TC’s Calano, C-N’s Luttrell Named to Verizon Academic All-District Baseball Team

Mike Calano Named Academic All-District

STAMFORD, Conn. --- Tusculum College second baseman Mike Calano has been named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-District IV College Division Baseball First Team announced College officials Thursday morning.

Calano, a sophomore from Suwanee, Ga., has started in all 51 games for the Pioneers this season while earning All-South Atlantic Conference First Team honors. He is currently fourth on the team in hitting with a .343 batting average. He has recorded 10 doubles and triple and is third on the team in home runs with nine. His 54 RBI is second on the squad, not bad considering he has hit ninth in the order all season.

Calano has a 3.95 cumulative grade point average and was recently named the 2003 South Atlantic Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year for baseball. He is a two-time member of the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Calano advances to the Verizon Academic All-America ballot, which will be announced in June. The Verizon Academic All-District team is selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America from institutions within District IV, which includes the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.

The Pioneers are currently 33-18 on the season and await their post-season fate with this week's announcement of the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament selections. TC, which is currently ranked fifth in the NCAA South Region, will close out the regular season on Monday when they travel to the University of Tennessee for a 7 p.m. contest against the Volunteers.

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Ricky Luttrell Named Academic All-District

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman senior infielder Ricky Luttrell (Knoxville, Tenn.) has been named to the Verizon Academic All-District IV baseball team. The team is selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America in the fourth district.

Luttrell has a 3.22 grade point average in Accounting at Carson-Newman. He is a member of the C-N Dean's List and the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Commissioner's Honor Roll.

On the field, Luttrell led the Eagles in 2003 with a .354 batting average. He also led the team in RBIs with 69, homeruns with 15 and stolen bases with 12. Luttrell was named to the All-SAC team.

The Carson-Newman Eagles were 31-21 in 2003 and won their second consecutive SAC regular season championship.