WICHITA, Kan. – Brock Rodden has been named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Loren Hibbs has been named Coach of the Year, highlighting the conference's 2023 year-end honors announced Monday.
All told, nine Wichita State players were honored, including league-best five on the First Team All-Conference (RHP Grant Adler, RHP Clark Candiotti, 2B Brock Rodden, OF Chuck Ingram and UTL Payton Tolle). Two Shockers made Second Team (LHP Jace Miner and OF Kyte McDonald), and two others were tabbed to the All-Freshman Team (INF Jack Little and RHP Nate Snead).