Benjamin Herring Earns Academic All-American Honors

2017 Jun 1

Senior catcher Jeff Sneed and junior designated hitter Benjamin Herring of Hopkins, SC have been named Second Team Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), making Newberry one of just six schools nationwide with multiple players selected.

Herring becomes the third baseball student-athlete in Newberry history to be named an Academic All-American. Chas Goodwin earned the baseball team's first selection when he garnered Second Team honors in 2014.

Herring, a Social Sciences major from Hopkins, SC, has a 3.88 GPA. The junior designated hitter led the team with a .362 batting average and collected 40 RBIs.Herring appeared in 43 contests for the Wolves and notched 10 multi-hit games. He led Newberry with three home runs on the season. Herring was voted President of the Student Government Association after spending last academic year as the organization's Treasurer.