Conference Carolinas All-Conference Teams Announced For Baseball
High Point, N.C. > The Conference Carolinas All-Conference
baseball teams were determined by vote from each head coach of
participating league institutions. Nominations are collected
and then voted upon by ballot and tallied to determine Players of
the Year, Pitcher of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Coach of the
Year, All-Conference First Team, and All-Conference Second
Team. Awards will be presented at the Conference Tournament
Championships hosted by Barton College in Wilson, NC at this
weekend’s conference championship. This year’s
award winners are as follows:
Freshman of
the Year:
Allen Staton – North Greenville
Allen Staton burst onto the scene this season and made an
immediate impact. The dynamic diaper dandy stepped into a senior
laden lineup and finished the regular season with a .395 batting
average. Staton was second on the team with 15 doubles and 42 RBI.
Staton also tallied four home runs in his freshman campaign. Along
with holding down a starting spot at second base, Staton saw time
at third base while also making 11 appearances on the mound
including six starts.
Coach of the
Year:
Carl Lancaster – Mount Olive College
Carl Lancaster earns his 10th Conference Carolinas Coach of the
Year award in his 25-year coaching career at Mount Olive. Lancaster
guided Mount Olive to the East Division title for the Trojans' 11th
regular season conference championship and fifth in the last six
years. Mount Olive was ranked No. 1 in this year's first regular
season Collegiate Baseball Division II Top 30 Poll and enters this
year's Conference Carolinas Tournament as the top-ranked team in
the Collegiate Baseball Poll.
Pitcher of the
Year:
Matt Dillon – Mount Olive College
Matt Dillon enters the Conference Carolinas Tournament with an
8-0 record and a 1.60 earned run average. Dillon is one of only
nine undefeated pitchers in the nation with at least eight wins.
Dillon has recorded wins in each of his eight starts and has gone
at least seven innings in his last six starts, including a complete
game victory over Erskine and eight shutout innings against North
Greenville. Nationally top-ranked Mount Olive is 31-2 since Dillon
moved into the starting rotation March 2.
Player of the
Year:
Jacob Rogers – Mount Olive
Jacob Rogers leads the nation in runs scored and ranks in the
top 15 in home runs and runs batted in. A three-time Conference
Carolinas Player of the Week winner this season, Rogers became the
first player in Mount Olive baseball history to hit two home runs
in a game in three consecutive games. A 2011 All-American, Rogers
enters the Conference Carolinas Tournament batting .418 with 14
home runs, 53 runs batted in and 75 runs scored in 45
games.
Eastern
Division Regular Season Champions
Mount Olive College
Western
Division Regular Season Champions
Belmont Abbey College
All-Conference First Team:
Jacob Rogers, Mount Olive – 1B
Allen Staton, North Greenville – 2B
Michael Hughey, Limestone – SS
Jermaine Berry, Mount Olive – 3B
Geno Escalante, Mount Olive –
C
Nick Gaeta, Mount Olive – DH
Derek Fulmer, North Greenville – OF
Antonio Callaway, Mount Olive –
OF
Justin Vasquez, Belmont Abbey – OF
Braden Reitano, Mount Olive –
OF
Emilio Pagan, Belmont Abbey – Relief
Pitcher
Matt Dillon, Mount Olive – P
Bryan Tuttle, Pfeiffer – P
Drew Provence, North Greenville – P
Zach Smith, Mount Olive – P
Mike Mercurio, Mount Olive –
Utility
All-Conference Second Team:
Drew Willingham, Erskine – 1B
Cameron Sherrer, Mount Olive – 2B
Collins Cuthrell, Barton – SS
Stephen Mullins, King – 3B
Josh Lyon, Limestone – C
Justin Harris, Pfeiffer – DH
Will Huff, Erskine - DH
Tyler Gaby, King – OF
Chase Corn, Erskine – OF
Will Bynum, Mount Olive – OF
Markus Duckworth, North Greenville
– OF
Craig Bolton, Pfeiffer – Relief
Pitcher
Ryan Woodring, North Greenville – P
Josh White, Limestone – P
Cory Rhodes, King – P
Jake Moser, Mount Olive – P
Phillip Williams, Barton – Utility