BELL NAMED TO CAPITAL ONE BANK/SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC BASEBALL TEAM
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi shortstop Brycen Bell has been named to the Capital One Bank/Southland Conference All-Academic Baseball Team the conference office announced on Tuesday.
Bell was one of seven players automatically selected for the team after being voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VI second team. The senior from Fort Collins, Colo. is a Bio-Medical Sciences major who boasted a 3.69 overall grade point average entering the spring semester. Before transferring to TAMUCC, Bell spent two seasons at Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kan. where he was an All-Jayhawk Conference team member as well as maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. On the field, Bell hit a career high .269 with a home run and 18 RBI. The committed three errors in the in final 27 games after recovering from shoulder issues.
The all-academic teams are voted on by the head coaches, sports information directors and academic/compliance administrators from each Southland university. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's competition to qualify for the all-academic squad.
2009 Southland Baseball All-Academic Teams
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First Team |
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Name |
University |
Class |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
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Paul Goldschmidt1254 |
Texas State |
Jr. |
The Woodlands, Texas |
3.87 |
Finance |
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Ryan Brauninger4 |
McNeese State |
Sr. |
Nederland, Texas |
3.59 |
Communications |
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Josh Cryer3 |
Southeastern La. |
So. |
Leesville, La. |
4.00 |
Accounting |
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Brycen Bell3 |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sr. |
Fort Collins, Colo. |
3.69 |
Bio-Medical Sciences |
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Jordan Nipp35 |
Northwestern State |
Sr. |
Amarillo, Texas |
3.97 |
Biology |
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Matt Otteman2 |
UT Arlington |
Sr. |
Lockport, Ill. |
3.22 |
Exercise Science |
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Michael Rockett26 |
UTSA |
Sr. |
Sugar Land, Texas |
3.16 |
Economics |
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Brian Taylor |
Lamar |
Sr. |
Cedar Park, Texas |
3.34 |
General Studies |
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Erich Lehmann5 |
Stephen F. Austin |
Sr. |
Fort Worth, Texas |
3.71 |
Criminal Justice |
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Tye Throneberry |
Central Arkansas |
Jr. |
Pine Bluff, Ark. |
3.60 |
Biology |
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Josh Huffman |
Central Arkansas |
Sr. |
Carrollton, Texas |
3.79 |
Health Sciences |
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Zach Gardner5 |
Stephen F. Austin |
Sr. |
Sugar Land, Texas |
3.66 |
Finance |
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Second Team |
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Name |
University |
Class |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
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Justin O'Neal |
Northwestern State |
Sr. |
Ruston, La. |
3.10 |
Administration |
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Adam Boydston |
UT Arlington |
So. |
Corinth, Texas |
3.93 |
History |
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Jeremiah Sammy |
Lamar |
Sr. |
Markham, Ontario |
3.21 |
Communications |
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Ricky Testa |
Lamar |
Sr. |
Mesquite, Texas |
3.07 |
General Studies |
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Joe Urtuzuastegui |
Northwestern State |
Sr. |
Mesa, Ariz. |
3.00 |
General Studies |
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Lee Orr |
McNeese State |
RS-Fr. |
Louise, Texas |
3.05 |
Athletic Training |
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Zach Tritz |
Texas State |
Sr. |
Spring, Texas |
3.00 |
Physics |
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Brian Ferguson |
Stephen F. Austin |
Sr. |
Sugar Land, Texas |
3.37 |
Finance |
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Ryan Mooney |
Sam Houston State |
So. |
The Woodlands, Texas |
3.35 |
Business |
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Sam Merrill |
McNeese State |
Sr. |
Omaha, Neb. |
3.11 |
General Studies |
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Ryan Martin |
UT Arlington |
Sr. |
Friendswood, Texas |
3.51 |
Political Science |
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Collin Garner |
UT Arlington |
Sr. |
Arlington, Texas |
3.74 |
Mechanical Engineering |
1Student-Athlete of the Year
2First-Team All-Conference
3CoSIDA All-Academic District VI
4ESPN The Magazine All-America
5Two-time Academic Selection
6Three-time Academic Selection
