Baseball Places Two Tiger Players on ABCA All-Region Team

San Antonio – Trinity University Tigers Evan Jones and Nick Pappas have been elected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Division III All-West Region Team.

Jones, a senior first baseman from Hillsborough, Calif. (Junipero Serra); and Pappas, a sophomore outfielder from Los Angeles (Loyola), made the ABCA All-West Region Second Team.

Last month, Jones was selected for the d3baseball.com All-America Second Team. He also was named Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year, and made the All-SCAC Team for the third time. Jones batted .480 (71-148), and cracked 67 RBI. He is Trinity’s all-time leader in RBI, with 189 during his career. Jones smacked 13 home runs, 14 doubles, two triples, an drew 37 walks during the campaign. He produced a slugging percentage of .865, and an on-base percentage of .579. An excellent defensive player, Jones recorded a fielding percentage of .979.

Pappas, elected to the All-SCAC Team, batted .416 (69-166) and smacked 58 RBI. He also accounted for seven home runs, four triples, 12 doubles, and scored 48 runs, while drawing 20 walks.  Pappas recorded a slugging percentage of .663, and fielding percentage of .976. The speedy Pappas stole 14 bases on 16 attempts.

The Tigers (32-9) won their fifth SCAC Championship under 12th-year head coach Tim Scannell, who received conference Coach of the Year honor for the fifth time. Trinity qualified for its fifth NCAA Division III postseason tournament, and played in the McMinnville (Ore.) Regional.  Chapman edged Trinity 4-3 in the opening game, and Mississippi College won 5-4 in an 11-inning contest.