Meet the 2024 All-Livingston County baseball team

It was the year of the catcher in Livingston County baseball.

To limit the All-Livingston County first team to only one catcher wouldn’t have produced a group representative of the talent in the area this spring, particularly if players with less-impressive resumes bumped them to fill positional slots.

So, three players who were primarily catchers made the first team. To be technical about it, Hartland junior Brayden Crowe took an infield slot because he played some at third base, while Brighton senior Carter Gregg got the utility tag even though he was strictly a catcher.

Junior Evan McGlothin of Pinckney had to be the first-team catcher after making the Division 2 all-state first team .

Brighton, which made the longest postseason run by reaching the regional final, leads the county with four first-team picks. Hartland and Pinckney each had three.

Cooper Andrzejewski

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Position: Outfielder

► Accomplishments: Andrzejewski hit 10 home runs, becoming only the second county player to reach double digits since 2011. He ranked second in the county with 38 RBIs, hitting .377 and scoring 34 runs. Andrzejewski was a second-team all-state selection.

Nolan Carruthers

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Junior

► Position: Outfielder

► Accomplishments: Carruthers has been first-team all-county in two sports this school year after becoming a repeat pick in football. The second-team all-state pick led the county with a .444 batting average , 41 stolen bases and 48 runs. He drove in 27 runs as a lead-off hitter.

Brayden Crowe

► School: Hartland

► Class: Junior

► Positions: Catcher, third baseman

► Accomplishments: Crowe was hitting .500 until the last six games of the season. His final average of .441 ranked third in the county. Crowe was also third in the county with 34 RBIs and first with 15 doubles. He drove in eight runs against Grandville on April 27 and had two five-hit games.

Andrew Everson

► School: Brighton

► Class: Junior

► Position: Pitcher

► Accomplishments: Everson led Livingston County in victories (7), strikeouts (69) and earned run average (0.82). He didn’t allow an earned run in four appearances (three starts) against rivals Hartland and Howell, throwing an eight-inning no-hitter against the Highlanders.

Carter Gregg

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Position: Catcher

► Accomplishments: Gregg made second-team all-state after hitting .372 with eight doubles, four triples and two homers. He hit a grand slam in the district championship game against South Lyon. Gregg was credited with his ability to guide a pitching staff that had a collective 2.09 ERA.

Daniel Hampton

► School: Howell

► Class: Sophomore

► Position: Second baseman

► Accomplishments: Hampton is a repeat first-team selection after finishing a fraction of a point short of the county batting title with a .443 average. He led the county with five triples and was third with 13 doubles. Hampton drove in 25 runs and scored 26.

Evan McGlothin

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Junior

► Position: Catcher

► Accomplishments: McGlothin is the only Livingston County player to make first-team all-state this season, becoming the first Pirate in 13 years to do so. He was fourth in the county with a .398 average, first with 39 RBIs, tied for second with 36 runs and tied for fifth with 10 doubles.

Lane Petit

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Position: Outfielder

► Accomplishments: Petit, a two-time first-team all-state hockey player, will play baseball at Schoolcraft College. He was second in the county with six homers, tied for third with three triples, fourth with 11 doubles and fourth with 31 RBIs. Petit batted .328.

Brady Quinn

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Position: Second baseman

► Accomplishments: Quinn capped an outstanding senior year by making the baseball first team. He was a second-team all-county selection in soccer and received honorable mention in basketball. Quinn was Hartland’s second-leading hitter with a .365 average, scoring 35 runs and stealing 16 bases.

Braxton Resky

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Position: Third baseman

► Accomplishments: Resky was Hartland’s third-leading hitter with a .339 average, striking out only three times in 79 plate appearances while drawing nine walks.

Owen Zylka

► School: Pinckney

► Class: Sophomore

► Position: Pitcher

► Accomplishments: Zylka started the season on the junior varsity, but quickly became an ace for Pinckney once he was promoted to the varsity. He ranked second in the county with a 1.14 ERA. Zylka threw a three-hit shutout against Chelsea in the district championship game.

SECOND TEAM

P, Parker Aten, Brighton, Sr.

P, Griffin Gonzalez, Fowlerville, Sr.

C, JT Thomas, Howell, Jr.

IF, Hayden Beaver, Pinckney, Jr.

IF, Mikey Hatfield, Fowlerville, Sr.

IF, Nick Hoorn, Howell, Jr.

IF, Ryan Metz, Brighton, Sr.

OF, Zach Cortez, Pinckney, Soph.

OF, Brett Parris, Howell, Sr.

OF, Michael Zielinski, Hartland, Jr.

U, Landon Brown, Hartland, Sr.

HONORABLE MENTION

Brighton: Dan Call (Sr.), Braeden Chiles (Sr.), Alex Larson (Fr.). Charyl Stockwell: Drew Goodwin (Jr.), Aspen Jendrusik (Jr.), Noah Piesko (Jr.). Fowlerville: Ryder Lukasik (Sr.), Pierce Pariseau (Sr.), Ryan Perras (Jr.), Brendan Ray (Sr.), Wyatt Soli (Jr.). Hartland: Michael Bernardi (Soph.),Justin Fisher (Jr.), Lucas Frack (Jr.). Howell: Neko Hall (Jr.), Justin Jones (Jr.), Brandon Hamilton (Sr.). Pinckney: Landen Bauer (Jr.).

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This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: Meet the 2024 All-Livingston County baseball team