OKLAHOMA CITY – Junior catcher Yan Ely Adames became just the second player in Mid-America Christian baseball history and the first position player to earn All-Sooner Athletic Conference First Team accolades on Tuesday.

Adames helped lead the Evangels to the winningest season in program history despite the season being shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as MACU went 21-10 to achieve its best record since joining the SAC prior to the start of the 2008 campaign.

The catcher and right fielder was MACU's top bat in the lineup, slashing .385 with a .598 slugging percentage and .467 on-base percentage while ranking second on the team in home runs (5), runs batted in (31) and runs (27). Adames was also a stellar in the field, recording a .993 fielding percentage with only one error in 142 chances.

Adames is the first MACU All-SAC First Team honoree since Keisy Portorreal was named the SAC Pitcher of the Year following the 2018 campaign. Overall, the Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic native is the ninth All-SAC honoree in program history, joining Portorreal, Logan Gipson, Diego Pichardo, Jerry McNew, Wyatt Glasgow, Luis Martinez, Jeff Eubank and Adrian Bravo-Carmona.

His best game of the season came in the series opener at Bacone on Feb. 20, as Adames drove in a career-best eight RBIs after slashing 3-for-6 with two homers and three runs scored.

Behind the plate, Adames helped direct the MACU pitching to a program-best 3.53 ERA.