WILMINGTON, N.C. - On the eve of opening play in the NCAA Baseball Regionals. UNC Wilmington junior righthanded pitcher Brad Holt and senior catcher Mark Carver, left, were named third-team Louisville Slugger TPX All-America by Collegiate Baseball on Thursday.

Holt and Carver are the Seahawks first All-America selections since the 2006 season when former Seahawk standout John Raynor, who is playing with the Carolina Mudcats in the Florida Marlin minor league organization, earned second-team honors from Collegiate Baseball and third-team from Baseball America.

Holt, who will start UNCW’s regional opener against Elon, enters the postseason having won his last 10 decisions and a 10-1 mark overall. The hard-throwing Holt recorded a career-best 3.30 earned run average while striking out 92 in 84 2/3 innings. Holt, who was a first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection, leads the 11-team circuit in opponent batting average, limiting foes to a .226 batting average.

Joining Holt on the third team is Carver, who was named CAA Player-of-the-Year after hitting a school-record tying 21 homers and driving in a record-breaking 79 runs. Carver is nationally-ranked in both categories entering the Regional. He’s second on the club with a .353 batting average and is tied for second with 69 runs scored.

Tealgate For Baseball Tourney

Seahawk Club officials have organized a pre-game “Tealgate” for UNC Wilmington baseball fans prior to Friday’s NCAA Regional baseball opener in Cary, N.C.

The No. 2-seeded Seahawks take on third-seeded Elon at 2 p.m. at the USA Baseball Training Complex. The “Tealgate” lunch will begin at Noon in the main parking area of the facility and the $6 cost includes a BBQ lunch, soft drinks and water from local favorite “Parchies.”

 To make reservations, please contact Elizabeth Overton at 910-962-7737.

Can’t Go To The Game?

 UNC Wilmington’s baseball team makes its debut Friday in the NCAA’s Baseball Regional in Cary and local radio station WAAV 980 AM will be there. 

The Seahawks, the No. 2 seed in the four-team regional, take on state rival and third-seeded Elon at 2 p.m. in the first game of the day at the USA Baseball National Training Complex. Top-seeded UNC Chapel Hill squares off against No. 4 Mount St. Mary’s at 6 p.m.

WAAV plans to carry all of UNCW’s games in the three-day, double elimination regional, with Mike Vaccaro, the play-by-play voice of the Seahawks, providing the call.

 “The baseball team has had an outstanding season and we’re very pleased to be able to carry the games,” said Jim Principi, market manager for WAAV and Cumulus Broadcasting. “We’re very proud of the program and the university.”

-Courtesy UNCW Sports Information