BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- The University of Charleston placed five members of  their 2014 baseball team on All-MEC squads as announced by the MEC office Thursday afternoon.

Senior closer Corey Lakatos highlighted the awards for the Golden Eagles, garnering All-MEC Second Team honors as he closed out his career in the Maroon & Gold being the all-time saves leader in UC Baseball history.

Concord's Joey Miller has been named Mountain East Conference Player of the Year, Shepherd's Paul Hvozdovic is the Pitcher of the Year, Rams skipper Matt McCarty is the Coach of the Year and West Virginia State's Tyler Hall is the Freshman of the Year.

Miller, a senior first baseman from Hagerstown, Md., led the Mountain East Conference in home runs (12), RBI (68), doubles (12) and total bases (117) while also batting .395. He leads the country in RBI and is 12th in home runs. Miller was the MEC Player of the Week three times this season, and was the NCBWA Hitter of the Week on two occasions. His 12 home runs rank 12th in the NCAA. 

Hvozdovic, a senior starter from Herndon, Va., posted a perfect 10-0 record during the regular season with a 1.42 ERA. His 87 strikeouts were the most in the MEC, and his strikeout-to-walk ratio of 17.41 is best in the country. In addition, he ranks in the top 10 nationally in complete games (8), victories (10), WHIP (0.82) and walks allowed per nine innings. 

Miller and Hvozdovic were each first team All-MEC.

Hall, a freshman pitcher from Charleston, W.Va., posted a 7-2 record with a 2.76 ERA in his first collegiate season for the Yellow Jackets. His 2.76 ERA was fourth-lowest in the MEC. Opponents hit .258 against him and he only allowed seven extra-base hits on the year. He was named to the All-MEC second team.

In his fourth season at Shepherd, McCarty directed the squad to a 37-10 overall record and the inaugural Mountain East Conference regular season championship after posting a 35-7 mark in MEC play. Shepherd is ranked first in the most recent NCAA Atlantic Region rankings, and the Rams cracked the NCBWA Top 25 earlier this week. 

In addition to the top honors, the league also announced its 2014 All-MEC teams. Regular season champion Shepherd had four players earn first team honors, as did runner-up Concord. West Virginia State and Notre Dame each were represented by a pair of players, and Urbana, UVa-Wise, West Liberty and West Virginia Wesleyan had one representative on the first team.

Four players from Urbana earned second team honors. The rest of the second team is comprised of three players each from Shepherd and West Virginia State, two from Concord, and single selections from Notre Dame, West Liberty and West Virginia Wesleyan.

The All-MEC teams are selected by a vote of the league's coaches. 
 

All-MEC First Team
Pos.	Name	School
C	Spencer Wolfe	Shepherd
1B	Joey Miller	Concord
2B	Jacob Carney	Shepherd
SS	D.J. Busby	West Liberty
3B	Mike McCollum	UVa-Wise
Utility	Corey Lynn	West Virginia Wesleyan
OF	Bret Blevins	Concord
OF	Jack Hudson	West Virginia State
OF	Michael Lott	Shepherd
OF	Matt Paculan	Urbana
DH	Joe Camp	Concord
SP	Paul Hvozdovic	Shepherd
SP	Matt Kastelic	Notre Dame
SP	Ryan Weatherholtz	Concord
SP	Jake Welch	Notre Dame
RP	Joshua Falbo	West Virginia State
All-MEC Second Team
Pos.	Name	School
C	Tyler Payne	West Virginia State
1B	Keifer Quick	Notre Dame College
2B	Jerrod Groves	Concord
SS	Cody Ridinger	Urbana
3B	Ryan Johnston	Concord
Utility	Roman Gammell	Urbana
OF	John Koon	West Virginia Wesleyan
OF	Kyle Porter	Shepherd
OF	Jose Vargas	Urbana
OF	Matt Wilson	Shepherd
DH	Ryan Messina	Shepherd
SP	Nick Bozman	Urbana
SP	Tyler Hall	West Virginia State
SP	Mark Smyth	West Liberty
SP	Tyler Thompson	West Virginia State
RP	Corey Lakatos	Charleston
All-MEC Honorable Mention
C	Zach Gunter	Charleston
1B	Bill Steven	UVa-Wise
2B	Eric Craft	West Virginia State
SS	Brad Sullivan	Concord
Utility	Anthony Brunetti	Charleston
OF	Jon-Michael Brunner	West Liberty
OF	Robbie Collin	Charleston
OF	Ryan Foster	Charleston
OF	Andrew Seigel	Concord
DH	Ryan Sanders	Notre Dame College
SP	Tyler Coyle	Concord
SP	Jamie Driver	Shepherd
SP	Chris Kelly	Concord
SP	Ryan Pansch	Shepherd
RP	Nick Mayle	Fairmont State
Player Of The Year: Joey Miller (Concord)
Pitcher Of The Year: Paul Hvozdovic (Shepherd)
Freshman Of The Year: Tyler Hall (West Virginia State)
Coach Of The Year: Matt McCarty (Shepherd)