Mitsui named Herald baseball player of the year

Trevor Mitsui
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The Everett Herald has named Shorewood senior first baseman Trevor Mitsui its area baseball player of the year.

Herald sports reporters picked Mitsui as the top player from teams in the Wesco 4A and 3A divisions, the Cascade 2A-1A Conference and the Northwest B League.

The Herald said that Mitsui’s powerful swing and patience at the plate made him “a beast in the batter's box.”

The Herald noted that Mitsui had batted .712 during his senior season to go with 13 home runs, adding that his slugging percentage (1.635) and on base percentage (.845) were No. 1 in the nation.

The Herald also named Mitsui and Shorewood senior pitcher Blake Snell to its all-area first team, along with three players from Jackson, two from Edmonds-Woodway, and others from Kamiak, Lynnwood, Lakewood, Oak Harbor and Lake Stevens.

The Herald named Shorewood pitcher Henry McAree and designated hitter Duncan Hendrickson to its all-area second team, along with two players from Snohomish, and players from Edmonds-Woodway, Mountlake Terrace, Monroe, Everett, Mariner, Oak Harbor and Cedarcrest.

Hendrickson, Mitsui, McAree, Snell and Shorewood senior infielder Connor McKeever also won spots on the all-Wesco-3A first team along with Shorecrest junior outfielder Ted Hammond, two players each from Oak Harbor and Mountlake Terrace, and players from Meadowdale, Glacier Peak; Lynnwood and Everett.

The all-Wesco-3A second team included Shorewood senior pitcher Kevin Moriarty and junior catcher Christian Heideger, along with three players each from Mountlake Terrace and Oak Harbor, two each from Everett, Glacier Peak and Lynnwood, and one player from Meadowdale.

All-Wesco-3A honorable mention went to Ben Duncan, Jeremy Edwards, Corey Sonnego and Paul Stotts from Shorewood, Henry Dickmeyer and Tim Sullivan from Shorecrest, seven players from Glacier Peak, four from Meadowdale, three each from Everett, Mountlake Terrace and Oak Harbor, and two from Lynnwood.

See the Seattle Times story on all-league baseball teams.

Shorewood won the Wesco 3A and Northwest District 3A championships before going on to finish second in the State 3A tournament.