Joplin, Mo. -- Missouri Southern senior lefty Zach Parish was named the Central Region Pitcher of the Year, while he and junior outfielder Jordan Fitzpatrick picked up All-Region honors as the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced their regional awards today. 

Parish earns his third Region Pitcher of the Year Award, having already earning the honor from both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers and the D2 Conference Commissioner's Association. Parish was a first-team All-Region pick by the coaches, while Fitzpatrick was a second-team pick. 

Parish was named the National Pitcher of the Year by the Baseball Writers last week and this season he became the NCAA Division II all-time leader in strikeouts. In his career, Parish now has 488 strikeouts. Parish tied his MSSU single-season record with 136 this year. Parish also finished the season with the best single-season ERA for a starter in MSSU history (1.21) and the second-best career ERA for a starter (2.16). 

This season, Parish leads the MIAA and ranks third nationally in strikeouts. He is second in the MIAA and third nationally in wins, while ranking first in the MIAA and eighth nationally in WHIP. He ranks first in the MIAA and fifth nationally in hits allowed per nine innings, while ranking first in the MIAA and second nationally in ERA. Currently Parish is the active career leader in all of college baseball (d1, d2, d3) in wins, strikeouts, innings pitched and starts. Parish finished the season with an 11-1 record and a 1.21 ERA. HE struck out 136 batters, while walking just 25 and held opposing batters to a .162 batting average. 

Fitzpatrick was a spark plug for the Lions at the top of the order. This year, Fitzpatrick leads the MIAA and is sixth nationally in doubles, while ranking third in the MIAA and ranking 26th nationally in hits. He is fourth in the league in home runs with four of his 14 this year coming to lead off the game. He is third in the MIAA in RBIs, while ranking second in slugging and total bases. Fitzpatrick finished the season hitting .369 with 20 doubles, 14 home runs and 48 RBIs this year.

The complete All-Region team is listed below. 
 

2021 Central-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Teams
NCAA Div. II Central All-Region First Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Will Olson	Jr.	Augustana	SD
1B	Drew White	Jr.	Southwestern Oklahoma State	OK
2B	Austin Baker	Sr.	Southern Arkansas	AR
3B	Dusty Stroup	Sr.	Central Missouri	MO
SS	Alex Madera	Sr.	Central Missouri	MO
INF	Marques Paige	Sr.	Northwestern Oklahoma State	OK
OF	Joey Werner	Sr.	Minnesota State Mankato	MN
OF	Carter Howell	So.	Augustana	SD
OF	Alex Bedard	Sr.	Southwestern Oklahoma State	OK
OF	Josh Schumacher	Sr.	Central Missouri	MO
DH	Blake Hoffman	Jr.	Northwestern Oklahoma State	OK
P	Zach Parish	Sr.	Missouri Southern State	MO
P	Collin Denk	So.	Minnesota State Mankato	MN
P	Nic Swanson	Fr.	Northeastern State	OK
P	Mason Green	Jr.	Central Missouri	MO
RP	Hunter Even	Sr.	Minnesota State Mankato	MN
NCAA Div. II Central All-Region Second Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Cooper Minnick	Sr.	Emporia State	KS
1B	Jake Shusterich	Sr.	St. Cloud State	MN
2B	Hector Ruvalcaba	Jr.	Oklahoma Baptist	OK
3B	Jordan Johnson	Jr.	Arkansas Monticello	AR
SS	Kyle Crowl	Sr.	Central Oklahoma	OK
INF	Dylan Borman	Sr.	Arkansas Monticello	AR
OF	Jordan Fitzpatrick	Jr.	Missouri Southern State	MO
OF	Brock Reller	Sr.	Minnesota Crookston	MN
OF	Seth Morrow	Fr.	Southeastern Oklahoma State	OK
OF	Erik Webb	Sr.	Central Missouri	MO
DH	Evan Hafley	So.	Arkansas Tech	AR
P	Ryan Jares	So.	Augustana	SD
P	Jon Ludwig	Sr.	Minnesota State Mankato	MN
P	River Hunt	Jr.	Arkansas Monticello	AR
P	Koby Bishop	Sr.	Augustana	SD
RP	Jordan Chappell	Jr.	Minot State	ND
Position Player of the Year: Dusty Stroup, Sr., Central Missouri
Pitcher of the Year: Zach Parish, Sr., Missouri Southern State