Bradon O’Connor of Benedict College Named to ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region Team

Benedict College’s Bradon O’Connor has been named to the ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region Team. The NCAA Division II baseball stolen base champ stole third base in Benedict’s final game of the season against Savannah State this past April 30. The steal was No. 97 which sets a new NCAA Division II stolen base record. The previous record was 96, set in 1987 by Cisco Johnson of Saint Leo College over 49 games. O’Connor’s feat occurred in 43 games.

No player in NCAA Division II history has put up the stolen base numbers that O’Connor has achieved. He finished this season batting .454, scoring 54 runs, with 10 doubles, 3 triples, one home run, and fifty-one runs batted in. He struck out 10 times this season and stole 97 bases in 105 attempts.

NCAA Div. II South All-Region First Team 

POSITION	PLAYER	CLASS	SCHOOL	STATE
C	Jake Smallwood	So.	Montevallo	AL
1B	EJ Doskow	Sr.	Valdosta State	GA
2B	Jake Barlow	Sr.	Delta State	MS
3B	Sam Kuchinski	So.	Montevallo	AL
SS	Chase Achuff	Gr.	Rollins	FL
INF	J.D. Urso	Fr.	Tampa	FL
OF	Joe Smith	Jr.	Savannah State	GA
OF	Reed Latimer	So.	Montevallo	AL
OF	Garrett Bodine	Jr.	Alabama Huntsville	AL
OF	Bobby Sparling	Jr.	Saint Leo	FL
DH	Grayson Swanson	Jr.	Union	TN
UT	Drew Ehrhard	Gr.	Tampa	FL
P	Jaylyn Whitehead	Gr.	Rollins	FL
P	Haden Erbe	Sr.	Tampa	FL
P	Elijah Gill	Sr.	Valdosta State	GA
P	Jonathan Pintaro	Sr.	Shorter	GA
RP	Braydon Nelson	Jr.	Tampa	FL

NCAA Div. II South All-Region Second Team 

POSITION	PLAYER	CLASS	SCHOOL	STATE
C	Jeremy Kennedy-Davis	So.	Embry-Riddle	FL
C	Jacob Bisharat	Sr.	Miles	AL
1B	Micah Morgan	So.	Spring Hill	AL
2B	Buck Anderson	Jr.	Saint Leo	FL
3B	Daniel Irisarri	Jr.	Nova Southeastern	FL
SS	Carson Clowers	So.	Delta State	MS
INF	Norris McClure	So.	Spring Hill	AL
OF	Gage Ragona	Jr.	Spring Hill	AL
OF	Dylan Standifer	So.	Lee	TN
OF	Brayden Lyman	Gr.	West Alabama	AL
OF	Jordan Lala	Jr.	Tampa	FL
DH	Josh Bower	Jr.	West Alabama	AL
UT	Bradon O’Connor	Gr.	Benedict	SC
P	Nate Madej	Sr.	Florida Southern	FL
P	Aric McAtee	Jr.	Florida Southern	FL
P	Michael Paul	Jr.	Tampa	FL
P	Jeremy Cook	Sr.	Nova Southeastern	FL
RP	Ryan Langford	Sr.	Florida Southern	FL

Position Player of the Year: Bobby Sparling, Jr., Saint Leo

Pitcher of the Year: Jaylyn Whitehead, Gr., Rollins