ROCK HILL, S.C. – With the conclusion of the 2024 regular season, the South Atlantic Conference has released its baseball all-conference teams. Emory & Henry College senior third baseman Jared Foley (Sparta, N.C.) has been selected to the All-SAC Second Team
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Foley was 12th in the conference and led the E&H squad with a batting average of .366. He also led the team in hits (68), runs scored (31), doubles (13), triples (4), RBIs (32), stolen bases (9) and on-base percentage (.418). He recorded a 23-game hitting streak during the year, including a span where he hit safely in 32 of 33 games.
Foley had 22 games with multiple hits, including seven games with three hits or more. He set the program record for career hits with his 178th against Catawba. Foley also broke his own program mark for single-season hits (68) with a grand slam against Mars Hill.
Carson Boles of Lincoln Memorial University was selected as the SAC Player of the Year while Catawba College swept the other three awards. Catawba's Jim Gantt was named Coach of the Year, Payne Stolsworth was tabbed as Pitcher of the Year and Hayden Simmerson took home Freshman of the Year honors.
Emory & Henry posted an 11-38 mark on the year with a 6-24 record in conference play. The Wasps finished 13th in the league standings.
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2024 SAC Baseball All-Conference
All-SAC First Team
OF – Carson Boles, Lincoln Memorial
OF – Sean Barnett, Wingate
OF – Donovan Ford, Newberry
1B – Brett Adams, Wingate
2B – Cam Harris, Wingate
SS – Levi Perrell, Catawba
3B – Kasten Harvey, Lincoln Memorial
C – Bo Rusher III, Catawba
DH – Sal Carricato, Lenoir-Rhyne
SP – Payne Stolsworth, Catawba
SP – Austin Fine, Catawba
SP – Christain Pencek, Lincoln Memorial
RP – Hunter Harritan, Carson-Newman
All-SAC Second Team
OF – Dylan Driver, Catawba
OF – Sam Hunter, Catawba
OF – Drew Robertson, Catawba
1B – Tyler McPeak, Lenoir-Rhyne
2B – Cole Laskowski, Lenoir-Rhyne
SS – Ben Scartz, Tusculum
3B – Jared Foley, Emory & Henry
C – Carlos Hernandez, Anderson
DH – James Denten, Carson-Newman
SP – Kelan Hoover, Wingate
SP – Aaron Diaz, Coker
SP – Dillon Chapa, Lenoir-Rhyne
RP – Hayden Simmerson, Catawba
All-SAC Third Team
OF – Blake Bean, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF – Khi Holiday, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF – Collin Goda, Lincoln Memorial
1B – Ryan Kurth, Lincoln Memorial
2B – Sion Barnette, Limestone
SS – Cameron Bowen, Lincoln Memorial
3B – Logan Floyd, Carson-Newman
C – Cole Stanford, Lenoir-Rhyne
DH – Breon Ishmael, Wingate
SP – Kellen Gradisar, Lenoir-Rhyne
SP – Hunter French, Newberry
SP – Matias Marchesini, Newberry
RP – Seth Willis, Tusculum
All-SAC Defense
P – Noah Pridmore, Carson-Newman
1B – Brett Adams, Wingate
2B – Cole Laskowski, Lenoir-Rhyne
3B – Logan Floyd, Carson-Newman
SS – Hunter Poole, Coker
LF – Drew Robertson, Catawba
CF – Donovan Ford, Newberry
RF – Dylan Driver, Catawba
C – Jaylen Mack, Coker
Coach of the Year
Jim Gantt, Catawba
Freshman of the Year
Hayden Simmerson, Catawba
Pitcher of the Year
Payne Stolsworth, Catawba
Player of the Year
Carson Boles, Lincoln Memorial
Statistical Champions
Team Batting Average – Catawba (.328)
Team Slugging Percentage – Lincoln Memorial (.559)
Team On-Base Percentage – Catawba (.431)
Team Doubles Per Game – Lincoln Memorial (3.20)
Team Triples Per Game – Catawba (0.48)
Team Home Runs Per Game – Lenoir-Rhyne (1.50)
Team Stolen Bases Per Game – Coker (3.33)
Team Earned Run Average – Catawba (4.16)
Team Strikeouts Per Game – Lenoir-Rhyne (8.7)
Batting Average – Carson Boles, Lincoln Memorial (.464)
On-Base Percentage – Carson Boles, Lincoln Memorial (.556)
Slugging Percentage – Carson Boles, Lincoln Memorial (.815)
Home Runs Per Game – Sean Barnett, Wingate (0.35)
RBIs Per Game – Brett Adams, Wingate (1.41)
Doubles Per Game – Carson Boles, Lincoln Memorial (0.53)
Triples Per Game – Donovan Ford, Newberry (0.15)
Stolen Bases Per Game – Donovan Ford, Newberry (0.58)
Earned Run Average – Benjamin Blackwell, Coker (2.34)
Strikeouts Per Nine Innings – Grif Hughes, Carson-Newman (10.9)
Pitching Victories – Payne Stolsworth, Catawba (10)