Catawba’s Chris Ahearn Named To Academic All-America Baseball Team

BRISTOL, CT -- Catawba senior shortstop, Chris Ahearn (Charlotte, NC/Providence HS), has been named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic All-America® baseball squad.

Ahearn, a sports management major, had a 3.97 GPA.

On the field, Ahearn hit .356 this season in helping Catawba to the 2009 Food Lion SAC Tournament Championship and a second straight trip to the NCAA II Regionals. He was third on the team with 74 hits, scored 46 runs and collected 38 RBI. Along the way, Ahearn stole 14 bases, while pounding out six doubles, three triples and five home runs.

To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.

Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.

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College Division Baseball Team as selected by CoSIDA
FIRST TEAM
Name School Dist. Cl. Hometown GPA/Major
P Jason Decker Mount Vernon Nazarene IV Sr. Dover, Pa. 4.00/ Crim. Justice/Intercultural Studies
P Ben Watkins Pittsburgh-Johnstown II Sr. Tire Hill, Pa. 3.93/ Electrical Engineering Tech.
C Kyle Kowalowski Plattsburgh State I Grad. Saranac, N.Y. 3.66/ Psychology, Counselor Education
INF Chris Ahearn Catawba III Sr. Charlotte, N.C. 3.97/ Sports Management
INF Jon Alia Cal. St.-Dominguez Hills VIII Sr. Newbury Park, Cal. 3.90/ Kinesiology
INF Brian Hiscox Otterbein IV Jr. Burton, Ohio 3.81/ Public Relations, Broadcasting
INF Tristan Hobbes Eastern Connecticut I Sr. Utica, N.Y. 3.82/ Communication
OF Jason Fobes Colorado State-Pueblo VII Sr. Longmont, Col. 3.89/ Business Administration
OF Matthew Kidd Baldwin-Wallace IV Sr. Wellington, Ohio 3.83/ Biology, Pre-Med
OF Zander Lehmann Washington (Mo.) VII Sr. San Francisco, Cal. 3.85/ Psychology
DH Scott Fisher Richard Stockton II Sr. Toms River, N.J. 3.43/ Visual Communications

SECOND TEAM
Name School Dist. Cl. Hometown GPA/Major
P Brett Holland Texas-Tyler VI Sr. Lindale, Texas 3.56/ Health & Kinesiology
P Eric Willey Salisbury II Sr. Cambridge, Md. 3.69/ Business Management
C Grant Vickers Mesa State VII Sr. Nanaimo, B.C. 3.75/ Finance
C Brock Whiteman Muskingum IV Jr. New Concord, Ohio 3.67/ Special Education
INF Jeff Claydon Trinity (Texas) VI Sr. Friendswood, Tex. 3.93/ Business Admin., Accounting
INF Evan McDole Northern Kentucky IV Jr. Alexandria, Ky. 3.86/ Accounting
INF Thomas Phillips Mass. Inst. of Tech. I Sr. Durham, N.C. 3.55/ Economics
INF David Randolph Ursinus II Sr. Sewell, N.J. 3.51/ Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
OF Andrew Bilse Rose-Hulman V Jr. Munster, Ind. 3.85/ Mechanical Engineering
OF Andrew Foshee Central Oklahoma VI Sr. Guthrie, Okla. 4.00/ Marketing
OF Camden Mamigonian Rensselaer Poly. I Jr. Dover, N.H. 3.76/ Physics
DH Kirk Williamson Aurora V Jr. Naperville, Ill. 3.91/ History

THIRD TEAM
Name School Dist. Cl. Hometown GPA/Major
P Brandon Cogan Missouri Sci. & Tech. VII Jr. Missouri City,Tex. 3.96/ Electrical Engineering
P Andrew Mondo Rensselaer Poly. I Jr. Clifton Park, N.Y. 3.55/ Management
P Matt Schuld St. Thomas (Minn.) V Jr. Plymouth, Minn. 3.70/ Business Financial Management
INF Jake Calcei Kenyon IV Sr. Mantua, Ohio 3.68/ Biology
INF Chris Fishburn Thomas More IV Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio 3.98/ Sports & Entertainment Mktg.
INF Greg Laughlin SW Minnesota State V Sr. Eden Prairie, Minn. 3.95/ Business Administration
INF Dusty Washburn Fort Hays State VII Sr. Hays, Kan. 3.72/ Health & Human Performance
OF Thomas Bumpass Abilene Christian VI Sr. Houston, Tex. 3.78/ Accounting
OF Justin Held Denison IV Sr. Hudson, Ohio 3.88/ Economics
OF Chris Stallone Scranton II So. South Plains, N.J 3.95/ Business Administration
DH Adam (Dane) Lucas Southern Arkansas VI Sr. Houston, Tex. 3.46/ Biological Science

Academic All-America of the Year: Jon Alia, California State-Dominguez Hills