NCBWA All-American & All-Region Teams

CLEVELAND, Miss. -- Jake Barlow, Hunter Riggins and Dalton Minton garnered postseason honors announced by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on Wednesday. 

Barlow was named NCBWA Third-Team All-American and Riggins garnered NCBWA Honorable Mention All-American honors while the duo was also named ABCA First-Team All-South Region. Minton garnered ABCA All-South Region laurels to round out his senior season. 

Barlow adds the honor to his list of postseason accolades that include First-Team All-Gulf South Conference and D2CAA and NCBWA First-Team-All-South Region. The Jonesville, La., native hit .322 while leading the Statesmen with 68 hits, 11 home runs, five triples, and 47 runs scored and a .588 slugging percentage while ranking second with 53 RBIs and 13 doubles. Barlow led the GSC in triples, ranked fourth in home runs, sixth in runs scored, slugging percentage and RBIs and seventh in hits. Barlow led the Green-and-White with 13 multi-RBI games and was second with 18 multi-hit games. Barlow's five triples ranked 23rd nationally.

Riggins was also named First-Team All-Gulf South Conference, D2CAA and NCBWA First-Team-All-South Region after  posting an 11-4 record with a 1.88 ERA, 82 strikeouts against 33 walks while allowing 43 runs, 23 earned, on 97 hits in 110.0 innings pitched. The Hernando, Miss., native led the GSC in wins, ERA and innings pitched, ranked fourth in strikeouts and third in strikeouts looking. Riggins is sprinkled throughout the NCAA Division II Baseball Statistics, ranking ninth in wins and ERA and fifth in games started (16).

Minton, who garnered First-Team All-Gulf South Conference honors on May 5th, made 15 starts and one relief appearance on the mound this season.  The Horn Lake, Miss., native went 11-3 with one save, a 2.62 ERA, 74 strikeouts against 34 walks while yielding 36 runs, 29 earned, on 83 hits in 92.2 innings pitched.  Minton tied for first with Riggins in the GSC in wins (9th NCAA) while ranking third in innings pitched, fifth in ERA and 10th in strikeouts. 

Delta State finished the season with a 42-14 record, winning the school's 15th Gulf South Conference Baseball title and advanced to the NCAA Division II South Super Regional in Tampa, Fla.  The Statesmen made their 33rd postseason tournament appearance and posted their 15th 40-plus win season under Head Coach Mike Kinnison.

NCBWA All-American & All-Region Teams
 

2019 South-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Teams
NCAA Div. II South All-Region First Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Mitch Calandra	Sr.	Eckerd	FL
1B	Blaine Crim	Sr.	Mississippi College	MS
2B	Jake Barlow	So.	Delta State	MS
3B	Miguel Pimentel	Sr.	Lee	TN
SS	Daniel Rodriguez	Jr	Spring Hill	AL
INF	Chris Cabrera	Jr.	Barry	FL
OF	Yorvis Torrealba	Jr.	Tampa	FL
OF	Cade Marlowe	Sr.	West Georgia	GA
OF	Andrew Rapoza	Jr.	Barry	FL
OF	Garrett Hiott	Sr.	Eckerd	FL
DH	Kirk Sidwell	Sr.	Embry-Riddle	FL
P	Andy Marzheuser	Jr.	Florida Tech	FL
P	Hunter Riggins	So.	Delta State	MS
P	Andrew Vaccacio	Sr.	West Florida	FL
P	Dillon McCollough	Sr.	Eckerd	FL
RP	Tyler Beck	Sr.	Tampa	FL
NCAA Div. II South All-Region Second Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Tyler Krabbe	Sr.	Montevallo	AL
1B	Logan Taylor	Sr.	West Georgia	GA
2B	Quantico Dodson-Williams	Sr.	Albany State	GA
3B	Josh Broughton	Sr.	Valdosta State	GA
SS	DJ King	Sr.	Valdosta State	GA
INF	Zach Scott	Jr.	Florida Southern	FL
OF	Matthew Estrada	So.	West Florida	FL
OF	Nolan Ramsey	Sr.	Alabama Huntsville	AL
OF	Shayne Fontana	Sr.	Lynn	FL
OF	Brandon Seltzer	Jr.	Palm Beach Atlantic	FL
OF	Zach Howard	Sr.	Embry-Riddle	FL
DH	Michael Avendano	So.	Shorter	GA
P	Mason Duke	Sr.	Tampa	FL
P	Keven Pimentel	Sr.	Tampa	FL
P	Dalton Minton	Sr.	Delta State	MS
P	Malik Barrington	Jr.	Albany State	GA
RP	Hugo Casilla	Sr.	Barry	FL
South Position Player of the Year: Yorvis Torrealbla, Jr., OF, Tampa
South Pitcher of the Year: Dillon McCollough, Sr., Eckerd