Pac-12 baseball: Arizona's Kingery named player of year

Pac-12 baseball: Arizona's Kingery named player of year

Published May. 27, 2015 2:20 p.m. ET

Arizona junior second baseman Scott Kingery was named the Pac-12 Baseball Player of the Year in voting by conference coaches.

Kingery led the conference in batting average (.392), hits (92) and runs (53), was second in slugging (.561) and was also named to the league's all-defensive team. He is the first two-time Pac-12 batting champion since Arizona State's Brett Wallace in 2007-08.

The other top Pac-12 baseball honors went to UCLA's David Berg (Pitcher of the Year) and John Savage (Coach of the Year), Oregon State first baseman K.J. Harrison (Freshman of the Year) and USC catcher Garrett Stubbs (Defensive Player of the Year).

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Berg had 12 saves and an 0.73 ERA, while Savage led UCLA to a 42-14 record and their third Pac-12 title in the last five seasons.

Thirty-two players were named to the all-conference team. UCLA and Arizona State had the most selections with six apiece.

ASU's selections were senior outfielder Trever Allen, junior pitchers Ryan Burr and Ryan Kellogg, junior outfielder Johnny Sewald, sophomore catcher Brian Serven and sophomore shortstop Colby Woodmansee.

Arizona had three all-conference selections: Kingery, junior shortstop Kevin Newman and sophomore third baseman Bobby Dalbec. Newman hit .370 and led the conference with 22 stolen bases, while Dalbec led the conference in home runs (15) and slugging percentage (.601).

Newman and Kellogg are three-time all-conference selections.

Newman, Dalbec and Sewald joined Kingery on the All-Defensive team.

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