ATLANTA, Ga. (April 26, 2012)-- The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announces the 2012 SIAC Baseball All-Conference Team as voted by the SIAC Baseball Coaches Association. This year's team is led by 2012 SIAC Player of the Year Jarius Brown of Stillman College. Kentucky State's Raphael Amey was named to the West Team.
 
Amey, a senior from Dumfries, Va., batted.350 during the regular season,  with 41 hits, 16 RBIs and 18 stolen bases. He also leads the team in triples (4) and runs scored (27).
 
Brown, a native of Atlanta, GA, led the SIAC with 52 runs batted in during the regular season while finishing with 62 hits and seven home runs, both which ranked second in the SIAC. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound senior first baseman was also third in the conference with a .428 batting average and 46 runs scored. Byrd also finished with a .624 slugging percentage and a .522 on-base percentage, ranking fourth in the SIAC in both categories, while totaling 15 stolen bases and a .993 fielding percentage.
 
Miles College first baseman Kelend Smith was named SIAC Freshman of the Year. In 2012, Smith led all SIAC freshmen with six home runs and 41 run batted in which ranked third and fifth, respectively, among all SIAC batters. The 6-foot-3, 260-pounder from Pleasant Grove, AL also had a .359 batting average and a .590 slugging percentage in his first season with the Golden Bears.
 
Michael Jordan of Benedict College was named SIAC Utility Player of the Year. Jordan recorded 36 hits, 22 RBIs, and a .371 batting average during the regular season while also recording three wins with 53 strikeouts as a pitcher for the Tigers. The 5-foot-6 senior from Miami, FL also currently leads the nation in both stolen bases with 64 and stolen bases per game with 1.83.
 
Stillman College senior Josh Cagle was named SIAC Starting Pitcher of the Year while teammate Tyler Vails was named SIAC Relief Pitcher of the Year. Cagle, a native of Brookwood, AL, was tied for third in the SIAC with six wins while leading the conference with 68 strikeouts and a 3.65 earned run average. Vails, a sophomore from Gordo, AL, tied for the league lead with seven wins and was second in the SIAC with 16 games in relief while recording a 4.05 ERA and 44 strikeouts.
 
Stillman College Head Coach Donny Crawford was named SIAC Coach of the Year. In his sixth season, Crawford led the Tigers to an undefeated regular season in the SIAC with a record of 21-0, 24-16 overall, to capture the 2012 SIAC Western Division title.

2012 SIAC Baseball All-Conference Team
East
Rickey Harris                Sophomore                  C                      Albany State University
William Smalls              Senior                          SS                   Albany State University
David Weber                 Junior                          1B                    Benedict College
Michael Jordan             Senior                          UT/P                Benedict College
Randolph Brown          Senior                          LF                    Claflin University
Darryl White                  Junior                          P                      Claflin University
Kelvin Tanner               Sophomore                  1B                    Clark Atlanta University
Bryan Butcher               Senior                          C                      Morehouse College
William Van Winkle      Junior                          1B                    Paine College
Luis Serrano                  Junior                          C                      Paine College

West
Raphael Amey             Senior                         CF                    Kentucky State University
Jeremy Lee                    Junior                          C                      Miles College
Kelend Smith                 Freshman                   1B                    Miles College
Justin Bartley                 Freshman                    3B/P               Miles College
Jarius Brown                  Senior                          1B                   Stillman College
Kameron McCreless     Sophomore                SS                   Stillman College
Paul Winterbottom         Freshman                   3B                   Stillman College
Dion Bryant                     Senior                         CF                   Stillman College
Josh Cagle                      Senior                         P                     Stillman College
Cash Oliver                     Sophomore               3B                    Tuskegee University
 
Player of the Year: Jarius Brown, Stillman College
Freshman of the Year: Kelend Smith, Miles College
Utility Player of the Year: Michael Jordan, Benedict College
Starting Pitcher of the Year: Josh Cagle, Stillman College
Relief Pitcher of the Year: Tyler Vails, Stillman College
Coach of the Year: Donny Crawford, Stillman College
 
2012 SIAC Baseball All-Academic Team
 
Kelvin Tanner            Sophomore         Computer Info. Sys.        3.59      Clark Atlanta University
Seth Mellen                Sophomore         Sport Management        3.58      Claflin University
Brett Bullard               Senior                   Sport Management        3.53      Claflin University
Evan Yabu                 Senior                   Physical Education        3.93      Lane College
Tyren Bowman          Sophomore         Criminal Justice              3.51      Lane College
McKinsley Marbury   Sophomore         Criminal Justice              3.41      Lane College
Bryan Butcher            Senior                  Sociology                         3.73      Morehouse College
Ashton Johnson        Sophomore         Psychology                      3.52      Stillman College
Kameron McCreles  Junior                    Nursing                            3.53      Stillman College
Gene Stewart Moody  Sophomore       Electrical Engineering   3.54      Tuskegee University
 
All-Academic Team Award: Morehouse College, 3.29