Conference Carolinas Places Five on NCBWA, D2CCA All-American Teams
MARSHALL, Minn./PEMBROKE, N.C. - The Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) have announced the 2022 Division II Baseball All-Americans and five Conference Carolinas student-athletes have been honored.
John Michael Faile of North Greenville was named First-Team All-America at catcher on both lists while teammate and 2022 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year Marek Chlup earned Second-Team All-America honors in the outfield from both organizations. Jack Casbarro of Mount Olive was named NCBWA Third-Team All-America at second base while Francis Marion first baseman Darius Nobles and UNC Pembroke outfielder Bobby Dixon earned NCBWA Honorable Mention All-America honors.
A native of Boiling Springs, South Carolina, Faile hit .414 on the season with 59 runs scored and 81 RBIs with 12 doubles and 15 home runs. He had a 1.233 OPS and drew 36 walks in helping the Crusaders to the 2022 Conference Carolinas regular season title.
Chlup, a native of Cesky Dub, Czech Republic, has hit to a .415 average with a 1.227 OPS. He has scored 57 runs and driven in 65 with 18 doubles, two triples and 11 home runs. He has stolen 25 bases and drawn 37 walks on the year.
Casbarro, who helped lead the Trojans to the 2022 Conference Carolinas Baseball Tournament Championship game, hit .345 this season with a 1.037 OPS. The Mount Olive, North Carolina native has scored 78 runs and tallied 60 RBIs with 10 doubles, two triples and 15 home runs. He also tallied 33 stolen bases.
A Greenville, North Carolina native, Nobles finished second on the Patriots with a .402 average and led the team with a 1.254 OPS with 51 runs scored and 53 RBIs. He had 12 doubles, two triples and 14 home runs on the season with 33 walks and was hit 10 times.
Dixon hit .344 for the Braves with a team-best 1.141 OPS in 54 games with 17 doubles and 15 home runs. The Clayton, North Carolina product scored 57 runs and drove in 69 with 16 walks, 18 hit-by-pitches and 13 stolen bases.
The complete NCBWA release is available here and the D2CCA release can be found
here.
NCBWA Division II All-Americans
First Team
C – John Michael Faile, North Greenville
Second Team
OF – Marek Chlup, North Greenville
D2CCA Baseball All-Americans
First Team
C – John Michael Faile, North Greenville
Second Team
OF – Marek Chlup, North Greenville
Third Team
2B – Jack Casbarro, Mount Olive
Honorable Mention
1B – Darius Nobles, Francis Marion
OF – Bobby Dixon, UNC Pembroke