College Baseball: UCI’s Sparks, Morales all-region

UC Irvine third baseman Taylor Sparks and pitcher Andrew Morales were both named second-team All-West Region by the American Baseball Coaches Assn.

In addition, Sparks was named a West Region Gold Glove winner.

Sparks, a sophomore in 2013, shared Big West Conference Field Player of the Year honors and was a third-team All-American. He hit .360 with 10 home runs and 50 runs batted in.

Morales, a junior in 2013, was 10-0 with a 1.89 earned-run average and was second-team All-American.

— From staff reports