Grayson Greiner Named Second-Team Capital One Academic All-America
May 30, 2014
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina junior catcher Grayson Greiner captured a spot on the 2014 Capital One Academic All-America Second Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, the group released today.
A semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award, Greiner leads the Gamecocks in seven categories, including with his eight homers, 50 RBI and a .515 slugging percentage. Those three marks all stand in the top five in the Southeastern Conference, while he also tops his team with 13 doubles, five sacrifice flies and a .403 on-base percentage. The 2014 SEC All-Defensive Team honoree at catcher, Greiner has started 52 games behind the plate, managing a pitching staff that ranks eighth in NCAA Division I in ERA (2.37), fifth in shutouts (12), sixth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.00) and ninth in WHIP (1.12).
Greiner continues a streak of a Gamecock making the Capital One Academic All-America teams to four years, following LB Dantzler’s Academic All-America Division I Baseball Player of the Year nod last season and Michael Roth’s two selections to the first team in 2011-12. The only other SEC student-athlete to make the listing this year is Kentucky’s Austin Cousino on the third team. Columbia Regional participants Maryland (Kyle Convissar, second team DH) and Campbell (Matt Parrish, third team DH) also garnered the accolade.
Tim Colwell of North Dakota State earned the individual honor this year, while both Liberty and Mercer had two players make the first team.
To be considered for the Capital One Academic All-America Team, a student-athlete must have a 3.30 cumulative grade point average and be at least a sophomore both athletically and academically in school. They must be in their second year on the nominating teams campus to be honored as well. Greiner, an accounting major, held a 3.47 GPA through the fall of 2013.
Capital One Academic All-America
As Selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
2014 Baseball Team – NCAA Division I
Academic All-America of the Year: Tim Colwell, North Dakota State
First Team
P – John Curtiss, Jr., Texas
P – Trey Lambert, Sr., Liberty
C – Russell Vaughan, Sr., Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
IF – Alex Close, Jr., Liberty
IF – Michael Massi, Sr., Mercer
IF – Caleb Palensky, Sr., Nebraska Omaha
IF – Kevin Swick, Sr., Southern California
OF – Tim Colwell, Sr., North Dakota State
OF – Jeff Keller, Sr., Dartmouth
OF – Derrick Workman, Sr., Mercer
DH – Derek Gibson, Sr., Southeast Missouri
Second Team
P – Doug Ashby, Sr., Baylor
P – Gage Smith, Sr., Florida State
C – Grayson Greiner, Jr., South Carolina
IF – Danny Diekroeger, Sr., Stanford
IF – Connor Panas, Jr., Canisius
IF – Scott Schaub, Sr., Jacksonville
IF – Tyler Vaughn, Sr., Troy
OF – Collin Forgey, Gr., Saint Joseph’s
OF – Collin Slaybaugh, Sr., Washington State
OF – Evan Stephens, Sr., Wake Forest
DH – Kyle Convissar, Sr., Maryland
Third Team
P – Rohn Pierce, Jr., Canisius
P – Ian Tompkins, Jr., Western Kentucky
C – Zach Fisher, Gr., Towson
IF – Jason Blum, Jr., Southeast Missouri
IF – Sam Haggerty, So., New Mexico
IF – Kevin Nutter, Sr., William & Mary
IF – Taylor Sparks, Jr., UC Irvine
OF – Austin Cousino, Jr., Kentucky
OF – Patrick Riewer, Sr., North Dakota
OF – DJ Stewart, So., Florida State
DH – Matt Parrish, So., Campbell
