Baldwin-Wallace College dominated the 2006 Academic All–Ohio Athletic Conference baseball team, earning nearly half of the honor squad’s 15 roster spots.
The Academic All-OAC team recognizes the league’s top scholar-athletes. Its roster is made up of outstanding starters and key reserves who have at least a 3.25 cumulative grade point average. Roster spots are awarded by a committee of faculty representatives from each of the ten OAC schools.
This year, the faculty reps honored four B-W ballplayers with first team selections: Kevin Brown, a senior who posted a 3.83 grade point average in B-W’s MBA program; Matt Green, a senior business administration major with a 3.53 GPA; Dan Melito, a senior physical therapy and fitness management major with a 3.51 GPA; and Matt Wilson, a senior business and marketing major with a 3.70 GPA.
Brown, Melito and Wilson were unanimous picks.
Mike Farrell, a senior business and marketing major with a 3.31 GPA; Brian Pille, a junior broadcasting and sport management major with a 3.67 GPA; and Nick Quarando, a junior HPE major with a 3.81 GPA, were selected for honorable mention.
The Yellow Jackets had more Academic All-OAC picks this year than any other team in school history. The 1987 and 2002 teams had a half dozen Academic All-OAC players apiece, and the 1996 club had five. Only one other team has had four first-teamers: Ryan Petrusky, Pat Shannon, Jim Leffler and Brian Keller were named to the top squad in 2003.
