Mike Edwards Is Player of the Year in Orange League

Shortstop Mike Edwards of Valencia High School, the leading hitter in Orange County with a .570 batting average, was named player of the year in the Orange League in a vote of the league’s baseball coaches.

Edwards finished his three-year career with 116 hits and led Valencia to the league championship. The Tigers had five players selected to the league’s first team, and runner-up Western had four players.

The coaches’ teams:

FIRST TEAM

Robert Navarette Valencia Robert Noson Western First Baseman Anthony Davis Valencia Infielders Troy Babbitt Western R. Camarillo Magnolia Mike Edwards Valencia Doug McConathy Western Joe Perez Anaheim Manny Rodriguez Western Outfielders John Castanon Anaheim Keef Leasure Valencia Rudy Lopez Valencia Brian Nelson Savanna Catchers Ryan Jara Anaheim Tony Osendorf Savanna Utility Marty Neff Magnolia

SECOND TEAM Pitchers--Pete Gonzalez (Anaheim) and Mark Holiday (Western); First Baseman--Jim Young (Savanna); Infielders--Curt Froehlich (Magnolia), Nacho Garcia (Valencia), John Gooch (Savanna), Chad Marlow (Brea-Olinda) and Joe Zink (Brea-Olinda); Outfielders--Jason Diplock (Western), Wes Garrett (Western), Shane Levoit (Magnolia) and Colby Sato (Brea-Olinda); Utility--Louie Medina (Anaheim).