After placing a school record eight players (six first team and two honorable mention) on the 2016 All-Three Rivers Conference baseball team, the Whitko Wildcats have established yet another school record by placing three players on the Class 2A Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State Team. Junior Alex Bechtold earned first team All-State honors in the outfield. Bechtold hit .417 with six doubles, five triples, 28 runs batted in, and 11 stolen bases. With the honor, Bechtold becomes the first player in school history to make IHSBCA first-team All-State. Senior third baseman Tanner Gaff and senior outfielder Garrett Smiley both earned second-team All-State honors. Gaff hit .505 with 12 doubles, five home runs, 31 runs batted in, and 16 stolen bases. Smiley hit .316 with six doubles, four home runs, 33 runs batted in, and 15 stolen bases. Bechtold, Gaff, and Smiley join 2013 graduate Alex Stoddard (honorable mention) and 2015 graduate Zach Snep (honorable mention) as the only players in school history to make IHSBCA All-State. Head coach Erik Hisner was also named the 2016 IHSBCA District I Coach of the Year. Hisner led the Wildcats to a school-record 22 wins and their first Three Rivers Conference Championship since 1985.
