Indy Stanley Tabbed as NAIA Preseason All-American

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NAIA has announced the 17-player Preseason Baseball All-America Team, selected annually by the NAIA-Baseball Coaches Association (NAIA-BCA) All-America Committee. For more information on NAIA Baseball, click here.

Four starting pitchers are included as well as one relief pitcher while the list included four infielders in addition to two behind the dish. The outfield features four players and the last two spots go to a utility player and a designated hitter.

This season, six student-athletes were selected as First Team All-American’s last spring including National Pitcher of the Year Robb Adams. Seven more were named to the Second Team of the All-America list, while the final four members were recognized as Honorable Mentions. There are no carry overs from the preseason list last year.

Position	Name	School	Year	Hometown
1B	Eric Maffie	St. Francis (Ill.)	Sr.	Coal Valley, Ill.
2B	Jonah Hultberg	College of Idaho	Jr.	Boise, Idaho
3B	Trevor Campbell	Indiana University Southeast	Sr.	Louisville, Ky.
SS	Robbie Merced	Central Methodist (Mo.)	Sr.	Springfield, Mo.
C	Carlos Muniz	Cumberlands (Ky.	So.	Naranjito, Puerto Rico
C	Indy Stanley	Columbia (Mo.)	Jr.	Cumming, Ga.
OF	Kanta Kobayashi	Bellevue (Neb.)	Sr.	Tokyo, Japan
OF	Tucker Zdunich	Reinhardt (Ga.)	Jr.	High River, Alberta, Canada
OF	Evan Salmon	Indiana Wesleyan	Sr.	Des Moines, Iowa
OF	TJ Bass	Taylor (Ind.)	Sr.	Greenwood, Ind.
SP	Robb Adams	Southeastern (Fla.)	Sr.	Arcadia, Fla.
SP	Eli Davis	Oklahoma City	Sr.	Shawnee, Okla.
SP	Bobby Vath	LSU Shreveport (La.)	Jr.	Coram, N.Y.
SP	Michael Watson	Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas)	Jr.	Glen Rose, Texas
RP	Cruz McFadden	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)	Jr.	Chillicothe, Ohio
UTL	Alec Ackerman	Bellevue (Neb.)	Sr.	Parker, Colo.
DH	Gary Lora	Southeastern (Fla.)	Sr.	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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