TUSCON, Ariz. --- Tusculum University second baseman Daulton Martin has been named a Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Southeast Region Preseason All-American.

Martin, a junior from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, garnered All-America honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America (second team) and the American Baseball Coaches Association (third team) in 2018.

He led the South Atlantic Conference with his .413 batting average (18th in NCAA II) while his 86 total hits were 17th in the nation and the second most by a DII left-handed hitter.  The 2018 All-SAC first team choice finished 18th in the country in batting average and his seven triples were a league-best and 10th in the nation.  He finished 20th in the land in doubles (20) and 23rd in on-base percentage (.500).

His 86 hits were the sixth-most in Tusculum history, while leading the team with 29 multiple-hit games including 10 with three or more hits.  He hit safely in his first 12 games of the season to post a 23-game hitting streak dating back to 2017.  The 23-game streak is the fourth-longest in program history and was five games away from the school record.

The 2018 consensus All-Region selection reached base safely in 51 of 52 games in 2018 including the first 44 in a row. Along with reaching base in his last 12 outings in 2017, he finished with a school-record streak of getting on-base in 56 consecutive contests.

After just two seasons, Martin has a .399 career batting average which is currently the sixth highest in Tusculum history.  His .489 career on-base percentage is third in the Tusculum record book and is tied for fifth with his 10 career triples.

Tusculum will open its season with four games in Florida beginning with its 2019 lid-lifter at Barry University.