Rogers, Edwards Earn Preseason All-SAC Honors
Juniors Evan Rogers and Caleb Edwards were named to the All-SAC preseason second team while the Mars Hill baseball team was picked to finish in ninth place in a poll of the league’s coaches.
ROCK HILL, S.C.- Juniors Evan Rogers and Caleb Edwards were named to the All-SAC preseason second team while the Mars Hill baseball team was picked to finish in ninth place in a poll of the league's coaches.
Mars Hill earned 49 points, eight points behind eighth place Lenoir-Rhyne and four points higher than tenth place Coker. Catawba topped the poll with 119 points and nine of 11 first place votes.
Rogers, the second team shortstop selection, batted .324 with a team-leading 57 hits and 32 runs scored along with nine doubles, two triples and six home runs in 2014. He led the Lions with 17 multi-hit games and had a 10-game hitting streak and made the All-SAC second team a year ago.
Edwards , a second team choice as a starting pitcher, went 6-4 in 2014 while earning Honorable Mention accolades. 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.
In 2014, the Lions went 18-27 overall and 11-15 in the league to finish in seventh place.
Mars Hill begins the 2015 season on Saturday at Winston-Salem State. Game one of the doubleheader between the Lions and Rams is scheduled to begin at 1 p .m.
Baseball
Rk Team (first-place votes) Points
1. Catawba (9) 119
2. Wingate (1) 109
3. Tusculum (1) 95
4. Newberry 94
5. Lincoln Memorial 93
6. Carson-Newman 72
7. Anderson 58
8. Lenoir-Rhyne 57
9. Mars Hill 49
10. Coker 45
11. Brevard 34
All-SAC First Team
C – Josh Clark, Wingate
1B – Steven Cooper, Anderson
2B – Brantley Rumford, Lenoir-Rhyne
SS – Craig Brooks, Catawba
3B – Albert Baur, Newberry
OF – Ivan Vieitez, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF – Bo Ausmus, Carson-Newman
OF – Thomas Spitz, Wingate
DH – T.J. Wharton, Catawba
SP – Craig Brooks, Catawba
SP – Wesley Camp, Newberry
SP – Shaefer Shepard, Catawba
RP – Ryan McClintock, Catawba
All-SAC Second Team
C – Kyle Floyd, Lincoln Memorial
1B – Kelvin Brito, Lincoln Memorial
2B – Vinny Ferrara, Tusculum
2B – Jean Rodriguez, Lincoln Memorial
SS – Evan Rogers, Mars Hill
3B – John Topoleski, Tusculum
OF – Blake Houston, Catawba
OF – Alex Kirby, Newberry
OF – Johnathan Lowe, Lincoln Memorial
DH – Cody Andreychuck, Tusculum
SP – Cole Cromer, Newberry
SP – Caleb Edwards, Mars Hill
SP – Brandon Donahue, Wingate
RP – Daniel Nations, Newberry
