Five Honored by SoCon
5/24/2022 3:27:00 PM | Baseball
Bears represented on all-league teams
SPARTANBURG, S.C.  – Multiple Mercer student-athletes earned Southern Conference postseason honors when the league office released its baseball all-league honorees.
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A pair of Bears – Bill Knight and Colby Thomas – were chosen as first team members by the league's coaches for their 2022 seasons. Jackson Kelley and Collin Price followed with nods to the second team.
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From the media, Kelley and Knight were named to the all-first team while Price and Thomas were chosen to the second team. Treyson Hughes was the lone Bear to appear on the all-freshman squad.
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Bill Knight | First Team (Coaches and Media) | Outfield
Knight, a junior from Perkins, Ga., is hitting .338 with 15 home runs and batted in 60 runs this season – tops in the SoCon. His average from the plate leads the team and is 10th in the league. At the dish, he's connected on a team-best 78 hits, which is third in the conference.
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Colby Thomas | First Team (Coaches), Second Team (Media) | Outfield
Thomas, a sophomore from Valdosta, Ga., hitting .325 with 17 home runs – a mark that is second best in the SoCon, has batted in 45 runs and a league-leading .728 slugging percentage. In an April win at Seton Hall, he slugged a pair of home runs to contribute to the 14-2 score.
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Jackson Kelley | First Team (Media), Second Team (Coaches) | Relief Pitcher
Kelley, a junior out of Marietta, Ga. - the league's Pitcher of the Month for April - fanned 75 and walked only 16 and gave up 29 hits over 52.2 frames pitched. He picked up six saves in addition to his spotless 6-0 record. He ranks sixth in strikeouts (75), third in strikeouts looking (27), fifth in wins (6) and third in saves (6).
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Collin Price | Second Team (Coaches and Media) | Catcher/Outfield
Price, a junior from Suwanee, Ga., plays both catcher and in the outfield. He is hitting .320 with a .644 slugging percentage, has reached base safely 46% of the time, driven in 57 runs, a team and conference-leading 18 homers and 62 hits. He also leads the Bears and the conference with 48 free passes to first. Defensively, he leads the SoCon with 441 putouts.
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Treyson Hughes | All-Freshman | Outfield
Hughes, from Warner Robins, Ga., earned all-freshman honors. The first-year player made an instant impact from the plate, making contact 67 times and registering a .316 average. The Warner Robins, Ga. native slugged 14 home runs and batted in 52 runs – which placed him sixth in the conference.
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Mercer will open play in the 2022 SoCon Baseball Tournament from Fluor Field on Friday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.
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A pair of Bears – Bill Knight and Colby Thomas – were chosen as first team members by the league's coaches for their 2022 seasons. Jackson Kelley and Collin Price followed with nods to the second team.
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From the media, Kelley and Knight were named to the all-first team while Price and Thomas were chosen to the second team. Treyson Hughes was the lone Bear to appear on the all-freshman squad.
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Bill Knight | First Team (Coaches and Media) | Outfield
Knight, a junior from Perkins, Ga., is hitting .338 with 15 home runs and batted in 60 runs this season – tops in the SoCon. His average from the plate leads the team and is 10th in the league. At the dish, he's connected on a team-best 78 hits, which is third in the conference.
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Colby Thomas | First Team (Coaches), Second Team (Media) | Outfield
Thomas, a sophomore from Valdosta, Ga., hitting .325 with 17 home runs – a mark that is second best in the SoCon, has batted in 45 runs and a league-leading .728 slugging percentage. In an April win at Seton Hall, he slugged a pair of home runs to contribute to the 14-2 score.
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Jackson Kelley | First Team (Media), Second Team (Coaches) | Relief Pitcher
Kelley, a junior out of Marietta, Ga. - the league's Pitcher of the Month for April - fanned 75 and walked only 16 and gave up 29 hits over 52.2 frames pitched. He picked up six saves in addition to his spotless 6-0 record. He ranks sixth in strikeouts (75), third in strikeouts looking (27), fifth in wins (6) and third in saves (6).
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Collin Price | Second Team (Coaches and Media) | Catcher/Outfield
Price, a junior from Suwanee, Ga., plays both catcher and in the outfield. He is hitting .320 with a .644 slugging percentage, has reached base safely 46% of the time, driven in 57 runs, a team and conference-leading 18 homers and 62 hits. He also leads the Bears and the conference with 48 free passes to first. Defensively, he leads the SoCon with 441 putouts.
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Treyson Hughes | All-Freshman | Outfield
Hughes, from Warner Robins, Ga., earned all-freshman honors. The first-year player made an instant impact from the plate, making contact 67 times and registering a .316 average. The Warner Robins, Ga. native slugged 14 home runs and batted in 52 runs – which placed him sixth in the conference.
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Mercer will open play in the 2022 SoCon Baseball Tournament from Fluor Field on Friday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.
Follow the BearsÂ
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.Â
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