Foothill League officials recently announced senior Valencia High infielder Davis Cop as the 2019 Baseball Player of the Year, and senior West Ranch High pitcher JD Callahan as Pitcher of the Year.

Cop, a University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) commit, played in 31 games in his senior season, accumulating 41 hits and 27 RBIs on a .376 batting average and .408 OBP.

“It’s a great honor. There are a ton of great players throughout this league who are going to have great careers, and to be the Player of the Year is just an amazing feeling,” said Cop. “It was a ton of long nights and hard work that went into it, and to be recognized for all of it in this way is really cool.”

JD Callahan on the mound before the pitch.
(Photo courtesy of West Ranch Baseball)

In his senior season, Callahan pitched in 12 games, starting in 10, in which he accumulated seven wins, two losses and one save while also maintaining a 1.54 ERA and tossing 63 strikeouts.

Callahan, who is set to join Cop at UCSB next year, has also recently committed to becoming a Gaucho.

”Getting to play with JD is going to be awesome. He’s a really big competitor and I’m looking forward to getting to play with him after all these years of playing against him,” Cop said.

The awards were announced alongside the 2019 first and second team All-Foothill League players.

Valencia High School, West Ranch High School and Saugus High School each had three players make first-team all-league, while Canyon High School had two players.

The players named to the first-team included Valencia High’s Brock Kleszcz, Tyler Robitaille and Mitchell Torres; West Ranch High’s Garret Monheim, Cade Nicol and Nicholas Perez; Saugus High’s Bobby Garcia, Hewitt Grissom and Nolan Kutcher; and Canyon High’s Noah Blythe and Charles Harrison.

Second-team all-league included West Ranch High’s Trent Bird, Jovan Camacho and Ryan Camacho; Valencia High’s Kyle Barileau and Parker Simonian; Saugus High’s Jarrett Farmer and Tony Jacob; Hart High’s Pat Arman and David Holuby; Canyon High’s Tyler DeYoung; and Golden Valley High’s Bryson James.

2019’s honorable mentions were Valencia High’s Cade Erickson, West Ranch High’s Sam Callan, Saugus High’s Brandyn Cruz, Canyon High’s Conrad Meza, Hart High’s Ryan Benz and Golden Valley High’s Dylan Daszek.

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