TUCSON, Ariz. – UNC Greensboro baseball’s standout redshirt senior reliever Chad Sykes received Third Team All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball, the organization announced on Thursday, May 30.

Sykes, the only Southern Conference player honored by Collegiate Baseball, picked up his fourth postseason award after being named SoCon Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-SoCon by the league’s coaches, while also earning First Team All-SoCon by the media.

Sykes ended the regular season with the lowest ERA (0.96) among all NCAA Division I pitchers, one of five major statistical categories that the Creedmoor, N.C., native ranked in nationally. The others include hits allowed per nine innings (17th-5.79), saves (31st-11), WHIP (51st-1.04) and strikeouts per nine innings (63rd-10.93).

Sykes closed with a 6-3 record and 11 saves in 56 innings after surrendering just 36 hits, seven runs (six earned), 22 walks while converting 68 strikeouts in 27 appearances for the Spartans. On the UNCG pitching staff, Sykes ranked among the top five in eight major statistical categories including earned run average (1st-0.96), opposing batting average (1st-.181), saves (1st-11), wins (2nd-6), batters struck out (2nd-68), appearances (2nd-27), relief appearances (2nd-27), innings pitched (4th-56) and batters struck out looking (4th-21).

Sykes’ effectiveness in SoCon play resulted in a 1.20 ERA, 2-2 record and eight saves. He made 13 appearances over the course of league play, logging 30 innings, allowing just 14 hits and four earned runs. Sykes fanned 32 opposing hitters among the eight different league opponents that he faced. Sykes recorded multiple strikeouts in 11 of the 13 SoCon games he pitched, including a season-best five at Mercer where he earned his third save.