Baseball Earns Three CoSIDA Academic All-District Honorees
7/1/2021 3:35:00 PM | Baseball
Garett Delano, RJ Yeager and Collin Price garnered Academic All-District honors
Macon, Ga. – Mercer's Garett Delano, RJ Yeager and Collin Price have been named CoSIDA Academic All-District IV First Team honorees, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday. Â
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The 2020-21 Academic All-District® Baseball Team, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in late July. To view the complete team, click here.
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"I am pleased with the achievements for these three outstanding student-athletes," remarked head coach Craig Gibson. "This epitomizes what we try to do in our program to be the best in the classroom and on the field. To have five Southern Conference student-athletes be represented and three coming from Mercer says a lot about our university and our baseball program."
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Delano, a graduate student from Callahan, Fla., was an infielder and right-handed pitcher. Following the season, Delano earned Second Team All-American honors from the Collegiate Baseball Foundation and Third Team All-American honors by D1 Baseball. He led the team with a .337 batting average and 52 RBI. Delano showed off his power with nine home runs and 13 doubles. On the mound, he made 15 appearances - 12 starts and 3 in relief. He posted a 6-1 record and 4.32 ERA, tallying 60 strikeouts to only 20 walks and held opponents to a .231 average through a team-high 81.1 innings. Delano was a finalist for the John Olreud Two-Way Player of the Year, given to the best two-way player in the country.
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Yeager, a junior infielder from Lynn Haven, Fla., hit .308 with 13 home runs and finished second on the team with 50 RBI, the seventh-highest total in the Southern Conference. He had on-base percentage of .363 and stole 10 bases. Out of his 72 hits, 32 went for extra bases. Yeager has hit 28 career home runs, the program's second-most by an active player. In the field, Yeager has a fielding percentage of .969 with 72 putouts and 145 assists. Yeager was a finalist for the Brooks Wallace Award, which is presented to the best shortstop in the nation.
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Price, a sophomore from Suwanee, Ga., was named to the 2021 Buster Posey Watch List. Following the season, he was named Second Team All-SoCon as a catcher. He appeared in 53 games for Mercer, making 49 starts. He hit .285 with 51 hits, 17 of those hits coming for extra bases. He had a fielding percentage of .990 and has thrown out 38 percent of base stealers during the regular season.
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The 2020-21 Academic All-District® Baseball Team, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in late July. To view the complete team, click here.
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"I am pleased with the achievements for these three outstanding student-athletes," remarked head coach Craig Gibson. "This epitomizes what we try to do in our program to be the best in the classroom and on the field. To have five Southern Conference student-athletes be represented and three coming from Mercer says a lot about our university and our baseball program."
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Delano, a graduate student from Callahan, Fla., was an infielder and right-handed pitcher. Following the season, Delano earned Second Team All-American honors from the Collegiate Baseball Foundation and Third Team All-American honors by D1 Baseball. He led the team with a .337 batting average and 52 RBI. Delano showed off his power with nine home runs and 13 doubles. On the mound, he made 15 appearances - 12 starts and 3 in relief. He posted a 6-1 record and 4.32 ERA, tallying 60 strikeouts to only 20 walks and held opponents to a .231 average through a team-high 81.1 innings. Delano was a finalist for the John Olreud Two-Way Player of the Year, given to the best two-way player in the country.
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Yeager, a junior infielder from Lynn Haven, Fla., hit .308 with 13 home runs and finished second on the team with 50 RBI, the seventh-highest total in the Southern Conference. He had on-base percentage of .363 and stole 10 bases. Out of his 72 hits, 32 went for extra bases. Yeager has hit 28 career home runs, the program's second-most by an active player. In the field, Yeager has a fielding percentage of .969 with 72 putouts and 145 assists. Yeager was a finalist for the Brooks Wallace Award, which is presented to the best shortstop in the nation.
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Price, a sophomore from Suwanee, Ga., was named to the 2021 Buster Posey Watch List. Following the season, he was named Second Team All-SoCon as a catcher. He appeared in 53 games for Mercer, making 49 starts. He hit .285 with 51 hits, 17 of those hits coming for extra bases. He had a fielding percentage of .990 and has thrown out 38 percent of base stealers during the regular season.
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Follow the Bears
For complete coverage of Mercer Baseball, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerBaseball (Twitter), /MercerBaseball (Facebook) and @Mercer.Baseball (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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