Texas
A&M-Corpus Christi shortstop Brycen Bell has been named to the
Capital One Bank/Southland Conference All-Academic Baseball Team
the conference office announced on Tuesday.
Bell was one of seven players automatically selected for the team
after being voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VI second
team. The
senior from Fort Collins, Colo. is a Bio-Medical Sciences major who
boasted a 3.69 overall grade point average entering the spring
semester. Before transferring to TAMUCC, Bell spent two seasons at
Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kan. where he was an
All-Jayhawk Conference team member as well as maintaining a 4.0
grade point average. On the field, Bell hit a career high
.269 with a home run and 18 RBI. The committed three errors in the
in final 27 games after recovering from shoulder issues.
The all-academic teams
are voted on by the head coaches, sports information directors and
academic/compliance administrators from each Southland university.
Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have completed
one full academic year at the nominating institution and
participated in at least 50 percent of the team's competition to
qualify for the all-academic squad.
2009 Southland
Baseball All-Academic Teams
|
First
Team
|
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Name
|
University
|
Class
|
Hometown
|
GPA
|
Major
|
|
Paul
Goldschmidt1254
|
Texas State
|
Jr.
|
The
Woodlands, Texas
|
3.87
|
Finance
|
|
Ryan
Brauninger4
|
McNeese
State
|
Sr.
|
Nederland,
Texas
|
3.59
|
Communications
|
|
Josh
Cryer3
|
Southeastern
La.
|
So.
|
Leesville,
La.
|
4.00
|
Accounting
|
|
Brycen
Bell3
|
A&M-Corpus
Christi
|
Sr.
|
Fort
Collins,
Colo.
|
3.69
|
Bio-Medical
Sciences
|
|
Jordan Nipp35
|
Northwestern
State
|
Sr.
|
Amarillo,
Texas
|
3.97
|
Biology
|
|
Matt
Otteman2
|
UT
Arlington
|
Sr.
|
Lockport,
Ill.
|
3.22
|
Exercise
Science
|
|
Michael
Rockett26
|
UTSA
|
Sr.
|
Sugar
Land, Texas
|
3.16
|
Economics
|
|
Brian
Taylor
|
Lamar
|
Sr.
|
Cedar
Park, Texas
|
3.34
|
General
Studies
|
|
Erich
Lehmann5
|
Stephen
F. Austin
|
Sr.
|
Fort
Worth, Texas
|
3.71
|
Criminal
Justice
|
|
Tye
Throneberry
|
Central
Arkansas
|
Jr.
|
Pine
Bluff, Ark.
|
3.60
|
Biology
|
|
Josh
Huffman
|
Central
Arkansas
|
Sr.
|
Carrollton,
Texas
|
3.79
|
Health
Sciences
|
|
Zach
Gardner5
|
Stephen
F. Austin
|
Sr.
|
Sugar
Land, Texas
|
3.66
|
Finance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Second
Team
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name
|
University
|
Class
|
Hometown
|
GPA
|
Major
|
|
Justin
O'Neal
|
Northwestern
State
|
Sr.
|
Ruston,
La.
|
3.10
|
Administration
|
|
Adam
Boydston
|
UT
Arlington
|
So.
|
Corinth,
Texas
|
3.93
|
History
|
|
Jeremiah
Sammy
|
Lamar
|
Sr.
|
Markham,
Ontario
|
3.21
|
Communications
|
|
Ricky
Testa
|
Lamar
|
Sr.
|
Mesquite,
Texas
|
3.07
|
General
Studies
|
|
Joe
Urtuzuastegui
|
Northwestern
State
|
Sr.
|
Mesa,
Ariz.
|
3.00
|
General
Studies
|
|
Lee
Orr
|
McNeese
State
|
RS-Fr.
|
Louise,
Texas
|
3.05
|
Athletic
Training
|
|
Zach
Tritz
|
Texas State
|
Sr.
|
Spring,
Texas
|
3.00
|
Physics
|
|
Brian
Ferguson
|
Stephen
F. Austin
|
Sr.
|
Sugar
Land, Texas
|
3.37
|
Finance
|
|
Ryan
Mooney
|
Sam Houston
State
|
So.
|
The
Woodlands, Texas
|
3.35
|
Business
|
|
Sam
Merrill
|
McNeese
State
|
Sr.
|
Omaha,
Neb.
|
3.11
|
General
Studies
|
|
Ryan
Martin
|
UT
Arlington
|
Sr.
|
Friendswood,
Texas
|
3.51
|
Political
Science
|
|
Collin
Garner
|
UT
Arlington
|
Sr.
|
Arlington,
Texas
|
3.74
|
Mechanical
Engineering
|
1Student-Athlete of
the Year
2First-Team
All-Conference
3CoSIDA
All-Academic District VI
4ESPN The
Magazine All-America
5Two-time
Academic Selection
6Three-time
Academic Selection
