BRISTOL, Conn. -- Senior centerfielder Derek Hipp has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District baseball first-team as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Thursday afternoon.
The native of Saluda, S.C., maintained a 3.83 grade point average while majoring in business management. Hipp started 51 of 52 games as the Trojans closed the 2010 campaign on a strong note, upsetting top-seeded Mount Olive and knocking off second seed and No. 24 nationally ranked Erskine in the Conference Carolinas tournament last month.
The 6-foot 180-pounder ranked 11th in the conference in hits and 15th in runs scored and posted hitting streaks of 12-games and six-games during the season. He was second in runs scored on the team, tied for second in home runs, was third in hits and total bases and ranked fourth on the team with his .323 batting average. Hipp also garnered academic all-conference accolades earlier this year. Joining Hipp as the lone representatives from Conference Carolinas were Airlon Vinson and Jesse Lancaster of Mount Olive.
In order to earn recognition, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution and are voted upon by CoSIDA members. They must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing and must have completed at least one full academic year at their respective institution. As a first-team all-district selection,
Hipp is eligible for consideration nationally as an academic All-American. District III (college division) includes all non-NCAA Division I schools (Division II, III and NAIA) in Florida, Georgia, Virginia and North and South Carolina. 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.
2010 Academic All-District Baseball Team District 3
College Division FIRST TEAM Pos. Name School Dist. Yr. Hometown GPA
Major P Wil Huneycutt CATAWBA III Jr. Locust, N.C. 3.97 Business
administration P Greg Van Sickler SHENANDOAH III Jr. Stephenson,
Va. 3.54 Business administration C Gary Asbill SOUTH CAROLINA-AIKEN
III Sr. Batesburg, S.C. 3.41 English IF Max Axelrod VIRGINIA
WESLEYAN III Sr. Chesapeake, Va. 3.95 Individualized IF Andrew Cohn
EMORY III Jr. Marietta, Ga. 3.84 Economics IF Jon Koenigsfeld
VALDOSTA STATE III Sr. New Port Richey, Fla. 4.00 Middle grades
education IF Nick Shaw BARRY III Sr. St. Petersburg, Fla. 3.40
Biology (pre-pharmacy) IF Airlon Vinson MOUNT OLIVE III Sr.
Goldsboro, N.C. 3.65 Business mgmt./ human res. mgmt. OF Josh Heath
ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC ST. III Jr. Locust Grove, Ga. 4.00 Biology OF
Derek Hipp ANDERSON (SC) III Sr. Saluda, S.C. 3.83 Business
management OF Jesse Lancaster MOUNT OLIVE III Sr. Goldsboro, N.C.
3.57 Sports management / physical edu. OF Alex Lee FRANCIS MARION
III Sr. Blythewood, S.C. 4.00 Mathematics DH Clayton Cain VALDOSTA
STATE III Sr. Snellville, Ga. 3.47 General studies SECOND TEAM Pos.
Name School Dist. Yr. Hometown GPA Major P Drew Elkins BRIDGEWATER
III Sr. Lynchburg, Va. 3.87 Athletic training P Austin Quinn
EMBRY-RIDDLE (FL) III Sr. Titusville, Fla. 3.61 Communications P
Jake Yocum SHENANDOAH III Sr. Thurmont, Md. 3.67 Criminal justice C
Ben Hewett ROLLINS III Sr. Framingham, Mass. 3.33 Sociology IF
Brian Inghram METHODIST III Jr. Chesapeake, Va. 3.60 Biology IF
Wade Kirkland FLORIDA SOUTHERN III Jr. Lakeland, Fla. 3.41
Recreational / turf-grass mgmt. IF Preston Shuey FRANCIS MARION III
Jr. Charlotte, N.C. 3.68 Finance OF Kevin Brashears SHENANDOAH III
Jr. Hagerstown, Md. 3.54 Business administration / kinesiology OF
Alex Starbuck GUILFORD III Sr. Kernersville, N.C. 3.63 Psychology
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