Five SAC Baseball Players Named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
AUSTIN, Texas | Five South Atlantic Conference student-athletes have been named to the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II baseball team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Despite the cancellation of spring competition during COVID-19, CoSIDA continued its sponsorship of the Academic All-America awards program. Student-athletes were selected based on career statistics.
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.
Headlining the selections was Tusculum's Daulton Martin on the first team, while Catawba's Jackson Raper and Carson-Newman's Tyler Thompson were both second team selections. Rounding out the honorees were third team picks Hunter Shepherd of Catawba and Tyler Adams of Lincoln Memorial.
Twenty-one of the 34 members of the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Baseball teams have at least a 3.70 GPA, with three student-athletes maintaining a perfect 4.00 GPA. The 11 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.79.
In addition to Anderson, the Academic All-America® Division II Baseball teams have four repeat performers – Jacob Buchberger (Davenport University), Chris Gambert (Bellarmine University), Nathan Mark (Rockhurst University), and Walter Pennington (Colorado School of Mines) - from last year's CoSIDA Academic All-America® teams.
FIRST TEAM
|
Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
|
P |
J.J. Niekro |
Florida Southern College |
4.00 |
Sr. |
Sports Communications & Marketing |
|
P |
Walter Pennington (2) |
Colorado School of Mines |
3.94 |
Sr. |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
C |
Chris Gambert (3) |
Bellarmine University |
3.70 |
Sr. |
Exercise Science |
|
INF |
Aaron Anderson (3) |
Flagler College |
4.00 |
Sr. |
Accounting / Business Administration |
|
INF |
Jacob Buchberger (1) |
Davenport University |
3.76 |
Sr. |
Medical Case Management |
|
INF |
Josh Finerty |
Bellarmine University |
3.90 |
Sr. |
Biology |
|
INF |
Daulton Martin |
Tusculum University |
3.53 |
Sr. |
Business Management |
|
OF |
Clayton Engel |
Drury University |
3.78 |
Sr. |
Management |
|
OF |
Riley Johnson |
Augustana University |
3.51 |
Sr. |
Mathematics |
|
OF |
Logan Soole |
Metropolitan State University of Denver |
3.96 |
Sr. |
K-12 Physical Education |
|
DH |
Derek Daly |
Colorado School of Mines |
3.62 |
Sr. |
Chemical & Biochemical Engineering |
SECOND TEAM
|
Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
|
P |
Eric Mullet |
Malone University |
3.76 |
Sr. |
Business Administration & Finance |
|
P |
Brandon Weed |
UC San Diego |
3.33 |
Sr. |
International Business |
|
C |
Spencer Bramwell |
Colorado Mesa University |
3.46 |
Jr. |
Health & Fitness Promotion |
|
INF |
Jackson Kritsch |
San Francisco State |
3.90 |
Sr. |
Accounting |
|
INF |
Nathan Mark (1) |
Rockhurst University |
3.98 |
Jr. |
History / Political Science / Theology |
|
INF |
Nathan Neff |
Concord University |
3.97 |
Sr. |
Business Administration / Accounting and Finance |
|
INF |
Jackson Raper |
Catawba College |
3.62 |
Sr. |
Accounting |
|
OF |
Manny Lopez |
University of Southern Indiana |
3.93 |
Sr. |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
OF |
Cole Swiger |
Bloomsburg University |
3.55 |
Sr. |
Finance |
|
OF |
Tyler Thompson |
Carson-Newman University |
3.53 |
Jr. |
Biology |
|
DH |
Joseph Kim |
Azusa Pacific University |
3.92 |
Sr. |
Accounting |
THIRD TEAM
|
Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
|
P |
Hunter Shepherd |
Catawba College |
3.64 |
Sr. |
Communications |
|
P |
Devin Smith |
Kentucky Wesleyan College |
3.70 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
|
C |
Dalton Robison |
Salem University |
3.79 |
Sr. |
Biology |
|
C |
Tyler Stofiel |
Chico State |
3.94 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
|
INF |
Tyler Adams |
Lincoln Memorial University |
3.44 |
Sr. |
Exercise Science |
|
INF |
Matt Clarke |
University of Colorado Colorado Springs |
3.69 |
Sr. |
Business Management |
|
INF |
Palmer Ford |
University of Alabama in Huntsville |
4.00 |
Sr. |
Biology |
|
INF |
John Mooradian |
Mercy College |
3.75 |
Sr. |
Nursing |
|
OF |
Daschal Johnson |
Northwestern Oklahoma State |
3.97/3.93 |
Gr. |
Health & Sports Science |
|
OF |
Colby Johnson |
University of Charleston |
3.33 |
Sr. |
Biology |
|
OF |
Jacob Vasquez |
St. Edward's University |
3.91 |
Sr. |
Pre-Physical Therapy |
|
DH |
Carson Mittermaier |
Ashland University |
3.32 |
Sr. |
Business Management |
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Aaron Anderson, Flagler College
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II first-team selection in 2019
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II second-team selection in 2019
(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II third-team selection in 2019