Posted: Jun 09, 2020

Texas Lutheran Baseball's Tyler Cauley named Academic All-American

SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran outfielder Tyler Cauley (Baytown/Barbers Hill) is a 2019-20 Academic All-American after being named a College Sports Information Directors of America Second Team All-American for NCAA Division III Baseball.

Cauley, a 2018 playing All-American and 2019 and 2020 Academic All-District First Team selection, is the 45th Academic All-American in school history. He is the third Academic All-American for TLU today. He joins TLU Softball's Kelly Jurden and Chassety Raines, who were named Academic All-American's Tuesday as well.

Cauley, an accounting major, is in the five-year program to obtain concurrently his bachelor's degree and his master's degree in accountancy. Cauley holds a cumulative grade point average of 3.59.

A four-year starter for the Bulldogs, Cauley is in the top-five all-time at TLU for home runs (28), RBI (151) and slugging percentage (.654).

Cauley is a career .346 hitter with 39 doubles, 13 triples, 168 hits, and 25 stolen bases.

As the starting right-fielder, Cauley helped lead TLU to the 2018 NCAA Division III Baseball World Series in Appleton, Wis. The Bulldogs finished as the national runner-up.

With Cauley on the team, the Bulldogs have won an NCAA DIII Regional Championship, a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Championship and an SCAC Regular-Season Championship. The Bulldogs played in the NCAA DIII post-season in 2018 and 2019. The Bulldogs hosted a 2019 regional tournament.

Cauley and the Bulldogs have a combined record of 103-49 (.678) overall and 39-15 (.722) in the SCAC over the past three-plus seasons.

With the 2020 season coming to a premature end due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CoSIDA Academic All-District® nominations listed career statistics instead of the current year's statistics.

The 2020 Academic All-America® Baseball Team, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® program separately recognizes baseball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

The Division II and III CoSIDA Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CoSIDA Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.

For more information about CoSIDA's Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com on CoSIDA.com.

TLU's complete multi-year Academic All-America® awards list includes:

Three-time Academic All-American Natalie Wood (women's cc/track and field, 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07),

Two-time selection Amber Lowe (women's cc/track & field, 2007-08 and 2008-09),

Two-time selection David Stahl (men's soccer, 2002-03 and 2003-04),

Two-time selection Tommy Stolhandske (men's basketball, 2003-04 and 2004-05),

Two-time selection Matt Alves (football, 2006-07 and 2007-08),

Two-time selection Allen Cain (football, 2011-12 and 2012-13),

Two-time selection Ashley Meadows (women's cc/track and field, 2012-13 and 2013-14),

Two-time selection Taylor Grissom (softball, 2014-15 and 2015-16),

Two-time selection Sofia Vega (at-large, 2014-15 and 2015-16),

Two-time selection Amanda Lochte (softball, 2015-16 and 2016-17),

Two-time selection Riley Schaefer (baseball, 2016-17 and 2017-18),

Two-time selection Manny Longoria (football, 2018-19 and 2019-20),

Two-time selection Kelly Jurden (softball, 2018-19 and 2019-20).

The single-year Academic All-America® award winners for TLU include:

Chantel Mize (women's basketball, 1999-00),

Amy Behlen (softball, 2002-03),

Tracy Heathcock (women's volleyball, 2003-04),

Angela Bagwell (women's volleyball, 2004-05),

Abby Cochran (women's golf, 2005-06),

Dana Robbins (women's cc/track & field, 2007-08),

Ryan Nokelby (baseball, 2009-10),

Ashley Jacobsen (softball, 2013-14),

Derek Kanas (baseball, 2013-14),

Jacquelyn Brown (softball, 2014-15),

Nicole Snow (softball, 2015-16),

Tyler Howlett (football, 2016-17),

Kristen Lye (women's basketball, 2016-17),

Dylan Drgac (baseball, 2017-18),

Marquis Brown (men's cc/track and field, 2017-18),

Mitchell Long (men's soccer, 2019-20),

Chassety Raines (softball, 2019-20),

Tyler Cauley (baseball (2019-20).

2020 Academic All-America®

Baseball Team

Division III

FIRST TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

P Garrett Renslow (1) University of Rochester 3.98 Sr. Neuroscience/Psychology

P Christian Slattery (1) California Lutheran University 3.98 Sr. Financial Planning

C Alex Kachler Methodist University 3.92 Sr. Industrial Engineering/Mathematics

IF Luke Barber Otterbein University 3.98 Jr. Mechanical Engineering

IF John Brinkman Washington University in St. Louis 3.49 Sr. Biomedical Engineering/Computer Science

IF Ryan Enos (1) Oswego State 4.00 Jr. Wellness Management/Business Admin.

IF Allen Murphy (1) St. John Fisher College 4.00 Sr. Biology

OF Matt Johnston (2, ^) MIT 3.76 Sr. Physics

OF Derek Manning (1, #) Elizabethtown College 4.00 Sr. Computer Engineering

OF Garrett Wilson (2) Spalding University 3.87 Sr. Business Administration & Accounting

DH Chase Edwards (2) University of the Ozarks 3.46 Sr. Business Administration

SECOND TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

P James Green Saint Mary's University (Minn.) 3.60 Jr. Secondary Education

P Matt Mulhearn Webster University 3.77/3.79 Gr. Finance (U)/MBA (G)

C Truman Schmitt Simpson College 3.97 Sr. Actuarial Science

IF Cole Beeker Swarthmore College 3.48 Sr. Economics

IF Cole Critchfield Southern Virginia University 3.94 Sr. Computer Science

IF Thomas Pasquale St. John Fisher College 3.94 Sr. Biology

IF Bradley Sawyer Hood College 3.90 Sr. Business Administration

OF Tyler Cauley Texas Lutheran University 3.59 Sr. Accounting

OF Connor Harding (1) The University of Scranton 3.97 Jr. Business Administration

OF Bret Williams Penn State Harrisburg 3.31 Sr. Security & Risk Analysis

DH Michael Arboleda Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3.83/3.71 Gr. Biomedical Eng. & Econ. (U)/Mechanical Eng. (G)

THIRD TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

P Kevin Gould Endicott College 3.53/3.73 Gr. Business Management (U)/MBA (G)

P Matt Nickles Randolph-Macon College 3.95 Sr. Biology

C Sean Harrington Babson College 3.59 Sr. Computational & Mathematical Finance

IF Hudson Chastain Transylvania University 3.94 Jr. Accounting

IF Justin Graham St. John Fisher College 3.79 Sr. Finance

IF Canyon McWilliams Ohio Wesleyan University 3.71 Sr. Mathematics/Statistics

IF Harry Witwer-Dukes The College of Wooster 3.36 Sr. Communication Studies

OF Ryan Clavin Westminster College (Mo.) 3.87 Sr. Business Management & Business Comm.

OF Steven DiGirolamo William Paterson University 3.87 Jr. Finance

OF Michael McMahon Becker College 4.00 Sr. Sport Management

DH Joe Moran Anderson University (Ind.) 3.61 Sr. Business Management

Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Derek Manning, Elizabethtown

(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2019

(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2019

(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2018

(^) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team selection in 2018