Thursday, May 8, 2008

MORROW BROTHERS EARN ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT HONORS

Dustin Morrow	Boo Morrow

BRISTOL, Conn. --- Tusculum College’s Dustin and Boo Morrow have been named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District IV College Division Baseball Team announced College officials Thursday. Dustin, a senior first baseman, was named to the Academic All-District First Team, while Boo, a junior right-handed pitcher, earned Second Team recognition.

Dustin advances to the Academic All-America® ballot, which will be announced later this month. The Morrows, natives of Lexington, Ky. (Paul Dunbar HS), become the first brother combination in school history to be named to the Academic All-District Team.

Dustin has accumulated a 3.94 cumulative grade point average, while majoring in Secondary Math Education. This is the second straight year Dustin has been named to the Academic All-District team, earning Second Team honors in 2007. He was named the 2008 South Atlantic Conference Scholar Athlete for Baseball and was named to the All-Conference First Team. Morrow was named the 2008 recipient of the Duffield Award, which is presented to the Tusculum student-athlete with the highest GPA.

Dustin, who has been injured for over a month, is boasting a .373 batting average, including seven doubles, four home runs and 22 RBI. His 662 career putouts are the fourth most in school history, while his .985 career fielding percentage is eight all-time.

He has been a member of three teams that have advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament (2005, 2007, 2008), including this year as the Pioneers are 40-13 and ranked No. 14 in the nation.

Boo has a 3.28 GPA while majoring in Sports Management and has emerged as the ace of the Tusculum pitching staff. The 2008 All-SAC First Team honoree has a perfect 7-0 record this season with a 1.87 earned run average, which is 17^th in the nation. The SAC All-Tournament standout has recorded 60 strikeouts, while tossing two complete games, including a shutout. He is also 11-0 for his career at Tusculum.

Tusculum is completing its final preparations for next week’s NCAA South Regional. The Pioneers are playing a pair of exhibition games against top-ranked Mount Olive on Thursday in Salisbury, N.C. TC will host No. 22 West Virginia State on Sunday at 2 p.m. from Pioneer Park.

Members of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team are selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, which include all colleges and universities from Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Ohio and Michigan which comprise District IV.

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