Quin Cotton of the Mat-Su Miners was named the Alaska Baseball League Player of the Year, following a stellar regular season by league coaches and broadcasters Wednesday.
After finishing atop the ABL standings with a 30-14 league record, the Miners also led the five-team summer league with seven first-team members.
Cotton, a 5-foot-11 outfielder and soon-to-be sophomore at Grand Canyon University, led the league with a .331 batting average, 51 hits and 12 doubles. He also tallied 19 RBIs and hit two triples and two home runs.
Cotton also earned the Silver Slugger award and was a first-team outfielder.
Other major award winners included Todd Lott (Top Prospect, Anchorage Bucs), Jeremy Johnson (Gold Glove, Chugiak Chinooks), and Ken Hokuf (Coach of the Year, Anchorage Bucs). Hokuf coached the Bucs to a 24-20 league record and their first Mayor's Cup series title since 2014. The Mayor's Cup is an annual three-game series between the Bucs and the Anchorage Glacier Pilots.
Lott was also named a first-team outfielder. Kellen Strahm of the Oilers joined Lott and Cotton as a first-team outfielder and was also the second-team designated hitter.
The other multiple award winner was Tyler Wilburn of the Pilots. Wilburn earned recognition as a first-team relief pitcher and second-team closer.
The Pilots earned the most combined first and second team accolades with 11 (four first team, seven second team).
Alaska Baseball League first team all-league
Player of the Year
Quin Cotton, Miners
Top Prospect
Todd Lott, Bucs
Gold Glove
Jeremy Johnson, Chinooks
Silver Slugger
Quin Cotton, Miners
Coach of the Year
Ken Hokuf, Bucs
First Base
Blake Benefield, Miners
Second Base
Cody Sporrer, Bucs
Shortstop
Andre Gregory, Pilots
Third Base
Nathan Webb, Oilers
Catcher
Ryan Haug, Miners
Utility
Cuba Bess, Pilots
Outfield
Quin Cotton, Miners
Todd Lott, Bucs
Kellen Strahm, Oilers
Starting Pitcher
Raymond Kerr, Oilers
Logan Boyer, Bucs
Kyle Tyler, Pilots
John Doxakis, Miners
Spencer Henson, Miners
Relief Pitcher
Thad Ward, Miners
Andrew Kneussle, Bucs
Tyler Wilburn, Pilots
Closer
Josh Green, Miners
Designated hitter
Pete DerKay, Bucs
Second team
First Base
Ian Evans, Pilots
Second Base
Brandon Michie, Chinooks
Shortstop
Aaron Shackelford, Chinooks
Third Base
Michael Fuchs, Bucs
Catcher
Carter Bins, Pilots
Utility
David Hensley, Bucs
Outfield
Micah Pries, Chinooks
Will Brennan, Pilots
Justin Ammons, Miners
Starting Pitcher
Max Karnos, Pilots
Calvin LeBrun, Miners
Jacques Pucheu, Pilots
Mike Batten, Chinooks
Relief Pitcher
Trent Paddon, Oilers
Steve Ledesma, Pilots
Closer
Tyler Wilburn, Pilots
Designated hitter
Kellen Strahm, Oilers