SAVANNAH, Ga. --- Three Tusculum College student-athletes have been named to the 2010 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's Division II All-Southeast Region Team. Sean Cotten was named to the All-Region First Team, Jared Richmond was tabbed to the Second Team and Sean Finucane garnered honorable mention recognition.

Cotten, a junior catcher from Mooresville, N.C., batted .375 this season with 13 doubles, 15 home runs and 69 RBI. This is the third All-Region honor for Cotten, who also earned First Team honors on the Daktronics Division II All-Region squad and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-Region Team. Cotten is fifth in the South Atlantic Conference and 28th in the nation in homers, while his .690 slugging percentage is eighth in the conference. He is also seventh in the league in total bases (127) sixth in putouts (274).

The 2010 All-SAC First Team selection is closing in on the school's career RBI record. He is third in school history with 143 RBI, needing three more to match the school record set by former TC slugger George Hanger (146, 2002-05). Cotten is also 11th all-time in career doubles (33), 10th in career total bases (283), sixth career walks (72), third in career sacrifice flies (14) and sixth in career putouts (629)

Richmond has put together one of the best seasons in school history. The Fort Smith, Ark. Senior first baseman led the league with 23 home runs (3rd in NCAA II) and 71 RBI (17th in NCAA II), while becoming the fourth player in Tusculum history to earn SAC Player of the Year honors. The 2010 consensus All-Region Second Team choice (Daktronics, ABCA, NCBWA) also led the league with a .855 slugging percentage (12th in NCAA II) and total bases (148). The two-time All-SAC First Team selection finished third in the league in runs scored (60), fifth in on-base percentage (.505), fourth in walks (35) and fifth in putouts (276). Richmond accounted for a pair of impressive hitting streaks. He started the season with a 16-game hitting streak and followed later in the year with a hit in 18 straight contests.

Richmond's 23 home runs are a new school single-season record, finishing just one shy of the league mark held by three players (Darren Hayes, Wingate-1995; David Trexler, Catawba-1999; Jerry Sands, Catawba-2008). He is also Tusculum's all-time leader in home runs and has been credited with 34 in his 94-game career, surpassing the previous record of 30 set by 2001 SAC Player of the Year Shane Banks (1997-2001). Richmond is also ninth all-time at Tusculum in career batting average (.375), first in slugging percentage (.744) and seventh in career RBI (120).

Finucane, a senior designated hitter from Cortland, N.Y., led the Pioneers with his .414 batting average, and was also named to the Daktronics All-Region Second Team. The 2010 All-SAC Second Team honoree finished sixth in the conference in batting average and fifth with his 75 hits. He hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games in a Pioneer uniform. He went 5-for-5 with six RBI and two home runs in Tusculum's win over Pfeiffer last month. He finished the year with 14 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 48 RBI. He also scored 43 runs and is currently listed 31st in the nation in toughest to strikeout, fanning once in every 18.1 plate appearances.

Tusculum posted a 30-18 record, for the program's 10th consecutive winning season and seventh straight 30-win campaign.

The NCBWA All-Southeast Region Team is selected by a vote of a panel of the region's sportswriters, sportscasters and sports information directors,

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2010 NCBWA All-Southeast Region Baseball Team
First Team
C - Sean Cotten, Tusculum
1B - Jason Rogers, Columbus State
2B - Chas Anthony, Erskine
3B - Craige Lyerly, Catawba
SS - Barrett Kleinknecht, Francis Marion
OF - Bryan Fogle, Erskine
OF - Sean Harrell, Georgia College
OF - Jeremy Nowak, Mount Olive
OF - Shawn Ward, Georgia College
UT - Seth Kivett, UNC Pembroke
DH - Mike Knox, Mount Olive
SP - Martin Dewald, Georgia College
SP - Chris Rearick, North Georgia
SP - William Buzhardt, Erskine
SP - Don Sandifer, Francis Marion
RP - Atlee Pearson, Erskine
RP - Brian Willis, UNC Pembroke

Second Team
C - Richard Pirkle, Georgia College
1B - Jared Richmond, Tusculum
2B - Jason Veyna, Georgia College
3B - Jordan Erisman, North Georgia
SS - Mills Rogers, Carson-Newman
OF - Bobby Leeper, Mount Olive
OF - Wade Moore, Catawba
OF - Bill Rice, USC Aiken
OF - Jeff Lockwood, Carson-Newman
UT - Jesse Lancaster, Mount Olive
DH - Nick Aranas, USC Aiken
SP - Nathan Furr, Catawba
SP - Jackson Massey, Mount Olive
SP - Carter Capps, Mount Olive
SP - Matt McGovern, UNC Pembroke
RP - Brandon Forshee, Francis Marion
RP - Wil Honeycutt, Catawba

Honorable Mention
C - John Roberts, Armstrong Atlantic
1B - John Bolden, Erskine
2B - Logan Isaacs, Wingate
OF - Mike Kitt, Mars Hill
OF - Kyle Allen, Georgia College
OF - Chad Sage, North Georgia
DH - Sean Finucane, Tusculum
DH - Brian Dice, Lenoir-Rhyne
SP - Thomas Campbell, Columbus State
SP - Trevor Mullins, Catawba
SP - Jonathan Armold, Flagler
RP - Luke Wilhelm, Pfeiffer

Southeast Region Player of the Year: Bryan Fogle, Erskine
Southeast Region Pitcher of the Year: Martin Dewald, Georgia College
Southeast Region Coach of the Year: Tom Carty, Georgia College