GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman’s Dylan Cole and Paul Nitto are among eight Spartanburg Blue Eagles named to the Southern Collegiate Baseball League Western Division All-Star squad, it has been announced,

The Paladin duo, who have helped Spartanburg to an 18-14 overall record and 11-5 first place divisonal standing, will represent the Blue Eagles at the league’s all-star game, scheduled for July 14 at 7:15 p.m. at Spartanburg’s Russell C. King Field.

Cole, a right-handed pitcher and product of Spartanburg’s Dorman High School, currently sports a 3-3 record with a 3.41 ERA.  Nitto, from Greenville’s J.L. Mann High School, is hitting .288 with seven RBI in 19 games this summer.

As freshmen at Furman this past spring Cole earned 44 starts at catcher and hit .258 with eight home runs and 31 RBI while Nitto, working primarily at third base and catcher, batted .300 with nine home runs and 22 RBI in 41 games.