Seven Sun Devils Earn Pac-12 Baseball All-Conference Recognition

PHOENIX – Seven Sun Devils were recognized on the Pac-12 All-Conference Baseball Team, as voted upon by the league's coaches and announced by the conference today. 

Nate Baez and Jacob Tobias earned first team honors as an infielder and designated hitter, respectively. Joe Lampe, Sean McLain, Ryan Campos, Conor Davis and Brock Peery all earned Honorable Mention recognition.

With seven players recognized, ASU now has 323 all-time Pac-12 All-Conference selections – 160 of those being First Team picks and 163 as Honorable Mentions.
Nate Baez – Redshirt Sophomore – Infielder – First Team

• Nate Baez has been ASU's Swiss Army Knife this season and has shown the versatility to play a number of positions having seen action at catcher, first base, second base, third base, left field and designated hitter this season. 
• Baez quickly become one of the top players in the Pac-12 in the second half of the year played at a level as good  as any player in the league offensively.
• At 21 doubles and 10 homers this year, Baez is the first Sun Devil to reach the 20 and 10 mark since Riccio Torrez (27 and 10) in 2010.  The 21 doubles are good for 22nd in the nation and lead the Pac-12 and tied for the 10th-most at ASU since 1998 and the second-most since 2011 (David Greer 23 in 2016).
• His .583 slugging percentage sits 10th in the league.
• He leads the team with 47 RBIs - 7 more than any of his teammates and good for tied for fifth in the Pac-12.
• 30 of those have come with two outs - 14 more than any of his teammates and 63.8 percent of his total RBIs.
• Like last season, Baez has played his best as the season has gone on. He has been among ASU's hottest bats since the start of April. In 29 games played since April 1, Baez is third on the team with a .355 average with 31 RBIs - nine more than any teammate.
• Since the start of April, Baez has eight home runs and 14 doubles for a gaudy .700 slugging percentage.
• He has a .355 average in Pac-12 games, good for 8th in the league and his .664 slugging percentage in conference games is sixth in the league. 
• Baez has the best average on the squad with runners in scoring position at .377 (26-of-69) with six more hits in that scenario than any of his teammates. His 23 hits with two outs are third on the team (on 66 chances for a .348 average).
• Baez has two grand slams this season - making up 2 of his 6 homers - marking him the first Sun Devil to have two in a season since Ike Davis in 2006. 
• He also has five homers that were three-run shots, a two-run homer and two solo shots - giving him 27 RBIs on his 10 homers this year with eight of those coming with runners on base. 
• Seven of his 10 home runs this year have come with two outs.

Jacob Tobias – Freshman – Designated Hitter – First Team

• His 12 bases (two homers, two doubles) against Utah in the series finale are tied for the most by a Pac-12 player in a game this year.
• His even homers this year are tied for eighth in ASU freshman history.
• His 23 RBIs in Pac-12 games were the second-most on the team, 20th in the Pac-12 and third among Pac-12 freshmen.

Joe Lampe – Redshirt Sophomore – Outfielder – Honorable Mention

• Joe Lampe has been a spark plug for the Sun Devils since he stepped foot on campus last year and that has continued this season.
• Lampe had a season-long 21-game hitting streak snapped against Washington State last weekend. It was the tied for the third-longest at ASU since 2010 as he became just the fourth Sun Devil since 2010 to record a 20-game hit streak in a season ('10 Riccio Torrez (26), '21 Sean McLain (23), '19 Spencer Torkelson (21)).
• Lampe needs hits in the next two games to tie McLain and Andre Ethier (2003) for the third-longest hitting streak since 1998 and a hit in all three games this weekend would put him alone in third. 
• He is batting .337 this season (14th in the Pac-12) and leads the way with 56 runs - tied for 5th in the Pac-12.
• Lampe is second on the team with 40 RBIs this year.
• He is slugging .588 this season - good for 8th in the Pac-12. His 19 doubles are fith in the Pac-12, his three triples are tied for ninth and his 12 homers are eighth.
• His power numbers are especially notable as he has 34 extra-base hits this season (19 doubles, 3 triples, 12 homers) - third in the Pac-12 and four off the league lead. It's especially notable as he had 20 for the entirety of the 2021 campaign and he has more than doubled his home run output from last year (13 doubles, 4 triples, 3 homers).
• With one more double, Lampe would join teammate Nate Baez as the first players to reach 20 doubles and 10 homers in one season since Riccio Torrez in 2010 (27 and 10). Since at least 1998, ASU has not had two players reach that milestone in the same season.
• His 143 total bases are 41st in the nation and second in the league. 
• His 17 stolen bases are fourth in the Pac-12. 
• To recap, Lampe is 5th in the league in runs (56), 2nd in hits (82), 5th in the in doubles (19), 4th in stolen bases (17),  9th in triples (3), 8th in homers (12) and 8th in slugging (.588). He and Oregon State's Jacob Melton are the only Pac-12 players to rank in the Top-10 in all seven of those categories. Just one other player has five and no others have more than four. 
• He has just one error on 145 defensive chances, recording 140 putouts and four assists. He is one of just 8 players in the Pac-12 with over 130 defensive chances with one or fewer errors and the only centerfielder with such a claim.
• His 144 putouts/assists are third among Pac-12 center fielders (Arizona's Mac Bingham (172) on an immensely larger home center field and Oregon's Colby Shade (152)). He was the last of the Pac-12 centerfielders to not commit an error, with his only one coming in the 37th game of the season, and that remains the fewest among centerfielders in the league. 
• The redshirt sophomore showed off his toughness against #4 Oklahoma State, dislocating his shoulder in the first inning while attempting to steal a base. He popped it back in in the clubhouse, returned to the game and later recorded a single, stolen base and run scored. 

Sean McLain – Redshirt Sophomore – Infielder – Honorable Mention

• Sean McLain was named Pac-12 Player of the Week following a 4-0 week against Santa Clara and a sweep of USC after batting .688 and leading the team in runs and RBIs.
• McLain became a staple in the Sun Devil infield and batting order last season en route to being named a freshman All-American, Pac-12 All-Conference selection and ABCA All-West Region pick. McLain entered the season as the No. 33 overall collegiate prospect in the 2022 class, according to Baseball America. 
• McLain has the longest reached-base streak of the Sun Devils this season at 22.
• McLain sits at .329 on the season (third on the team) and is also fourth on the roster with 34 RBIs. He is tied for second in the Pac-12 with five sac flies this year.
• He is second on the team with 54 runs this season - tied for seventh in the Pac 12.
• McLain has drawn 21 walks and a team-high 19 HBP -  the most in the Pac-12 and 20th nationally - giving him a .426 OBP (leads the team) over his .329 average. The 19 times he has been hit by a pitch are third-most at ASU since 1998. 
• The redshirt sophomore has been one of ASU's best hitters with two outs with a .364 average on 24-of-66 hitting and is second on the squad with 16 two-out RBIs - nearly half of his 34 on the year. 
• He has also been one of ASU's few reliable options with a runner on third with less than two outs, recording an RBI 14-out-of-16 times - three more than any other player and an .875 mark that is tops among those with at least seven opportunities. Part of that is thanks to his five sac flies on the year, which are second in the Pac-12 and Top-65 nationally.
• McLain has been a part of 35 of ASU's 46 double plays this season - good for 4th in the Pac-12 and most among non-first basemen.
• He is second in the Pac-12 with 165 defensive assists despite missing two games this year - five off the Pac-12 lead. His 94 defensive assists in Pac-12 games are the most in the league and six more than any other player.

Conor Davis – Graduate – First Base – Honorable Mention

• Sun Devil super senior Conor Davis might be among the oldest players in college baseball, but there is not denying his impact on the Sun Devil program early on. 
• After his senior season at Auburn was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Davis came to ASU as a graduate transfer expecting to fill some of the void left at first base with the departure of 2020 MLB No. 1 overall pick Spencer Torkelson. In ASU's very last fall scrimmage prior to the 2021 campaign, Davis blew out his knee and was forced to sit out the season with ACL surgery.
• Davis' appearance in the lineup on Opening Night was special regardless of the outcome but the "grandpa" - as his teammates call him - made it a night to remember as he launched a 1-2 offering to left field in his very first plate appearance in nearly two seasons - a solo shot that set the pace for ASU in a 3-1 victory.
• Davis is batting .320 on the season to go with a .410 OBP (third on the team) and a .474 slugging percentage.
• He is third on the team with 36 RBIs.
• He has also drawn a team-best 26 walks this year. This includes a four-walk game against BYU that was tied for fifth in ASU single game history.
• Davis has also quietly been one of ASU's best hitters in Pac-12 games, slashing .314/.383/.471. 
• Davis has been the mature bat numerous times on the season, as demonstrated by his team-leading six game-winning RBIs (the RBI responsible for putting ASU ahead for good in any given game) - two more than any of his teammates
• While ASU as a whole has struggled advancing runners at times this season, Davis has exceeded and done so a team-best 62 times on 112 chances (.559) - 4 more than any other player on the team and the highest average on the squad (Ryan Campos at .557 and every other starter under .515).

Ryan Campos – Freshman – Catcher – Honorable Mention

• True freshman Ryan Campos has assumed the team's mantle of having the highest batting average and enters the weekend batting .340 on the year.
• If the season ended today, it would be the eighth-best freshman batting average in program history. It woud also mark the second straight season a true freshman led the team in average (Ethan Long last year) - something that has never happened in consecutive years in program history.
• His .363 average in league-only games is the fifth-highest in the conference.
• His .438 OBP in league games in also tops on the team and ninth in the Pac-12.
• Campos has the second best average on the team with runners in scoring position at 19-for-55 (.345).
• Campos had a 10-game hitting streak during the month of April. He had multiple hits in eight of those games and at least one RBI in seven of them as well. He has 18 multi-hit games this year - one shy of tying for third on the team.

Brock Peery – Sophomore – Relief Pitcher – Honorable Mention

• Peery has quickly become one of the most reliable closers in the league, currently tied for first with nine saves (26th nationally). 
• With one more save, Peery would become the first Sun Devil to reach double digits in the category since Eder Erives in 2016 (10). If he reaches 10 saves, it would be the tied for seventh-most at ASU sine 1998. 11 would put him tied for fifth in that time and 12 would have him tied for third.