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May 11, 2009

SCAC announces 2009 All-SCAC Baseball team


SUWANEE, Ga. - Will Hawkins of Millsaps College was named the league’s Offensive Player-of-the-Year and Noah Solomon of Trinity University was selected the league’s Pitcher-of-the-Year in exclusive 2009 all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) voting by the conference’s head coaches. In that same balloting, Taylor Barrett of Sewanee-The University of the South was selected as the conference’s Freshman-of-the-Year and Hendrix College head coach R.J. Thomas was named the SCAC Coach-of-the-Year.

Hawkins, a sophomore infielder from Nettleton, Miss., hit .427 this season (second in the SCAC) and slugged .750 (also second in the league). He led the SCAC in hits (70), runs batted in (54), total bases (123), was third in doubles (16) and finished in second with 11 homeruns. A two time SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Week in 2009, Hawkins is the ninth different player from Millsaps to win the league’s Offensive Player-of-the-Year. It is the eleventh overall OPOTY award for a Millsaps player. Hawkins is the fifth straight Major to win the league’s OPOTY award joining Garner Wetzel (2005, 2006) and Hunter Owen (2007, 2008).

Solomon, a sophomore right-hander from Austin, Texas, is the fifth Trinity player to win the league’s Pitcher-of-the-Year award. Solomon finished the season with an ERA of 1.94 (first in the SCAC) in 65 innings of work and allowed opponents to hit a league best .196. He posted a 5-1 record while also posting a 1.09 WHIP (walks+hits/IP). In just one appearance at the 2009 Baseball Championships, Solomon did not allow an earned run in 5.2 innings pitched, striking out three and scattering six hits in his only post season outing. He is the first Trinity player named Pitcher-of-the-Year since 2005 when Brock Hewitt was awarded the league’s top pitcher award.

Barrett, a first-year right fielder from Murfreesboro, Tenn., hit .407 in his inaugural season with the Tigers (fifth in the SCAC) and led Sewanee in hits (50), runs (38) and walks (16). He also tied for the team lead in home runs (2), doubles (8) and stolen bases (8). Barrett posted a .537 slugginer percentage to go a long with a .493 on base percentage. The .493 on base percentage was the third highest in the league.

Hendrix head coach R.J. Thomas, in his 3rd season as the Warriors’ skipper, was named the SCAC Coach-of-the-Year after leading his squad to the 2009 conference tournament title – the team’s first-ever SCAC baseball championship and the school’s first-ever men’s SCAC championship in any sport. Thomas led the Warriors to its first ever season series win over Trinity in 2009 and the program’s first .500 or better finish since 2002. He has improved the team’s win total in each of his first three years going from 13 wins in 2007 to 14 in 2008 and 22 in 2009.Thomas led the baseball program to its first 20-plus win season since 2002 and his squad enters NCAA West Region play with a record of 22-21.

For the complete 2009 SCAC All-Conference baseball team, click here.