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Carpenter, Castleberry and Miller Earn Postseason Baseball Honors

Carpenter, Castleberry and Miller Earn Postseason Baseball Honors

ROCK HILL, S.C. – On the eve of the 2018 Pilot/Flying J South Atlantic Conference Baseball Championship, a trio of Anderson players have earned All-South Atlantic Conference honors, as announced by the league office, Tuesday afternoon.

Carpenter, a sophomore, was named to the All-SAC Second Team after leading the team and ranking fourth in the conference with 52 RBI and standing 18th in the SAC with a team-high .348 batting average. The Charlotte, N.C., native also ranks 18th in the league with a .567 slugging percentage and posted a 10-game hitting streak from late March through early April, while leading the team with 19 multiple-hit games.

Castleberry becomes the first Trojan to earn SAC Freshman of the Year accolades since AU joined the league in 2011, while batting .288 and starting all 48 games for the Black and Gold. A native of Waxhaw, N.C, Castleberry is third in the league with 53 RBI and is tied for fourth in the league with 15 home runs on the season. He also ranks fifth in the SAC with 34 walks and 15th with a .599 slugging percentage. Castleberry boasted a 10-game hitting streak and reached base safely during a 21-game stretch during the season.

Miller captured Honorable Mention All-SAC recognition for the second straight season after notching a .344 batting average and ranking ninth in the conference with 65 hits. The T.L. Hanna High School product recorded 11 doubles and is 16th in the SAC with a team-high nine stolen bases on the season and has yet to be thrown out on the base paths. Miller is riding an 11-game hitting streak and has reached base safely in 41 straight games. He also earned All-Defensive Team honors for his stellar defensive play at shortstop.

Following tonight's regular-season finale versus Erskine, the eighth-seeded Trojans are scheduled to open the conference tournament by squaring off against No. 5 seeded Lenoir-Rhyne, Thursday afternoon at 4:30 p.m.

The four-day championship will be played at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tenn. Thursday's games will be single elimination, while the double-elimination portion of the Championship will be played Friday - Monday.

2018 SAC Baseball All-Conference

All-SAC First Team
OF – Justin Dean, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF – Luke Setzer, Catawba
OF – Jarel McDade, Tusculum
1B – Chance Bowden, Catawba
2B – Daulton Martin, Tusculum
SS – Colin Allman, Newberry
3B – Christian Stampler, Mars Hill
C – Matt Honeycutt, Mars Hill
DH – Bradley Brown, Wingate
SP – Ethan Elliott, Lincoln Memorial
SP – John Grigg, Lenoir-Rhyne
SP – Dillon Cate, Carson-Newman
RP – Landon Whitson, Lenoir-Rhyne

All-SAC Second Team
OF – Logan Augustine, Lincoln Memorial
OF – Danton Hyman, Newberry
OF – Chandler Castleberry, Anderson
1B – Dillon Carpenter, Anderson
2B – McCann Mellett, Wingate
SS – Tyler Adams, Lincoln Memorial
3B – Jackson Raper, Catawba
C – Ethan Goforth, Carson-Newman
DH – Heath Mitchem, Catawba
SP – Austin Turgeon, Wingate
SP – Charles Hall, Tusculum
SP – Zac Brown, Mars Hill
RP – Will Gardner, Carson-Newman

Honorable Mention
OF – Kyle Smith, Catawba
OF – Derek Olenchuk, Newberry
OF – Will Reddick, Lincoln Memorial
1B – Alex Reynolds, Lenoir-Rhyne
2B – Joe Butts, Catawba
SS – Tyler Miller, Anderson
3B – Brett Langhorne, Carson-Newman
C – Nate Montgomery, Tusculum
DH – Colby Skeen, Tusculum
SP – Ryan Harbin, Newberry
SP – Joe Bobiak, Lincoln Memorial
RP – DJ Laxton, Catawba

All-Defensive Team
RF – Luke Setzer, Catawba
CF – Ty Andrus, Wingate
LF – Derek Olenchuk, Newberry
1B – Chance Bowden, Catawba
2B – Dalton Landsdowne, Newberry
SS – Tyler Miller, Anderson
3B – Brett Langhorne, Carson-Newman
C – Ethan Goforth, Carson-Newman
P – John Grigg, Lenoir-Rhyne

Player of the Year
Chance Bowden, Catawba

Pitcher of the Year
Ethan Elliott, Lincoln Memorial

Freshman of the Year
Chandler Castleberry, Anderson

Coach of the Year
Jim Gantt, Catawba

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