Rogers repeats, Thomas adds All-Academic honors 
 
SAN ANTONIO – The senior duo of Ridge Rogers and Lee Thomas of the University of the Incarnate Word baseball team was selected to the 2021 Southland Conference All-Academic teams the league announced on Tuesday, June 15. 
 
Rodgers picked up his second All-Academic award as he was named to the 2021 second team with a perfect 4.00 GPA as a rehabilitative science major. The Cardinals' centerfielder hit .236 on the year with 37 hits, six doubles, three triples and two home runs, accounting for 27 runs scored and knocking in 19 RBIs in 45 starts this season. The Flower Mound, Texas native was one of four student-athletes from the Southland Conference to have a 4.00 GPA.
 
Thomas caps off his five-year career at UIW with an automatic selection to the All-Academic first-team after getting an All-Conference first-team nod. The lefty DH turned in a 3.71 GPA as a Management Information Systems major and led the Cardinals with a .306 batting average, .686 slugging percentage and .420 on-base percentage. Thomas also led UIW with 12 doubles and five triples. The Katy, Texas native had 52 hits this season driving in 35 RBIs and accounting for 32 runs scored.
 
All-Academic teams are voted on by the head coach, sports information director and an academic staff member from each member school. Student-athletes must possess a minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA and have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to qualify. Nominees who were on the all-conference first team are automatically named Southland All-Academic.
 
The Southland Conference awards committee, which consists of one administrator from each of the 13 member schools, votes for the Student-Athlete of the Year. Student-Athlete of the Year candidates must have earned at least a 3.20 GPA and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least two years at the nominating institution.

2021 Southland Conference Baseball Student-Athlete of the Year: Colton Cowser, Sam Houston
 
2021 Southland Conference Baseball All-Academic First Team

Name	School	Cl.	GPA	Major
Mitchell Dickson*	Abilene Christian	Sr.	3.89	Financial Management
Colton Eager*2	Abilene Christian	Sr.	3.67	Management
Tyler Cleveland*	Central Arkansas	Fr.	3.50	Physical Education/Teacher Education
Lee Thomas*	UIW	Gr.	3.71	Management Information Systems
Will Dion*	McNeese	Jr.	3.07	Sports & Wellness Management
Tre Obregon III	McNeese	Gr.	3.75	Criminal Justice
Clayton Rasbeary*2	McNeese	Gr.	3.62	Criminal Justice
Levi David	Northwestern State	Jr.	4.00	Business Administration
Colton Cowser*^2	Sam Houston	Jr.	3.79	Construction Management
Evan Keller	Southeastern Louisiana	Jr.	3.82	Chemistry
Will Warren*2	Southeastern Louisiana	Jr.	3.40	Kinesiology
Itchy Burts*4	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Sr.	3.67	MBA
John Gaddis2	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Jr.	3.77	Biomedical Sciences
Luke Marbach2	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Sr.	4.00	MBA

 
2021 Southland Conference Baseball All-Academic Second Team

Name	School	Cl.	GPA	Major
Hunter Gieser	Abilene Christian	Sr.	3.92	Finance
Miller Ladusau	Abilene Christian	Jr.	3.52	Management
Logan Gilbertson	Central Arkansas	Gr.	4.00	Health Promotion
Kolby Johnson	Central Arkansas	So.	3.96	Finance
Ridge Rogers2	UIW	Sr.	4.00	Rehab Science
Cole Girouard2	Lamar	Sr.	3.90	MBA
Kelby Weyler2	Lamar	So.	3.94	Exercise Science
Julian Gonzales	McNeese	Jr.	3.94	Biology Pre Med
Gaige Howard	New Orleans	Sr.	3.58	Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Admin.
Darren Willis	New Orleans	Sr.	3.40	Psychology
Joe Taylor	Nicholls	Jr.	3.71	Finance
Jack Rogers2	Sam Houston	Sr.	3.34	Spring, Texas
Tyler Finke	Southeastern Louisiana	So.	3.04	Sport Management
Mike Williams	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Sr.	3.38	MBA

 
^ Student-Athlete of the Year
* Automatic selection
2 Two-time all-academic selection
⁴ Four-time all-academic selection