Four Former Gents Named To SCAC 30th Anniversary Baseball Team

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Trinity University, which won or shared nine of the last 15 conference titles, and brought home the league's first-ever national championship in the sport in 2016, was recognized with a league-high 12 honorees among the 32 impressive student-athletes selected to the Southern College Athletic Conference's 30th Anniversary baseball team. Complete Release

Among current membership and following behind Trinity's 12 selections was Centenary College with four honorees while Texas Lutheran University had three former student-athletes named to the squad. Austin College and Southwestern University had one selection each.

Millsaps College paced former league members with four selections and Birmingham-Southern College and Rhodes College had three honorees each. Centre College had one representative named to the all-anniversary team.

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced 30th Anniversary teams in 19 sports throughout the 2020-21 academic year. The league selected 15th Anniversary teams during the 2005-06 academic year – those selections can be found here.

The SCAC's 30th Anniversary teams were selected by present coaches, administrators and/or conference office personnel. Athletes who participated in conference competition between the fall of 2005 through the spring of 2020 and had been named to at least two All-SCAC teams and/or were a selected as a Player-of-the-Year in their respective sport were eligible for selection.

SCAC BASEBALL – 30TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM

• Drew Butler, Trinity University – Catcher
• Bruce Maxwell, Birmingham Southern College – Catcher
• Chris Zapata, Centenary College – Catcher
• Evan Jones, Trinity University – First Baseman
• Eric Moore, Centre College – First Baseman
• Daniel Vanaman, Rhodes College – First Baseman
• Conner Moore, Trinity University – Second Baseman
• Brandon Ricco, Birmingham-Southern College – Second Baseman
• J.R. Bizzell, Rhodes College – Shortstop
• Christian Muscarello, Trinity University – Shortstop
• Garner Wetzel, Millsaps College – Shortstop
• Hunter Abrams, Millsaps College – Third Baseman
• Will Hawkins, Millsaps College – Third Baseman
• Brett Taff, Austin College – Third Baseman
• Will Cates, Southwestern University – Outfielder
• Tyler Cauley, Texas Lutheran University – Outfielder
• Rafe Chaumette, Trinity University – Outfielder
• Pat Hirschberg, Trinity University – Outfielder
• Drew Leachman, Birmingham-Southern College – Outfielder  
• Hunter Owen, Millsaps College – Outfielder
• Riley Schaefer, Texas Lutheran University – Outfielder  
• Michael Schimpf, Centenary College – Outfielder
• Jeremy Wolf, Trinity University – Outfielder  
• Kyle Felix, Trinity University – Designated Hitter
• Evan Bronson, Trinity University – Pitcher
• Matthew Devillier, Centenary College – Pitcher
• Robert Flanagan, Rhodes College – Pitcher
• Ryan Gray, Trinity University – Pitcher
• Kaleb Kirk, Centenary College – Pitcher
• Ben Klimesh, Trinity University – Pitcher
• Ryan Lucero, Trinity University – Pitcher
• Nathan Malinovsky, Texas Lutheran University – Pitcher

The SCAC was formed in 1991 after a reorganization of its predecessor, the College Athletic Conference (CAC). The CAC dates to 1962 with four charter members: Centre College, Southwestern @ Memphis (now Rhodes College), Sewanee-The University of the South, and Washington & Lee (Va.) University. Washington (Mo.) University joined the CAC later that same year.

The SCAC was formed to provide an association through which the member institutions may encourage organized competition in intercollegiate sports among teams representative of their respective student bodies. Members of this conference share a commitment to priority of the overall quality of academic standards and quality educational experiences.

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