Harris-Stowe’s Maurice LaFon was selected to the CoSIDA NAIA Baseball Academic All-America Team, the organization announced on Wednesday.
LaFon was named to the organization’s first team. He is one of only 25 NAIA student-athletes to be selected as a CoSIDA Academic All-American, this academic year.
The selection serves as Harris-Stowe’s first Academic All-American.
Maurice LaFon
Academic All-American (First Team)
- Graduated in May of 2022 with his degree in finance
- Holds a 3.96 grade-point average for his matriculation at Harris-Stowe
- Athletic Accomplishments:
- HBCU All-American (2021, preseason 2022)
- HSSU ASA member (2020)
- Academic Accomplishments:
- HSSU Valedictorian (Spring 2022)
- HSSU Honors College (2018-2022)
- HSSU Presidential Scholar (2018-2022)
- 2022 NAIA Academic All-America ® Baseball Team
- 2022 NAIA Academic All-District® 3 Baseball Team
- 2022 AMC-Academic All-Conference team
- 2021 AMC-Academic All-Conference team
- 2020 AMC-Academic All-Conference team
2022 Academic All-America Baseball Team NAIA
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major
P Matt Bezdicek Dakota Wesleyan University 3.63 Gr. Accounting
P Michael Dudek St. Ambrose University 3.75 Sr. Management
P Ethan Underwood Olivet Nazarene University 3.92 Jr. Engineering
C Yan Adames Mid-America Christian University 3.84/3.80 Gr. Leadership
IF Payton Alexander Loyola University (LA) 3.84 Sr. Biology
IF Tim Bouchard Keiser University 3.38 Sr. Sports Management
IF Peyton Crispin (3) Oklahoma City University 3.68 Sr. Human Performance
IF Eric Maffie University of St. Francis (IL) 3.89/4.00 Gr. Marketing (U) / MBA (G)
IF Frederic Walter Oklahoma City University 3.97 Sr. Computer Science
OF Tanner Bedier William Penn University 4.00 Sr. Industrial Technology
OF Sean Cheely University of the Cumberlands 4.00/4.00 Gr. Criminal Justice
OF Maurice LaFon Harris-Stowe State University 3.96 Sr. Finance
DH Isaiah Lee Vanguard University 3.95 Sr. Business Administration
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major
P Jake Engelkes Indiana Wesleyan University 4.00 Jr. Finance & Entrepreneurship
P Noah Huseman Taylor University 3.61 Sr. English Education
C Trevor Johnson McPherson College 3.42 Sr. Business
IF James Canar (1) McPherson College 3.83 Jr. Business Management
IF Logan Cline Dordt University 3.71 Sr. Engineering
IF Allen Dennis Loyola University (LA) 3.79 Sr. Biology
IF Kyran Russ (2) USCB 4.00 Sr. Business Administration
OF Conner Crawford Taylor University 3.75 Sr. Exercise Science
OF Mason Macaluso Dakota State University 4.00 So. Cyber Operations
OF Nick Olsen Lawrence Technological University 4.00 So. Nursing
DH Chris Griffin Grace College 3.50 Sr. Sport Management