The South Atlantic Conference Announces Pilot/Flying J SAC Baseball Championship Co-MVPs and All-Tournament Team

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Catawba's Will Albertson and Creighton Wilke from Tusculum were tabbed the 2016 Pilot Flying/J South Atlantic Conference Baseball Championship Co-MVPs, the League announced today.  The top four teams in the Pilot/Flying J SAC Championship head coaches also selected the All-Tournament Team

Albertson went 7-for-13, batting .538 over Catawba's four games of the tournament.  He collected three hits in an opening win over Wingate and added two hits, including a three-run homer, in a 9-8 win over Lincoln Memorial in 10 innings.  He was credited with two hits in the final against Tusculum and finished the tournament with five RBI and six runs scored.

Wilke played in all five games at first base for the Pioneers as he posted a .524 slugging percentage and hit two huge home runs in the tournament. He hit the a three-run homer in the 11th inning to lift Tusculum to a 9-6 win over Wingate in an elimination game.  He followed that with a grand slam to rally Tusculum from a five-run deficit in a 9-7 win over Carson-Newman in the elimination bracket final.  The All-SAC honorable mention standout also walks twice and had a sacrifice bunt for Tusculum.

Co-Champions Catawba and Tusculum led the way with seven players on the All-Tournament Team, followed by   Carson-Newman and Wingate with two players each on the team.

2016 South Atlantic Conference Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team
Connor Johnson, Catawba
Bryan Blanton, Catawba
Kyle Smith, Catawba
Jake Kimble, Catawba
Zach Almond, Catawba
Dylan Richardson, Catawba
Will Albertson, Catawba (Co-MVP
Creighton Wilke, Tusculum (Co-MVP)
J.J. Wesley, Tusculum
Nick Lacina, Tusculum
Placido Torres, Tusculum
Devan Watts, Tusculum
Zach Slagle, Tusculum
John Topoleski, Tusculum
Cade Snapp, Carson-Newman
Dustin Batson, Carson-Newman
Shane Billings, Wingate
Bradley Brown, Wingate