McCausland and Samii were named All-American selections.
Two members of the Middlebury baseball team were named All-American selections. Kyle McCausland was tabbed a second-team selection by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), while Nathan Samii tallied fifth-team accolades from D3baseball.com.
HONOREE HIGHLIGHTS
- McCausland (Second Team ABCA)
- McCausland earns his second All-American nod and the first from the ABCA.
- The outfielder garnered regional player of the year honors for the first time and all-region distinction for the third-straight campaign.
- He became the second player in NESCAC history to be named player of the year twice and tabbed an All-NESCAC First Team selection for the third time.
- One of two players to play in all 41 contests, the senior led the team with 59 hits, 48 runs batted in (RBI), 39 runs scored and 30 walks. McCausland also had a squad-best 13 home runs.
- The Panthers closed his career as the program's leader in hits (202), runs scored (156), doubles (45) and homers (41).
- Samii (Fifth Team D3baseball.com)
- Samii secures his first All-American laurel.
- The infielder landed all-region recognition from the organization and the ABCA.
- An All-NESCAC First Team selection, Samii led the conference in batting average (.429) and slugging percentage (.731).
- The senior paced the team with 19 doubles and was one hit behind McCausland with 51.
- Samii appeared in 130 career games for Middlebury, recording a .301 batting average, 130 hits, 100 RBI and 44 doubles.
The full list of ABCA All-Americans can be found here, while the D3baseball.com honorees are here.