GREENSBORO, N.C. – SIUE junior outfielder Brennan Orf (Wildwood, Missouri) has been selected to the All-Midwest Region First Team as chosen by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and presented by Rawlings.
A first team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection, Orf started 53 of SIUE's 54 games. He finished the year as the third-leading hitter in the league with a .351 batting average. Orf led the league in slugging (.759), on-base percentage (.506), OPS (1.265), runs scored (73) and walks (54). He was third in the league with 19 home runs, fifth with 17 doubles and 10th in the league with 48 RBIs. He stole 13 bases in 12 attempts and finished with a .980 fielding percentage.
Orf established a new school record for walk in a single season at SIUE, while his 19 home runs rank second in a season. His slugging, on-base percentage and runs scored total each rank third all-time in a single season.
"Brennan Orf had a tremendous season," SIUE Head Coach Sean Lyons said. "This is a well-deserved honor, and I am happy to see him rewarded."
Orf is the fifth SIUE player to earn Division I All-Region honors and just the second to earn a First Team selection.
First Team All-Region selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America teams will be announced the morning of Friday, June 16 prior to the start of the 2023 NCAA Division I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
