(Portions of this story courtesy of Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Derek Kanas
and Dwayne Snider of Texas Lutheran University and Pat
Hirschberg of Trinity University were all recognized for their
outstanding work in the classroom as the College Sports Information
Directors of America (COSIDA) announced the Capital One Academic
All-District Teams on Thursday.
Kanas, Snider, and Hirschberg all earned spots on the District 8
Academic All-District Team and were the only SCAC players on the
team.
Kanas has now been named to each of the last two Capital One
Academic All-District squads and carries a 3.84 grade-point average
while majoring in physics. The senior also just came away with
TLU's 2013-14 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year during Wednesday's
awards program.
The first baseman and designated hitter is hitting .305 on the
year and is currently second in the SCAC with 11 doubles.
Snider earned his first Academic All-District honors. The senior
carries a 3.64 GPA in aviation management and has also been a
workhorse on the mound for the Bulldogs.
The senior leads the SCAC with a miniscule 1.60 ERA while racking
up a 5-3 record with a team-leading 73 and 1/3 innings of work.
He's given up just 13 earned runs while holding opponents to a .219
batting average.
Hirschberg, an All-American last season as well as the 2014 SCAC
Player of the Year, earned a spot on the Capital One Academic
All-American Second Team a year ago. He currently carries a 3.81
GPA as he works towards his Masters in Business
Administration/Accounting.
The senior leads the league with seven home runs to go
with 37 RBIs (second in the SCAC) and 42 runs scored (second in the
SCAC). He has been a major part to Trinity earning another Top 10
ranking in the major polls throughout the year and the No. 1 seed
in the SCAC Baseball Championship this weekend. The Tigers are
looking for their fifth straight appearance in the NCAA
Regionals
Academic All-District honorees advance to the Capital One Academic
All-America Team ballot, where first-, second-, and third-team
All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
All three players will be in action this weekend as they will compete in the 2014 SCAC Baseball Championship in San Antonio, Texas on the campus of Trinity University.
Hirschberg and the Tigers will be in action on Friday at 1 p.m.
against Southwestern while Kanas and Snider follow that up with a
4:30 p.m. matchup pitting the Bulldogs against Centenary.
NCAA Division
III Capital One District 8 Academic All-District
Team
Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
Ian Grigsby | Buena Vista | P | Jr. | Gretna, Neb. | 3.82 | Mathematics |
Dwayne Snider |
Texas Lutheran | P | Sr. | New Caney, Texas | 3.64 | Aviation Management |
Victor Munoz | Occidental | C | Jr. | La Verne, Calif. | 3.75 | Kinesiology |
Johnathan Brooks | Occidental | INF | Jr. | Huntington Beach, Calif. | 3.85 | Economics |
Tyler Craig | Simpson (IA) | INF | Sr. | Urbandale, Iowa | 3.46 | Management/Marketing |
Eric Lawson | Linfield | INF | So. | Mill Creek, Wash. | 3.90 | Marketing |
Simon Rosenbaum | Pomona-Pitzer | INF | So. | Los Altos Hills, Calif. | 3.38 | Economics |
Mark Saatzer | Chapman | INF | Sr. | Glendale, Calif. | 3.48 | Biology |
Nick Fisher | Linfield | OF | Sr. | Lake Oswego, Ore. | 3.86 | Mathematics |
Pat Hirschberg | Trinity (TX) | OF | Gr. | Parker, Colo. | 3.81 | Business Administration/Accounting |
Neil Marshall | Buena Vista | OF | So. | Alta, Iowa | 3.84 | Accounting/Sports Management |
Derek Kanas |
Texas Lutheran | DH | Sr. | New Braunfels, Texas | 3.84 | Physics |