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 Morningside College’s Travis Hanson, Brendan McCabe, and A.J. Staiert were all named to the 2012 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Baseball First Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.
Hanson and Staiert are both repeat selections from last year’s All-GPAC First Team.
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Travis Hanson |
Bo Smith |
Travis Hanson and Bo Smith have been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District 5 College Division Baseball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
As all-district selections, Hanson and Smith will be placed on the national ballot for the Capital One Academic All-America Team.
Hanson, a junior outfielder from Sioux City, has a 3.96 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with majors in engineering physics and mathematics. He is batting .372 with nine doubles, three triples, 24 RBIs, 60 runs scored, and 43 stolen bases. Hanson is the NAIA national leader with his 43 stolen bases.
Smith, a junior first baseman from Sioux City, has a 3.55 cumulative GPA with a major in business administration. He is batting .320 with five doubles, 17 RBIs, 31 runs scored, and three stolen bases.
Athletes must be of at least sophomore academic status, be a starter or significant reserve, and have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher to be eligible for Capital One Academic honors.
 A.J. Staiert, a sophomore second baseman from Sioux City, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Baseball Player of the Week for April 2-8.
Staiert, who received the GPAC Player of the Week Award for the second time this season, collected nine hits in 17 at-bats for a .529 batting average to help the Mustangs go 6-0 for the week. Staiert had three doubles, two triples, and seven RBIs. His best game came in a 19-1 victory against Dordt College on April 5 when he went three-for-four with five RBIs.
Staiert is batting .405 this season with a school-record eight triples.
 Morningside is picked fourth in the 2012 GPAC Baseball Coaches Pre-Season Poll.
The Mustangs return eight starters and five of their top eight pitchers from a team that posted a 31-21 record and finished fifth in the GPAC with a 14-8 league mark last season.
Morningside, in its first season under new head coach Brian Drent, will open the 2012 campaign with doubleheaders against St. Ambrose University on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18 and 19, in the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn.
Click here for the GPAC Baseball Coaches 2012 Pre-Season Poll.
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