DALLAS - The Augustana baseball team finished No. 11 in the final National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 after a 43-16 record this past season.

The Vikings claimed the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) regular season title for the first time in school history and also went undefeated throughout the NSIC tournament to win their second consecutive NSIC Tournament title.

Augustana claimed the No. 1 seed in the Central Region and would go on to win the NCAA Central Region I title before falling to Central Missouri in the Central Super Regional to end their chances of repeating as national champions.

The NCBA/Rawlings NCAA Division II All-Region showed JT Mix, Jordan Barth, and Max Steffens all earning First Team honors, while Riley Johnson was named to the second team this past season. Max Steffens earned Central Region Pitcher of the Year twice (NCBA/Rawlings & D2CAA). Head coach Tim Huber earned Central Region Coach of the Year with the team's success this season.

Steffens also earned NSIC Pitcher and Newcomer of the Year while Huber earned NSIC Coach of the Year.

 

2019 NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (FINAL)
Rk.	School [1st place]	Location	Record	Pts.	Pvs.
1.	Tampa [20]	Tampa, Fla.	45-14	500	3
2.	Colorado Mesa	Grand Junction, Colo.	53-12	480	2
3.	Central Missouri	Warrensburg, Mo.	46-16	444	12
4.	UC San Diego	San Diego, Calif.	41-16	420	10
5.	Ashland	Ashland, Ohio	48-15	408	8
6.	Catawba	Salisbury, N.C.	47-14	391	14
7.	North Greenville	Tigerville, S.C.	45-11	372	1
8.	Angelo State	San Angelo, Texas	46-12	361	4
9.	Mercyhurst	Erie, Pa.	36-16	343	-
10.	Azusa Pacific	Azusa, Calif.	40-15	302	6
11.	Augustana	Sioux Falls, S.D.	43-16	292	9
12.	Delta State	Cleveland, Miss.	42-14	264	13
13.	NYIT	Old Westbury, N.Y.	37-16	246	-
14.	Illinois Springfield	Springfield, Ill.	41-17-1	227	16
15.	Newberry	Newberry, S.C.	41-16	201	11
16.	Adelphi	Garden City, N.Y.	34-9-1	186	5
17.	Millersville	Millersville, Pa.	38-16	170	7
18.	St. Cloud State	St. Cloud, Minn.	41-14	166	15
19.	Southern New Hampshire	Manchester, N.H.	40-15	152	17
20.	Eckerd	St. Petersburg, Fla.	31-19	97	18
21.	West Florida	Pensacola, Fla.	37-18	90	21
22.	Point Loma	San Diego, Calif.	32-21	72	24
23.	Lubbock Christian	Lubbock, Texas	35-17	62	19
24.	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, Colo.	40-15	47	-
25.	Wayne State	Detroit, Mich.	35-17	43	22
Also receiving votes: West Texas A&M (41-12) 35; Minnesota State (39-15) 31; LIU Post (38-16) 17; Charleston, W.Va. (41-19) 15; Nova Southeastern (34-17) 15; West Chester (31-16) 14; Wilmington, Del. (40-18) 11; Mount Olive (31-19) 4; Gannon (33-17) 2.
Dropped out: West Chester (20); Minnesota State (23); LIU Post (25).

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