Augie Baseball Earns All-Central Region Awards - Augustana University Athletics

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The awards keep rolling in for Augustana baseball as four players have been named to one of two All-Central Region teams.

Nate Baumann and Deryk Marks were named to the Daktronics All-Central Region first team while Bret Severtson earned second team honors. In addition, all three of these players were named to the Rawlings / ABCA All-Central Region first team, and Charlie Dubanoski earned second team honors.

Baumann, an outfielder from Marshall, Minn., led the NSIC in hitting (.476), slugging percentage (.857) and runs scored (55). He was second in total bases (108), tied for third in hits (60) and was fourth in on base percentage (.537), plate appearance (147) and in homeruns (11). His 41 runs batted in placed him seventh in the league. He was also picked NSIC Player of the Year.

Marks was chosen as the NSIC Newcomer of the Year after leading the league in runs batted in (54) and double (16). The third baseman from Cottage Grove, Minn. was second in hits (61) and sac flies (4) and third in hitting (.459), at bats (133) and total bases (104). He was eighth in the league with nine homeruns and ninth in slugging percentage (.782). Marks was named NSIC Player of the Week on February 9th he batted .833 (5-6) at the Metrodome against Rockhurst. He was also named to the Rawlings / ABCA Gold Glove Team.

Severtson made the Daktronics second team and the Rawlings / ABCA first team as a relief pitcher. A Flandreau, S.D. native, he tallied 21 appearances and 23.2 innings pitched. Severtson had a team-best 2.66 ERA and recorded seven saves on the season which ties the Augustana and NSIC saves record. He was 4-2 on the season.

Dubanoski, of Burnsville, Minn. was named to the Rawlings / ABCA All-Central Region Second Team. He had the third-best batting average for the Vikings this season with a .382. He was third in the NSIC in home runs (15) and fith in RBI's (63). He was named NSIC Player of the Week on March 23 after boasting a .548 average and driving in 15 runs.

The Vikings finished the year 34-22 and seventh in the NSIC.

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