SHEPHERD RANKED 24TH IN NCBWA NATIONAL POLL

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- The Shepherd University baseball team broke into the national rankings this week with a tie for 24th place in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Poll for March 20. Shepherd joins West Virginia State (6th) as the only WVIAC teams listed in the poll.

The complete NCBWA poll is listed below.

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION

March 20, 2006 Division II National Poll

Record Points Previous Rank

1. Tampa (6) 22-3 174 2

2. Georgia College & State U. (1) 24-4 160 1

3. Abilene Christian 21-4 148 3

4. Chico State 20-6 147 6

5. Texas A&M-Kingsville 22-3 140 7

6. West Virginia State 13-2 136 8

7. Catawba 28-5 130 10

8. Central Missouri State 16-5 129 4

9. Franklin Pierce 12-1 119 13

10. Emporia State 17-4 114 11

11. Grand Valley State 11-3 113 9

12. South Carolina-Aiken 20-6 98 12

13. Armstrong Atlantic State 22-3-1 79 5

14. Lynn 20-6 70 19

15. Florida Gulf Coast 21-5 68 16

16. Ashland 16-3 63 20

17. Columbus State 20-9 60 23

18. West Alabama 22-8 57 14

19. Colorado State-Pueblo 20-4 50 17t

20. Fort Hays State 21-5 47 15

21. Carson-Newman 23-9 26 24

22. Nebraska-Omaha 15-7 24 25

23. Delta State 19-9 20 RV

24T. Shepherd 18-5 18 NR

Francis Marion 19-8 18 RV