ST LOUIS – Five players from three Missouri Valley Conference baseball squads were named to the Ping! Baseball All-America list. Creighton’s Pat Venditte and Ben Mancuso, Wichita State’s Aaron Shafer. Conor Gillaspie and Rob Musgrave and Southern Illinois’ Bryant George were included.

Venditte, last season’s MVC Tournament MVP, and Mancuso, last year’s MVC Pitcher of the Year, earned first and third-team honors, respectively. Shafer and Gillaspie were named to the second team, Musgrave to the third team and George named “For Your Consideration.”

Ping! Baseball also ranked Wichita State 12^th and Creighton 25^th in its annual preseason rankings.

For more information and complete rankings, visit Ping! Baseball’s website at www.pingbaseball.com