GREENVILLE, S.C. – The senior trio of Landon Lucas, Kasen McCawley, and Daniel Stephens were each named to the All-Conference Carolinas Team, while McCawley and Ashton Donathan were both selected to the All-Defensive team the league announced Tuesday afternoon.
 
A First-Team selection, Lucas closed the regular season with a .434 (85-for-196) batting average, 20 doubles, three triples, 19 home runs, and 75 RBI. The Blythewood, S.C. native has tallied 25 multi-hit games, 24 multi-RBI games, and three multi-home run games. Lucas was named Conference Carolinas Player of the Week in March after going 10-14 with three doubles, a home run, and eight RBI in the series sweep at Southern Wesleyan. The redshirt senior is currently ranked in the top five in Division II in four categories, including second in hits and fifth in home runs and RBI.

McCawley, a Second-Team selection, ended the regular season with a 9-3 record and a team-high 72.0 innings pitched. The senior currently ranks second in Conference Carolinas in strikeouts with 78, and was named the NCBWA Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week in back-to-back weeks earlier this season. The Haw River native was also named the NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week after throwing a no-hitter against Shorter, marking the first solo no hitter by a Braves pitcher since 2009. McCawley also became the first Braves pitcher to reach nine wins in a season since Branden Kunz hit the mark in the 2022 season.

Stephens joined McCawley as a Second-Team selection and finished the regular season hitting .370 (70-for-189) with 16 doubles, two triples, six home runs, and 41 RBI, while also going 16-20 in stolen base attempts. The redshirt senior and Raleigh native logged 22 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games, as well.

McCawley also was voted to the Conference Carolinas All-Defensive Team after not making an error in 12 chances, while also allowing just four stolen bases on the year and picking off two runners.

Donathan joined McCawley on the All-Defensive squad after fielding .984 on 378 chances and throwing out 34 percent of base stealers, including 46 percent in Conference Carolinas play. The Sanford native was charged with just two passed balls in 44 games played.

Tuesday's release marked the ninth-straight year that the program has sent at least one player to an All-Conference first team, and is also the 16th time in the last 18 seasons the Black & Gold has sent multiple representatives to All-Conference laurels. 

The two All-Defensive selections marked the fourth time in the last five years the Black & Gold have been represented, and the first time since 2022 that multiple Braves earned the honor.

The fifth-seeded Braves (32-16) will open up play in the Conference Carolinas Tournament in Gastonia on Thursday when they take on fourth-seeded Young Harris (35-15). First pitch is set for 1 p.m. at Sims Legion Park.
 
Conference Carolinas Tournament information can be found here: Tournament Headquarters