Photo by Samantha Davis: Tracy-Milroy-Balaton pitcher Trevor Smith throws from the mound during a non-conference baseball game against Russell-Tyler-Ruthton on April 17 at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton High School in Tracy. Smith was named the Camden Conference's Most Valuable Player for baseball season on Friday.

The Camden Conference announced its All-Conference baseball and softball teams on Friday. Yellow Medicine East’s Bayli Sneller highlighted the softball selections by earning the title of Conference Most Valuable Player, while Tracy-Milroy-Balaton pitcher Trevor Smith earned the honor for baseball.

Sneller was a force to be reckoned with in the circle for YME. She threw 133 of the team’s 137 1/3 innings on the season, maintaining a 2.32 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP with 194 strikeouts on 41 walks.

As a batter,Sneller’s .352 batting average and .897 OPS were both second only to All-Conference teammate Alana Almich, who reached .391 and 1.143 marks.Sneller also had 18 RBIs and a home run while Almich tallied 16 RBIs with two homers.

YME’s Brianna Nelson and Ella Cherveny were also selected to the All-Conference team, giving them a total of four selections. Only Lac qui Parle Valley had more, with six, while Minneota/Canby earned three nods for Madison Hennen, Kiersyn Hulzebos and Dakota Pesch.

On the baseball side, Trevor Smith pitched 51 2/3 innings on the season for TMB, compiling a 2.30 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP with 78 strikeouts on 12 walks.

At the plate, Smith’s .415 batting average and 1.067 OPS were both team-highs.His 14 RBIs were good for fourth on the team, trailing Noah Knakmuhs and David Schuh’s 16 and Griffin Zick’s 15. Knakmuhs was also selected to the All-Conference team.

Dawson-Boyd led the conference with five selections, including Nathan Hansen, Tygan Long, Kameron Sather, Grayson Olson and Beau Johnson. YME also earned three nods for Braden Nelson, Gunnar Fagen and Eric Jimenez.

BASEBALL

ALL-CONFERENCE

Eli Greenman, Sr., Canby

Will Abrahamson, So., Canby

Wesley Fussy, Sr., Central MN Christian

Nathan Hansen, Jr., Dawson-Boyd

Tygan Long, Sr., Dawson-Boyd

Kameron Sather, Jr., Dawson-Boyd

Grayson Olson, Sr., Dawson-Boyd

Beau Johnson, Sr., Dawson-Boyd

Hunter Engelke, Jr., Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg

Davis Patzer, Sr., Lac qui Parle Valley

Brock Bjornjeld, Sr., Lac qui Parle Valley

Landon Weber, Sr., Lac qui Parle Valley

Braylon Breyfogle, Jr., Lakeview

Xavier Noble, Sr., MACCRAY

Jase Dirksen, Sr., MACCRAY

Wyatt Swenson, Sr., MACCRAY

Ryan Meagher, Sr., Minneota

Carson Javers, Jr., Minneota

Eli Gruenes, Sr., Minneota

Connor Danielson, Sr., Ortonville

Griffin Howard, Sr., Renville County West

Noah Knakmuhs, Sr., Tracy-Milroy-Balaton

Trevor Smith, Sr., Tracy-Milroy-Balaton

Braden Nelson, Sr., Yellow Medicine East

Gunnar Fagen, Fr., Yellow Medicine East

Eric Jimenez, Sr., Yellow Medicine East

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Jace Sigler, Sr., Canby

Teddy Bonnema, Fr., Central MN Christian

Colten Bothun, So., Dawson-Boyd

Logan Rudningen, Sr., Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg

Dylan Keimig, Sr., Lac qui Parle Valley

Teagan Neuman, Fr., Lakeview

Peyton Schlagel, Sr., MACCRAY

Griffin Zick, Jr., Tracy-Milroy-Balaton

Drew Monson, So., Yellow Medicine East

Isaac Brown, Sr., Ortonville

Photo by Samantha Davis: Yellow Medicine East pitcher Bayli Sneller throws the ball over to first base during a Section 3A tournament softball game against MACCRAY at the Marshall Softball Complex on May 24. Sneller was named the Camden Conference’s Most Valuable Player for softball season on Friday.

Photo by Samantha Davis: Yellow Medicine East pitcher Bayli Sneller throws the ball over to first base during a Section 3A tournament softball game against MACCRAY at the Marshall Softball Complex on May 24. Sneller was named the Camden Conference’s Most Valuable Player for softball season on Friday.

SOFTBALL

ALL-CONFERENCE

Madison Hennen, Jr., Minneota/Canby

Kiersyn Hulzebos, Sr., Minneota/Canby

Dakota Pesch, Sr., Minneota/Canby

Natyah Ritter, Sr., Dawson-Boyd

Emily Wagner, Sr., Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg

Taylor Vanheuveln, Jr., Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg

Kendyl Shelstad, Sr., Lac qui Parle Valley

Brandi Meyer, Sr., Lac qui Parle Valley

Jalyn Lee, Sr., Lac qui Parle Valley

Zoey Dockter, Sr., Lac qui Parle Valley

Maya Sawatzky, 8th grade, Lac qui Parle Valley

Val Piotter, Sr., Lac qui parle Valley

Kiara Hinz, Jr., Lakeview

Taylor Hinz, So., Lakeview

Eva Swenson, So., MACCRAY

MacKenna Hinderks, So., Renville County West

Melaina Ankrum, So., Tracy-Milroy-Balaton

Bayli Sneller, Jr., Yellow Medicine East

Alana Almich, Jr., Yellow Medicine East

Brianna Nelson, Fr., Yellow Medicine East

Ella Cherveny, Jr., Yellow Medicine East

Claire Kellen, Sr., Ortonville

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Joelle Otto, Jr., Minneota/Canby

Abby Holtkamp, Sr., Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg

Caleigh Conn, Jr., Lac qui Parle Valley

Aubreigh Rausch, Sr., Lakeview

Leia Colby, So., MACCRAY

Shelby Allex, Jr., Renville County West

Aliyah Loftness, Jr., Tracy-Milroy-Balaton

Kourtney Peterson, So., Yellow Medicine East