McGowan named All-CPL, Summer All-American

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State's Kendall McGowan was named first-team All-Coastal Plain League and recognized as a member of the 2018 Perfect Game/Rawlings Summer Collegiate All-America third team on Thursday.

In total, 22 leagues were represented and more than 200 players were considered to narrow the list down to the 68 All-Americans.
 
Playing for his hometown Forest City Owls, McGowan won the league's regular-season batting title with a .392 average and finished the regular season with elite-level totals for on-base percentage (first at .480), doubles (first with 20), stolen bases (third with 22), slugging percentage (third at .642), hits (third with 58) and RBIs (fifth with 36).
 
As a freshman at App State in the spring of 2018, McGowan started 42 times in 47 appearances and had the team's third-best average. Injuries limited him to one stolen base attempt, a successful try against Troy during a 5-2 win that doubled as head coach Kermit Smith's 500th career victory.

All-CPL teams
 
First Team
C - Jonathan Embry - (Peninsula Pilots / Liberty)
1B - Sean Phelan - (Asheboro Copperheads / Penn)
2B - Chase Dawson - (Martinsville Mustangs / Valporaiso)
SS - Clay Dungan - (Savannah Bananas / Indiana State)
3B - Riley King - (Macon Bacon / Georgia)
DH/UTL - Myles Christian - (HP-Thomasville HiToms / Middle Tennessee)
DH/UTL - Peyton Isaacson (Holly Springs Salamanders / Saint Leo)
DH/UTL - Cole Prestegard (Peninsula Pilots / Troy)
DH/UTL - Hunter Shepherd (Morehead City Marlins / Catawba)
OF - Justin Dirden - (Savannah Bananas / Southeast Missouri State)
OF - Cade Marlowe - (Savannah Bananas / West Georgia) 
OF - Kendall McGowan - (Forest City Owls / Appalachian State) 
OF - Austin Pharr - (HP-Thomasville HiToms / Columbus State)  
OF - Joe Simone - (Florence RedWolves / Rider)
SP - Ben Anderson - (Edenton Steamers / Binghamton) 
SP - Addison Domingo - (Martinsville Mustangs / Point Park) 
SP - Zach Keenan - (Morehead City Marlins / Middle Tennesse) 
SP - Kristopher Kuhn - (Florence RedWolves / College of Charleston)
SP - Jake Miller - (Edenton Steamers / Binghamton)
SP - Jordan Merritt (Savannah Bananas / Citadel)
SP - Christian Scafidi - (Holly Springs Salamanders / Penn) 
RP - Brandon Marklund (Morehead City Marlins / Bryan College)
RP - Hunnter Phillips (Savannah Bananas / South Alabama)
RP - Redmond Walsh (Forest City Owls / Tennessee)
RP - Kenny Wells (Morehead City Marlins / Seton Hill) 
 
Second Team
C - Jake Sullivan (Savannah Bananas / South Florida)
1B - Zane Harris (Edenton Steamers / Wright State)
2B - Derek Perry (Forest City Owls / Pfeiffer)
SS - Jack Strunc (Peninsula Pilots / Creighton)
3B - Rich Ciufo (Edenton Steamers / Brown)
DH/UTL - Matt Kelly (Fayetteville SwampDogs / Portland)
DH/UTL - Nate Monastra (Fayetteville SwampDogs / Xavier) 
DH/UTL - Joe Satterfield (Gastonia Grizzlies / Elon)
DH/UTL - Daniel Vitello (Martinsville Mustangs / Mars Hill)  
OF - Brenton Doyle (Wilson Tobs / Shepherd)
OF - Jordan Eckard (Forest City Owls / Pfeiffer)
OF - Danton Hyman (Morehead City Marlins / Newberry College)
OF - Chandler Jenkins (Lexington County Blowfish / East Carolina)
OF - Colton Thomas (Gastonia Grizzlies / South Alabama)
SP - Tyler Follis (Savannah Bananas / Louisiana Tech)
SP - Tyler Grauer (Wilson Tobs / Indiana State )
SP - Johnathan Hughes (Florence RedWolves / Georgia Tech)
SP - Octavio Mirabal (Morehead City Marlins / King)
SP - Lowell Schipper (Martinsville Mustangs / Richmond)
SP - Noah Thompson (Gastonia Grizzlies / Seton Hall)
SP - James Williams (Macon Bacon / Georgia)
RP - Burl Carroway (HP-Thomasville HiToms / Dallas Baptist)
RP - Paul Hall Jr. (Peninsula Pilots / Virginia Tech)
RP - Eddie Hiott (Wilmington Sharks / Charleston Southern)
RP - Dawson Moser (Morehead City Marlins / Arkansas at Monticello)