BOLIVAR, Mo. -- SBU senior third baseman Justin Barnhart has been named to the CoSIDA
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Baseball First Team for the second straight season.
Barnhart, a native of St. Charles, Mo., carries a 3.96 GPA in biology and pre-dental. He has been accepted to the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry where he will attend following graduation from SBU in May. Earlier this week, Barnhart picked up the second All-MIAA honor of career when he was named All-MIAA Honorable Mention. He also earned All-MIAA Second Team honors as a utility player in 2008.
He hit .295 this year with two home runs and 26 runs batted in while starting all 50 games. Barnhart ranked among the MIAA leaders in walks (27 - 6th), plate appearances (218 - 4th) and at-bats (183 - tied 3rd). Barnhart had a team season high of six RBI against Lincoln in April.
He is a graduate of Francis Howell North High School and the son of Steve Barnhart and Susan Barnhart.
With his selection to the first team from District VII of the College Division, Barnhart is now eligible for the CoSIDA
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American team.
"This is a well-deserved honor for Justin," said SBU head coach Sam Berg. "He is a hard worker, both on the field and in the classroom. He's been a great player for us for the last four years."
Please click the link below for a complete list of all baseball honorees from all eight districts and both University (NCAA Division I) and College (NCAA Division II, III, NAIA and 2-year) Divisions.
CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) was founded in 1957. There were 102 members at the original meetings; since that time, CoSIDA has grown to over 2,300 members in the United States and Canada.
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