Wingate's Avant and Queens' Brassington Named CoSIDA Baseball Academic All-Americans

June 9, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas – Wingate's Corey Avant and Queens' Nick Brassington were named to the 2022 Academic All-America® baseball third team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2021-22 Division II Academic All-America® program.

Nine of the 35 members of the Academic All-America® Division II baseball teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The 12 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.82, with the entire team holding a collective average GPA of 3.81.

FIRST TEAM

Pos.	Name	School	GPA	Yr.	Major
P	Jack Gonzales	Point Loma	3.97/3.97	Gr.	Kinesiology
P	Jaylyn Whitehead	Rollins College	3.88	Sr.	Business Administration
C	Connor Hamilton	Slippery Rock University	3.91	Sr.	Petroleum Engineering
IF	Alex Epp	William Jewell College	3.92	Jr.	Civil Engineering
IF	Greyson Stevens	Henderson State University	4.00	Sr.	Health & Human Performance
IF	Josh Surowiec	Mercyhurst University	3.75	Sr.	Intelligence Studies
IF	Kal Youngquist (2)	University of Illinois Springfield	3.66	Sr.	Business Administration
OF	Blake Freeman	Northeastern State University	3.74	Sr.	Marketing
OF	Anthony Hansen	William Jewell College	3.56	Sr.	Economics, Business Administration
OF	Brennen van Breusegen	University of Central Missouri	3.81	Sr.	Digital Media Production
OF	Kit Wigington	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	4.00	So.	Mechanical Engineering
DH	Luke Folsom	Colorado School of Mines	3.60	So.	Mechanical Engineering

SECOND TEAM

Pos.	Name	School	GPA	Yr.	Major
P	Alexander Carpenter	Florida Tech	4.00/4.00	Gr.	Psychology (U) / MBA (G)
P	Baxter Halligan	Point Loma	3.70	Sr.	Applied Health Science
C	Spencer Bramwell (1) (3)	Colorado Mesa University	3.61	Sr.	Health & Fitness Promotion
IF	Chase Achuff	Rollins College	4.00	Sr.	Human Resource Management
IF	Garrett McGowan	Pittsburg State University	3.51	Sr.	Communication
IF	Luis Navarro	Lubbock Christian University	3.69	Sr.	Humanities
IF	Ty Syta	Le Moyne College	4.00	Sr.	Chemistry
OF	Lewis Beals	Hillsdale College	4.00	Jr.	Biology
OF	Ryan Johnson	West Texas A&M University	3.82	Jr.	Biology
DH	Tucker Burton	Southern Arkansas University	3.81	Gr.	Sports Mgmt. (U) / Ath. Admin. & Kinesiology (G)

THIRD TEAM

Pos.	Name	School	GPA	Yr.	Major
P	Corey Avant	Wingate University	4.00	So.	Mathematics
P	Blake Rohm	Colorado Mesa University	4.00	Sr.	Business Economics
C	Brayden Rodden	Northeastern State University	3.87	Sr.	Applied Physics
IF	Brandon Bannon	University of Illinois Springfield	3.50	Sr.	Business Administration
IF	Brett Ingram	Washburn University	3.71/3.8	Gr.	Finance (U) / MBA (G)
IF	Harrison Rodgers	Colorado Mesa University	3.89	Jr.	Sport Management
IF	Anthony Stehlin (2)	Concord University	3.78/3.50	Gr.	Business Administration (U) / MBA (G)
IF	Griffin Stevens	Tiffin University	3.79	Sr.	Finance
OF	Austin Alderman	University of Illinois Springfield	3.71	Sr.	Exercise Science
OF	Nicholas Brassington	Queens University of Charlotte	3.60/3.59	Gr.	Finance
OF	Cody Smith	Harding University	3.97/4.00	Gr.	Management & Business Ethics
OF	Rome Wallace	Young Harris College	3.87	Sr.	Biology
DH	Nik Levensteins	University of North Georgia	3.84	Sr.	Finance