Four Lions Earn SAC Baseball Honors

ROCK HILL, S.C. - Four Mars Hill players have earned South Atlantic Conference baseball postseason honors, announced on Wednesday by the league office. Infielder Evan Rogers and pitcher Caleb Edwards were named to the All-SAC team, while infielder Dalton Eisenbath and outfielder Tommy Scala earned spots on the SAC Gold Glove team.

Rogers was named All-SAC Second Team following a sophomore season where he led the team with a .324 batting average, 32 runs scored and 57 hits. Rogers led Mars Hill with 17 multi-hit games and had a 10-game hitting streak.

Edwards was named All-SAC Honorable Mention. Edwards won a team-high six games with a 3.12 ERA. In his final start of the season on Friday, Edwards scattered five hits over seven innings while allowing one run with nine strikeouts in a 4-3 victory over Tusculum. Edwards was named the NCBWA Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week and SAC Pitcher of the Week following a complete game, six-hit performance against Carson-Newman on March 8 in which he struck out eight batters.

Eisenbath started all 45 games at first base for the Lions and made 307 putouts, fourth-highest in the SAC. Eisenbath made one error in 328 chances and had a .997 fielding percentage.

Scala started in 38 games in center field, making 95 putouts with just one error for a .990 fielding percentage. Scala also recorded six assists.

Lincoln Memorial's Josh Coker was named the SAC Player of the Year, with Catawba's Craig Brooks receiving Pitcher of the Year honors. Catawba's Jim Gantt and Wingate's Jeff Gregory shared SAC Coach of the Year accolades.

The complete All-SAC team is listed below

All-SAC First Team

C – Jonathan Zalud, Anderson

1B – Steven Cooper, Anderson

2B – Brantley Rumford, Lenoir-Rhyne

SS – Craig Brooks, Catawba

3B – Ryan Cranmer, Newberry

OF – Ivan Vieitez, Lenoir-Rhyne

OF – Josh Coker, Lincoln Memorial

OF – Nate Galliford, Anderson

DH – T.J. Wharton, Catawba

SP – Craig Brooks, Tusculum

SP – Olen Little, Wingate

SP – Shaefer Shepard, Catawba

RP – Ryan McClintock, Catawba

All-SAC Second Team

C – Josh Clark, Wingate

1B – Kelvin Brito, Lincoln Memorial

2B – Vinny Ferrara, Tusculum

2B – Jean Rodriguez, Lincoln Memorial

SS – Evan Rogers, Mars Hill

3B – T.J. Giczkowski, Coker

OF – Bo Ausmus, Carson-Newman

OF – Eric Serra, Wingate

OF – Keaton Hawks, Catawba

DH – Taylor Foster, Tusculum

SP – Ben Currie, Wingate

SP – Wesley Camp, Newberry

SP – Jake Nidiffer, Newberry

RP – Josh Coker, Lincoln Memorial

All-SAC Honorable Mention

C – Kyle Floyd, Lincoln Memorial

1B – Paul Kronenfeld, Catawba

SS – Michael Godinez, Wingate

3B – John Topoleski, Tusculum

OF – Blake Houston, Catawba

OF – Ernie Kirkwood, Coker

OF – Alex Kirby, Newberry

DH – Eric Barbieri, Newberry

SP – Cole Cromer, Newberry

SP – Landon Beck, Anderson

SP – Caleb Edwards, Mars Hill

RP – Daniel Nations, Newberry

SAC Gold Glove Team

C – Jonathan Zalud, Anderson

1B – Dalton Eisenbath, Mars Hill

2B – Julio Zubillaga, Catawba

SS – Brett Cash, Anderson

3B – John Topoleski, Tusculum

OF – Tommy Scala, Mars Hill

OF – Alex Kirby, Newberry

OF – Bo Ausmus, Carson-Newman

P – Wesley Camp, Newberry

SAC Player of the Year: Josh Coker, Lincoln Memorial

SAC Pitcher of the Year: Craig Brooks, Catawba

SAC Freshman of the Year: Shaefer Shepard, Catawba

SAC Co-Coaches of the Year: Jim Gantt, Catawba/Jeff Gregory, Wingate