2019 Baseball News
Eight Hawks named NSCA All-American Athletes of the Year
August 08, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Eight Huntingdon student-athletes were honored with the release of the National Strength and Conditioning Association's All-American Athlete of the Year awards.
Mellown and Crawford make most of summer league competition
July 26, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Huntingdon pitchers Carden Mellown and John Crawford took advantage of their opportunities this summer. The rising Huntingdon seniors spent the past two months playing baseball in a pair of summer collegiate leagues. Mellown is pitching for the Charlottesville Tom Sox in the Valley League and Crawford pitched for the Valley Center Mud Daubers in the Kansas Collegiate League Baseball.
Former Huntingdon star to play in Texas League All-Star Game
June 24, 2019
TULSA, Okla. – Former Huntingdon All-American Joseph Odom is looking forward to his first minor league All-Star Game. Odom is one of eight Arkansas Travelers and one of two catchers on the North roster for the Texas League All-Star Game. The Double-A All-Star Game will be played on Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. (Central) at ONEOK Field in Tulsa.
119 Hawks earn USA South Academic All-Conference honors
June 14, 2019
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – A total of 119 Huntingdon College student-athletes were recognized with the release of the USA South Academic All-Conference team on Friday. The student-athletes, representing each of Huntingdon's 18 athletic programs, were among the 1,441 USA South student-athletes named to the team.
Levanda named Director of Athletics
June 13, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Huntingdon College President J. Cameron West recently announced the promotion of Eric Levanda to Director of Athletics. Levanda has spent more than a decade as Huntingdon’s Associate Director of Athletics and Director of Operations.
Harville hired as Director of Operations
June 06, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Huntingdon College Director of Athletics Eric Levanda announced the hiring of Courtney Harville as the athletic department’s Director of Operations on Thursday.
Huntingdon’s Powell named All-Region
May 28, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Huntingdon junior Wes Powell was recognized with the release of the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-South Region teams.
Huntingdon Awards Ceremony
April 29, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon College athletic department held its annual Awards Ceremony on Monday night to recognize the accomplishments of student-athletes that helped make this another successful year.
Hawks’ USA South run ends against Greensboro
April 27, 2019
LAGRANGE, Ga. – The Huntingdon baseball team’s run in the conference tournament ended with a loss to Greensboro. After knocking off the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds on Friday, the Hawks came up short in a 15-4 loss to the Pride on Saturday.
Huntingdon keeps battling with two wins in USA South Tournament
April 26, 2019
LAGRANGE, Ga. – The Huntingdon baseball team won two elimination games on Friday on the second day of the USA South Conference Tournament. The fourth-seeded Hawks eliminated top-seeded Piedmont 6-3 in their first game of the day and closed the day with a late 8-7 win over second-seeded Methodist in 10-innings.
Hawks fall to Battling Bishops in Rd. 1 of conference tournament
April 25, 2019
WEST POINT, Ga. – The Huntingdon baseball team opened the USA South Athletic Conference Tournament with a 3-2 loss to North Carolina Wesleyan on Thursday.
Three Hawks earn All-Conference baseball honors
April 24, 2019
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Three Huntingdon players were recognized with the release of the USA South All-Conference baseball awards on Wednesday. Freshman Tucker Duke was named Rookie Pitcher of the Year, junior shortstop Wes Powell was named first-team All-Conference and junior pitcher Wallace Henry was named second-team All-Conference. Senior Garrett Breland was named to the All-Sportsmanship Team.
Duke named USA South Rookie Pitcher of the Week
April 22, 2019
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Huntingdon baseball player Tucker Duke was chosen as one of the USA South Athletes of the Week on Monday. The freshman was named the Rookie Pitcher of the Week. This is the second time this season the Pulaski, Tenn., native has earned the recognition and the seventh time this spring a Huntingdon pitcher has been recognized as Pitcher of the Week or Rookie Pitcher of the Week.
Huntingdon loses final game of Piedmont series
April 20, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon baseball team lost to Piedmont 9-3 in the final game of a conference series on Saturday.
Hawks fall to 14th-ranked Piedmont in first two games of series
April 19, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon baseball team lost the first two games of a three-game conference series with 14th-ranked Piedmont on Friday. The two teams opened the series on Thursday night and played through the top of the seventh inning before weather postponed the game. After the final 2 ½ innings were played on Friday, Piedmont picked up a 10-3 victory. Huntingdon lost the second game 8-3.
Game 1 of Piedmont series postponed in 7th inning
April 18, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon baseball team trailed 14th-ranked Piedmont 10-2 in the seventh inning on Thursday night when weather halted the game.