ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Emory & Henry University Baseball Team has seen two of its players earn All-South Atlantic Conference honors, league officials announced Thursday. It is the third consecutive year that the Wasps have seen at least one player receive All-SAC honors. 

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Senior third baseman Steven Smith (Salisbury, N.C.) and senior first baseman Jacob Bebber (Taylorsville, N.C.) were both named to the All-SAC Second Team by the league's 13 head coaches.

Smith had a monster year as he set new single-season program records in runs scored (53), hits (86) and doubles (22). He also tied the single-season record for RBIs (58) and came just one home run short of tying the single-season program record as he smashed 12 long balls. Smith recorded a .420 batting average, .457 on-base percentage and .712 slugging percentage, while drawing 10 walks and stealing seven bases. 

Bebber batted .337 with a .594 slugging percentage and .422 on-base percentage. He finished with 10 home runs, was second on the team with 51 RBIs, recorded nine doubles and led the squad with three triples. Bebber tied the program single-game record with three long balls in a 19-17 victory over Concord University (Apr. 15) and set a new program single-season record with 376 putouts defensively. 

Emory & Henry finished the regular season with a 17-33 overall record, going 8-22 in SAC games to finish in 12th place in the league standings. 

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2025 SAC Baseball All-Conference Teams

Freshman of the Year
Kolton Casson, Carson-Newman

Pitcher of the Year
Kolton Casson, Carson-Newman

Player of the Year
Mackenzie Wainwright, Lenoir-Rhyne

Coach of the Year
Jim Gantt, Catawba

First-Team
OF - Mackenzie Wainwright, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF - Owen Blackledge, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF - Dylan Driver, Catawba
1B - Logan Floyd, Carson-Newman
2B - Cole Laskowski, Lenoir-Rhyne
SS - Kasten Harvey, Lincoln Memorial
3B - Cole Hales, Catawba
C - Cole Stanford, Lenoir-Rhyne
DH - Sal Carricato, Lenoir-Rhyne
SP - Kolton Casson, Carson-Newman
SP - Payne Stolsworth, Catawba
SP - Chansen Cole, Newberry
RP - Britton Adams, Coker

Second-Team
OF - Braeden Harrison, Anderson 
OF - Hunter Atkins, Catawba
OF - Sam Hunter, Catawba
1B - Jacob Bebber, Emory & Henry
2B - Cole Nathan, Carson-Newman
SS - Nathan Chrismon, Catawba
3B - Steven Smith, Emory & Henry
C - Zach Greenberg, Limestone
DH - Sean Shelly, Catawba
SP - William Girardi, Lenoir-Rhyne
SP - Andrew Harlow, Lenoir-Rhyne
SP - Kemper Nix, Limestone
RP - Hayden Simmerson, Catawba

Third-Team
OF - Ick Cirino, Coker
OF - Michael Logan, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF - Joshua Morgan, Virginia-Wise
1B - James Dunlap, Catawba
2B - Caleb Webster, Tusculum
SS - Ben Scartz, Tusculum
3B - Eli Willen, Lenoir-Rhyne
C - Jaylen Mack, Coker
DH - Terick Bumgarner, Mars Hill
SP - Casey Gouge, Catawba
SP - Colt Wilkins, Limestone
SP - Kellen Gradisar, Lenoir-Rhyne
RP - Gavin Marley, Lenoir-Rhyne

All-SAC Defense
1B - Chapel Matson, Mars Hill
2B - Ty Hubbard, Catawba
3B - Cole Hales, Catawba
SS - Nathan Chrismon, Catawba
C - Zach Greenberg, Limestone
CF - Kade Faircloth, Newberry
LF - Wilson Wages, Newberry
RF - Dylan Driver, Catawba
P - Payne Stolsworth, Catawba