'Roo Baseball Has Four Named All-SCAC
Four members of the Austin College baseball team have been named All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference performers for the 2013 season, the league office has announced.
Four members of the Austin College baseball team have been named All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference performers for the 2013 season, the league office has announced. Tyler Appelquist and Austin Vaughan were each named 1st Team All-Conference, while Travis Gibson and Marshall Korn were named Honorable Mention.
Appelquist, a senior first baseman from Rowlett, was named All-Conference after batting .311 for the season with four doubles and 12 runs batted in. He also scored a team-high 31 runs and had a .341 slugging percentage and a .985 fielding percentage. He also led the team with 15 stolen bases.
Vaughan, a senior outfielder from Rowlett, was named All-Conference after batting a team-high .319 with nine doubles, a home run, and 19 runs batted in. He added 25 runs scored and boasted a .406 slugging percentage while stealing seven bases. Vaughan also had a .973 fielding percentage.
Gibson, a senior outfielder from Emory, was named Honorable Mention All-SCAC after batting .307 with five triples, three doubles, and nine runs batted in. Gibson also scored 17 runs and stole seven bases on the year and had a .436 slugging percentage and a .978 fielding percentage.
Korn, a sophomore pitcher from Austin, was named Honorable Mention All-SCAC after making 13 appearances with nine starts and tossed two complete games. Korn had a record of 3-4 with a 4.15 earned run average. Korn threw a team-high 65.0 innings and struck out 34 batters, also best on the team.
Austin College athletic teams participate as a member of the NCAA Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
About Austin College
Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original charter and name, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope's influential book Colleges that Change Lives.