Casson, Higgins named D2 Baseball Preseason All-Americans
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Starting pitchers Kolton Casson and Ryan Higgins were selected by D2 Baseball as Preseason All-Americans on Monday afternoon.
D2 Baseball Preseason All-Americans
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Starting pitchers Kolton Casson and Ryan Higgins were selected by D2 Baseball as Preseason All-Americans on Monday afternoon.
Casson, a D2 Baseball All-American as a freshman, was named to the first team. Higgins was named to the preseason second team.
Kolton Casson returns for his sophomore season, after tying the program record for wins in a season and leading all of DII with 13 to earn consensus All-American honors. The SAC and Southeast Region Pitcher of the Year tossed 95 2/3 innings, the sixth-most in a season in C-N's DII era, finishing the year with six complete games, tied for the second-most in school history. 12 of the rookie's 15 starts were quality starts and he struck out at least six batters in more than half of his outings.
An injury cut Ryan Higgins' sophomore season short, but when the Spotsylvania, Virginia native pitched he was nothing short of excellent. Higgins posted a 0.83 ERA in 43 1/3 innings, the lowest earned run average by a pitcher (minimum 25 innings) in program history. As C-N's game one starter, Higgins made eight starts going 5-1 with 45 strikeouts and allowed just four earned runs. His first three starts were all scoreless outings, starting the year with 22 2/3 consecutive innings of scoreless baseball.
Carson-Newman is scheduled to open the doors to the Silver Diamond Baseball Complex on Friday January 30th, at 2:00 p.m., starting a three-game series with Charleston (W.V). Every home game can be heard on cneagles.com/live with live video available on the Eagle Sports Network with a subscription to FloSports at cneagles.com/floBase.
