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2007-08 Baseball Awards

	Conference Tournament Champions
	Tennessee Wesleyan

	Champions of Character
	Covenant College

	Regular Season Champions
	Tennessee Wesleyan

	NAIA Region XII Champions
	Union College

	NAIA All-American
	Marty Popham of Union JR RHP from Louisville, Ky.

	NAIA All-American Honorable Mention
	Josh Ehringer of Union JR OF from Somerset, Ky. Joe Grinstead of Union JR INF from Bowling Green, Ky.

	Player of the Year
	Vladimir Frias of Tennessee Wesleyan SR INF from Santo Domingo, DR

	Pitcher of the Year
	Marty Popham of Union JR RHP from Louisville, Ky.

	Freshman of the Year
	Travis Weaver of Bluefield FR SS from Weyers Cave, VA

	Coach of the Year
	Billy Berry of Tennessee Wesleyan

	Region Player of the Year
	Vladimir Frias of Tennessee Wesleyan SR INF from Santo Domingo, DR

	Region Coach of the Year
	Billy Berry of Tennessee Wesleyan

Daktronics-NAIA All American Academics

	Name	Class	School	Hometown
C	Colby Duckett	JR	Covenant	Dalton, GA
P	Matt Braswell	SR	Montreat	Lenoir, NC

All-Conference Team

	Name	Class	School	Hometown
C	Charles White	SR	Bluefield	Baltimore, MD
RHP	Jace Smith	SR	King	Dripping Springs, Texas
1B/C	Mike Torrence	SR	King	Orlando, Fla.
RHP	Brandon Wallace	SR	King	Bristol, Tenn.
OF	Chad Dawkins	JR	Montreat	Rockingham, NC
C	Jesse Wise	SR	Montreat	Benson, NC
RHP	Frank Dougherty	SR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Rome, GA
INF	Vladimir Frias	SR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Santo Domingo, DR
RHP	Kris Jiggitts	JR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Aurora, CO
INF	Tyler Moyneur	JR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Escondido, CA
OF	Eddie Van Es	JR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Hampton, VA
OF	Josh Ehringer	JR	Union	Somerset, Ky.
INF	Joe Grinstead	JR	Union	Bowling Green, Ky.
INF	Lioney Henriquez	JR	Union	Brooklyn, N.Y.
RHP	Marty Popham	JR	Union	Louisville, Ky.
LHP/DH	Brad Robbins	JR	UVA-Wise	Big Stone Gap, Va.
OF	Shawn Wright	SR	Virginia Intermont	Kingsport, TN

All-Academic

	Name	Class	School	Hometown
OF	Matt Cox	SO	Bluefield	Buchanan, VA
P	Robbie Davis	SR	Bluefield	Keymar, MD
INF	Jon Hagee	JR	Bluefield	Pulaski, VA
INF	Van Harris	JR	Bluefield	Speedwell, VA
LF/P	Billie Mueller	JR	Bluefield	Virginia Beach, VA
1B/DH	Evan Pelot	SO	Bluefield	Cartersville, VA
LF	Tony Singleton	SO	Bluefield	Richmond, VA
P	Gerard Sokolis	JR	Bluefield	Baltimore, MD
C	Jon Brown	SO	Bryan	Franklin, NC
1st	Matt Hicks	JR	Bryan	Soddy Daisy, TN
C	Gabe Keen	JR	Bryan	Dayton, TN
RF	Michael Kent	SR	Bryan	Lookout Mtn, GA
P	Ben Young	SO	Bryan	Baton Rouge, LA
P/INF	Daniel Zimmerman	SO	Bryan	Grandview, TN
1B	Caleb Abney	FR	Covenant	Kennesaw, GA
OF	Cody Baxter	SO	Covenant	Acworth, GA
C	Colby Duckett	JR	Covenant	Dalton, GA
RHP	Ben Loderhose	SO	Covenant	Cape Coral, FL
3B	Blaine Newton	JR	Covenant	Hurdle Mills, NC
INF	Thomas O'Ban	SO	Covenant	Tacoma, WA
RHP	Ben Oliver	SO	Covenant	Dalton, GA
C	Micah Reynolds	FR	Covenant	New Market, TN
2B	John Rogers	SO	Covenant	Gadsden, AL
INF	John Whitehead	JR	Covenant	Jackson, TN
OF	Craig Worland	SO	Covenant	Chickamauga, GA
RHP	Eric Allen	SR	King	Kingsport, Tenn.
RHP	Tee Blevins	SO	King	Elizabethton, Tenn.
SS	Brett Cant	SR	King	Sydney, Australia
C	Craig Cant	SR	King	Sydney, Australia
SS/2B	Brad Coulter	SR	King	Maryville, Tenn.
RHP	Brandon Frye	SR	King	Johnson City, Tenn.
2B	Matthew Malinowski	SR	King	Chaumont, N.Y.
C	Matt Morris	JR	King	Sweetwater, Tenn.
RHP	Jace Smith	SR	King	Dripping Springs, Texas
OF	Luke Walawander	SR	King	Missoula, Mont.
OF	Drew Anders	SR	Milligan	Johnson City, TN
C	Brandon Murphy	JR	Milligan	Johnson City, TN
IF	Jonathan Ridenour	SR	Milligan	Alcoa, TN
IF / P	Mark Simo	JR	Milligan	Sheffield Lake, OH
OF	Brent Ashbaugh	SR	Montreat	Tara, Ontario
P	Patrick Ballew	SO	Montreat	Glouceseter, VA
OF/1B	Kendell Bennett	FR	Montreat	Whittier, NC
P	Matt Braswell	SR	Montreat	Lenoir, NC
1B	Cameron Duckworth	SO	Montreat	Asheville, NC
OF/2B	Casey Duckworth	SO	Montreat	Asheville, NC
P	Aaron Hughes	SO	Montreat	Murphy, NC
P	John Shannon	JR	Montreat	Waynesville, NC
RHP	Joel Brookens	SR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Fayetteville, PA
C	David Miller	SR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Clarksville, TN
INF	Matt Brady	SR	Union	Louisville, Ky.
LHP	Lance Dougherty	JR	Union	Canyon, Texas
C	Cory Estep	FR	Union	Harlan, Ky.
INF	Tyler Martin	SO	Union	Corbin, Ky.
UTL	Brad Austin	SO	UVA-Wise	Hillsville, Va.
RHP	Matt Begley	SR	UVA-Wise	Norton, Va.
RHP/1B	John Bigley	SR	UVA-Wise	Woodbridge, Va.
2B	Seth Radcliff	SO	UVA-Wise	Palmyra, Va.
LHP	Mitch Bedingfield	SR	Virginia Intermont	Kingsport, TN
LHP	Hunter Fish	JR	Virginia Intermont	Kingsport, TN
C	Mark Fusco	SR	Virginia Intermont	Ontario, Canada
INF	Matt Grimm	SR	Virginia Intermont	Bristol, VA
OF	Zack Roberts	FR	Virginia Intermont	Lynchburg, VA
C	Justin Roop	SR	Virginia Intermont	Pound, VA
OF	Shawn Wright	SR	Virginia Intermont	Kingsport, TN

All-Region Team

	Name	Class	School	Hometown
RHP	Jace Smith	SR	King	Dripping Springs, Texas
1B/C	Mike Torrence	SR	King	Orlando, Fla.
RHP	Brandon Wallace	SR	King	Bristol, Tenn.
OF	Chad Dawkins	JR	Montreat	Rockingham, NC
C	Jesse Wise	SR	Montreat	Benson, NC
RHP	Frank Dougherty	SR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Rome, GA
INF	Vladimir Frias	SR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Santo Domingo, DR
RHP	Kris Jiggitts	JR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Aurora, CO
INF	Tyler Moyneur	JR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Escondido, CA
OF	Eddie Van Es	JR	Tennessee Wesleyan	Hampton, VA
OF	Josh Ehringer	JR	Union	Somerset, Ky.
INF	Joe Grinstead	JR	Union	Bowling Green, Ky.
INF	Lioney Henriquez	JR	Union	Brooklyn, N.Y.
RHP	Marty Popham	JR	Union	Louisville, Ky.
LHP/DH	Brad Robbins	JR	UVA-Wise	Big Stone Gap, Va.