Tuesday, May 27, 2008

 

DUSTIN MORROW NAMED BASEBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA®

 

Dustin Morrow                NOTRE DAME, Ind. --- Tusculum College first baseman Dustin Morrow has been named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® College Division Baseball First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

 

                Morrow becomes the second player in the program’s history to earn Academic All-America® recognition, but the first to garner First Team honors.  He is also the eighth Tusculum student-athlete since 2000 to be named an Academic All-American®, but only the second to be a First Teamer.  Women’s soccer standout Denise Fliesser earned Academic All-America® First Team accolades twice in 2004 and 2005.

 

                Morrow, a native of Lexington, Ky., graduated from Tusculum earlier this month with a cumulative grade point average of 3.94 in Secondary Math Education.  He posted a .373 batting average in a season that was halted midway due to an injury suffered against Carson-Newman in March.  The two-time All-South Atlantic Conference selection posted seven doubles, four home runs and 22 RBI.  For his efforts, he was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association’s Division II All-South Region Second Team.

 

                He wrapped up his Tusculum career with 662 career put outs, which are the fourth most in school history, while his .985 career fielding percentage is ranked in the top 10 in the TC record book. 

 

                The two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection was named the 2008 SAC Scholar Athlete for Baseball, becoming the fifth Pioneer in the last eight years to earn this prestigious honor.

 

                The Pioneers posted a 41-15 record in 2008 and are currently ranked 30th in the nation.  Tusculum advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year and the fourth time in the last six seasons.  The Pioneers earned their way into the national postseason by winning the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament.

                                   

                To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.  Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America® honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.

 

- TC –

 

2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Baseball Team

College Division

First Team

Pos.

Name

School

P

Christopher Mock

Greensboro

P

Tyler Whitaker

Rogers State

C

Jason Sherrer

Mount Olive

IF

Bryan Cook

Nova Southeastern

IF

Dustin Walls

Incarnate Word

IF

Jared Thoele

Illinois College

IF

Dustin Morrow

Tusculum

OF

Gabe MacDougall

Lynn

OF

Andrew Frezza

Barry

OF

Rob Pietroforte

Johns Hopkins

DH

Robby Finnell

Univ. of the Ozarks

Second Team

P

Jason Decker

Mt. Vernon Nazarene

P

Ryan Kealy

Johns Hopkins

P

James Clear

Denison

C

Ryan Tryt

Rochester Inst. Tech.

IF

Brandon Mauck

Otterbein

IF

Cory Clark

Nova Southeastern

IF

Brent Voorhees

McMurry

IF

William Kropp

New Jersey

OF

Brian Majors

Emporia State

OF

David Nypaver

Thiel

OF

Shane Wolf

Ithaca

DH

Dan Kozloski

Regis

Third Team

P

Michael Matsui

Rose-Hulman

C

Tony Petulla

Penn State-Altoona

IF

Daniel Poindexter

Greensboro

IF

Jonas Fester

Johns Hopkins

IF

Justin Champagne

Scranton

IF

Neal Allar

Amherst

OF

Richard Hurd

Rhodes

OF

Dan Morrison

Thiel

OF

Cody Kidd

Baldwin-Wallace

DH

Mike Broccolino

St. Mary’s (Md.)

Academic All-America of the Year: Gabe MacDougall, Lynn