Related
• 2018-19 Academic All-America® Teams and Honorees
Glen McClain of Indiana Tech Headlines 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NAIA Baseball Teams
Glen McClain
Indiana Tech
NAIA Baseball Release: PDF | doc
AUSTIN, Texas – Glen McClain from the Indiana Institute of Technology topped the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NAIA Baseball Team as awarded by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
McClain joined an exclusive club by becoming a two-time Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for NAIA Baseball. He reeled in the honor in 2017 and has been named to the Google Academic All-America® team for a third time.
McClain’s other academic accolades include being named to the Academic Google Cloud All-District® team and the Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete three times and to the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference All-Academic Team twice. McClain, from Fremont, Indiana, held a 3.96 cumulative grade-point average as an undergraduate and sports a 3.93 GPA as pursuing his master’s in business administration.
McClain repeated as the WHAC Player of the Year while leading the Warriors to their first NAIA World Series appearance since 2003 and fourth consecutive 40-win campaign. McClain garnered two All-American honors, two first-team all-conference nods and two conference Gold Glove awards. McClain switched to catcher this year after manning first base previously.
McClain carried a .428 average with 20 doubles, one triple, 18 home runs and 57 RBI this year as a senior. He rates in the top 10 statistically among the NAIA in hits (89), slugging percentage (.793), total bases (165) and average total bases (2.80 per game) this season. His Indiana Tech career numbers are a .413 average, 343 hits, 62 doubles, 14 triples, 40 homers and 215 RBI.
There were two other members of the 2019 Academic All-America® NAIA Baseball Team to collect repeat honors. Daniel Neal from Union (Ky.) College and Troy Puga of Friends University each made the squad for the second consecutive year.
The Google Cloud Academic All-America® NAIA Baseball Team turned in an average GPA of 3.83, with the first team posting for an average GPA of 3.84. The team includes four student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA.
2019 Academic All-America® Baseball Team – NAIA
| FIRST TEAM |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| P |
Zach Hurley |
University of the Cumberlands |
3.52 |
Sr. |
Biology / Psychology |
| P |
Camron Shipley |
Lindenwood University-Belleville |
3.97 |
Sr. |
Business Analytics |
| C |
Glen McClain (1)($)(@) |
Indiana Institute of Technology |
3.96/3.93 |
Gr. |
MBA |
| INF |
Conner Lengerich |
Spring Arbor University |
3.93 |
Sr. |
Accounting CPA |
| INF |
Eric Schwalbe |
Arizona Christian University |
3.91 |
Sr. |
Biology |
| INF |
Chris Triplett |
Spring Arbor University |
3.78 |
Sr. |
Health & Exercise Science |
| INF |
Quinton Walbergh |
Oklahoma City University |
3.92 |
Sr. |
Criminal Justice |
| OF |
Zach Cornell |
Middle Georgia State University |
3.55 |
Jr. |
Marketing |
| OF |
Braden Mosley |
Tennessee Wesleyan University |
4 |
Sr. |
Business |
| OF |
Brent Smith |
Arizona Christian University |
3.92 |
Jr. |
Business Administration |
| DH |
Daniel Neal (2) |
Union College (Ky.) |
3.83 |
Sr. |
Accounting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| SECOND TEAM |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| P |
Hayden Crowe |
Missouri Baptist University |
3.6 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
| P |
Duncan Patterson |
Spring Arbor University |
3.74 |
Sr. |
Finance |
| C |
Daniel Kerr |
University of Michigan-Dearborn |
3.94 |
Sr. |
Electrical Engineering |
| INF |
Garrett Bright |
Saint Xavier University |
3.88 |
Sr. |
Finance |
| INF |
Peter Crocitto |
Keiser University |
3.88 |
Sr. |
Sports Management |
| INF |
Brendan Green |
Siena Heights University |
3.88 |
Sr. |
Business |
| INF |
Baker Wilson |
Central Baptist College |
4 |
Sr. |
Marketing |
| OF |
Jacob Bulthuis |
Olivet Nazarene University |
3.68 |
So. |
Actuarial Science |
| OF |
Derrick Johnson |
Morningside College |
4 |
Jr. |
Math / Engineering Physics |
| OF |
Blaine Milheim |
Concordia University (Mich.) |
3.35 |
Sr. |
Business |
| DH |
Troy Puga (1) |
Friends University |
4 |
Sr. |
Health Sciences / Biochemistry |
Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: Glen McClain, Indiana Institute of Technology
($) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division Team Member of the Year in 2017
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division first team selection in 2018
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division second team selection in 2018
(@) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division first team selection in 2017
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College | Google Cloud Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu | (706) 379-5106
Rich Tortorelli, Oklahoma City University | Google Cloud Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
rtortorelli@okcu.edu | (405) 208-5304