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Four earn ABCA/Rawlings All-Region honors
UNCG's Cozart earns first team, ETSU's Sisneros and Iannantone and Wofford's Cowan earned second team
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Four Southern Conference baseball players earned spots on the 2024 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-Region Teams. The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America Committee.
UNCG's Caleb Cozart was a first-team selection in the Atlantic Region, while Wofford's Zac Cowan earned second-team honors in the region. ETSU’s Cameron Sisneros and Nick Iannantone earned a second-team nod in the Southeast region.
First-team All-Region selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America teams will be announced the morning of Friday, June 14, prior to the start of the 2024 NCAA Div. I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
Cozart paced the Spartans offensively this season in batting average (.332), slugging percentage (.742) and on-base percentage (.474). Cozart was recently named The Southern Conference (SoCon) Coaches' Player of the Year. He broke UNCG's single-season record for home runs (22) when he hit his 18th of the season on April 24 against High Point. Cozart also tied Kennedy Jones (2022-23) for the program's single-season high for RBI (73) during the SoCon Tournament at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina.
Sisneros put together one of the best offensive seasons in the history of ETSU baseball in 2024. Sisneros led ETSU in slugging percentage (.766), RBI (86), multi-RBI games (22), home runs (23), and total bases (164). His 86 RBI broke the single season program record in that category, while his 23 home runs were the second-most ever by a Buc in a single campaign. Hitting .369 with an OPS of 1.259, Sisneros earned SoCon Player of the Year honors by the league's media members. He is the first ETSU player to earn conference player of the year honors since 2010 when Paul Hoilman garnered the same recognition in the Atlantic Sun. Sisneros is the first SoCon Player of the Year for ETSU since 2004 (Caleb Moore). Sisneros ended his time with ETSU by reaching base in 79 straight games and ended the season with more home runs (23) than strikeouts (20).
Iannantone played a key role in sparking the Buccaneer offense. The senior from Plainfield, Illinois led ETSU in batting average (.387), at-bats (217), runs scored (65), hits (84), multi-hit games (26), walks (51), and on-base percentage (.505). He also concluded the season on an 18-game hitting streak and a 24-game reached base streak. Iannantone, who landed a spot on the All-SoCon Second Team as a designated hitter, played well during the Bucs' run in the SoCon Tournament late last month hitting .429 with nine runs scored. For his efforts during the Tournament, Iannantone landed a spot on the SoCon's All-Tournament Team.
Cowan finished the season 10-2, recording wins in two Southern Conference Tournament victories and the Terriers' first ever NCAA Tournament win against LIU. By reaching 10 wins, Cowan is one shy of the program's single-season record and just the eighth Terrier pitcher ever to record double-digit wins in a season.This season he recorded a 3.35 era in 110 innings pitched. Cowan struck out 124 batters trough the course of the season including a game high 14 against Mercer in April.
UNCG's Caleb Cozart was a first-team selection in the Atlantic Region, while Wofford's Zac Cowan earned second-team honors in the region. ETSU’s Cameron Sisneros and Nick Iannantone earned a second-team nod in the Southeast region.
First-team All-Region selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America teams will be announced the morning of Friday, June 14, prior to the start of the 2024 NCAA Div. I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
Cozart paced the Spartans offensively this season in batting average (.332), slugging percentage (.742) and on-base percentage (.474). Cozart was recently named The Southern Conference (SoCon) Coaches' Player of the Year. He broke UNCG's single-season record for home runs (22) when he hit his 18th of the season on April 24 against High Point. Cozart also tied Kennedy Jones (2022-23) for the program's single-season high for RBI (73) during the SoCon Tournament at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina.
Sisneros put together one of the best offensive seasons in the history of ETSU baseball in 2024. Sisneros led ETSU in slugging percentage (.766), RBI (86), multi-RBI games (22), home runs (23), and total bases (164). His 86 RBI broke the single season program record in that category, while his 23 home runs were the second-most ever by a Buc in a single campaign. Hitting .369 with an OPS of 1.259, Sisneros earned SoCon Player of the Year honors by the league's media members. He is the first ETSU player to earn conference player of the year honors since 2010 when Paul Hoilman garnered the same recognition in the Atlantic Sun. Sisneros is the first SoCon Player of the Year for ETSU since 2004 (Caleb Moore). Sisneros ended his time with ETSU by reaching base in 79 straight games and ended the season with more home runs (23) than strikeouts (20).
Iannantone played a key role in sparking the Buccaneer offense. The senior from Plainfield, Illinois led ETSU in batting average (.387), at-bats (217), runs scored (65), hits (84), multi-hit games (26), walks (51), and on-base percentage (.505). He also concluded the season on an 18-game hitting streak and a 24-game reached base streak. Iannantone, who landed a spot on the All-SoCon Second Team as a designated hitter, played well during the Bucs' run in the SoCon Tournament late last month hitting .429 with nine runs scored. For his efforts during the Tournament, Iannantone landed a spot on the SoCon's All-Tournament Team.
Cowan finished the season 10-2, recording wins in two Southern Conference Tournament victories and the Terriers' first ever NCAA Tournament win against LIU. By reaching 10 wins, Cowan is one shy of the program's single-season record and just the eighth Terrier pitcher ever to record double-digit wins in a season.This season he recorded a 3.35 era in 110 innings pitched. Cowan struck out 124 batters trough the course of the season including a game high 14 against Mercer in April.