First Basemen Tabbed to the Second and Third Teams
FOREST, Va. --- Postseason honors came to
a pair of ODAC first basemen over the past week. Guilford's
Kyle Wooden (pictured above) and Randolph-Macon's Jordan Walton
were named All-American's by D3baseball.com. Wooden earned a
spot on the second team while Walton was tabbed to the third
team.
Wooden, a senior from Monroe, N.C., stands third in NCAA Division
III with a conference-high .467 batting average through games of
May 24. He captured the ODAC Player of the Year Award last month
and made the First Team All-ODAC squad. His .525 on-base percentage
leads the league and his 63 hits stand second. Wooden matched
Guilford's school record with 17 doubles this season and led the
team in hits, runs batted in (29), on-base percentage and slugging
percentage (.637). He also scored 32 runs, hit two homers and had
one stolen base.
Guilford's 20th First Team All-ODAC pick, Wooden paced the Quakers
with seven multiple-RBI games and recorded 21 contests with at
least two hits. He enjoyed a 16-game hitting streak during the year
and captured ODAC Player of the Week honors Mar. 14. Wooden was
five-for-five with four runs and four RBIs in a Mar. 12 victory at
league-rival Hampden-Sydney College.
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| RMC's Jordan Walton |
A two-time All-ODAC selection, Wooden is the Quakers' career
leader in batting average (.436 in 115 games) and slugging
percentage (.699). He set the Guilford standard with a .514 batting
average in 2009 that led all NCAA divisions. Wooden stands fourth
in Guilford history with 45 doubles and fifth with 20 home runs. He
received Guilford's Male Athlete of the Year and the Nereus C.
English Athletic Leadership awards in his senior year.
A junior from Mechanicsville, Va., Walton shattered the NCAA
single season doubles record with 31 (the previous record was 27).
He led the nation with 84 hits, which also broke the ODAC single
season record (previously set at 77). Walton drove in a
conference best 57 runs and ranked second in the ODAC and
13thin the country with a .452 batting average. The
Lee-Davis High School product finished the season with 131 total
bases, which led the ODAC and placed him fourth in the nation.
At the 2011 ODAC Baseball Tournament, Walton helped lead the
Yellow Jackets to their fourth ODAC title and a trip to the NCAA
Division III Baseball Tournament. Walton earned tournament
Most Outstanding Player honors at the conference's postseason
event. In four games, he went 10-for-19 (.526) with six
doubles, a triple and five RBI. He also stole a base.
For a look at the complete 2011 D3baseball.com All-American Teams,
click HERE.