DALLAS, Texas --- Tusculum University catcher Nate Montgomery has been named to the 2019 Google Cloud NCAA Division II Academic All-District III Baseball first team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Montgomery will advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® ballot with the winners being announced later this month. The Academic All-District 3 team is selected from nominees representing all colleges and universities in the South Atlantic Conference, Conference Carolinas and Peach Belt Conference.
Montgomery, a senior from Geneva, Illinois has a 3.81 cumulative grade point average while majoring in sport management. He is a member of the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll, Tusculum Athletic Director Roll, Dean's List, President's List and Charles Oliver Gray Honors List.
He earned All-Conference honors behind the plate on two occasions including this year where he was an All-SAC second team choice. He finished second on the roster with this .358 batting average and finished with the team-lead in hits (68), RBI (480 and putouts (373). He was second with 12 doubles and tied for second with four home runs. Montgomery tallied a season-long 13-game hitting streak and closed out his collegiate career hitting safely in his final seven contests.
In his 100-game career with the Pioneers, he posted a .337 batting average and totaled 126 hits, 66 runs, 23 doubles, five home runs and 86 RBI. His 26 times being hit by a pitch are tied for fourth in TU history and his 667 career putouts are sixth in the Tusculum record book.
Tusculum finished the season with a 30-21 record and tied for third place in the South Atlantic Conference.
The Google Cloud Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2018-19 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA Google Cloud Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District III Baseball First Team
(Conference Carolinas, Peach Belt Conference, South Atlantic Conference)
FIRST TEAM
Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
P |
Ethan Elliott |
Lincoln Memorial |
3.43 |
Sr. |
Exercise Science |
P |
Matt Rogers |
Young Harris |
3.93 |
Sr. |
Business & Public Policy |
P |
Greg Valentine |
Carson-Newman |
3.92 |
Sr. |
Business |
C |
Tusculum |
3.81 |
Sr. |
Sport Management |
|
IF |
Aaron Anderson |
Flagler |
4.00 |
So. |
Accounting / Finance |
IF |
Dillon Carpenter |
Anderson |
3.70 |
Sr. |
Business / Marketing |
IF |
CJ Mackinson |
Francis Marion |
4.00 |
Sr. |
Management |
IF |
Jackson Strange |
Anderson |
3.84 |
Sr. |
Mathematics / Actuarial Science |
IF |
Austin Treadway |
Mars Hill |
3.94 |
So. |
Health & Human Performance |
OF |
Ryan Creps |
Limestone |
3.92 |
Sr. |
Business Management / Finance |
OF |
Seth Hunt |
Lincoln Memorial |
3.84 |
Sr. |
Biology / Pre-Medicine |
OF |
Danton Hyman |
Newberry |
3.47 |
Sr. |
Accounting |
OF |
Tyler Washington |
Young Harris |
3.90 |
Sr. |
Psychology |