DENVER-Four WAC baseball players have received Capital One Academic All-District honors as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Danny Stienstra of San Jose State received first team honors, while Fresno State's Kody Kendall, Louisiana Tech's Clint Ewing and San Jose State's Jason Martin each received second team honors.
Stienstra, with a 3.42 GPA and majoring in communications, was recognized as a first-team Capital One Academic All-District 8 baseball team honoree. As a first-team honoree, Stienstra will be included on the Academic All-America ballot, which will be voted on later this week.
Kendall, a kinesiology major with a 3.54 GPA, has the third best ERA on the Bulldogs staff at 1.80 in 15 appearances. He has allowed only six earned runs in 30.0 innings pitched and has hurled 25 scoreless innings of relief work this season. Kendall has made 10 appearances without allowing a run. He also has 25 strikeouts on the year.
Ewing, a Shreveport native, is a Civil Engineering major, has tallied eight multi-hit games this season while striking out only 13 times in 129 at-bats to lead team. Additionally, he has thrown out 14 of 37 base runners which is just one shy of the conference lead. As a four-year letterman with the Bulldogs, Ewing has compiled a .295 career batting average with 22 home runs and 97 RBI.
Moreover, as a 2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American with a perfect 4.0 grade point average, Ewing is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition.
Martin was named to the second-team Capital One Academic All-District 8 baseball team. It is the second time the honor has been bestowed on the psychology major who has a 3.35 GPA. He was also honored last season.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at their current institution and be nominated by the school's sports information director.
Since the program's inception in 1952, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.