Four Lions Earn SAC Baseball Honors
Four Mars Hill players have earned South Atlantic Conference baseball postseason honors. 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.
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
