NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State baseball team's battery was all-conference worthy in 2022.
 
Sophomore catcher Bo Willis and junior right-handed pitcher Johnathan Harmon were named first-team All-Southland Conference on Tuesday, the Demons' top two representatives on the three all-conference teams, which were voted on by league coaches and sports information directors.
 
Willis and Harmon were two of four Demons who earned all-conference honors. Joining that pair were second-team pitcher Cal Carver and third-team second baseman Daunte Stuart, both of whom made an all-conference team for the second straight season.
 
Harmon, a sophomore right-hander from Hornbeck, led the Southland Conference in starters' ERA, pitching to a 3.04 mark while posting a 5-5 record as the Demons' No. 2 starter throughout the season.
 
The No. 1 Major League Baseball Draft prospect according to D1Baseball.com, Harmon tied for the conference lead with a pair of complete games, going the distance in wins at New Orleans on March 26 and against Houston Baptist on April 23. Harmon shared the team lead with five wins and ranked second in innings (77, third in the conference) despite missing his final regular-season start.
 
Willis, a Weatherford College transfer, finished his first season in a Northwestern State uniform with a flourish, going 14-for-28 with three doubles, four home runs and 14 RBIs in a seven-game stretch from May 6-14.
 
He shared the team lead in home runs (11) with Jeffrey Elkins and paced the Demons with 45 RBIs, the most by a Demon hitter since David Fry's 55 in 2018. Willis' 11 home runs are tied for second in the Southland while his RBI total places him sixth. Willis' .536 slugging percentage was good for eighth in the conference.
 
Carver, a junior from San Antonio, Texas, led the Southland Conference in fewest walks per nine innings (1.98) and in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.18) while ranking second in strikeouts (71) and eighth in ERA (4.31). A repeat second-team selection, Carver's 77 1-3 innings pitched ranked second in the league as well.

Stuart, a sophomore from The Woodlands, Texas, repeated as an all-conference selection after making the second team as a freshman. Stuart was Northwestern State's leading hitter (.290) for the second straight season and finished eighth in the Southland in sacrifice flies (4) and 10^th in hits (58).
 
Elkins, a junior left fielder, earned inclusion on the All-Defensive team after handling 100 chances (97 putouts, three assists) without committing an error.
 
Northwestern State travels to LSU tonight at 6:30 for their final regular-season game before opening Southland Conference Tournament play at 1 p.m. Thursday against No. 4 seed Nicholls in Lake Charles.
 
2022 All-Southland Conference First Team

Pos.	Name	School	Cl.	Hometown
1B	Preston Faulkner2	Southeastern	Gr.	Denham Springs, La.
2B	Amani Larry	New Orleans	So.	Bossier City, La.
3B	Josh Leslie	McNeese	R-Jr.	Kenosha, Wis.
SS	Grant Smith	UIW	Jr.	Albuquerque, N.M.
C	Bo Willis	Northwestern State	So.	Magnolia, Texas
DH	Tre Jones	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	So.	Houston, Texas
OF	Payton Harden2	McNeese	R-Jr.	Atascocita, Texas
OF	Pearce Howard2	New Orleans	Sr.	Silver Spring, Md.
OF	Brendan Ryan	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Jr.	Leawood, Kan.
SP	Johnathan Harmon	Northwestern State	So.	Hornbeck, La.
SP	Grant Rogers	McNeese	R-So.	Groves, Texas
SP	Tyler Theriot	Nicholls	Jr.	Brusly, La.
RP	Cameron Foster	McNeese	R-Sr.	Houston, Texas
U	Alec Carr	UIW	Jr.	Sugar Land, Texas

 
2022 All-Southland Conference Second Team

Pos.	Name	School	Cl.	Hometown
1B	Steven Rivera-Chijin	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Sr.	Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
2B	Brad Burckel	McNeese	R-Jr.	Lindale, Texas
3B	Roberto Gonzalez	UIW	Jr.	Houston, Texas
SS	Reid Bourque	McNeese	R-Sr.	Moss Bluff, La.
C	Bryce Grizzaffi	Southeastern	Jr.	Morgan City, La.
DH	Alec Paz	Nicholls	Gr.	Dallas, Texas
OF	Braden Duhon	McNeese	R-So.	Moss Bluff, La.
OF	Xane Washington	Nicholls	R-Jr.	Houma, La.
OF	Issac Williams	New Orleans	So.	Alexandria, La.
SP	Cal Carver2	Northwestern State	Jr.	San Antonio, Texas
SP	Zach Garcia	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Fr.	New Braunfels, Texas
SP	Will Kinzeler	Southeastern	So.	Covington, La.
RP	Andrew Reitmeyer	HBU	Sr.	Carlsbad, Calif.
U	Kade Morris	McNeese	R-Sr.	Alvin, Texas

 
2022 All-Southland Conference Third Team

Pos.	Name	School	Cl.	Hometown
1B	Edgar Alvarez	Nicholls	So.	Orlando, Fla.
2B	Daunte Stuart2	Northwestern State	So.	The Woodlands, Texas
3B	Kasten Furr2	New Orleans	So.	Ruston, La.
SS	Parker Coddou	Nicholls	So.	Thibodaux, La.
C	Miguel Useche	New Orleans	So.	Caracas, Venezuela
DH	Kade Hunter	McNeese	R-So.	Comfort, Texas
OF	Josh Caraway	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	So.	Roanoke, Texas
OF	Wilson Ehrhardt	UIW	Sr.	Katy, Texas
OF	Austin Roccaforte	HBU	Jr.	Tomball, Texas
SP	Devin Desandro	Nicholls	So.	Thibodaux, La.
SP	Michael Garza	UIW	Sr.	Corpus Christi, Texas
SP	Tyler LeBlanc	New Orleans	So.	Lafayette, La.
RP	Gage Trahan	Southeastern	Gr.	Maurice, La.
U	Jake Miller	HBU	Sr.	Round Rock, Texas

 
2-Two time All-Southland Conference selection