ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® TEAM S ELECTED BY C O S IDA

For Release: Wednesday, June 10 – Noon ET AARON ANDERSON OF FLAGLER HEADLINES CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® II BASEBALL TEAMS

AUSTIN, Texas | Senior infielder Aaron Anderson of headlines the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II baseball team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Despite the cancellation of spring competition during COVID-19, CoSIDA continued its sponsorship of the Academic All-America awards program. Student-athletes were selected based on career statistics.

The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.

Anderson was selected as the recipient of the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year award for Division II baseball. It marks his second appearance on the Academic All-America® Team after being named to the third team a year ago. A native of St. Johns, Florida, he maintains a 4.00 GPA as an Accounting/Business Administration major.

An infielder, Anderson helped the Saints finish with a 13-9 record as the season came to a premature end due to the coronavirus pandemic. He led the team in batting (.369), hits (31), doubles (9), home runs (2), runs batted in (17), slugging percentage (.571), and on-base percentage (.455). He was the recipient of the Flagler Male Athlete of the Year Award along with the Athletics Director's Award, which goes to the male senior student-athlete with the highest GPA. Anderson was selected as the team's most valuable player this year.

In 2019, he was a first team All-Peach Belt honoree as Flagler posted a 30-23 record. He led the Saints with a .343 batting average, with 13 doubles, four home runs, and 31 RBI. He also hit over .300 in 2018 with a .330 average with seven doubles, three home runs, and 31 RBI. Flagler would end the year with a 31-22 record.

Twenty-one of the 34 members of the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Baseball teams have at least a 3.70 GPA, with three student-athletes maintaining a perfect 4.00 GPA. The 11 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.79.

In addition to Anderson, the Academic All-America® Division II Baseball teams have four repeat performers – Jacob Buchberger (Davenport University), Chris Gambert (Bellarmine University), Nathan Mark (Rockhurst University), and Walter Pennington (Colorado School of Mines) - from last year’s CoSIDA Academic All-America® teams.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Michael MacEachern, | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity [email protected] | (706) 379-5106

Bob Shreve, Edinboro University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity [email protected] | (814) 732-1834

2020 Academic All-America® Baseball Team Division II

FIRST TEAM Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major P J.J. Niekro 4.00 Sr. Sports Communications & Marketing P Walter Pennington (2) Colorado School of Mines 3.94 Sr. Mechanical Engineering C Chris Gambert (3) Bellarmine University 3.70 Sr. Exercise Science INF Aaron Anderson (3) Flagler College 4.00 Sr. Accounting / Business Administration INF Jacob Buchberger (1) Davenport University 3.76 Sr. Medical Case Management INF Josh Finerty Bellarmine University 3.90 Sr. Biology INF Daulton Martin Tusculum University 3.53 Sr. Business Management OF Clayton Engel Drury University 3.78 Sr. Management OF Riley Johnson Augustana University 3.51 Sr. Mathematics OF Logan Soole Metropolitan State University of Denver 3.96 Sr. K-12 Physical Education DH Derek Daly Colorado School of Mines 3.62 Sr. Chemical & Biochemical Engineering

SECOND TEAM Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major P Eric Mullet Malone University 3.76 Sr. Business Administration & Finance P Brandon Weed UC 3.33 Sr. International Business C Spencer Bramwell Colorado Mesa University 3.46 Jr. Health & Fitness Promotion INF Jackson Kritsch San Francisco State 3.90 Sr. Accounting INF Nathan Mark (1) Rockhurst University 3.98 Jr. History / Political Science / Theology INF Nathan Neff Concord University 3.97 Sr. Business Administration / Accounting and Finance INF Jackson Raper Catawba College 3.62 Sr. Accounting OF Manny Lopez University of Southern Indiana 3.93 Sr. Mechanical Engineering OF Cole Swiger Bloomsburg University 3.55 Sr. Finance OF Tyler Thompson Carson-Newman University 3.53 Jr. Biology DH Joseph Kim 3.92 Sr. Accounting

THIRD TEAM Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major P Hunter Shepherd Catawba College 3.64 Sr. Communications P Devin Smith Kentucky Wesleyan College 3.70 Sr. Business Administration C Dalton Robison Salem University 3.79 Sr. Biology C Tyler Stofiel Chico State 3.94 Sr. Business Administration INF Tyler Adams Lincoln Memorial University 3.44 Sr. Exercise Science INF Matt Clarke University of Colorado Colorado Springs 3.69 Sr. Business Management INF Palmer Ford University of Alabama in Huntsville 4.00 Sr. Biology INF John Mooradian Mercy College 3.75 Sr. Nursing OF Daschal Johnson Northwestern State 3.97/3.93 Gr. Health & Sports Science OF Colby Johnson University of Charleston 3.33 Sr. Biology OF Jacob Vasquez St. Edward's University 3.91 Sr. Pre-Physical Therapy DH Carson Mittermaier Ashland University 3.32 Sr. Business Management

CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Aaron Anderson, Flagler College

(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II first-team selection in 2019 (2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II second-team selection in 2019 (3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II third-team selection in 2019