SIAC announces Baseball All Conference Awards
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Baseball Coach’s Association are proud to announce the 2008 Baseball All Conference & All Academic Team. Chuncey Ward, Brandon Gibson, and Pete Cardenas headline the list of award recipients.
Paine College Head Coach Pete Cardenas took home the honors of Coach of the Year after leading his team to an Eastern Division 2nd place finish in the Regular Season Championship in the SIAC. Chuncey Ward of Albany State was named Player of the Year after leading his team to a 1st place finish atop of the Eastern Division of the SIAC and the SIAC Freshman of the Year is Brandon Gibson of Benedict College.
All athletes and coaches will be recognized at the SIAC Spring Sports Championship Banquet on April 16, 2008 on the campus of Stillman College.
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2008 SIAC All Conference Baseball Team |
| 1st Team |
| Catcher Brandon Hall JR Paine College |
| First Base Hank McCladdie JR Morehouse College |
| Second Base Jeffrey Price JR Paine College |
| Short Stop Chuncey Ward SR Albany State University |
| Third Base Nate Caldwell JR Benedict College |
| Outfielders Dunte Artis SR Morehouse College |
| Michael Cornish SR Benedict College |
| Roger Jones SO Albany State University |
| Designated Hitter Nathan Coggins SO Albany State University |
| Pitcher Samuel Murphy SO Albany State University |
| 2nd Team |
| Catcher Tony Elder SR Albany State University |
| First Base Jermaine Reese SR Paine College |
| Second Base Clifford Brevard SR Benedict College |
| Short Stop Brandon Gipson FR Benedict College |
| Third Base Antwone Johnson SO Albany State University |
| Outfielders DJ Ziegler JR Kentucky State University |
| Alex Humphrey SO Paine College |
| Jason Mills FR Morehouse College |
| Designated Hitter Alex Harvey SO Benedict College |
| Pitcher Michael Carter SR Paine College |
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All Academic Team |
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Michael Merideth SR Tuskegee Engineering 4.00 |
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Alex Harvey SO Benedict Finance 3.94 |
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Henry Davis JR Tuskegee Biology 3.88 |
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William Hunter SO Tuskegee Finance 3.75 |
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Ralph Wolfolk SR Morehouse English 3.69 |
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David Holcombe JR Stillman Business 3.65 |
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Walter-John McGowan SO Morehouse Psychology 3.64 |
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Michael Carter SR Paine Sociology 3.63 |
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Nicholas Arrington JR Tuskegee Sales & Marketing 3.63 |
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Joseph Woodley JR Stillman Biology 3.62 |
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Jermaine Reese SR Paine Accounting 3.58 |
Freshman of the Year: Brandon Gipson Benedict College
Player of the Year: Chuncey Ward Albany State University
Coach of the Year: Pete Cardenas Paine College
1st Place East:
1st Place West: Miles College
April 17th, 2008 at 1:20 am
First let me ask…”Why did is SIAC schedule the Banquet during tournament play?” Couldn’t it have been scheduled after the tournament?
It’s a shame that Miles College didn’t have one player to be selected to the All Conference Team, after finishing first in the West Division. Miles College had two players that had statistics to support being All-Conference so I’m confused how the SIAC missed them.
April 17th, 2008 at 3:31 am
It may just be me but whoever chose the All Conference Baseball Team 2008 evidently was not looking at the season stats. My son plays at Miles College we last year had the Player of the Year on our team his name Brandon Herd (with stats this year better than last year). He is not even mentioned on either team. We also had a Freshman Michael Green who had far better stats in my opinion than the player chosen as Freshman of the Year. Designated Hitter Patrick Melvin had far better stats than 2nd team choice (Alex Harvey).
Now my son is telling me we as a team may not have gotten our stats in on time. If that be the case please forgive me. (Shame on us).
April 17th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
It is a shame that not one Miles player is listed on either of these teams. This is why Miles should find another conference among other reasons.
April 24th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Do you have the all tournament player’s pictures that you took? i would like a copy thanks