Neff Named CoSIDA Academic All-American

AUSTIN, Texas – Senior infielder Nathan Neff of the Concord University baseball team has been voted to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American Second Team, the organization announced Wednesday afternoon.

Neff lands on the Academic All-American team for the first time in his career.
 
Despite the cancellation of spring competition during COVID-19, CoSIDA continued its sponsorship of the Academic All-America awards program. Student-athletes were selected based on career statistics.
 
Over his four years in the Maroon and Gray, Neff batted .332 (166-for-500) with 123 runs scored, 64 RBI and 15 stolen bases. His 95 career walks rank fifth in program history, and the Fredericksburg, Virginia native had a career on-base percentage of .463. Furthermore, Neff never missed a game at Concord as he started 160 consecutive games, and helped the Mountain Lions to 90 wins over that time and an appearance in the Mountain East Conference Tournament in each of his first three seasons (this year's MEC Tournament was cancelled).
 
Neff was twice named to the All-MEC Teams as he earned a second-team selection in 2017 and was on the honorable mention squad in 2019.
 
In the classroom, Neff earned his degree in business administration with emphases in accounting and finance from CU in May as he was an honor graduate, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a career 3.97 GPA. Neff was named Concord's 2020 Outstanding Business Student of the Year.
 
Neff was the only MEC representative on this year's CoSIDA Academic All-American Teams and was just one of three players from the Atlantic Region as he was joined by Bloomsburg's Cole Swiger on the second team. Salem catcher Dalton Robinson was on the third team.
 
Flagler's Aaron Robinson was the CoSIDA Academic All-American Team Member of the Year.
 
Neff's honor on Wednesday gives Concord two CoSIDA Academic All-Americans for the 2019-20 school year thus far as junior defensive lineman JT Turner of the football team was given the distinction in December.