SAVANNAH, Ga. --- Tusculum College relief pitcher Rob Currie was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) All-America honorable mention team announced officials Friday.

Currie, a 6-6, 240-pound senior relief pitcher from St. Charles, Ill., becomes the first Tusculum baseball player to garner All-America honors this year and the 11th overall in the history of the program.

Currie was the ace of the Tusculum bull pen, making 21 appearances where he posted a 5-1 record with a 1.21 earned run average to go along with six saves. The six saves are the fourth-most ever by a Pioneer reliever. Currie limited the opposition to a .213 batting average, while striking out at team-best 57 with only 20 walks in his 52 innings of work.

He has been named to three NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region teams this year, including Daktronics, NCBWA and the American Baseball Coaches Association. Currie was also a 2009 All-South Atlantic Conference First Team selection.

In his two seasons at Tusculum, Currie posted a career 2.11 ERA in his 38 mound appearances for the Pioneers that included nine starts, including a nine-inning complete game effort in TC's 4-2 win over Catawba College in the 2008 SAC Tournament championship game. For his efforts, he was named to the SAC All-Tournament Team.

Currie has recorded 97 strikeouts in 102.1 innings pitched in a Tusculum uniform. He has a 9-6 career mark to go along with seven career saves, the seventh most in school history.

Tusculum captured its fourth South Atlantic Conference title in the last five years, while posting a 36-18 record. The Pioneers also earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament, TC's third straight postseason appearance and fifth in the last seven years. Tusculum's five NCAA Tournament showings are the most in conference history.

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