SAN DIEGO, CA (5/3/2023) -- Palomar College clinched the 2023 PCAC Championship with two weeks to go in the regular season and finished with an impressive 24-1 record, a conference-best since 2000. Head Coach Ben Adams was named Coach of the Year and outfielder Jack Sanders was the Player of the Year. The Comets landed seven on the All-PCAC team and seven were given an Honorable Mention nod. 

Sanders hit .440 in conference with six doubles, three triples and nine home runs for 42 RBI. He led the conference in triples, home runs, RBI and total bases at 79. Sanders racked up eight stolen bases in the conference schedule. In the field, he totaled 34 put outs and no errors.

Palomar's Kyle Carr was a double threat this season as he pitched and hit in conference. Carr led the conference in strikeouts at 61 and avergae 12.77 per game. He had a 2.30 conference ERA and hitters were hitting .157 against him. He had a conference-best 7-0 record. At the plate, he hit .543 with nine doubles, two triples and two home runs for 17 RBI. 

Brodie Romero (Grossmont) was the lone pick on the All-Conference team as the DH. In 99 plate appearacnes, Romero had 28 hits, including eight doubles and seven home runs for 24 RBI. His slashline was .412/.586/.838. He drew 16 walks and struckout 15 times.

Complete List

All-Conference

Pitcher

• Kyle Carr (Palomar)
• Glenn Huggins (Southwestern)
• Kyle Dobyns (Grossmont)

Relief Pitcher

• Mike Villani (Palomar)

Catcher

• Aaron Garcia (Southwestern)
• Connor Stewart (San Diego City)

Infielders

• Noah Lazuka (Palomar)
• Carter Hain (Palomar)
• Ian Halverson (Palomar)
• Nick Husovsky (San Diego Mesa)
• Roberto Gonzalez (Imperial Valley)
• Julian Nunez (San Diego City)
• Skyler Agnew (Grossmont)

Outfielders

• Quincy Scott (Palomar)
• Caden Szuba (Palomar)
• Luke Rhee (San Diego Mesa)
• Adrian Hinojosa (Southwestern)
• Ethan Caschetta (Grossmont)
• Luke Denos (Grossmont)

Utility

• Andrew Guana (San Diego Mesa)

Designated Hitter

• Brodie Romero (Grossmont)

Honorable Mention

• Kyle Harvey (Palomar)
• Tanner Lappin (Palomar)
• Wyatt Hamro (Palomar)
• Carson Hamro (Palomar)
• Blake Ignaciak (Palomar)
• Evan Langer (Palomar)
• Liam Bailey (Palomar)
• Nevin Noonan (Grossmont)
• Ethan Heider (Grossmont)
• Bradley Barkley (Grossmont)
• Luke Mansy (Grossmont)
• Jake Klimkiewicz (San Diego Mesa)
• Ethan Wright (San Diego Mesa)
• Danny Yanez (San Diego Mesa)
• Andrew Ramirez (San Diego Mesa)
• Jonathan Aquirre (Imperial Valley)
• Nathan Torrez (Imperial Valley)
• Carlos Camacho (Imperial Valley)
• Bobby Perebzak (San Diego City)
• Quinn Johnson (San Diego City)
• Gabe Jones (San Diego City)
• Avery Laine (San Diego City)
• Andy Candeo (Southwestern)
• Aiden Perez (Southwestern)
• Benji Solano (Southwestern)