May 23, 2011

By Jason Clay
SIUSalukis.com

OMAHA, Neb. - Left-handed pitcher Cody Forsythe (Golden Eagles 2011) and outfielder Jordan Sivertsen of the Southern Illinois baseball team were named to the 2011 All-Missouri Valley Conference baseball teams that were announced Monday evening at the pre-tournament banquet.

Forsythe, a sophomore, was voted first team All-MVC while Sivertsen, a junior, was selected to the second team.

Forsythe went 8-4 in the regular season with a league-leading 2.08 ERA and 99.1 innings pitched. His six wins in conference play led the league and he only walked 10 batters all season. He becomes SIU's first starting pitcher since P.J. Finigan, Southern's current pitching coach, in 2005 to be named first team All-Conference.

Sivertsen's second team nod is his first All-Conference selection in his career. It comes after a breakout season for the 6-2, 203-pound product out of Richmond, Ill. He led SIU with 48 RBIs and nine home runs while his .306 batting average was up 76 points from his career average entering the year.

The Salukis (22-32, 11-9 MVC) are the No. 5 seed at the MVC Tournament and face fourth-seeded Missouri State on Tuesday at TD Ameritrade Park at 4 p.m.