2021 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA DII All-Region Teams

GREENSBORO, N.C. – After a season in which he was one of the main forces at the dish for the Urban Knights and helped them to their first ever postseason appearance, Academy of Art baseball junior Ty Conrad has earned another postseason honor after he was named to the 2021 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA DII West All-Region Second Team on Wednesday. It is the first time in his career receiving the award. 

The anchor to the ART U lineup en route to a Pacific West Conference Northern California Pod title, Conrad ended his season in the top-10 of the PacWest in four different categories, including runs scored (6th, 35), hits (t-3rd, 46), runs batted in (8th, 33), and stolen bases (t-10th, 8). His .338 average was the best on the Knights, and he led in the team in home runs (t-1st, 4), slugging percentage (1st, .493), and OPS (1st, .910). On Mar. 13 in a 17-4 win over HNU, Conrad was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and five RBI with a towering three-run home run in the eighth inning, putting the finishing touches on ART U's largest run total in a single game this season and tied for the second-most runs scored in ART U history (also: Feb. 9, 2020 vs CWU). No slouch with the glove, Conrad also had 57 putouts and three assists for a .952 fielding percentage. 

Proving his value in the PacWest AQ Pod Series, Conrad was a key cog in the offense by going a combined 4-for-14 (.286) with five runs scored, three RBI, and a home run. He had back-to-back two-hit games in the pair of meetings with UH Hilo, and he was the driving force in the rematch against the Vulcans by going 2-for-4 with three runs, two RBI and the homer during the second day of the series. 

Conrad earned his first All-Region honor (second overall postseason award) on May 26 when he was selected to 2021 D2CCA All-West Region Second Team. It is the second time that an Urban Knight has been selected to the ABCA/Rawlings DII All-Region Team, as Thomas Delgadillo also did so in 2019.