH - Roman Kuntz, Morehead State

UT - Gino Avros, Austin Peay

UT - Jacob Pennington, Murray State

SP - John Bakke, Morehead State

SP     Jason Rackers, Southeast Missouri

SP     Jalen Borders, Belmont

RP     Kyle Brennan, Belmont

RP     Kyle Miller, Southeast Missouri

All-Freshman team

RHP - Jacob Weaver, Austin Peay

OF - Nathan Barksdale, Austin Peay

2B/SS - TJ Rogers, Austin Peay

RHP - Jordan Zuger, Belmont

LHP - Ethan Harden, Belmont

C - Blake Barton, Belmont

RHP - Caleb Guisewite, Belmont

SS - Chris Worcester, Eastern Illinois

RHP - Tyler Conklin, Eastern Illinois

OF - Carson Garner, Murray State

LHP - Ethan Osborne, Southeast Missouri

RHP - Anthony Klein, Southeast Missouri

OF - Jackson Green, Tennessee Tech

DH - Blaze Bell, UT Martin

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