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2009 Baseball All Stars

The West Michigan All Stars is a sport-specific team, consisting of the best-of-the-best players from around West Michigan, as determined by you, the voters.

Unlike the annual newspaper awards and All-Star teams, the fans get a say in which of the many outstanding players around West Michigan make the cut.  You decided which players advance from local standout athlete, to West Michigan All Star.

And, after almost 3,000 total votes, the 2009 West Michigan All Star Baseball team has been decided…

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Pitching:

  • Josh Drake — Lowell
  • Zach Stephens — Lowell

Infield:

  • Kyle VanderArk — Forest Hills Central
  • Derek Dennis — Forest Hills Central
  • Torsten Boss — Lowell
  • Sam Rasmussen — Forest Hills Central
  • Brandon “Keebs” Erhart — Rockford

Outfield:

  • Ben Wilner — Forest Hills Central
  • Jordan Keur — Hudsonville
  • Jon Brand — West Ottawa

2009 West Michigan Baseball All Stars Honorable Mention

Pitching:

  • Alex Lakatos — Forest Hills Central
  • Mick VanVossen — Forest Hills Central

Infield:

  • Shane Street — Rockford
  • Jordan Zylstra — Grand Rapids Christian
  • Mike Parsell — Rockford
  • Chris Blair — East Grand Rapids
  • Zach Johnson — Grandville

Outfield:

  • Christian Leinesch — Rockford
  • Dan Russell — Grandville
  • Brandon Block — East Kentwood

[VOTING]

Pitchers (Select Two)

  • Josh Drake - Lowell (35%, 337 Votes)
  • Zach Stephens - Lowell (33%, 318 Votes)
  • Alex Lakatos – Forest Hills Central (33%, 312 Votes)
  • Mick VanVossen – Forest Hills Central (26%, 249 Votes)
  • Jon Lodden – Rockford (12%, 114 Votes)
  • Jerry Ferris – Jenison (11%, 104 Votes)
  • Eric Zylstra - East Kentwood (5%, 45 Votes)
  • Kyle Bobolts – Thornapple-Kellogg (3%, 33 Votes)
  • Stephen Flood – Grandville (3%, 31 Votes)
  • Mike Penny – Catholic Central (3%, 30 Votes)
  • Zach Smith – West Catholic (3%, 28 Votes)
  • Austin Goodyke – Calvin Christian (3%, 27 Votes)
  • Brenden Bender – Grandville (3%, 27 Votes)
  • Joe Hankins – Kenowa Hills (-73%, 23 Votes)

Total Voters: 959

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Infielders (Select Five)

  • Kyle VanderArk – Forest Hills Central (41%, 438 Votes)
  • Derek Dennis – Forest Hills Central (38%, 401 Votes)
  • Torsten Boss - Lowell (37%, 389 Votes)
  • Sam Rasmussen – Forest Hills Central (23%, 244 Votes)
  • Keebs Erhart – Rockford (16%, 174 Votes)
  • Shane Street – Rockford (14%, 152 Votes)
  • Jordan Zylstra – Grand Rapids Christian (14%, 146 Votes)
  • Mike Parsell – Rockford (10%, 104 Votes)
  • Chris Blair – East Grand Rapids (10%, 102 Votes)
  • Zach Johnson – Grandville (9%, 100 Votes)
  • Christian Prince – Hudsonville (9%, 95 Votes)
  • Korey Bauswell – Hudsonville (9%, 95 Votes)
  • Scott VandenBosch – Calvin Christian (8%, 89 Votes)
  • Steve VandenBosch – Calvin Christian (8%, 87 Votes)
  • Ryan Elble – East Grand Rapids (8%, 85 Votes)
  • Kenny Davis – Lee (-154%, 75 Votes)

Total Voters: 1,057

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Outfielders (Select Three)

  • Ben Wilner - Forest Hills Central (46%, 406 Votes)
  • Torsten Boss – Lowell (41%, 364 Votes)
  • Jordan Keur – Hudsonville (21%, 189 Votes)
  • Jon Brand – West Ottawa (16%, 142 Votes)
  • Christian Lienesch – Rockford (15%, 134 Votes)
  • Dan Russell – Grandville (14%, 124 Votes)
  • Brandon Block – East Kentwood (11%, 100 Votes)
  • Cody Westerhuis – Allendale (-64%, 89 Votes)

Total Voters: 892

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