2021 ALL-GAC BASEBALL TEAMS

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — Henderson State had four players named to the 2021 All-Great American Conference baseball teams on Thursday.

Junior pitcher Spencer Taack earned First Team honors, senior outfielder Danny Mitchell Jr. was selected to the Second Team, and senior shortstop Joe Myers and senior reliever Taylor Langston garnered Honorable Mention recognition.

Taack, a right-hander from Dallas, Texas, capped off a break-out season by joining Bryant Haralson and Brittain Diamond as just the third HSU starting pitcher to be named to the GAC First Team. Taack boasts a 4.30 ERA and 6-1 record this season in 58.2 innings pitched. He has struck out 63 batters and walked just 18. Henderson is 9-2 in games Taack has started this year and he has not lost a start since his season debut on Feb. 12 against Southern Arkansas.

Mitchell Jr., from North Little Rock, Arkansas, earned the second All-GAC nod of his career and was slotted onto the league's Second Team. The talented outfielder has a .289 batting average this season to go along with 43 hits, 26 RBIs, six home runs and a team-high 11 stolen bases. Mitchell Jr. has thrived since moving to the leadoff spot in the lineup for the Reddies and has hit .381 in the last month of the year.

Myers, a fifth-year starter from Little Rock, Arkansas, was named Honorable Mention All-GAC at shortstop. Myers has had the best season of his career for the Reddies and has racked up 48 RBIs, 11 home runs and 43 runs scored behind a .290 batting average and .600 slugging percentage. A proven big bat in the lineup for HSU, Myers has an OPS of 1.013 and ranks third in the GAC in RBIs, eighth in runs scored and ninth in home runs.

Langston, from El Dorado, Arkansas, was selected to the Honorable Mention All-GAC Team as a reliever — the second All-GAC honor of his career. A 2018 All-American, Langston has put together another strong campaign this season for the Reddies and carries a 1.19 ERA in 22.2 innings of relief. The big right-hander has struck out 33 batters, walked just two and earned two saves and three wins for HSU this year. He has not walked a batter in his last 19 innings pitched and has surrendered just 10 earned runs in his entire three-year playing career at Henderson.

The No. 7 seed Reddies (23-17, 18-15) open GAC Tournament play tomorrow at 6 p.m. when they travel to Magnolia, Arkansas to face No. 2 seed Southern Arkansas in the league quarterfinals.