NASHVILLE - Trevecca Nazarene University baseball player Joey Parliment is a 2024 ABCA Rawlings First Team All-American. Additionally, Caleb Marks, the 2024 ABCA Rawlings Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year, made the ABCA Rawlings All-American Third Team

 

Parliment and Marks were integral players on the vastly fruitful 54th edition of Trevecca Baseball. The 2024 Trojans advanced to their second NCAA Division II Midwest Regional and concluded the season with a 33-23 record. They reached the regional with their fifth Great Midwest Championship, claiming the 2024 G-MAC Championship, winning four straight as they did in 2021. It will be their final Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championship at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio. The Trojans move to the Gulf South Conference in 2025.   

 

Next season, Team 55 begins a new era for Trojan baseball in the Gulf South Conference. 

 

JOEY PARLIMENT | 2024 NOTES

5-7 | SR | 2B | Gordonsville, TN | Gordonsville HS | Columbia State

The Columbia State standout hit .369 on the year with a 1.170 OPS. The Gordonsville native hit 14 doubles, a triple, and 16 home runs. The Gordonsville Tiger alum used his 72 hits to score 55 runs and drive in 67 RBI. He charged a .473 on-base-percentage. His slugging percentage was .697.

 

Parliment finished first in the Great Midwest in RBI as well as a Top 10 batting average and ranked third in home runs, slugging percentage, and OPS. He also ranked fifth in runs scored, seventh in on-base-percentage,

 

JOEY PARLIMENT | 2024 AWARDS

ABCA	Rawlings All-American - 1st Team	June 5, 2024
D2CCA	All-American - 3rd Team	May 30, 2024
NCBWA	All-American 2nd Team	May 24, 2024
ABCA	Rawlings All-Region - 1st Team	May 29, 2024
D2CCA	Midwest All-Region - 1st Team	May 23, 2024
NCBWA	Midwest All-Region - 1st Team	May 15, 2024
G-MAC	All-Conference - 1st Team	May 8, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*ABCA = American Baseball Coaches Association

*NCBWA = National College Baseball Writers Association

*D2CCA = Div. II Conference Commissioners Association

*G-MAC = Great Midwest Athletic Conference  

*TSWA = Tennessee Sports Writers Association

 

CALEB MARKS | 2024 NOTES

6-1 | JR | P | Murfreesboro, TN | Siegel HS

The Murfreesboro native led the team on the mound with a perfect 8-0 record and a 2.25 earned run average. He turned in four complete games, one shutout and had 99 strikeouts over his 88 innings pitched. He walked just 20 batters and opponents hit just .235 against him. Marks punched out 11 batters on three different occasions this season.

 

The Siegel Star finished with the seventh best earned run average in all of NCAA Division I baseball and ranked 12th in strikeouts and 16th in complete games for the year.

 

Marks led the league in ERA, batters struck out looking, and runs allowed. He finished second in strike outs, wins, and opponents' batting average. He complemented those rankings with finishing third in innings pitched and fourth in walks.

 

CALEB MARKS | 2024 AWARDS

ABCA	Rawlings All-American - 3rd Team	June 5, 2024
D2CCA	All-American - 1st Team	May 30, 2024
NCBWA	All-American 2nd Team	May 24, 2024
ABCA	Rawlings Pitcher of the Year	May 29, 2024
ABCA	Rawlings All-Region - 1st Team	May 29, 2024
D2CCA	Midwest Region - Pitcher of the Year	May 23, 2024
D2CCA	Midwest All-Region - 1st Team	May 23, 2024
NCBWA	Midwest Region - Pitcher of the Year	May 15, 2024
NCBWA	Midwest All-Region - 1st Team	May 15, 2024
G-MAC	Conference - Pitcher of the Year	May 8, 2024
G-MAC	All-Conference - 1st Team	May 8, 2024

 

The 2024 ABCA / Rawlings NCAA Div. II All-American teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. II All-America & Coach of the Year Committee.

 

The ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove teams for all divisions will be announced on Wednesday, June 19. The ABCA NCAA Div. II Region All-Defensive teams will be announced on Thursday, June 20.

 

The ABCA All-America team was first recognized in 1949. ABCA / Rawlings Gold Glove teams were first recognized in 2007.

 

About the ABCA

Founded in 1945, the American Baseball Coaches Association is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 15,000 members represent all 50 states and 41 countries. Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945.

 

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