ERIE, Pa. - Gannon’s
Kolten Hoffman (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex) has been named to the
ESPN The Magazine All-District II Baseball first team released Thursday afternoon. He was one of 11 student-athletes named to the first team and will now move to the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration.
Hoffman was named to the first team as a second baseman. The mathematics major has been perfect in the classroom, owning a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average. On the field, he hit .336 with a .452 slugging percentage and .410 on-base percentage in 46 games this season.
The West Middlesex, Pa., native led Gannon in average, hits (49), home runs (3), RBI (31), total bases (66), and slugging percentage. Hoffman hit .406 (39-96) with runners on base and .433 (26-60) with runners in scoring position. The sophomore recorded 14 multiple-hit games and 10 multiple-RBI games.
The 2009 Academic All-District II baseball teams were selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The 11 first-team members will now move to the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration. The All-America teams are scheduled to be released Tuesday, May 26.
The District II College Division consists of all NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA colleges and universities in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. To be nominated for the Academic All-America program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.3 cumulative grade-point average and a starter or significant reserve on his team.
The complete
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District baseball teams can be found at
http://www.cosida.com/documents/2009/5/7/09baseball.pdf.