Six Jamestown Community College baseball players received All-WNYAC recognition for their spring seasons. Pictured top, from left, are First Teamers Bryce Jackson, Yordangel Gonzalez and Nate Johnson. Pictured bottom, from left, are Second Teamers Wyatt Hennessy, Billy Harmon and Ayden Reagle. Photos by Austin Lindell

SANBORN — The Western New York Athletic Conference has announced the 2022 All-WNYAC baseball teams with six Jamestown Community College players receiving honors.

For the Jayhawks, redshirt-freshman pitcher Bryce Jackson (Jamestown, N.Y./Jamestown HS), redshirt-freshman first baseman Yordangel Gonzalez (Miami/Miami Jackson Senior HS), and shortstop/pitcher Nate Johnson (Lakewood, N.Y./Southwestern HS) all received First Team All-WNYAC honors. Outfielders Wyatt Hennessy (Mukwonago, Wisconsin/Mukwonago HS), Billy Harmon (Racine, Ohio/Southern Local HS) and Ayden Reagle (Bemus Point, N.Y./Maple Grove HS) received Second Team honors.

Jackson was once again the go-to man on the mound, accumulating a record of 4-4 in nine appearances including one save. He had an earned run average of 2.23 and struck out 57, good for 11.57 strikeouts per nine innings. Jackson’s ERA dropped 0.47 from a year ago while also giving up fewer runs, earned runs and bases on balls.

Jackson eclipsed the 100-strikeout mark for his career, striking out a career-high 13 batters in a 7-0 season-opening win against Westmoreland County CC. Jackson’s performance earned him the NJCAA Region 3 Player of the Week. He had one other double-digit strikeout performance on the season, striking out 12 Onondaga CC batters to get the win in a 1-0 game.

Another highlight on the season for Jackson came in a crazy 13-12 win over SUNY Broome CC, coming into the game in the top of the seventh inning for the save opportunity. The right-hander shut down the Hornets offense and struck out two to preserve the victory.

Gonzalez took a big jump this season at the plate, collecting 36 hits, 17 extra-base hits, a batting average of .356 and an on-base-plus slugging percentage of 1.029 while driving in 27 runs. He put together five games where he had three hits. At Tompkins Cortland CC, Gonzalez went 3 for 3 in Game 2, including a home run, and drove in a season-high four runs.

Gonzalez was also a solid first baseman on the defensive side, collecting 149 putouts on 156 attempts for a fielding percentage of .974.

Johnson was stellar at the plate in the leadoff roll, collecting a team-high 38 hits, 17 extra-base hits, hitting .388 and an on-base-plus slugging percentage of 1.074. He had a career-high four hits against Finger Lakes CC, including three doubles in Game 2 on April 24.

On the mound, Johnson saw action in eight games where he picked up one win and one save. Johnson struck out 14 batters on the season.

Hennessy was a nice combo of power and speed, collecting 25 hits including 14 extra-base hits, a .281 batting average and a .922 on-base-plus slugging percentage while also driving in 22 runs. He had a monster game in a wild 13-12 win over SUNY Broome CC in the second game of a doubleheader, going 4 for 5 and driving in seven runs to help ignite the Jayhawks offense.

Later that season against the Hornets, Hennessy went 3 for 5, including two home runs, in the first game of a doubleheader. In the field, Hennessy had a fielding percentage of .953 with 37 putouts on 43 attempts.

Harmon was a do-everything player this season for the Jayhawks, seeing action in the outfield, on the mound and some behind the plate. He also saw his numbers take a jump from a year ago, collecting 23 hits, six doubles, a batting average of .295, an on-base-plus slugging of .790 while driving in 15 runs.

Harmon had a season-high three hits in three different games while also having a season-high three RBIs in the season opener against Westmoreland County CC.

On the mound, Harmon had a record of 2-3 while striking out 13 batters. In the field, he had 25 putouts on 33 attempts for a fielding percentage of .909.

Like the rest of the group, Reagle saw his numbers improve exponentially in his second season with the Jayhawks. He had 23 hits, had a batting average of .324 and an on-base-plus slugging of .776.

Reagle had two hits in seven different games on the year to go along with a season-high two RBIs in Game 2 of a doubleheader at SUNY Broome CC. In the field, Reagle was a solid as they come with 42 putouts on 44 attempts for a fielding percentage of .955.