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Luken Baker has been named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, in addition to making the All-Big 12 First Team. The Spring, Texas native finished the regular season batting .340 with a hefty .370 average in conference play, in addition to posting a 3-1 record and 1.70 ERA as a pitcher before injury took him off the mound. In addition to being named the freshman of the year - TCU's second straight honoree for that award, following Connor Wanhanen in 2015 - Baker was also a first team all conference selection, where he is joined on the first team by TCU third baseman Elliot Barzilli, while catcher Evan Skoug, centerfielder Dane Steinhagen, second baseman Cam Warner, and pitcher Dalton Horton made the second team. Baker, who made the team at two positions, DH and Utility Player, was a unanimous selection, as was Barzilli.
Honorable mentions were given to TCU's corner outfielders - Josh Watson and Austen Wade, and pitchers Durbin Feltman and Jared Janczak were also listed. The Frogs also dominated the All-Freshman team, where Baker, Watson, Horton, and Feltman hold four of the twelve spots. Baker and Watson were unanimous selections.
Here is the full breakdown:
| 2016 ALL-BIG 12 BASEBALL AWARDS | |||
| Player of the Year: | Eric Gutierrez, Texas Tech, Sr., INF, Mission, Texas/Sharyland | ||
| Pitcher of the Year: | Thomas Hatch, Oklahoma State, So., RHP, Tulsa, Okla./Jenks | ||
| Newcomer of the Year: | Jake Scudder, Kansas State, Jr., INF, Rock Island, Ill./Iowa Western CC | ||
| Freshman of the Year: | Luken Baker, TCU, DH/RHP, Spring Texas/Oak Ridge | ||
| Coach of the Year: | Tim Tadlock Texas Tech* | ||
| ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM | |||
| Name, School | Pos. | Cl. | Hometown/Previous School |
| Michael Tinsley, Kansas *+ | C | Jr. | Menlo Park, Calif./Junipero Sierra |
| Sheldon Neuse, Oklahoma *^# | INF | Jr. | Fort Worth, Texas/Keller Fossil Ridge |
| J.R. Davis, Oklahoma State | INF | Jr. | Vallejo, Calif./Contra Costa CC |
| Donnie Walton, Oklahoma State *^#~ | INF | Sr. | Tulsa, Okla./Bishop Kelley |
| Elliott Barzilli, TCU * | INF | Jr. | Los Angeles, Calif./Georgia Tech |
| Eric Gutierrez, Texas Tech *^# | INF | Jr. | Mission, Texas/Sharyland |
| Clayton Dalrymple, Kansas State | OF | Sr. | Coppell, Texas/Coppell |
| Tanner Gardner, Texas Tech * | OF | So. | Frisco, Texas/Centennial |
| Stephen Smith, Texas Tech + | OF | Jr. | Wolfforth, Texas/Frenship |
| Luken Baker, TCU * | UTL | Fr. | Spring, Texas/Oak Ridge |
| Luken Baker, TCU | DH | Fr. | Spring, Texas/Oak Ridge |
| Ben Krauth, Kansas *+ | LHP | Sr. | Concord, Calif./Diablo Valley College |
| Thomas Hatch, Oklahoma Stat e* | RHP | So. | Tulsa, Okla./Jenks |
| Davis Martin, Texas Tech * | RHP | Fr. | San Angelo, Texas/Central |
| Chad Donato, West Virginia *@ | RHP | Jr. | Cypress, Texas/Cypress Woods |
| Troy Montemayor, Baylor | RHP | So. | San Antonio, Texas/Reagan |
| Tyler Buffett, Oklahoma State * | RHP | Jr. | Albuquerque, N.M./Albuquerque Academy |
| ALL-BIG 12 SECOND TEAM | |||
| Name, School | Pos. | Cl. | Hometown/Previous School |
| Evan Skoug, TCU @% | C | So. | Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville |
| Steven McLean, Baylor | INF | So. | Los Altos, Calif./Los Altos |
| Colby Wright, Kansas & | INF | Sr. | Castro Valley, Calif./Castro Valley |
| Jake Scudder, Kansas State | INF | Jr. | Rock Island, Ill./Iowa Western CC |
| Garrett Benge, Oklahoma State | INF | So. | Yukon, Okla./Cowley County CC |
| Cam Warner, TCU | INF | Jr. | Canberra, Australia/Hill College |
| Jackson Cramer, West Virginia + | INF | Jr. | Coppell, Texas/Coppell |
| Dane Steinhagen, TCU @ | OF | Sr. | Beaumont, Texas/Howard College |
| Tyler Neslony, Texas Tech @& | OF | Sr. | Corpus Christi, Texas/Calallen |
| Darius Hill, West Virginia | OF | Fr. | Dallas, Texas/Jesuit |
| Kameron Esthay, Baylor % | UTL | So. | Moss Bluff, La./Sam Houston |
| Cory Raley, Texas Tech + | DH | Sr. | Uvalde, Texas/Temple College |
| Daniel Castano, Baylor @ | LHP | Jr. | Austin, Texas/Lake Travis |
| Ty Culbreth, Texas | LHP | Sr. | Bryan, Texas/Bryan |
| Dalton Horton, TCU | LHP | Fr. | Center, Texas/Center |
| Steven Gingery, Texas Tech | LHP | Fr. | Huntington Beach, Calif./Marina |
| Stephen Villines, Kansas @! | RHP | Jr. | Lake Forest, Calif./El Toro |
| Hayden Howard, Texas Tech | LHP | Jr. | Carrollton, Texas/Seward CC |
| HONORABLE MENTION | |||
| Baylor: | Matt Menard, Drew Tolson | ||
| Kansas: | Matt McLaughlin | ||
| Kansas State: | Josh Rolette | ||
| Oklahoma: | Chris Andritsos, Jack Flansburg, JB Olson, Cody Thomas, Steele Walker | ||
| Oklahoma State: | Trey Cobb, Jensen Elliott, Corey Hassel, Dustin Williams | ||
| TCU: | Durbin Feltman, Jared Janczak, Austen Wade, Josh Watson | ||
| Texas: | Tres Barrera, Kacy Clemens, Zane Gurwitz, Travis Jones, Patrick Mathis | ||
| Texas Tech: | Michael Davis, Robert Dugger | ||
| West Virginia: | Kyle Davis, Jimmy Galusky, Michael Grove, Blake Smith, Ivan Vera | ||
| ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM | |||
| Name, School | Pos. | Hometown/Previous School | |
| Josh Rolette, Kansas State | C | Shawnee, Okla./Shawnee | |
| Chris Andritsos, Oklahoma | RHP | The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands | |
| Steele Walker, Oklahoma | OF | Prosper, Texas/Prosper | |
| Jensen Elliott, Oklahoma State | RHP | Coppell, Texas/Coppell | |
| Luken Baker, TCU* | RHP/DH | Spring, Texas/Oak Ridge | |
| Durbin Feltman, TCU | RHP | Conroe, Texas/Oak Ridge | |
| Dalton Horton, TCU | LHP | Center, Texas/Center | |
| Josh Watson, TCU | OF | Arlington, Texas/Martin | |
| Steven Gingery, Texas Tech | LHP | Huntington Beach, Calif./Marina | |
| Davis Martin, Texas Tech* | RHP | San Angelo, Texas/Central | |
| Darius Hill, West Virginia | OF | Dallas, Texas/Jesuit | |
| Ivan Vera, West Virginia | C | Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point | |