CLEVELAND, Miss. – Junior Zack Shannon continues to pile up the postseason honors, representing Delta State University on the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-American First-Team.
 
Shannon adds to his list of 2017 honors which includes Gulf South Conference Player of the Year, NCBWA and D2CAA National Player of the Year and First-Team All-American, NCBWA, ABCA and D2CCA South Region Player of the Year, First Team All-GSC and NCBWA, ABCA, and D2CCA First-Team All-South Region. Shannon was selected the GSC Tournament Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Division II South Region All-Tournament and was a finalist for the C-Spire Ferriss Trophy.

The Cincinnati native finished the season ranked fourth in the nation in batting average (.434) first in RBIs (88) and is third in RBIs per game (1.63). He is also ninth in home runs (19), third in total bases (162) and eighth in slugging percentage (.758). Shannon paced the Gulf South Conference in batting average, RBIs, RBIs per game, hits, home runs, total bases, slugging percentage and on base percentage. Shannon ranks second in school history in RBIs (88), fourth home runs (19), third in hits (95) and fifth in total bases (166) in a single season. 
 
Shannon is a finalist for the Tino Martinez Award, which is awarded to the ABCA Player of the Year. The winner will be announced on Wed., June 21.
 
Delta State finished the season 45-13 overall record and 25-8 in the GSC. The Statesmen captured the school's 14^th GSC Tournament title, won the NCAA Division II South Region Tournament and made their 12^th NCAA Division II College World Series appearance.
 

2017 ABCA/Rawlings All-America Teams
NCAA Div. II All-America First Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Andrew Webster	Sr.	Barton	NC
1B	Zack Shannon	Jr.	Delta State	MS
2B	Alex DeLaCruz	Jr.	Eastern New Mexico	NM
3B	Tyler Curtis	Sr.	Lynn	FL
SS	Brandon Benson	Sr.	Georgia College	GA
INF	J.D. Osborne	Sr.	Tampa	FL
OF	Bligh Madris	So.	Colorado Mesa	CO
OF	David Vinsky	Fr.	Northwood	MI
OF	Luke Setzer	Jr.	Catawba	NC
OF	Pablo O'Connor	Jr.	Azusa Pacific	CA
DH	Dallas Schramm	Jr.	Nebraska-Kearney	NB
P	Jacob Blank	Jr.	Augustana	SD
P	Kyle Leahy	So.	Colorado Mesa	CO
P	Dalton Roach	Jr.	Minnesota State	MN
P	Austin Hutchison	Sr.	Mount Olive	NC
RP	Zach Mozingo	Sr.	Mount Olive	NC
NCAA Div. II All-America Second Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Hunter Hisky	So.	Southwest Baptist	MO
1B	Justin Childers	Jr.	Ohio Dominican	OH
2B	Jake Walters	Sr.	Quincy	IL
3B	Max Hogan	Sr.	Missouri Southern	MO
SS	Kevin Santa	Sr.	Tampa	FL
INF	Mason McClellan	Jr.	Columbus State	GA
OF	Josh Newell	Sr.	Regis	CO
OF	Logan Augustine	Jr.	Lincoln Memorial	TN
OF	Trevor Rucker	Sr.	Southern Arkansas	AR
OF	Nick Beinlich	Jr.	Belmont Abbey	NC
DH	Shane Dressler	Jr.	West Chester	PA
P	Marshall Kasowski	Jr.	West Texas A&M	TX
P	Tyler Jandron	Jr.	Northwood	MI
P	Casey Costello	Jr.	Chico State	CA
P	David Lebron	Jr.	Tampa	FL
RP	Gibson Russ	Sr.	Central Oklahoma	OK
NCAA Div. II All-America Third Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Kyle Serrano	Sr.	Colorado Mesa	CO
1B	Steven Wells	Sr.	Philadelphia	PA
2B	Chris Gonzalez	Sr.	Mercyhurst	PA
2B	Ryan McBroom	Sr.	Emporia State	KS
3B	Cal Gentry	Fr.	Georgia College	GA
SS	Joseph Pena	Jr.	St. Thomas Aquinas	NY
INF	Cole Taylor	Jr.	Illinois Springfield	IL
OF	Patrick O'Donnell	Sr.	Augustana	SD
OF	Jimmy Latona	Sr.	Mercyhurst	PA
OF	Connor Foley	Sr.	Northwood	MI
OF	Michael Gouge	Gr.	North Georgia	GA
DH	Ryan Patterson	Sr.	Armstrong State	GA
P	Frankie Moscatiello	Jr.	St. Thomas Aquinas	NY
P	Bryant Haralson	Jr.	Henderson State	AR
P	Joseph Benitez	Sr.	USC Aiken	SC
P	Jake Walsh	Jr.	Florida Southern	FL
P	Russell Lamovec	So.	Mercyhurst	PA
RP	Rusty Huber	Sr.	Rogers State	OK