May 20, 2011

Carmon Chosen to ABCA All-Region Team

MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. – University of South Carolina Aiken junior baseball player Stephen Carmon was selected to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) NCAA Division II Southeast All-Region team on Friday, May 20, 2011.

Carmon was named to the second team as a shortstop. The team was released from the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional in Mount Olive, N.C.

Carmon’s honoring marks his second postseason award as he was also tabbed to the 2011 All-Peach Belt Conference second team at shortstop.

The ABCA recognized 18 PBC players on their first and second teams with eight appearing on the first team. The ABCA recognized 35 players in total on two teams with Mount Olive’s Michael Knox named the Player of the Year and teammate Carter Capps the Pitcher of the Year.

The ABCA team is voted on by the head coaches in the Southeast Region.

A native of Camden, S.C., Carmon finished his 2011 season in the top 10 in the Peach Belt Conference in 13 different offensive categories. He was also second in the league in assists with 162.

Carmon, who ended the regular season first in the PBC in total bases (115) and triples (seven), started all 50 games for USC Aiken at shortstop in 2011. The seven triples have him currently in the top 10 in the category in NCAA Division II.

He concluded his junior campaign hitting .373 (72-for-193) with 46 runs scored and 26 RBIs. He finished his season with 28 extra-base hits on 17 doubles, seven triples and four home runs.

The 2009 PBC Freshman of the Year had a slugging percentage of .596 and an on-base percentage of .474 in 2011.

The Camden High School product owned a team-best 11-game hitting streak this past season. Carmon also obtained 20 multiple hit games in 2011.

A two-time PBC Player of the Week (Feb. 15 and Apr. 19) in 2011, Carmon stole a team-best 32 bases.