GREENWOOD, Ind. - Auburn University at Montgomery baseball players Jackson Ceman, Kasey Clark, Zach Dew, Brett Pitts, and Clay Slagle were recently named to the 2024 Academic All-District® Baseball Team, sponsored by the College Sports Communicators.

Ceman, honored for the third consecutive season, hit .308 for the Warhawks in 50 starts. He collected 52 hits, scored 34 runs, smacked seven doubles, added one home run, and drove in 29 with a .461 on-base percentage. Ceman finished his career with 202 hits and ended his time at AUM fifth in school history in at-bats, tied for second in runs scored, for fifth in total hits, and ranked fifth in walks. Ceman posted a 4.0 graduate GPA in Business administration.

Clark, a graduate student with a 4.0 GPA in kinesiology, earned recognition for the second straight season. Clark hit .318 with 64 hits, a team-high 56 runs, 13 doubles, eight home runs, and a team-best 51 RBIs. He also added 41 walks, the best mark on the team. Clark clubbed a school-record 46 doubles in his Warhawk career and finished his playing days ranked in the Top 10 in school history in RBIs, walks, and at-bats, along with finishing 11th in hits. 

Dew sported a 3.76 GPA in business administration and had the most decorated season by an AUM player since the Warhawks jumped the NCAA Division II ranks. Dew was a First Team All-GSC selection and a First Team D2 CCA All-South Region honoree. He added a pair of Second Team All-Region honors from the ABCA and NCBWA, and earned a spot on the Academic All-District® squad for the second consecutive year.

Pitts posted a 3-1 record with a team-high three saves and a 2.44 ERA in 44.1 innings with 45 strikeouts across 19 relief appearances. A business major with a 3.65 GPA, turned in a 1.93 ERA in conference play with a 1-0 record and two saves with 25 strikeouts against just eight walks. He also collected four scoreless appearances and allowed just one run in 6.2 innings against teams ranked teams this season. He earns his first career Academic All-District® recognition.

Slagle earned his first spot on the Academic All-District® team and posted a 3.73 GPA in finance while leading the Warhawks with a 7-3 record on the mound. Slagle recorded 57 strikeouts against just 20 walks in a team-high 67.2 innings pitched. He posted seven wins in GSC play, the second-best mark in the league, and also ranked Top 10 in the GSC overall in wins (ninth) and batters struck out looking (fifth - 19). Slagle allowed one earned run or less in eight of his 16 appearances.

Selected by members of the College Sports Communicators, the Academic All-District® teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes women's tennis honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.
 
Select Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second-, and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on July 2. For the full list of CSC Academic All-District® teams, click HERE.
 
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2023-24 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
   
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