BROWN, McCORMICK GAIN MORE ALL-REGION HONORS

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Senior outfielder Collin Brown (Durham, NC/ Southern Durham HS) and senior pitcher Scott McCormick (Stephens City, VA/Sherando HS/Potomac State) of the Shepherd University baseball were named to the 2006 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) All-North Atlantic Region Team. The duo earlier earned All-Region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association.

Brown, a first team choice for the second consecutive year, led the Rams with a .465 batting average with a school record 86 hits in 185 at-bats. He added a school-record 69 runs scored and had 42 RBIs. Brown set a new school mark with by being hit-by-pitch 21 times and tied the Ram mark for most stolen bases in a season with 24. He also contributed 21 doubles, three triples, and eight home runs.

McCormick, a second team selection, posted an 8-1 mark on the mound for the Rams with a 2.44 ERA. He tied a school single season mark with 14 starts. McCormick fanned 29 while walking only 12 in a team-high 62.2 innings.

The complete NCBWA all-region team is listed below.

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION

All-North Atlantic Region Team

FIRST TEAM

1B -- Jeff Miller, West Virginia State

2B -- Ryan Taylor, West Virginia State

3B -- Robert Hedrick, California (Pa.)

SS -- Joey Besl, Concord

OF -- Collin Brown, Shepherd

OF -- Brandon Halstead, West Virginia State

OF -- Ryan Loper, Kutztown

C -- Brett Wallace, West Chester

DH/UT -- Kyle Jones, West Virginia State

SP -- Zach Baldwin, West Virgnia State

SP -- Mike McCardell, Kutztown

SP -- Nathan Starner, Shippensburg

SP -- Matt Wright, Shippensburg

RP -- Matt Myers, Charleston

RP -- Chuck Roller, Clarion

SECOND TEAM

1B -- Casey Long, Pitt-Johnstown

2B -- Justin Rozich, West Virginia Wesleyan

3B -- Jeremy Hess, Shippensburg

SS -- (tie) Phil Butch, Slippery Rock and Joey Yeager, West Chester

OF -- Josh Butler, East Stroudsburg

OF -- Matt Cotellese, West Chester

OF -- D.J. Schreckengost, Ohio Valley

C -- Chad Bongiovanni, Charleston

DH/UT -- Ryan Wyland, Mansfield

SP -- Frank Gailey, West Chester

SP -- David Huey, Pitt-Johnstown

SP -- Matt Maradeo, Kutztown

SP -- Scott McCormick, Shepherd

RP -- Jason Bowman, West Chester

RP -- Tom Turnbull, Slippery Rock

Player of the Year -- Jeff Miller, West Virginia State

Pitcher of the Year -- Nathan Starner, Shippensburg

Coach of the Year -- Cal Bailey, West Virginia State