JACSKON, Tenn. – The Southern States Athletic Conference announced the 2024 SSAC baseball award winners, with Faulkner’s Patrick McCarthy being named Mike Jacobs Coach of the Year and Blue Mountain’s Christian’s Arderrius Townsend being named Player of the Year.
 
Player of the Year: Arderrius Townsend, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.)
Mike Jacobs Coach of the Year: Patrick McCarthy, Faulkner (Ala.)
Pitcher of the Year: Cameron Seiwert, Point (Ga.)
Newcomer of the Year: Julio Lopez, Point (Ga.)
Freshman of the Year: Jaxon Buratt, Loyola (La.)
Sportsmanship Award: Mobile (Ala.)
 
CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER TEAM (For this award, each coach nominates one student-athlete that embodies the NAIA’s five core values of integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership.)
Blue Mountain – Gavin Coles
Brewton-Parker – Drew Demasi
Faulkner – Juan Trinidad
Loyola – Tyler Durland
Middle Ga. St. – Adam Alicea-Brooks
Point – Sage McWaters
Thomas – Bryce Bitting
Mobile – J.T. LaStorka
William Carey – Braydon Coffey
Stillman – Thomas Stovall
UT-Southern – Kevin McCarthy
 
SSAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (To be recognized, student-athletes must be in their third semester or later and have a GPA of 3.25 or higher.)
Blue Mountain – Max Bates, Jacob Carter, Jackson Cook, Gavin Coles, Jackson Cook, David Dickerson, Carson Gault, John Giordano, Christopher Hoing, Matthew Koch, William McKinney, William Miller, Hunter Pierson, Hayden Redding, Jacob Reeder, Josiah Rivera
Brewton-Parker – Logan Berggren, Dakota Connell, Matthew Hager, Chris Harmon, Carter McWilliams, J. Reid Phillips, Josh Valente, Zach Carlton, Drew Demasi, Noah Gilbert, Jake Mantooth, Caleb Strott, Kendell Wade, Chandler Koerner, Tate Worrell.
Loyola – Payton Cooper, Kason Cullins, Aaron Davis, Tucker Ganley, Grant Goodbee, Thomas Hakimian, Jonathan Hammer, Landon Manson, Nathan Monceaux, Brandon Mooney, Joshua Orr, Reid Perkins, Andrew Riedell, Ryan Smilari, Marcus Steen, Landon Trosclair, Matthew Weil.
Faulkner – Darius Anderson, Samuel Barksdale, Jack Brinkley, Hunter Dupuy, Nicholas Graham, Johnny Lopez, Kendall Reese, Juan Trinidad.
Middle Ga. St. – Adam Alicea-Brooks, Seth Darling, Andrew Lowrey, Jacob Pierce, Ryan Wilson.
Point – Ben Beasley, Max Beaulieu, Brett Campbell, Daniel Crabtree, J.R. Curley, Carson Curry, Dylan Davis, Mason Davis, Braxton Dukes, Justin England, Daniel Gonzalez, Cooper Hack, Easton Harrison, Rafael Jackson, Bryce Koshko, Chris Mancil, Alex Marquand, Sage McWaters, Hunter Meadows, Slade Mink, Hunter Neumayer, Rocky Pemberton, Rafael Perez, Vincent Pirozzi, Justin Robinson, Michael Underwood, Tyler Wilson.
Thomas – Bryce Bitting, Nick Brady, Eddie Camolilla, Brayden Lawhon, Trey Larkin, Dustin Letchworth, Turner Maddox, Bradley Peacock, Max Pickert, Jacob Pino, Michael Sowers, Brandon Steele, Jon Gavin Steptoe, Gabe Tafelski, Jonathan Whatley.
William Carey – Connor Adams, Brock Brabham, Patrick Coffey, Cory Cook, Rigoberto Hernandez, Lane Jarreau, Caleb Laird, Ty Little, Brady Logan, Jake Lycette, Luke Lycette, Adam May, Preston Ratliff, Mason Smith, Roderick Stinson, Caleb Williams, Brady Wilson, Conner Wilson.
Mobile – Jackson Breal, Cameron Brock, Jaden Brown, Jaden Clinton, Breyton Cornelius, Tyler Cruse, James Driver, Dalton Eddington, Sam Mansell, Sean Mason, Jared Matthes, Caiden Necaise, Stephen Poche, William Pruitt, Ronald Simpkins III, Cecil Smith, Caleb Summerlin, Jacob Wright.
Stillman – Hayes Brown, Cody Clark, Troy Davis, Tre-En Dorsett, Michael Glover, Geoff, Grier, Isidro Jimenez Rosario, Kobe Lewis, Griff Minor, Raul Polanco, Kelvin Reese, Thomas Stovall.
UT-Southern – Samuel Bowling, Gerry Davis, Cody Edwards, Ty Garrett, Chandler Jordan, Lucas Keown, Robert Raby, Rodney Rogers, Cody Womble, Cole Barnett.
 
SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE 
PITCHER - William Carey – Dario Herrera
PITCHER - William Carey – Andrew Shirah
PITCHER - Faulkner – Nicholas Graham
PITCHER - Faulkner – Mose Hayes
RELIEF PITCHER - Thomas – Brandon Steele
C – Blue Mountain – Carson Gault
C – Loyola – Landon Manson
1B - Mobile – J.T. LaStorka
2B - Faulkner – Johhny Lopez
SS - Loyola - Jake Mills
3B - Blue Mountain – Will Crawford
IF - Middle Ga. St. – J.T. Rice
OF - Brewton-Parker – Michael Son
OF - Middle Ga. St. – Jacob Pierce
OF - Middle Ga. St. – Zane Faulk
OF - Thomas – Max Pickert
DH – Loyola – Collin Zeringue
 
FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
PITCHER – Point - Cameron Seiwert (Cy-Wert)
PITCHER – Point - Julio Lopez                                                                                                                 
PITCHER – Loyola - Stephen Still
PITCHER – Faulkner - Marco Ozuna
RELIEF PITCHER - William Carey - John Snyder
CATCHER - Middle Ga. St., Yariel Diaz
CATCHER - Point - Alex Marquand
1B - Middle Ga. St. - Ryan Wilson
2B – Loyola - Brandon Mooney
SS - Faulkner - Juan Trinidad
3B - Loyola - Jaxon Buratt
IF - Blue Mountain, Chris Smith
OF - William Carey - R.J. Stinson
OF - Blue Mountain - Hayden Redding
OF - Point - Rafael Jackson
OF - Faulkner - Orlando Lorduy
DH - Blue Mountain - Arderrius Townsend
 
GOLD GLOVE
P – Mobile, Ethan McPherson
Catcher – Point - Alex Marquand
1B – Middle Ga. St. - Ryan Wilson
2B – Blue Mountain - Josiah Rivera
3B – Thomas - Easton Willis
SS – Loyola - Jake Mills
LF – Blue Mountain – Tyrese Roberson
CF – Loyola – Aaron Davis
RF – Point – Rafael Jackson
 
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Loyola – Frank Fernandez
Loyola – Jed Cambre
Loyola – Prescott Marsh
Mobile – Tyler Wabnitz
Middle Ga. St. – Cameron Eason
Thomas – Tanner Reed
Thomas – Chase Marsh
UT-Southern – Zach Chaney