Byrne, a Hutt Valley shortstop, and Enoka, an Auckland outfielder, were two of the top players when the Black Sox won a record sixth world championship title on homesoil in March this year.
The pair, who are expected to be key men in the next campaign under new head coach Mark Sorenson, continued their form at the International Softball Congress tournament in Illinois. They were selected in the first tournament All-Star team alongside former Black Sox great Travis Wilson and ex-New Zealand international Karl Gollan.
Black Sox infielder Nathan Nukunuku and Wellington shortstop Jerome Raemaki made the second tournament team.Â
Byrne's New York Gremlins team advanced to the championship final but lost 1-0 in a 10th inning tiebreaker to Canadian club Hill United Chiefs spearheaded by Australian pitcher Adam Folkard.Â
Folkard, who took 22 strikeouts in the final, underlined his reputation as the best pitcher in the world by equalling a 49-year-old record for pitching the most consecutive no-hit innings (18 2/3) at the ISC tournament.
He gave up only two hits in the final, one to Black Sox slugger Wayne Laulu (Wellington).
Wilson, who won a world championship with the Black Sox in 1996 before embarking on an eight-year professional baseball career, won the tournament RBI (runs batted in) award.Â
The 36-year-old Cantabrian, now a professional softball coach at Florida State University, batted in eight runs as the New York Gremlins' designated hitter.
