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Derek Manning of Elizabethtown Headlines Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Baseball Team
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Derek Manning
AUSTIN, Texas – Senior
Derek Manning of Elizabethtown College headlines the 2020 Academic All-America® Division III baseball teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Despite the cancellation of spring competition as a result of COVID-19, CoSIDA continued its sponsorship of the Academic All-America awards program. Student-athletes were selected based on career statistics.
Manning, a computer engineering major, has been selected as the recipient of the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year award for Division III baseball. The East Petersburg, Pennsylvania product recently graduated from Elizabethtown with a 4.0 cumulative GPA. Manning has accepted a full scholarship into the University of Wisconsin’s computer science Ph.D. program.
A first team selection this year to the Division III Academic All-America® Team, Manning is now a three-time first team Academic All-America® honoree. He was also a member of the first team in 2019 and as a sophomore in 2018. Manning was named a Third Team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) in 2018, and was honored as the 2018 Landmark Conference Player of the Year. He finished his Elizabethtown career with a career batting average of .430 and 169 hits. He also tallied 99 RBI and scored 99 runs, with 54 career doubles and 13 home runs.
Four of the 33 members of the 2020 Academic All-America® Division III baseball teams have a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA. The 11 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.86 and the 33 student-athletes that make up all three teams have an average cumulative GPA of 3.78.
Nine of this year’s 33 student-athletes on the three teams are repeat honorees from 2019. Manning is one of two members of this year’s first team that are selections for the third time in their career.
Matt Johnston of MIT is the other three-time honoree among this year’s selections. Johnston, a first team pick as an outfielder this year, was a second team selection in 2019. Additionally, Johnston was named a third team pick as an outfielder in 2018.
Pitchers
Garrett Renslow of Rochester and
Christian Slattery of California Lutheran are repeat first team selections this season, following first team recognition in 2019. Oswego State’s
Ryan Enos is a first team Academic All-America® performer this season, paired with his first team accolades in the 2019 campaign. Infielder
Allen Murphy of St. John Fisher is a first team pick as an infielder in 2020, following first team honors in 2019.
Garrett Wilson, an outfielder from Spalding University, is a repeat selection. A first team pick this season, Wilson was a second team member in 2019. Designated hitter
Chase Edwards from University of the Ozarks is a two-time honoree with selection to the first team this season, following second team status at designated hitter in 2019. Scranton’s
Connor Harding, a repeat honoree, is a second team selection as an outfielder this season after earning first team recognition in the 2019 campaign.
The Division III Academic All-America® program is financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division III Academic All-America® teams.
2020 Academic All-America® Baseball Teams – NCAA Division III
| FIRST TEAM |
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Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| P |
Garrett Renslow (1) |
University of Rochester |
3.98 |
Sr. |
Neuroscience/Psychology |
| P |
Christian Slattery (1) |
California Lutheran University |
3.98 |
Sr. |
Financial Planning |
| C |
Alex Kachler |
Methodist University |
3.92 |
Sr. |
Industrial Engineering/Mathematics |
| IF |
Luke Barber |
Otterbein University |
3.98 |
Jr. |
Mechanical Engineering |
| IF |
John Brinkman |
Washington University in St. Louis |
3.49 |
Sr. |
Biomedical Engineering/Computer Science |
| IF |
Ryan Enos (1) |
Oswego State |
4 |
Jr. |
Wellness Management/Business Admin. |
| IF |
Allen Murphy (1) |
St. John Fisher College |
4 |
Sr. |
Biology |
| OF |
Matt Johnston (2, ^) |
MIT |
3.76 |
Sr. |
Physics |
| OF |
Derek Manning (1, #) |
Elizabethtown College |
4 |
Sr. |
Computer Engineering |
| OF |
Garrett Wilson (2) |
Spalding University |
3.87 |
Sr. |
Business Administration & Accounting |
| DH |
Chase Edwards (2) |
University of the Ozarks |
3.46 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| P |
James Green |
Saint Mary's University (Minn.) |
3.6 |
Jr. |
Secondary Education |
| P |
Matt Mulhearn |
Webster University |
3.77/3.79 |
Gr. |
Finance (U)/MBA (G) |
| C |
Truman Schmitt |
Simpson College |
3.97 |
Sr. |
Actuarial Science |
| IF |
Cole Beeker |
Swarthmore College |
3.48 |
Sr. |
Economics |
| IF |
Cole Critchfield |
Southern Virginia University |
3.94 |
Sr. |
Computer Science |
| IF |
Thomas Pasquale |
St. John Fisher College |
3.94 |
Sr. |
Biology |
| IF |
Bradley Sawyer |
Hood College |
3.9 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
| OF |
Tyler Cauley |
Texas Lutheran University |
3.59 |
Sr. |
Accounting |
| OF |
Connor Harding (1) |
The University of Scranton |
3.97 |
Jr. |
Business Administration |
| OF |
Bret Williams |
Penn State Harrisburg |
3.31 |
Sr. |
Security & Risk Analysis |
| DH |
Michael Arboleda |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
3.83/3.71 |
Gr. |
Biomedical Eng. & Econ. (U)/Mechanical Eng. (G) |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| P |
Kevin Gould |
Endicott College |
3.53/3.73 |
Gr. |
Business Management (U)/MBA (G) |
| P |
Matt Nickles |
Randolph-Macon College |
3.95 |
Sr. |
Biology |
| C |
Sean Harrington |
Babson College |
3.59 |
Sr. |
Computational & Mathematical Finance |
| IF |
Hudson Chastain |
Transylvania University |
3.94 |
Jr. |
Accounting |
| IF |
Justin Graham |
St. John Fisher College |
3.79 |
Sr. |
Finance |
| IF |
Canyon McWilliams |
Ohio Wesleyan University |
3.71 |
Sr. |
Mathematics/Statistics |
| IF |
Harry Witwer-Dukes |
The College of Wooster |
3.36 |
Sr. |
Communication Studies |
| OF |
Ryan Clavin |
Westminster College (Mo.) |
3.87 |
Sr. |
Business Management & Business Comm. |
| OF |
Steven DiGirolamo |
William Paterson University |
3.87 |
Jr. |
Finance |
| OF |
Michael McMahon |
Becker College |
4 |
Sr. |
Sport Management |
| DH |
Joe Moran |
Anderson University (Ind.) |
3.61 |
Sr. |
Business Management |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Derek Manning, Elizabethtown College
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2019
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2019
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2018
(^) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team selection in 2018
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | CoSIDA Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Brett Marhanka, Wheaton College | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
brett.marhanka@wheaton.edu | (630) 752-5747