Baseball

Sun Belt Baseball Programs Well-Represented on All-America Teams

NEW ORLEANS – Sun Belt baseball programs were well-represented on All-America teams following the 2023 campaign in which the conference sent four teams to NCAA Baseball Regionals for the second-straight season.  
 
Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year and All-Sun Belt First Team starting pitcher Tanner Hall of Southern Miss headlined the honorees as a First Team All-America selection by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (CBN), D1Baseball, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Perfect Game and a Second Team All-America pick by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and the College Baseball Foundation (CBF).  
 
All-Sun Belt First Team relief pitcher Teddy Sharkey of Coastal Carolina earned Second Team All-American status from CBF, CBN and NCBWA and a Third Team All-America nod from Perfect Game. 
 
Sun Belt Player and Newcomer of the Year and All-Sun Belt First Team outfielder Shane Lewis of Troy was a Second Team All-America selection by NCBWA and a Third Team All-America honoree by ABCA and CBN. 
 
Derek Bender of Coastal Carolina—the All-Sun Belt First Team designated hitter—was dubbed a First Team All-American by ABCA and a Second Team All-American by NCBWA. 
 
Relief pitcher Justin Storm of Southern Miss rounded out the Sun Belt’s All-America honors as an ABCA Third Teamer. 
 
A pair of Sun Belt student-athletes—designated hitter Slade Wilks of Southern Miss and infielder William Sullivan of Troy—reaped College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-America recognition. 
 
Five Sun Belt freshmen—led by Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and All-Sun Belt First Team catcher Caden Bodine of Coastal Carolina—combined to earn 10 Freshman All-America nods. 
 
Joining Bodine in achieving Freshman All-America status were Arkansas State starting pitcher Kyler Carmack, Coastal Carolina third baseman Blake Barthol, Old Dominion relief pitcher Ben Moore and Texas State second baseman Chase Mora. 
 
Sun Belt Baseball All-Americans
Kyler Carmack, Arkansas State
D1Baseball - Freshman Second Team, SP
NCBWA – Freshman Second Team, SP
 
Blake Barthol, Coastal Carolina
CBN – Freshman First Team, 3B
 
Derek Bender, Coastal Carolina
ABCA – First Team, DH
NCBWA – Second Team, DH
 
Caden Bodine, Coastal Carolina
Baseball America - Freshman Second Team, C
CBN – Freshman First Team, C
D1Baseball - Freshman First Team, C
NCBWA – Freshman First Team, C
Perfect Game – Freshman Second Team, C
 
Teddy Sharkey, Coastal Carolina
CBF – Second Team, RP
CBN – Second Team, RP

NCBWA – Second Team, RP 
Perfect Game – Third Team, RP
 
Ben Moore, Old Dominion
Perfect Game – Freshman Second Team, RP
 
Tanner Hall, Southern Miss
ABCA – Second Team, SP
Baseball America – First Team, SP 
CBF – Second Team, SP
CBN – First Team, SP 
D1Baseball – First Team, SP 
NCBWA – First Team, SP
Perfect Game – First Team, SP
 
Justin Storm, Southern Miss
ABCA – Third Team, RP
 
Slade Wilks, Southern Miss
CSC – Academic Third Team, DH
 
Chase Mora, Texas State
Perfect Game – Freshman Second Team, 2B
 
Shane Lewis, Troy
ABCA – Third Team, OF
CBN – Third Team, OF
NCBWA – Second Team, OF
 
William Sullivan, Troy
CSC – Academic Third Team, IF
 
Sun Belt Baseball All-Region Selections
Brandon Hager, Arkansas State 
ABCA South – Second Team, 1B
 
Derek Bender, Coastal Carolina
ABCA Atlantic – First Team, DH
 
Payton Eeles, Coastal Carolina
ABCA Atlantic – Second Team, 2B
 
Teddy Sharkey, Coastal Carolina
ABCA Atlantic – Second Team, RP
 
Max Ryerson, Georgia State
ABCA Southeast – First Team, DH
 
Julian Brock, Louisiana
ABCA South – First Team, C
 
Cooper Rawls, Louisiana
ABCA South – Second Team, RP
 
Dustin Dickerson, Southern Miss
ABCA South – Second Team, SS
 
Tanner Hall, Southern Miss
ABCA South – First Team, SP
 
Justin Storm, Southern Miss
ABCA South – First Team, RP
 
Slade Wilks, Southern Miss
ABCA South – Second Team, DH
 
Shane Lewis, Troy 
ABCA Southeast – First Team, OF