Oklahoma Baptist University News
Tue, May 5, 2009 - [Baseball]
Oklahoma Baptist first baseman Josh Collazo and shortstop Billy Thomas have been named to the All-Sooner Athletic Conference Baseball Team.

Collazo is a First-Team selection, while Thomas was included on the Second Team.

Collazo, a senior from Tampa, Fla., batted .419 and broke his own school record with 24 home runs. He also led the team with 69 RBI, 17 doubles and 47 walks. He had a .936 slugging percentage and broke the career home run record, finishing with 46.

It is the second All-Conference selection in a row for Collazo, who was Player of the Year in 2008 after driving in a school-record 100 runs while also scoring a school-record 79 times.

Thomas, a senior from Georgetown, Calif., batted .366 with 12 home runs and 51 runs batted in. He stole a team-best nine bases and led the Bison with 75 hits. Thomas also had 15 doubles and three triples.