TicketsCINCINNATI -- Redshirt junior outfielder Griffin Merritt was named a 2022 ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region selection on Wednesday.
Merritt earned first team recognition, moving him into consideration for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors which will be announced on Saturday. The teams were voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America Committee.
Merritt had an outstanding season at the plate, batting .315 with an OPS of 1.077. His 19 home run campaign led the American Athletic Conference and is now tied for third-most ever by a Bearcat in a single season. Merritt also paced the AAC in slugging percentage (.695) and RBIs per game (1.02). In addition to earning All-AAC First Team honors, Merritt was named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year on May 23 and a First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American on June 8.
The left fielder from La Salle High School in Cincinnati has been the baseball team's representative on the UC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee since 2019 and has been named to the Dean's List all eight semesters he's been enrolled at UC. Earlier this season Merritt was named to the CoSIDA 2021-22 Academic All-District® Baseball Team.
Merritt's list of achievements does not stop there, as he was a finalist for both the Jean Stephens Memorial Award and the Male Nancy Hamant Scholar-Athlete of the Year award in 2021-22. A two-time team captain of the Bearcats baseball team, Merritt has been named to the All-AAC Academic team three times (2019-2021).
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Merritt earned first team recognition, moving him into consideration for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors which will be announced on Saturday. The teams were voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America Committee.
Merritt had an outstanding season at the plate, batting .315 with an OPS of 1.077. His 19 home run campaign led the American Athletic Conference and is now tied for third-most ever by a Bearcat in a single season. Merritt also paced the AAC in slugging percentage (.695) and RBIs per game (1.02). In addition to earning All-AAC First Team honors, Merritt was named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year on May 23 and a First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American on June 8.
The left fielder from La Salle High School in Cincinnati has been the baseball team's representative on the UC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee since 2019 and has been named to the Dean's List all eight semesters he's been enrolled at UC. Earlier this season Merritt was named to the CoSIDA 2021-22 Academic All-District® Baseball Team.
Merritt's list of achievements does not stop there, as he was a finalist for both the Jean Stephens Memorial Award and the Male Nancy Hamant Scholar-Athlete of the Year award in 2021-22. A two-time team captain of the Bearcats baseball team, Merritt has been named to the All-AAC Academic team three times (2019-2021).
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