Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

   ATLANTA—Benedict College Senior Lydell Mosbey, along with Stillman College’s Joey Falleta and Fernando Tanaka were named to the 2013 Daktronics All-Region Baseball Team, as voted by the NCAA Division II South Region Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA).
 
Each player was named on the 2013 Daktronics All-Region Second Team.
 
The 2013 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Utility Player of the Year, Moseby, played catcher, shortstop, and third base for the Tigers this season. The native of Lawndale, California batted .418 and ranked second in the nation with a .799 slugging percentage. He led the SIAC and was among the nation’s leaders with 11 home runs. He also led the SIAC and ranked third nationally with 1.34 runs batted in per game. Moseby was named to the 2013 SIAC All-Tournament Team and on the All-Region team as a Utility Player.
 
Falletta was named to the second team as a Starting Pitcher. The 2013 SIAC Starting Pitcher of the Year had the top record in the SIAC with 7-0 mark, while allowing only 11 runs this season, which gave him one of the top earned run averages in the conference and nation at 2.11. The junior from Franklin, TN also had a conference low 11 walks in 11 appearances this season, while leading Stillman to its sixth SIAC Baseball Championship in seven years. Falletta was also named to the 2013 SAIC All-Tournament Team.
 
Tanaka, a sophomore from Sao Paulo, Brazil, was named to the second team as a Utility (Pitcher). Tanaka was the closer for Stillman this season and came up for the team big as he picked up the save to preserve the team’s victory over Tuskegee in the 2013 SIAC Baseball Championship game. For the s eason, Tanaka had six saves, while only allowing five runs in 13 appearances this season. From the plate, Tanaka compiled 54 hits, scoring 36 runs, while driving in 38 RBIs. Tanaka also name Most Valuable Player of the 2013 SIAC Baseball Championship.
 
The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledge world leader in scoring, timing, and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition.  
 
 
BASEBALL ALL-SOUTH REGION
 
FIRST TEAM
C – Austin Allen, Florida Tech
1B – Jason Matusik, Lynn
2B – Adrian English, Barry
SS – Jacob Tillotson, Tampa
3B – Tyler Aldridge, Delta State
OF – Chandler Brock, Alabama-Huntsville
OF – Michael Danner, Tampa
OF – Taed Moses, Saint Leo
DH – Dylan Boston, North Alabama
UT (Non-Pitcher) – Tyler Kellmann, Barry
SP - Josh Branstetter, Delta State
SP – Michael Manley, Delta State
SP – Jamie Sexton, West Georgia
SP – Jake Stephens, West Florida
RP – Mike Adams, Tampa
UT (Pitcher) – Ben Bridges, West Florida
 
SECOND TEAM
C – Joel Buchko, PBA
C – Carlos Leal, Delta State
1B – Josh Cyr, North Alabama
2B – Kaleb Barlow, West Florida
SS – Carlos Asuaje, Nova Southeastern
3B – Vincent Kortbawi, Alabama-Huntsville
OF – Jordan Chovanec, Delta State
OF – Drew Prichard, West Florida
OF – Jake Ward, North Alabama
DH – Ben Kingsley, Delta State
UT (Non-Pitcher) – Lydell Moseby, Benedict
SP – Andrew Busby, Alabama-Huntsville
SP – Joseph Falletta, Stillman
SP – Nic Kovacs, PBA
SP – Chase Medley, North Alabama
SP – Calvin Rayburn, Barry
SP – Jed Vandernaald, Lynn
RP – James Mannara, Florida Tech
UT (Pitcher) – Fernando Tanaka, Stillman
 
 
SOUTH REGION PITCHER OF THE YEAR – Jake Stephens, West Florida
SOUTH REGION PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Chandler Brock, Alabama-Huntsville