Ten SAC Baseball Players Named to D2 CCA All-Southeast Region Team, Newberry's Marine and Wingate's Farris Named Region Player and Pitcher of the Year

May 25, 2023

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) - Ten South Atlantic Conference baseball players were named to the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2 CCA) All-Southeast Region baseball team. Neweberry's Braylin Marine was named the region's Player of the Year, while Wingate's Mitch Farris was named the Pitcher of the Year.

Marine, the SAC Player of the Year, hit .406 with five home runs, 70 RBIs and 75 runs scored, also stealing 42 bases on the way. He ranks 11th in the nation in hits, 13th in runs, and eighth in stolen bases.

Farris, the SAC Pitcher of the Year, owns a 12-1 record in his 14 appearances, posting a blistering 1.10 ERA and 136 strikeouts in his 98 innings. He ranks second in the nation in ERA, first with 3.94 hits/nine innings, second in strikeouts, and first with a 0.62 WHIP.

Newberry led the way with five all-region selections, while Wingate and Lenoir-Rhyne had two each and Tusculum had one.

FIRST TEAM

*Pos.* SP	*Name* Mitch Farris	*School* Wingate University	*Yr.* Jr.	*Conf.* SAC
SP	Nick McCollum	Georgia Southwestern	Jr.	PBC
SP	Bennett Roemer	Newberry College	Fr.	SAC
SP	Nate Lamb	Young Harris College	Jr.	PBC
RP	Johnny Hummel	Erskine College	Sr.	CC
C	Garrett Browder	Belmont Abbey College	Jr.	CC
1B	Dale Francis, Jr.	Erskine College	So.	CC
2B	Ashby Smith	Erskine College	Sr.	CC
3B	Christian Ortega	Tusculum University	Sr.	SAC
SS	Braylin Marine	Newberry College	Sr.	SAC

OF	Donovan Ford	Newberry College	So.	SAC
OF	Christian Jayne	UNC Pembroke	Sr.	CC
OF	Derek Wylie	Columbus State University	Jr.	PBC
DH	Christian Rivera	Erskine College	Jr.	CC
UT/P	Tanner Halvorson	Barton College	Jr.	CC
UT	Seaver King	Wingate University	So.	SAC

SECOND TEAM

SP SP	Rijnaldo Euson Drew Moore	Georgia Southwestern King University	So. Sr.	PBC CC
SP	Tyler Chinpire	Newberry College	So.	SAC
SP	Alex Sniffen	Belmont Abbey College	Jr.	CC
RP	Dylan Wilhelm	USC Aiken	So.	PBC
C	Rhett Jolly	Newberry College	Jr.	SAC
1B	Jeremy Begora	Young Harris College	So.	PBC
2B	Ethan Underwood	Young Harris College	Sr.	PBC
3B	Steven Spell	Young Harris College	Sr.	PBC
SS	Drew Bray	Young Harris College	Fr.	PBC
OF	Blake Bean	Lenoir-Rhyne University	Sr.	SAC
OF	Will Hardee	Francis Marion University	Sr.	CC
OF	Landon Choboy	University of Mount Olive	Sr.	CC
DH	Sal Carricato	Lenoir-Rhyne University	So.	SAC
UT/P	Trent Harris	UNC Pembroke	Sr.	CC
UT	Jack Casbarro	University of Mount Olive	Sr.	CC