Each season the players on the Lutheran Baseball teams all contributed to the success of the teams. As a season is played, typically one or more of the players demonstrate that their performance has been individually excellent and impactful in games and practices. The players and coaches vote to recognize exemplary contributions to the team success.
YEAR PLAYER
2005 Keith Wixson
Senior - Catcher
Keith was a senior leader as the catcher and clean-up hitter for our team that finished with a record of
15 wins and 10 losses. In the season, Keith hit 7 home runs while having a .405 batting average.
He drove in 31 runs and scored 16 runs with 34 base hits. Keith was a very good catcher and had a fielding average of .974.
2006 Jared Broughton
Sophomore - 3B/Pitcher
Jared had a very good sophomore season. He led the team with 6 home run, 9 doubles and 33 base hits. His batting average was .413. Jared scored 29 runs and had a team leading 33 RBI. In addition to having an outstanding season at the plate, Jared was selected as the team's Pitching Ace as he won 3 games in 8 starts and also had 2 Saves. Jared was selected to the All -Marion County Baseball Team.
Cory Emmons
Junior - CF/Pitcher
As the team's lead-off hitter, Cory had an outstanding season. He had a team leading batting average of .472 with 34 base hits. Cory led the team with 9 doubles and 23 stolen bases. An excellent outfielder, Cory had a perfect
Fielding Average of 1.000 on 39 chances. Cory also made 8 pitching starts for our team that finished with a record of
14 wins and 13 losses.
2007 Jared Broughton
Junior - 3B/Pitcher
Jared followed up his sophomore season with a great junior year. He led our team in many offensive categories: .605 Batting Average, 49 base hits, 13 home runs and 11 doubles. Jared scored 41 runs and had 42 RBI. His On Base % was .729. He also led the team with 5 pitching wins. Jared was selected again as a member of the All-Marion County Baseball Team.
Cory Emmons
Senior - Centerfield
Cory had an outstanding senior season for the Saints. As our lead-off hitter, Cory had a batting average of .452 with 42 base hits and 23 walks. He had 9 home runs, 5 doubles and 3 triples. Cory scored 48 runs and had 35 RBI. His play in centerfield was excellent for our team defense. Cory was selected to the
All-Marion County Baseball Team. Significantly, Cory was voted by Indiana high school baseball coaches as the first IHSBCA All-State player from Lutheran High School.
2008 Jared Broughton
Senior - 3B/Pitcher
In completing his Lutheran Baseball career, Jared had the greatest season of any player at Lutheran. He was All-State with IHSBCA (he was not selected in 2007 for politics), and an All-Marion County Baseball All-Star for the third consecutive season. His stats: a batting average of .627 that was in the Top 10 of Indiana history for many years, 12 home runs, 3 triples and 6 doubles. Jared was walked 30 times. He accounted for 91 runs: 46 RBI and 45 runs scored. He had 42 base hits and an On Base % of .755.
Jared's pitching role was not as extensive as in previous seasons but he still had 2 Wins and 2 Saves in 31.1 innings pitched.
2009 Caleb Hougesen
Junior - CF/3B/P
Caleb excelled individually as a hitter, defender and pitcher. His efforts led to the first Sectional Championship for
Coach Alter's teams. Caleb hit in the lead-off spot. He had a batting average of .423 with 30 base hits, 3 home runs, and 9 doubles. He scored 25 runs and had 16 RBI. Caleb walked 25 times including 12 times in the first 6 games of the season. He had 6 pitching Wins and struck out 105 batters in 66.2 innings pitched.
2010 Caleb Hougesen
Senior - 3B/P
What a great season Caleb had to lead the Saints to another Sectional Championship. Caleb led our team in most offensive categories. His batting average was .548, 51 base hits including 15 home runs, 4 triples,and 6 doubles. Caleb accounted for 89 runs, 45 runs scored and 44 RBi from the lead-off spot. He also walked 20 times. As a pitcher, Caleb was very successful. He finished with 8 Wins and 2 Saves. He struck out 86 batters in 58.2 innings pitched. Caleb pitched in 20 of our 28 games, 9 starts and 11 relief appearances. His ERA was 2.62. Caleb's final 12 games in a Lutheran Baseball uniform may have been the best in our history: .650 batting average, 8 home runs, 6 stolen bases, scored 21 runs, 20 RBI and 26 base hits.
Caleb was All-Marion County, All-State and was drafted by the San Francisco Giants.
2011 Bryce Brockett
Sophomore - !B/P
As a sophomore, Bryce had a very good season. He had a batting average of .507 with 37 hits including 10 doubles, 3 triples and 7 home runs. Bryce hit third in the batting order. He led the team with 28 runs scored and 35 RBI. Bryce made 8 pitching starts and led the team with 44.2 innings pitched.
2012 Bryce Brockett
Junior - RF/P
Bryce was an excellent first baseman but for the good of the team moved to the outfield his junior season. Again hitting from the 3 spot, Bryce led the team with a .466 batting average. He had 41 base hits with 7 doubles, 5 triples and 2 home runs. He scored 28 runs and had 41 RBI. On the mound, Bryce won 6 games and struck out 94 batters in 62.1 innings pitched. He finished with an ERA of 3.14. Bryce was selected to the All-Marion County Baseball Team and was voted to the IHSBCA All-State Team as an outfielder.
2013 Bryce Brockett
Senior - RF/1B/P
As a senior leader for our team that finished with a record of 19 Wins, 8 Losses and 1 Tie, Bryce had another excellent season. Bryce led the team with 38 base hits, 10 doubles and 3 home runs. He scored 22 runs and had 32 RBI. Over his career, Bryce was the hardest hitter to strike out of all Lutheran baseball players. In this season, he had only 5 strike outs in 104 at bats. As a pitcher, Bryce won 2 games and had 43.1 innings pitched while experiencing several
"No Decision" games while pitching well. Bryce was selected as Honorable Mention All-State. Sadly, to a pet peeve of mine, the 3 players chosen as Outfielders on the All-State Team clearly did not play Outfield based on their defensive stats, yet coaches voted for them.
2014 Eli Goff
Senior - 1B/P
Eli completed his Lutheran Baseball career with an excellent season. His individual efforts were recognized at Lutheran and also as a selection to the IHSBCA All-State team. Eli hit 3rd in the batting order and led the team with 45 RBI. He finished the season with a batting average of .477 with 42 base hits including 7 doubles, 2 triples and 2 home runs. Eli was an excellent defensive first baseman and really helped our infielders on throws to first base. As a pitcher, Eli won 4 games with one Save and had 48.1 innings pitched. Eli certainly had a complete season and a great career.
Addison Robertson
Junior - Centerfield
As our lead-off hitter, Addison was instrumental in our team scoring runs and winning games. He led the team in several categories: .500 batting average, 45 base hits, 49 runs scored, 29 stolen bases and a slugging percentage of ,878. Addison's hits included 8 doubles, 4 triples and 6 home runs. He also added 25 RBI to his stats. A centerfielder, Addison was excellent as he had good speed and could run down most fly balls. A key factor for Addison's success was that he loved to play baseball. His enthusiasm was a major positive for his teammates and coaches. As a result of his excellent season, Addison was voted to the IHSBCA All-State team.
2015 Seth Hougesen
Senior - Outfield/Pitcher
Seth played a key role for our team as a starter in the outfield, first base and as our number 1 starting pitcher. As our 3rd hitter in the line up, Seth had a batting average of .372. His 32 hits included 6 doubles, 1 triple and 3 home runs. Seth scored 29 runs and led the team with 40 RBI. He also had 10 stolen bases.
On the mound, Seth had an excellent season. He led the way with 7 Wins from 10 starts. He pitched 59.2 innings
pitched and had 99 strikeouts. He finished the season with an ERA of 2.58. Seth had wins over Scecina, Perry Meridian, Trinity Lutheran, Monrovia, Hauser, Morristown (18 K's) and in perhaps the biggest win in a regular season for Lutheran Baseball, beat 4A #5 Columbus North in Columbus on their Senior Night.
Addison Robertson
Senior - Centerfield
Addison finished his Lutheran Baseball career in grand fashion. He led our team with a .541 batting average and 46 base hits. Among his hits were 6 doubles, 3 triples and 3 home runs. As our lead-off hitter, Addison scored 39 runs and stole 19 bases. He was very consistent as he had a base hit in 25 of 27 games played in the season. Addison played an excellent centerfield with only one error. Over his four seasons as a Varsity player, Addison contributed much to the success and culture of Lutheran Baseball. In the post-season, Adddison was selected to the IHSBCA All-State team for the second time, the only Lutheran player to be All-State two times.
2016 Spencer Owen
Senior - Pitcher/Outfield/Infield
In our 2016 season, Spencer was instrumental in our team success as a hitter and pitcher. He led our team with a batting average of .411, Slugging % of .571 and one home run that was hit in the Sectional Championship game at Bethesda Christian. In a unique season where we had 10 games cancelled due to weather, Spencer was a key figure in winning another Sectional championship. Following the season Spencer was selected to the All-Marion County Baseball team.
2017 Patrick Kem
Senior - Shortstop
Lutheran Baseball won its first Regional Championship in 2017 and Pat was instrumental in leading a team that was very young. Of our 12 players we had 3 seniors, 1 junior, 5 sophomores and 3 freshmen. Pat led with excellent play, positive attitude and winning approach to play every day. With a batting average of .372, Pat led the team from the lead-off spot. He had 32 hits including 9 doubles. He also had 13 stolen bases and 14 RBI. He led the team with 34 Runs Scored and by hitting 2 home runs. During our end of season run, it seemed that Pat led off each game for us by getting on base and setting a positive tone. Pat was selected to the All-Marion County Baseball team.
2018 Matthew Alter
Junior - Shortstop/Pitcher
Matthew had a very good junior season. In his third season as a Varsity player, Matthew played his third different position. Coming into high school Matthew was a first baseman/pitcher. His freshman year we needed him to play leftfield. In his sophomore year he was able to play first base. In his junior year we needed to replace Patrick Kem at shortstop and Matthew did nice job. During the season Matthew hit in the lead-off spot and had a batting average of .382. He led the team with 34 base hits, 7 doubles and 5 home runs. He scored 27 runs and had 16 RBI. He did stand out at shortstop with a fielding average of .920 and was selected to the All-Marion County Baseball team. Matthew was also our number one pitcher and won 6 games. He struck out 105 batters in 67.1 innings. He won both games of our Sectional, beating Edinburgh in 8 innings with 18 strikeouts and then Southwestern with 12 K's while giving up only 3 earned runs in total. Interestingly, 3 of his losses were to University High School that ended up being the 1A State Runner-Up.
Noah Wood
Junior - Catcher/Pitcher
Noah led our team with a batting average of .458 hitting in the 3rd spot in the batting order. He scored 29 runs and had 33 base hits including 7 doubles and 3 home runs. Noah also lead our team with 13 stolen bases and 19 walks. As a catcher, Noah was outstanding. He had great presence behind the plate. He was excellent in keeping pitches in front of him and gave our pitchers confidence in pitching to him. His fielding average was .996. In addition to catching, Noah was our #2 pitcher making six starts and 3 relief appearances. He had two Wins and one Save during the season.
2019 Matthew Alter
Senior - Shortstop/Pitcher
An excellent season for Matthew as he completed his Lutheran Baseball career. He began the season hitting in the lead-off spot and finished batting third in the order as he and Noah Wood switched spots in the order. Matthew had a batting average of .356 with 32 base hits. He had 10 doubles and 2 home runs. Matthew scored 26 runs and had 22 RBI during the season. On the mound Matthew had an outstanding season. He won 6 games and pitched 65.1 innings. Matthew struck out 111 batters and had an ERA of 2,25. What makes his season so accomplished is the schools he pitched against. Matthew faced North Central, Lawrence Central, Cardinal Ritter, Scecina, Southport, Lafayette Jeff, #1 Hauser and the ultimate State Champion, University High School. Matthew was selected to the All-Marion County Baseball team and was voted to the IHSBCA All-State team as a pitcher.
Noah Wood
Senior - Catcher/Pitcher
Noah had a great senior season as a hitter, behind the plate and on the mound. He led the team in many categories as a hitter. Noah had a batting average of .468 with 38 base hits. He had 10 doubles and 2 home runs along with 38 runs scored and 19 RBI. Noah set a school record with 35 stolen bases. As a catcher, Noah had an excellent season with a fielding average of .985. He provided our pitchers with great confidence as their catcher. On the mound Noah made 14 appearances, 9 starts and 5 in relief. He ended up with 5 wins and 52.0 innings pitched. Noah was Honorable Mention for the All-Marion County Baseball team and IHSBCA All-State team.
Noah and Matthew. They started playing together when
they were 10 years old. Great careers, teammates and friends.
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