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Hunter Dollander of Georgia Gwinnett Headlines CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Baseball Team
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Hunter Dollander
AUSTIN, Texas – Hunter Dollander of Georgia Gwinnett College highlighted the 2021 Academic All-America® NAIA baseball Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The NAIA Academic All-America® program is financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2020-21 NAIA Academic All-America® teams.
Dollander garnered the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year among NAIA Baseball. Dollander, a senior right-handed pitcher from Evans, Georgia, owns a 3.56 cumulative grade-point average studying exercise science. He became a two-time Academic All-American and Academic All-District honoree in addition to earning Daktronics NAIA scholar-athlete and academic all-conference.
Dollander spearheaded Georgia Gwinnett to the NAIA national championship. Dollander excelled on the mound for the Grizzlies this spring, posting a 12-1 record with a 3.09 earned-run average in 15 starts. He was named the Most Valuable Player at the Avista NAIA World Series after winning two starts, including the national championship game won 8-4 by Georgia Gwinnett over Central Methodist University June 3 in Lewiston, Idaho. Dollander struck out nine and lasted 105 pitches.
The star hurler recorded 99 strikeouts in 87.1 innings and holds program career records with 28 pitching victories, 40 starts, 241.1 innings and 241 strikeouts. Dollander earlier was named honorable-mention NAIA All-American, the Association of Independent Institutions Pitcher of the Year and three-time all-conference.
Jacob Bulthuis from Olivet Nazarene University and
Nick Little of Concordia (Neb.) University headlined eight repeat honorees on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® squad by taking their third accolade. Those who reeled in their second Academic All-America® nod were Dollander,
Kenny Piper from Columbia (Mo.) College,
Aaron Saal of Mount Vernon Nazarene University,
Jay Denman from Lourdes University,
Bryan Leef of the University of the Cumberlands and
Luis Mujica from Point Park University.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA baseball team featured five student-athletes working on postgraduate degrees, including Piper and
Foster Heise from the University of Saint Francis (Ill.). Heise and
Kyran Russ of the University of South Carolina Beaufort boasted of 4.00 GPAs. This group of 22 elite student-athletes produced a 3.779 average GPA.
2020-21 Academic All-America® Baseball Teams – NAIA
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| P |
Hunter Dollander (2) |
Georgia Gwinnett College |
3.56 |
Sr. |
Exercise Science |
| P |
Nick Little (1)(#) |
Concordia University (Neb.) |
3.98 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
| C |
Kenny Piper (1) |
Columbia College (Mo.) |
3.78 / 4.00 |
Gr. |
Teaching (G) |
| IF |
James Canar |
McPherson College |
3.8 |
Jr. |
Business Management |
| IF |
Jacob Kline |
Shawnee State University |
3.92 |
Jr. |
Information Security |
| IF |
Dalton Reed |
Oklahoma City University |
3.44 |
Sr. |
Criminal Justice |
| IF |
Aaron Saal (2) |
Mount Vernon Nazarene University |
3.89 / 3.89 |
Gr. |
Sports Management (UG) / MBA (G) |
| OF |
Jay Denman (2) |
Lourdes University |
3.63 / 3.58 |
Gr. |
MBA |
| OF |
Jack Johnson |
Lewis-Clark State College |
3.75 |
Sr. |
Accounting |
| OF |
Bryan Leef (1) |
University of the Cumberlands |
3.48 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
| DH |
Grant Steinborn |
Concordia University (Mich.) |
3.59 |
Sr. |
Business |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| P |
Nathan Buckallew |
Concordia University (Neb.) |
3.94 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
| P |
Nathan Geissler |
University of the Cumberlands |
3.87 / 3.87 |
Gr. |
Criminal Justice |
| C |
Luis Mujica (2) |
Point Park University |
3.72 |
Jr. |
Civil Engineering |
| IF |
Jake Glover |
Mount Vernon Nazarene University |
3.65 |
Sr. |
Sports Management & Business Administration |
| IF |
Kevin Jordan Jr. |
William Jessup University |
3.64 |
Sr. |
Computer Science |
| IF |
Talon Little |
Doane University |
3.81 |
Sr. |
Exercise Science |
| IF |
Kyran Russ |
USCB |
4 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
| OF |
Jacob Bulthuis (1)(@) |
Olivet Nazarene University |
3.84 |
Sr. |
Actuarial Science |
| OF |
Robert Isenhour |
Tabor College |
3.9 |
Sr. |
Secondary Education / Health/PE / Special Edu. |
| OF |
Andy Theiler |
Doane University |
3.74 |
Sr. |
Biology |
| DH |
Foster Heise |
University of St. Francis (IL) |
4.00 / 4.00 |
Gr. |
Management |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Hunter Dollander, Georgia Gwinnett College
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2019-20
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2019-20
(@) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2018-19
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2017-18
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College | Academic All-America® Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu | (706) 379-5106
Rich Tortorelli, Oklahoma City University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
rtortorelli@okcu.edu | (405) 208-5304