Thursday, July 20, 2006

MACON, Ga. - Traditionally one of the strongest baseball conferences in the NCAA, the Atlantic Sun deposited a wide-range of players onto All-Star teams throughout the nation's summer collegiate wooden bat leagues.

Campbell standout Brandon Scott stands in the top-10 in both average (.326) and steals (14) while starring at Wilson in the Coastal Plain League. Northwoods League division leader Thunder Bay is paced by Belmont outfielder Ben Petsch who leads the team with 24 RBI while South Division leader Rochester saw future A-Sun member USC Upstate provide a pair of All-Stars in Scott Eckerd (5-2/2.38) and Kyle Bowley (3-0/0.83 & team-leading 29 RBI). Matt Lopez of Jacksonville is batting a team-best .339 with 10 steals for Winter Pines of the Florida Collegiate Summer League while Florida Gulf Coast's J.J. Crumbley is the best closer in the league posting a 0.95 ERA with four saves.

A total of 14 student-athletes earned All-star honors covering five leagues.

Cape Cod League
Cory Gearrin (Mer) - Cotuit - 2-0/1.88; 6 svs

Valley League
Tyler Brown (Mer) - Staunton - .286/4/25

Coastal Plain League
Brandon Scott (Cam) - Wilson - .326/0/20; 14 steals

Northwoods League
Ryan Ashner (Bel) - Wisconsin - 4-1/1.47; 35 Ks-2 BBs
Kyle Bowley (USCU) - Rochester - 3-0/0.83; .158 oppBA - .225/3/29
Scott Eckerd (USCU) - Rochester - 5-2/2.38
Ben Petsch (Bel) - Thunder Bay - .288/1/24

Florida Collegiate Summer League
J.J. Crumbley (FGCU) - Altamonte Springs - 2-0/0.95; 4 Svs; 19 Ks-1BBs
Brad Johnson (UNF) - Altamonte Springs - 3-1/2.62; .189 oppBA
Matt Lopez (JU) - Winter Pines - .339/1/8
Wesley Spickard (FGCU) - Orlando - 1-1/1.93; .196 oppBA
Casey Stuart (Mer) - Winter Pines - .254/1/7

Southern Collegiate Baseball League
Ty Boles (GWU) - Asheville - .188/0/4
Bubba Herbold (ETSU) - Tennessee - .500/0/7
Jon Stoudt (ETSU) - Tennessee - 1-5/5.14; .221 oppBA