Mountain East

Friday Flashback: Nathan Minnich Named National Player of the Year

Senior first baseman Nathan Minnich (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro Area Sr.) of the Shepherd University baseball team was selected as the winner of the 2012 Tino Martinez Award as the most outstanding player in DII college baseball. Minnich won a total of five national player of the year honors in 2012. He added Rawlings/ABCA Division II Player of the Year, NCBWA Division II Player of the Year, Ron Lenz (Daktronics) Player of the Year, and D2Baseball News.com Player of the Year accolades.