MT. PLEASANT, Mich. --- Tusculum College's Craig Goodman and Alexi Colon have been named to the 2012 Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association Division II All-America Team announced officials Wednesday.

Goodman earns his third All-America accolade this spring, while Colon garners his first All-America honor in his career.

Goodman, a senior right-hander from Clearwater, Fla., was named the South Atlantic Conference co-Pitcher of the Year and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's Southeast Region Pitcher of the Year earlier this month. The two-time All-SAC First Team standout posted a 10-0 record in his 13 starts, including three complete games. He accounted for a 2.00 earned run average, which is tied for the fourth lowest in school history.

The Clearwater High School graduate pitched in 94.1 innings (5th in TC history) and established a new school single-season record with 89 strikeouts. Goodman was named a national semifinalist for the Tino Martinez DII National Player of the Year Award and was selected to the Daktronics Division II All-America Third Team and the NCBWA All-America Third Team.

For his career, Goodman went 22-6 (3rd in TC history) with a 2.78 ERA (T4th in TC history) in his 45 appearances, including 32 starts (T3rd in TC history). He pitched in 220 innings (4th in TC history), accounting for 196 career strikeouts for the second most in school history.

Colon, a senior outfielder from Vineland, N.J., is second in the nation this year with 21 home runs, which are tied for the second most in school history. Colon batted .318, while leading the team with 69 runs scored and posted 61 hits, 11 doubles, three triples and 50 RBI. His 67 base on balls this season are the most in school and South Atlantic Conference history and tied for the 11th most ever by a NCAA II player.

Colon, a two-time All-Conference and All-Region selection, leaves Tusculum as its third-leading home run hitter, belting 33 over the last two seasons. He also leaves the Pioneers fifth in slugging percentage (.681), second in walks (105) and ninth in on-base percentage (.472). Including his 2009 campaign at Division II Dominican College, Colon has belted 42 home runs in his collegiate career.

Tusculum accounted for one of the best seasons in school history. The Pioneers posted a sterling 48-10 record, including 24-3 in South Atlantic Conference play as TC captured both the league's regular season and tournament championships. Tusculum advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a sixth time in school history where the Pioneers went 2-2 to finish third at the Southeast Regional.

TC also earned the Pioneers its highest national ranking, being listed as the No. 2 team in the country. They are currently listed at No. 8 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Coaches' Poll.

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Rawlings/ABCA Division II All-America Team
First Team
1B - Nate Minnich, Shepherd
2B - Joe Wendle, West Chester
3B - Bryan Lippincott, Concordia
SS - Blake Miller, Western Oregon
INF - Kyle Koeneman, Carson-Newman
OF - Eli Davis, Cal State Stanislaus
OF - Jeff Popick, Colorado Mesa
OF - James Roche, Franklin Pierce
OF - Zach Taylor, Armstrong Atlantic
C - Geno Escalante, Mount Olive
DH - Anthony Boza, Lynn
SP - Geoff Broussard, Cal Poly Pomona
SP - Donovan Drake, Indianapolis
SP - Tim Flight, Southern New Hampshire
SP - Carl O'Neal, St. Mary's (Texas)
RP - Stephen Johnson, St. Edward's

Second Team
1B - Zach Mathieu, Franklin Pierce
2B - Carlos Asuaje, Nova Southeastern
3B - Daniel Duran, Cal State Los Angeles
SS - Seth McMullen, Winona State
INF - Jonathan Finnegan, Arkansas Tech
OF - Casey Allison, Wingate
OF - Lee Neumann, Angelo State
OF - Areo Regoli, Nova Southeastern
OF - Jordan White, Kentucky Wesleyan
C - Jon Carnahan, Delta State
DH - Nicholas Sell, Seton Hill
SP - Joe Gunkel, West Chester
SP - John Healy, Saint Anselm
SP - Lee Stoppelman, Central Missouri
SP - Grady Wood, Western Oregon
RP - Brad Zambron, Grand Valley State

Third Team
1B - Bo Folkinga, Western Oregon
2B - Chase Lacomb, Colorado State-Pueblo
3B - John Calhoun, Washburn
SS - Grant DeBruin, Alabama-Huntsville
INF - Jarius Brown, Stillman
INF - Nate Van Roekel, Winona State
OF - Sean Collete, Alderson-Broaddus
OF - Alexi Colon, Tusculum
OF - Shane Latshaw, Mercyhurst
OF - Michael Vinson, Delta State
C - Jared Cowan, Grand Valley State
DH - Joe Vaskas, Emporia State
SP - Sean Bierman, Tampa
SP - Craig Goodman, Tusculum
SP - Derek Hansen, Augustana
SP - Ben Rawding, Mercyhurst
SP - Mark Sappington, Rockhurst
RP - Cameron Dullnig, Texas A&M-Kingsville
RP - Emilio Pagan, Belmont Abbey

ABCA Player of the Year: Nate Minnich, Shepherd
ABCA Position Player of the Year: Nate Minnich, Shepherd
ABCA Pitcher of the Year: Tim Flight, Southern New Hampshire