Box Score Related: No. 23 Baseball Completes Season Sweep Of Barton
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Zade Denton and Max Gagnon were part of an impeccable list of student-athletes on Friday afternoon as they represented the UNC Pembroke baseball team on the 2014 Peach Belt Conference Baseball All-Academic Team, the league office announced.
The announcement marked the sixth-straight year that the Braves have been represented in the release. Gagnon earned the accolade for the third-straight year, while Denton was decorated with the distinguished honor for the second-straight year.
The team is part of a season-long program recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of PBC student-athletes in the classroom as well as on the field. To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at least half of his/her team's events and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution. The Peach Belt Conference Sports Information Directors oversee and select the teams.
Denton, a junior who maintains a 3.608 grade point average as an exercise & sports science major at UNCP, has played in 44 games for the Braves this season, including 43 starts at shortstop. The Dallas native has compiled a .318 (54-for-170) batting average to go along with 18 extra-base hits (2 HR), 40 RBI and 33 runs scored. The owner of 15 multiple-hit and 12 multiple-RBI games, Denton has produced a .387 on-base percentage and a .447 slugging percentage this season as well.
Gagnon, a sixth-year senior who graduated with his bachelor's degree in physical education last spring, has produced career-best offensive numbers across the board this season. The Raleigh product currently maintains a .340 (36-for-106) batting average as UNCP's primary catcher and has logged 12 extra-base hits (4 HR), 26 RBI and 23 runs scored. Gagnon has turned in 11 multiple-hit contests, including a trio of 3-hit outings, while also boasting seven multiple-RBI contests. He currently holds a 3.539 GPA as a first-year graduate student in Pembroke.
Click here to visit the All-Academic Team page.
2014 Baseball All-Academic Team
| Player |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major (Minor) |
| David Atwood |
Young Harris |
Sr. |
Waynesville, N.C. |
3.84 |
Biology |
| Dustin Averett |
Columbus St. |
Jr. |
Columbus, Ga. |
3.50 |
Chemistry |
| Ty Barkell |
USC Aiken |
Jr. |
Denver, Colo. |
3.664 |
Business Administration |
| Danny Brown |
Flagler |
Jr. |
Fort Myers, Fla. |
3.77 |
Psychology |
| Zade Denton |
UNC Pembroke |
Jr. |
Dallas, N.C. |
3.608 |
Exercise & Sport Science |
| Travis Donahoo |
Young Harris |
Sr. |
Knoxville, Tenn. |
3.79 |
English (Communication Studies) |
| Chance DuCharme |
Francis Marion |
So. |
Kill Devil Hills, N.C. |
3.638 |
Sociology |
| Earl Dupree |
Georgia Southwestern |
So. |
Hawkinsville, Ga. |
3.78 |
Health & Physical Education |
| Blake Edwards |
Columbus St. |
So. |
Zebulon, Ga. |
4.00 |
Undecided |
| Max Gagnon |
UNC Pembroke |
Grad. |
Raleigh, N.C. |
3.539 |
Physical Education |
| Dalton Gress |
Francis Marion |
Sr. |
Aiken, S.C. |
3.978 |
Finance & Mathematics |
| Steve Hazel |
Georgia College |
Jr. |
Kentwood, Mich. |
3.57 |
Management |
| Ryan Khan |
Georgia Regents |
Sr. |
Marietta, Ga. |
3.78 |
Management |
| Clayton Miller |
Armstrong |
Sr. |
Augusta, Ga. |
3.642 |
Rehabilitation Science |
| Adam Moore |
Young Harris |
Sr. |
Kennesaw, Ga. |
3.77 |
Business & Public Policy |
| Jackson Oliver |
Columbus St. |
So. |
LaGrange, Ga. |
3.68 |
Exercise Science |
| Vinny Rodriguez |
Montevallo |
Jr. |
Birmingham, Ala. |
3.40 |
Pre-Med |
| Michael Simmons |
Montevallo |
So. |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
3.75 |
Biology |
| Grayson Smith |
USC Aiken |
So. |
Aiken, S.C. |
3.926 |
Biology |
| Caden Ferguson |
Columbus St. |
Jr. |
Acworth, Ga. |
3.65 |
Mathematics |
| Zack Willoughby |
Montevallo |
Jr. |
Boaz, Ala. |
3.69 |
Mathematics |
Honorable Mention: Jacob Beauchamp, North Georgia; Daniel Bick, Georgia College; Andrew Brodbeck, Flagler; Cameron Crawford, North Georgia; Les Cromer, Georgia Southwestern; Corey Crunk, Armstrong; Kip Custer, Georgia Regents; R.J. Dennard, Armstrong; Ben Donath, USC Aiken; Andrew Gordon, North Georgia; Cody Hughes, Montevallo; Bowen Klosinski, Young Harris; Pablo Martell, Montevallo; Ross Miles, Georgia Regents; Justin Ratte, Flagler; Cody Sherlin, Armstrong; Jarrod Taylor, Georgia Southwestern; Todd Thompson, Montevallo; Tom Valichka, Young Harris
