GOLDEN LIONS
BASEBALL WINS SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP
Carlos James Head Caoch
The Baseball team won its second consecutive SWAC Western Division Championship (2014, 2015). This places the team with the second most wins in school history with 25 - making it their third consecutive 20-plus win season.
Above: A rendering of the championship ring Provided courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference
ALL SWAC HONORS
PHILLY BOUND Senior right-handed pitcher Kevin Walsh was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 21st round. A Chi Alpha Sigma National Student Athlete Honors Society in 2015, was taken with the 624th pick and is the second Golden Lion selected in this year's draft behind Andre Davis. The Magnolia, New Jersey native spent two season (2014-15) with UAPB after transferring from Gloucester Community College, compiling a 4-2 with a 1.70 ERA, coming out the bullpen his senior year. He allowed 12 runs (eight earned) on 29 hits over 42.1 innings with 54 strikeouts.
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UAPB Magazine • University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Three baseball team players were awarded First Team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) honors, voted on by league head coaches and sports information directors. Andre Davis, a 6-6, 225 senior infielder/ pitcher from Castro Valley, California, earned first team all-conference honors this season as a first baseman. Blake Estep, a 6-3, 175 junior pitcher from Choctaw, Oklahoma, earned all-conference honors as a starting pitcher. This past season, he made 16 appearances on the mound, while starting in 12 of them. He finished the season with a 6-3 record and a 5.09 ERA, allowing 86 hits, 40 earned runs and striking out 52. Rounding out the cast of first teamers is Kevin Walsh, a 6-3, 220 senior relief pitcher from Magnolia, New Jersey. He finished the season with a 4-2 record and a 1.70 ERA. In 23 appearances on the mound, Walsh gave up 29 hits, eight earned runs and struck out 54 batters on the season. He struck out a season high six batters against Prairie View A&M (3-7-15) and struck out five against Ole Miss. (3-18-15) and Southern University (4-19-15).