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SCAC Baseball Headlines and Notes: August 7, 2008 Bronson has highly successful run in Cape Cod League (From Trinity's website) SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Trinity's Evan Bronson, a 36th round draft choice of the Milwaukee Brewers in this past year's MLB amateur draft, ended a very successful off-season with the Brewster Whitecaps in the prestigious Cape Cod Summer Baseball League. Bronson finished with a 3.19 ERA - fourth on this team among all starters - and struck out 17 in 31.0 innings of work. Complete Release June 30, 2008 Millsaps' Abrams Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Senior infielder Hunter Abrams of Millsaps College has been selected as one of 174 recipients of a 2007-08 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Abrams, a baseball player from Columbus, Miss., is among a group of 58 student-athletes that compete in a spring sport in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III to receive a $7,500 postgraduate scholarship. Complete Release June 30, 2008 Bronson Drafted and Oates Signs Deal With Major League Baseball Teams (From Trinity's website) SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Trinity's Evan Bronson (pictured far left) was selected in the Major League Baseball draft by the Milwaukee Brewers last weekend, while Brian Oates (pictured far right) signed a contract to play in the Seattle Mariners organization.  Former Tiger pitcher Chuck Huggins was also drafted for the second straight year, picked by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2008. Complete Release | A conversation with Evan Bronson about being drafted June 13, 2008 2008 Millsaps Baseball Media Guide Named "Best in Nation" by CoSIDA Sixty-page baseball guide takes top honors in Division III (From Millsaps' website) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Temple University Associate Director of Media Relations Cathy Bongiovi announced today the contest results for CoSIDA's 2008 Division C baseball media guide category as Millsaps College's 60-page publication designed by the sports information department was named Best in the Nation amongst Division III schools. Complete Release May 30, 2008 Rhodes' Hurd named to 2008 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America Baseball Team (From CoSIDA's website) ITHACA, N.Y. - Senior outfielder Richard Hurd of Rhodes College was named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America Baseball Team - the only player from the SCAC to be selected to the prestigious team. Complete Release | Rhodes Release May 21, 2008 Millsaps' Owen; Trinity's Jones named D3baseball.com All-Americans (From D3baseball.com) Junior outfielder Hunter Owen of Millsaps College and sophomore first baseman Evan Jones of Trinity University were two of 63 players recognized by D3baseball.com with the release of its second annual All-America team. Complete Release | Millsaps Release | Trinity Release May 20, 2008 SCAC Has Five Named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Baseball Team (From CoSIDA's website) ITHACA, N.Y. - Led by First Team selections Richard Hurd of Rhodes College, Hunter Abrams of Millsaps College and Jeff Claydon of Trinity University, the SCAC had five student-athletes selected to the 2008 ESPN The Magazone/CoSIDA Academic All-District Baseball Team. Jeremy Alland and Matt Kleine of DePauw University were Third Team selections. Complete Release | DePauw Release | Millsaps Release | Rhodes Release | Trinity Release May 19, 2008 SCAC Announces All-Conference Baseball Team Millsaps' Owen named Player-of-the-Year; DePauw's Tschantz selected Pitcher-of-the-Year; Birmingham-Southern's Hill voted Freshman-of-the-Year SUWANEE, Ga. - Hunter Owen of Millsaps College was named the league’s Offensive Player-of-the-Year for the second consecutive season and John Tschantz of DePauw University was selected the league’s Pitcher-of-the-Year in exclusive 2008 all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) voting by the conference’s head coaches. In that same balloting, Sam Hill of Birmingham-Southern was selected as the conference’s Freshman-of-the-Year and Trinity University head coach Tim Scannell was named the SCAC Coach-of-the-Year. Complete Release May 17, 2008 Trinity Edged by Chapman in Region Final (From Trinity's website) ABILENE, Texas - Trinity University's baseball team was edged by Chapman University 4-3 in the NCAA West Region Championship game on Saturday afternoon. Trinity (35-15) ends its season with the loss, while Chapman will advance to the NCAA Division III College World Series. Complete Release | Box Score | Official Championships Website May 16, 2008 Trinity Holds Off Cal State East Bay to Reach Regional Final (From Trinity's website) ABILENE, Texas - The Trinity University Tiger baseball team advanced to the NCAA West Regional Final with a 9-5 win over Cal State-East Bay on Friday night at Walt Driggers Field. Trinity will face Chapman University at noon tomorrow and must win two games to advance to the next round - the NCAA Division III College World Series. Complete Release | Box Score | Official Championships Website May 16, 2008 Trinity Falls to Chapman; Tigers Play Tonight for Trip to Region Final (From Trinity's website) ABILENE, Texas - Top-seeded Chapman (Calif.) edged the fifth-seeded Trinity University Tigers 10-9 today in the winners bracket of the double-elimination NCAA Division III West Region Baseball Tournament at Abilene, Texas. Trinity will play the winner of La Verne (Calif.) and California State-East Bay tonight at 7 p.m. in an elimination game. Complete Release | Box Score | Official Championships Website May 15, 2008 Trinity Keeps Rolling in NCAA Baseball Regional (From Trinity's website) ABILENE, Texas - The fifth-seeded Trinity University Tigers beat fourth-seeded California State-East Bay 8-3 Thursday night in the second day of the NCAA Division III West Regional at McMurry’s Walt Driggers Field. Trinity (34-13) will take on top seed Chapman (Calif.) at noon Friday in a game between two undefeated teams. Complete Release | Box Score | Official Championships Website May 14, 2008 Bronson, Early power Trinity to win over George Fox in NCAA Baseball Regional (From McMurry's website) ABILENE, Texas - Behind the arm of Evan Bronson and the bat of Dylan Early, the Trinity University Tigers knocked off No. 2 seed George Fox University on the first day of the NCAA Division III West Region Baseball Championships Wednesday at Walt Driggers Field. Bronson pitched a complete-game 6-hitter, Early homered twice, and the Tigers took an 8-1 victory. Complete Release | Box Score | Official Championships Website May 2, 2008 SCAC Announces 2008 All-Tournament Baseball Team DANVILLE, Ky. - On the heels of one of the most amazing championship game finishes in conference history, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference releases its 2008 All-Tournament baseball team. After Millsaps College forced a decisive second game against Trinity University in the SCAC title game on Sunday with a 10-5 win in the opener, junior shortstop Stosh Hoover delivered a two-out, two-RBI double to right-center in the bottom of the ninth to cap a four-run ninth inning and propel the top-seeded Tigers into the NCAA Tournament. Complete Release April 27, 2008 Trinity rallies from three down in the ninth to win SCAC Championship (From Centre's website) DANVILLE, Ky. - Trailing 5-2 entering the bottom of the ninth, the Trinity University baseball team scored four times to rally and defeat Millsaps College 6-5 in the championship game of the 2008 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament played at Gary Wright Field in Danville, Ky. Game Recap | Box Score | SCAC Baseball Championship Website | Trinity Release April 22, 2008 DePauw improves to 23rd in NCBWA-D3baseball.com Rankings (From D3baseball.com website) STERLING, Va. - After spending two weeks at 25th, DePauw University improved two places to 23rd in this week's NCBWA-D3baseball.com Top 25 rankings. Both Trinity University and Rhodes College received votes in this week's poll. Complete Rankings April 20, 2008 DePauw, Millsaps, Southwestern and Trinity advance to SCAC Baseball Championship MILLINGTON, Tenn. - On Sunday, DePauw University and Millsaps College joined Trinity University and Southwestern University to set the field for the 2008 SCAC Baseball Championship this weekend, April 25-27, at Centre College. SCAC Divisional Website | SCAC Divisional Photos | SCAC Championship Website April 18-20, 2008 2008 SCAC Divisional Baseball Tournament MILLINGTON, Tenn. - The 2008 SCAC Divisional Baseball Tournament begins Friday, April 18 and will be played at Millington USA Field in Millington, Tenn. The top four teams from each division square off in best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the 2008 SCAC Baseball Championship at Centre College. DePauw University is the top seed from the East Division and Trinity University is the West Division top seed. Official Website April 14, 2008 DePauw remains at No. 25 in NCBWA-D3baseball.com Rankings (From D3baseball.com website) STERLING, Va. - DePauw University remained at 25th for the second consecutive week with the release of this week's NCBWA-D3baseball.com Top 25 rankings. Both Rhodes College, who has received votes every week, and Trinity University received votes in this week's poll. Complete Rankings April 8, 2008 DePauw jumps to 14th; Rhodes 21st in ABCA/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III Top 30 MT. PLEASANT, Mich. - DePauw University made a 13 place jump in the rankings, moving from 27th to 14th in this week's American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) regular season Top 30 which was released on Tuesday. Rhodes College, which was 23rd in the last poll,, moved up two places to 21st. Millsaps College, which was tied for 23rd with Rhodes in the last rankings, did not receive votes in this week's poll. Complete Release April 7, 2008 DePauw enters NCBWA-D3baseball.com Poll at 25th (From D3baseball.com website) STERLING, Va. - After receiving votes for the first time in last week's rankings, DePauw University enters the NCBWA-D3baseball.com Top 25 rankings at 25th this week. Rhodes College continues to receive votes in the rankings while Millsaps College received no votes for the first time this year. Complete Rankings | DePauw Release March 25, 2008 SCAC has three ranked in ABCA/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III Top 30 MT. PLEASANT, Mich. - Rhodes College and Millsaps College are tied for 23rd and DePauw University is ranked 27th in the first 2008 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) regular season Top 30 which was released on Tuesday. Rhodes received votes in the association's preseason poll, but both Millsaps and DePauw are new to the rankings. Complete Release March 24, 2008 Millsaps' Abrams becomes third SCAC player this season to join 200-hit club (From Millsaps' website) JACKSON, Miss. - Junior outfielder Hunter Owen homered twice and drove in six runs and senior shortstop Hunter Abrams went 4-for-6 with three RBIs and his first home run of the season to record his 200th career hit as Millsaps College outlasted No. 21 Illinois Wesleyan, 21-16, on a windy Tuesday evening at Twenty Field. Complete Release | SCAC 200 Hit Club March 22, 2008 Trinity's Scannell gets 300th career win (From Trinity's website) SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Trinity University won its Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series with a 15-11 victory over the Southwestern University Saturday at E.M. Stevens Field. A milestone for Trinity coach Tim Scannell was established with Saturday’s win. In his 10th season at the Tigers’ helm, Scannell achieved his 300th career victory. Complete Release March 22, 2008 Sewanee splits Doubleheader; Baker Picks up 100th Win (From Sewanee's website) ATLANTA, Ga. - Sewanee baseball coach Scott Baker picked up his 100th career win as the Tigers routed Oglethorpe 13-3 in the first game of today’s SCAC doubleheader played in Atlanta.  The Stormy Petrels bounced back to take the second game 6-5. Complete Release March 14, 2008 Rhodes' Hurd joins exclusive 200-hit club (From Rhodes' website) MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Senior leftfielder Richard Hurd of Rhodes College collected his 200th career hit this afternoon at AutoZone Park in the bottom of the first inning of the 3-1 Lynx victory over Oglethorpe University. Hurd is the third Rhodes player to reach the 200-hit plateau and 18th in SCAC history. Complete Release | SCAC 200 Hit Club March 6, 2008 Rhodes' Vanaman joins 200-hit club (From Rhodes' website) MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Senior first baseman Daniel Vanaman of Rhodes College got his 200th career hit Wednesday afternoon against Union University. He is the 17th player in SCAC (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) history to join the 200 hit club. Complete Release | SCAC 200 Hit Club February 1, 2008 Rhodes College selected to win 2008 SCAC Baseball Title SUWANEE, Ga. - Based on voting by the head coaches in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), Rhodes College is the heavy favorite to win the 2008 conference baseball championship. Coach Jeff Cleanthes' Lynx received eight of the 11 coaches’ first-place votes followed by Millsaps College with two votes and Southwestern University with the remaining first-place vote. Complete Release January 25, 2008 Rhodes and Millsaps receive votes in inaugural NCBWA-D3baseball.com Preseason Division III Poll (From D3baseball.com website) STERLING, Va. - Rhodes College and Millsaps College both received votes in the inaugural NCBWA-D3baseball.com Preseason Division III Poll. Rhodes received the third-most votes of any school outside of the Top 25 and Millsaps was 12 places behind Rhodes. Cortland State received the preseason nod as the best team in the nation. Complete Release | Rhodes Release | Millsaps Release January 22, 2008 Three from SCAC named D3baseball.com preseason All-American (From D3baseball.com website) STERLING, Va. - The SCAC had three players selected as a 2008 All-American by D3baseball.com. Senior pitcher Robert Flanagan and senior first baseman Daniel Vanaman - both of Rhodes College - along with senior outfielder Hunter Owen of Millsaps College were selected to the team. Owen was named first team, Flanagan was named second team while Vanaman was an honorable mention All-American. Complete Release | Millsaps Release | Rhodes Release January 22, 2008 Rhodes College receives votes in ABCA/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III preseason poll Rhodes College was among 10 schools that received votes but were just outside of the Top 30 rankings according to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) which released its preseason 2008 NCAA Division III poll. Rhodes finished the 2007 season with a 36-10 mark. Complete Release January 21, 2008 SCAC releases 2008 Baseball schedule SUWANEE, Ga. - The 2008 SCAC baseball composite schedule is available and can be accessed by clicking here. SCAC Baseball Archives Click here for a recap of the 2007 baseball season, including stories, standings and statistics.