This is going to blow your mind. Ten years ago, Jason King made the Big 12 baseball all-tournament team. Since then — and yes, this even includes the 2013 regional host squad — not one Kansas State player has earned that honor. Not Ross Kivett. Not Jared King. Not Tanner Witt. Not Shane Conlon. Not Austin Fisher. You’re getting the idea.
Yesterday, not one but two Wildcats broke through.
Zach Kokoska, who posted an absurd 1.237 OPS during the tournament and had six RBIs, and Eric Torres, whose brilliant relief effort on Saturday morning was just part of his 6 2⁄3 innings of scoreless work in the tournament, were both named to the 2021 all-tournament squad.