DALLAS --- Tusculum College's Sean Cotten has been named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's Division II All-America honorable mention team.

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).

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

The NCBWA All-America Team is selected by a vote of a panel of the nation's sportswriters, sportscasters and sports information directors that cover NCAA Division II baseball.

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NCBWA Division II All-America Baseball Team
First Team
1B - Jason Carr, New Mexico Highlands
2B - Greyson Schram, Concord
3B - Cannon Lester, Southern Arkansas
SS - Paul Bingham, Indiana (Pa.)
C - Pat Trettel, Seton Hill
OF - Brandon Decker, Valdosta State
OF - Bryan Fogle, Eskine
OF - Jeremy Nowak, Mount Olive
UT - Shayne Houck, Kutztown
SP - Joe Holtmeyer, Nebraska-Omaha
SP - Jose Macias, Franklin Pierce
SP - Matt Rossman, UC San Diego
SP - Hayden Simpson, Southern Arkansas
RP - Atlee Pearson, Erskine

Second Team
C - David Albritton, Emporia State
1B - Brandon Gregorich, UC San Diego
2B - Chas Anthony, Erskine
SS - Jacob Taylor, Missouri Southern
3B - Deryk Marks, Augustana (S.D.)
OF - Nate Baumann, Augustana (S.D.)
OF - Devin Rudolph, Tiffin
OF - Chance Tuttle, Central Missouri
UT - Mike Knox, Mount Olive
SP - Gabriel Duran, Dowling
SP - Tim Griffin, Rollins
SP - Brooks Martin, Central Missouri
SP - Tim Shibuya, UC San Diego
RP - Sean Albury, Nova Southeastern

Third Team
C - Patrick Farrell, Regis
1B - Jason Rogers, Columbus State
2B - Michael Felton, Southwestern Oklahoma
SS - Andrew Whittington, Southern Arkansas
3B - Abel Medina, Cal State Dominguez Hills
OF - Brett Adams, Dixie State
OF - Jason Cisper, Northern Kentucky
OF - Sean Harrell, Georgia College & State
UT - Clayton Cain, Valdosta State
SP - William Buzhardt, Erskine
SP - Joe Harris, Wilmington
SP - Pat Haugen, San Francisco State
SP - Noah Mull, Wheeling Jesuit
RP - Kevin Jordan, Northern Kentucky

Honorable Mention
SP: David Deminsky, St. Cloud State; Martin Dewald, Georgia College & State; Ben Graham, Emporia State; Kirk Jewakso, Incarnate Word; Trevor Leach, Southern Indiana; Max Russell, Florida Southern; Blake Schwartz, Minnesota State; Drew Vassil, New Mexico Highlands; Chris Zbin, Southern Connecticut State;
RP: Evan Kendall, West Virginia State; Mitch Rossi, New Haven; Heath Wyatt, Southeastern Oklahoma.
C: Mike Blanke, Tampa; Sean Cotten, Tusculum; Dylan Mooney, Southern Indiana.
1B: Nick DeBiasse, Central Missouri; Logan Williams, Southern Arkansas.
2B: Nick Bidroski, Wayne State (Neb.); Jackson Evans, Chico State.
SS: Vance Albitz, UC San Diego; Tyler Erickson, Minnesota Duluth; Sean Estand, St. Joseph's (Ind.); Tyler Mentzer, Philadelphia U.
3B: Matt Coker, West Virginia Wesleyan; Craig Lyerly, Catawba.
OF: Sam DiMatteo, California (Pa.); Taylor Ferguson, Rollins; Cody Grice, Grand Valley State; Troy Handza, California (Pa.); Patrick Johnson, Southern Arkansas; Tyler Lundy, Nebraska-Omaha; Derek Migrants, Assumption; Kevin Pillar, Cal State Dominguez Hills; Kyle Saul, UC San Diego; Shawn Ward, Georgia College & State; Joe Wendt, Wayne State (Neb.);
UT/DH: Patrick Brady, Bellarmine; Will Calhoun, Abilene Christian; Cody Curry, Southwest Minnesota State.