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HICKORY – Honors continue to roll in for Lenoir-Rhyne University student-athletes.
The Bears have reported the following:
DEAN
BASEBALL
Justin Dean, a junior outfielder from Mauldin, S.C., has been selected to the All-Southeast Region second team by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA).
He led the Bears this season in batting average (.398), runs scored (59), hits (74), doubles (13), triples (seven), total bases (119), slugging percentage (.640), on-base percentage (.498) and stolen bases (14).
Dean was first-team All-SAC after starting all 49 games for LRU (27-22, 13-14). A three-year starter, he tied for the league lead in triples (seven).
The Peach Belt Conference had 16 honorees on the two teams while the South Atlantic Conference had 11 and the Conference Carolinas totaled six. The first-team selections will move on to the All-America ballot.
NCAA DIVISION II CONFERNCE COMMISSIONERS
ASOCCIATION ALL-SOUTHEAST REGIONAL BASEBALL
First team
C – MATT HONEYCUTT, MARS HILL
1B – CHANCE BOWDEN, CATAWBA
2B – SETH HARTINGS, UNC PEMBROKE
3B – TREY JACOBS, UNC PEMBROKE
SS – COLIN ALLMAN, NEWBERRY
OF – LOGAN MATTIX, GEORGIA COLLEGE
OF – CONNOR GRANT, NORTH GREENVILLE
OF – LUKE JACKSON, UNC PEMBROKE
DH – CONNOR GRAINGER, UNC PEMBROKE
SP – CHARLIE HECHT, GEORGIA COLLEGE
SP – TUCKER BURGESS, NORTH GREENVILLE
SP – ETHAN ELLIOTT, LINCOLN MEMORIAL
SP – KOLTON INGRAM, COLUMBUS STATE
RP – ZACH VENNARO, MOUNT OLIVE
UTIL/P – CHARLES HALL, TUSCULUM
UTIL – NATE SCHMAL, GEORGIA COLLEGE
Second team
C – ANDRES PEREZ, NORTH GEORGIA
1B – MATTHEW MILLER, GEORGIA COLLEGE
2B – DAULTON MARTIN, TUSCULUM
3B – DAULTON WEEKS, USC AIKEN
SS – TYLER ADAMS, LINCOLN MEMORIAL
SS – COLIN ROSENBAUM, BELMONT ABBEY
OF – LUKE CURETON, BELMONT ABBEY
OF – JUSTIN DEAN, LENOIR-RHYNE
OF – WESLEY WOMMACK, GEORGIA COLLEGE
DH – COLBY SKEEN, TUSCULUM
DH – CHRIS SALVEY, LINCOLN MEMORIAL
SP – MICHAEL LIVINGSTON, YOUNG HARRIS
SP – GERMAN REYES, MOUNT OLIVE
SP – ANTHONY BURKE, UNC PEMBROKE
SP – AUSTIN TURGEON, WINGATE
RP – PARKER MORRISON, NORTH GEORGIA
UTIL – ETHAN BAUCOM, UNC PEMBROKE
Southeast Pitcher of the Year: CHARLIE HECHT, GEORGIA COLLEGE
Southeast Player of the Year: LOGAN MATTIX, GEORGIA COLLEGE
WOMEN’S GOLF
O’CONNOR
Ainee O’Connor, a sophomore from Kent, United Kingdom with a 4.0 grade point average, has been selected to the Google Cloud Academic All-District® III Women’s At-Large Team as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
She is majoring in economics, German and French.
The at-large team is for student-athletes in these conferences: Carolinas, Peach Belt, South Atlantic.
O’Connor was second-team All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) last season, leading the Bears to a postseason NCAA Division II bid for the first time in 15 years.
The All-America program recognizes top student-athletes in all three levels of NCAA competition and also includes all NAIA, Canadian, two-year schools and other affiliations.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
FLUECK
Ines Flueck, a senior goalkeeper from Coppell, Tex., and the SAC Player of the Year, has been named to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Associaiton (IWLCA) NCAA Division II All-South Region second team.
She led the Bears (9-10, 8-0) to their first SAC regular-season title.
Flueck was 9-8 with a 11.20 goal-against average and 148 saves, and she is the Bears’ all-time leader in stops with 606.
The IWLCA has honored 128 student-athletes in Division II with a selection to one of the All-Region teams for 2018. These student-athletes are now eligible to be named to a national IWLCA All-American team.
- Reported by LRU Sports Information