Bennett, Griffin Named to Baseball Academic All-District Teams
5/8/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 8, 2003
WACO, Texas - Baylor senior Ross Bennett and sophomore Michael Griffin were named to the 2003 Verizon District VI Baseball Academic Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America and announced Thursday.
Bennett, second on the team with a .392 average, was named to the Academic All-District First Team. The senior from Cape Girardeau, Mo., has 11 doubles, two triples and four home runs to go along with 45 RBI. A biochemistry/pre-dental major, the honor is Bennett's second-straight Academic All-District First Team selection. He has also earned Academic All-Big 12 first team honors in 2000 and 2002.
Bennett is Baylor's first back-to-back Academic All-District selection since Jason Jennings and Jon Topolski were each selected in1998 and 1999. Bennett, along with the other all-district selections, is automatically nominated for the Verizon Academic All-America team.
Griffin, a business major, was named to the Academic All-District Second Team, his first such selection. The sophomore holds a .374 average and leads the Bears with 23 doubles and 67 RBI this season. He needs just two doubles to tie the school single-season record in that category.
The all-district team honors student-athletes who are not only standouts on the field, but also in the classroom. To be considered for selection to an all-academic team, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for his/her career. No athlete is eligible until he/she has reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution (thus, true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible transfers are not eligible). In the cases of transfers, graduate students and junior college graduates, the athlete must have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to be eligible. Awards are voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America.
2003 Verizon Academic All-District VI University Baseball First TeamP Michael Srp UT-San Antonio Sr. Finance/Construction Management P Wade Townsend Rice So. History/Economic/Managerial Studies C Jeff Blackinton Rice Jr. Biochemistry IF Ross Bennett Baylor Sr. Biochemistry/Pre-Dental IF Brett Hagedorn Arkansas Jr. Accounting IF Vincent Sinisi Rice So. Kinesiology IF Dustin Young New Mexico Sr. General Management OF Jordan Foster Lamar Jr. Accounting OF Clint King Southern Miss Jr. Accounting OF Andrew Wishy Arkansas Jr. Music DH Daniel Raymond La.-Monroe So. Biology
2003 Verizon Academic All-District VI University Baseball Second Team
P David Aardsma Rice Jr. Managerial Studies/Kinesiology P Jimmy Hamon TAMU-CC Sr. Kinesiology P Brian Henderson Houston Jr. Chemical Engineering C Brady Toops Arkansas So. Marketing IF Enrique Cruz Rice Jr. Kinesiology IF Michael Griffin Baylor So. Business IF Jaime Landin TAMU-CC So. Business IF Temetric Thomas Miss. Valley St. Sr. Criminal Justice OF Jeff Cook Southern Miss Sr. Architecture Engineering Technology OF Sean Murray New Mexico Jr. Mechanical Engineering OF Reggie Willits Oklahoma Sr. Management Information Systems DH J.B. Tucker Miss. State So. Business Administration
