GREENSBORO, N.C. — San Francisco State baseball players
Brady Dorn and
Jackson Kritsch have been named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division II All-West Region Team. Dorn was a First Team selection while Kritsch was named to the Second Team. The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. II All-America Committee.
This is the third All-Region honor for Dorn, who was also named to the National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) NCAA Division II All-West Region First Team and D2CCA NCAA Division II All-West Region Second Team. An
All-CCAA First Team selection, the middle infielder was named San Francisco State Athletics'
newcomer of the year. The junior was fourth in the CCAA with a team-high .370 batting average, led his team with 23 walks, and tallied 68 hits and 33 RBIs. The Redondo Beach, California native also led San Francisco State baseball to the program's first-ever CCAA Championships appearance.
Dorn's double-play partner, Kritsch was also named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District
® Baseball Team, selected by
CoSIDA, and to the D2CCA NCAA Division II All-West Region Second Team. The All-CCAA Second Team selection hit a team-best .371 and led the team with 75 hits, 45 runs, and 10 stolen bases. His 50 appearances and 49 starts were second most on the team. The accounting major not only excels on the field but also in the classroom, where he boasts a 3.96 cumulative grade point average, and was also named the CCAA Championships Scholar.
The Gators made history on the final day of the season by punching their ticket to their first-ever CCAA Championships appearance under third-year Head Coach
Tony Schifano.
ABCA/Rawlings All-Region first-team selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans will be announced on Tuesday, May 29. The ABCA All-America team was first recognized in 1949 and now includes nine divisions. ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove teams were first recognized in 2007.
The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 9,600 members represent all 50 states and 25 countries. Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association membership has broadened to include eight divisions.
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