SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Concord University baseball team has placed three players on the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA) All-Atlantic Region Teams, the organization announced Tuesday afternoon.
Junior pitcher
Andrew Neff was picked to the first team, graduate outfielder
Josh Adkins was named to the second team and junior infielder
Chris Satcher was an honorable mention selection.
Neff, a native of Fredericksburg, Virginia, earns his first all-region honor with Tuesday's announcement. The Mountain East Conference Pitcher of the Year went 12-2 overall this season with 95 strikeouts in 87.2 innings as he sported a 4.41 ERA over 21 appearance. Neff broke Concord single-season records in wins and strikeouts. He also tied the single-season MEC wins record. Throughout the spring, Neff had 10 outings where he struck out at least six, including a season-best 10 versus UVa.-Wise (March 4). He also had seven appearances where he pitched at least five innings and allowed three runs or fewer. In back-to-back outings in late March and early April versus Notre Dame and Wheeling, Neff went 12 innings and struck out 12 while allowing four total runs.
Adkins, Concord's top hitter in terms of average, was named to the NCBWA Second Team after a season that saw him hit .384 with nine home runs and 36 RBI to go with 12 doubles and one triple. Adkins stole eight bases in nine tries. The Nitro, West Virginia native finished top 10 in the MEC in average and slugging (.656). Adkins had 16 multi-hit games, including a four-hit, five-RBI—a career-high—game at West Virginia Wesleyan (April 14). Adkins had his only career multi-homer game in a 6-2 win over Wheeling April 1. He also finished his career with RBI in three straight games in the MEC Tournament. Like Neff, Adkins is honored with his first selection to an all-region team.
CU's cleanup hitter for most of the season, Satcher, a native of West Palm Beach, Florida, hit .281 in 46 games. He swatted seven home runs while adding 39 RBI and 11 doubles. He slugged .545 for the season. One of the best RBI men in the MEC, Satcher finished tied for 13
th in the conference in RBI. For the spring, Satcher hit .354 with runners in scoring position which was fourth on the team. Satcher had 10 multi-RBI contests in 2023, including picking up 10 RBI in a three-game stretch versus Davis & Elkins and West Virginia Wesleyan in mid-April.
With his first team selection, Neff will be up for NCBWA All-American consideration.
Millersville's Bren Taylor was the NCBWA Atlantic Region Player of the Year. Chase Nowak of East Stroudsburg was voted NCBWA Atlantic Regional Pitcher of the Year. And Millersville Jon Shehan was honored as the NCBWA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year.
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