Ten UMES Baseball Players Earn MEAC All-Academic Honors

   NORFOLK, Virginia  --  The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has announced that ten UMES student-athletes have been recognized on the league's 2013 Baseball All-Academic Team.

Dustin Aigner (Melfa, Va.), Jordan Bone (Pittston, Pa.), Stephen Bull (Millsboro, Del.), Nick Cooper (Delmar, Del.), Thomas Gray (Delmar, Del.), Tim Gray (Dover, Del.), Joshua James (Milford, Del.), Brandon Schott (Warren, Pa.), Zach Townsend (Salisbury, Md.) and Tyler Witte (Westminster, Md.) all were honored with a place on the MEAC Baseball All-Academic Team.

Bull, Schott and Witte earned MEAC All-Academic honors for the second consecutive season.

To qualify, student-athletes must be of at least sophomore standing athletically and academically, hold a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average and be enrolled at the MEAC institution at least one full academic year.

"I congratulate our baseball student-athletes who have maintained a 3.0 or better grade point average during this academic school year," said Commissioner Dennis E. Thomas in the MEAC press release. "In addition to recognizing the student-athletes achievements, I also applaud the athletic academic support staffs, coaching staffs and all persons who contributed to the academic success of these student-athletes."

 In all, 91 MEAC baseball student-athletes were named to the All-Academic Team.

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