Five Oilmen Earn All-NL Honors Whiting, Ind. – Aug. 4, 2023 – A trio of Northwest Indiana Oilmen pitchers and a pair of position players were recognized as the Northern League revealed its 2023 all-league team and major award winners on Friday. Randy Seymour and Kevin Denty represented the Oilmen position-player contingent on the all-league squad, while Brandon Laux, Tyler Laux and Joey Turek were all named to the All-NL Team. Seymour posted a .331 batting average, .406 on-base percentage and .516 slugging percentage this summer, while compiling a .318 average to go along with a .519 on-base percentage and .465 slugging. Turek compiled a 2.60 ERA over his nine starts, logging 52 innings while racking up 47 strikeouts against just four walks. Brandon Laux posted a 2.91 ERA in 46 1/3 innings of work while striking out 50, and his older brother Tyler’s ERA stood at 2.19 while he struck out 33 and walked eight over 37 innings. Turek was one of two unanimous All-NL choices. The Oilmen will begin the playoffs on Saturday night at 7:10 p.m. against the Southland Vikings at Oil City Stadium. 2023 NL Major Awards MVP - Dawson Willis, Elkhart County Pitcher of the Year, Nolen Vlcek, Southland Manager of the Year - Justin Huisman, Lake County 2023 All-Northern League Team Pitchers Nolen Vlcek, Southland (unanimous) Joey Turek, NWI (unanimous) Brandon Laux, NWI Tyler Laux, NWI Ryan Troxel, Lake County Conor Gausselin, Elkhart County Position Players Catcher - Ranko Stevanovic, Lake County Middle Infield - Dawson Willis (EC), Kevin Hall (LC) and Randy Seymour (NWI) Corner Infield - Bryce Lesher (EC) and Kevin Bushnell (IND) Outfield - Owen Winters (LC), Nic Altobelli (GRIF), George Bilecki (IND) and Kevin Denty (NWI) Northern League Manager of the Year History Northern League MVP History Northern League Pitcher of the Year History |