Greensboro, NC - All-American senior RHP Parker Primeaux (Lake Charles, La.) has been named to the 2023 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III All-Region Team as a Second-Team selection, it was announced on Tuesday.
See complete release here: https://abca.org/ABCA/Awards/All-Region/NCAA_Div_III/2023.aspx
Primeaux anchored the pitching staff this season for the Diamond Gents as he turned in one of the finest seasons in program history, finishing a perfect 8-0 with a 2.13 ERA (48th in country) in 19 appearances (nine starts) and had three saves and three complete games. He is the first Centenary pitcher in the D3 era to finish a season undefeated, was named First-Team All-SCAC, and named to the 2023 SCAC Championship All-Tournament Team. He was just one of 11 pitchers in the country in all of division III to win at least eight games and go undefeated.
Primeaux, who received two votes for conference Pitcher of the Year, struck out 75 and walked just 24 in 84.1 innings pitched. He finished the regular season as the league leader in innings pitched, second in appearances, second in wins, second in saves, and sixth in strikeouts. Primeaux's last three appearances of the season, all starts, were complete games. He struck out a career-high 12 in dominating performance at Austin College on April 29 as he allowed just four hits and an unearned run with a walk.
He was named the SCAC Pitcher of the Week once this season and went at least seven innings in eight of his nine starts and struck out five or more batters five times and 10 or more twice. He needs just one save to tie former All-American Taylor Henry for the all-time program record (17) in the D3 era.
This honor marks the fifth time that Primeaux has been named All-Region in his career as earned All-Region honors from ABCA/Rawlings for the third season in a row and was named to the D3baseball.com All-Region Team as a Second-Team selection on Monday. He was a Third Team selection by D3baseball.com in 2021.
The Chair of the ABCA NCAA Div. III All-America & Coach of the Year Committee is Paul Hesse of the University of Mount Union. Also on the committee are Justin Beach (SUNY Brockport), Brian Casey (U.S. Coast Guard Academy), Dean Glus (The College of New Jersey), Dan Gomez (Western New England University), Ray Hedrick (Randolph-Macon College), Luke Johnson (North Park University), Scott Laverty (Chapman University), Yogi Lutz (Alvernia University) and Kevin Tomasiewicz (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh).
The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III All-America teams will be announced on Thursday, June 1. First Team All-Region selections are eligible for All-America honors.
The ABCA Region All-Defensive teams for all divisions will be announced on Monday, June 19. The ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove teams for all divisions will be announced on Wednesday, June 21.
The ABCA All-America team was first recognized in 1949 and now includes nine divisions: NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA Divisions I, II and III, Pacific Association Division, and high school. ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove teams were first recognized in 2007.
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