Tuesday,
June 1, 2004
Blue
Hose standout Curtis Bell named to CoSIDA first team Academic All-America® Squad
CLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College baseball player Curtis Bell has been named to the 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division Baseball First Team announced today.
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Bell was named to the 12-member first team selected by voting members of the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He becomes the first player in program history to be named a CoSIDA Academic All-America® selection. In addition, he becomes the second Blue Hose student-athlete to earn this honor during the 2003-04 academic year. Doug Belknap of the men’s soccer team earned first team honors this past fall. |
Bell, a 5-11, 195-pound senior third baseman from Gilbert, S.C.
(Gilbert HS), hit .362 with four homeruns, 12 doubles, 37 runs
scored, and 44 RBI this past season en route to first team
All-South Atlantic Conference honors. He set career-highs in
every major statistical category as a senior while leading the
Blue Hose to a 25-30 overall record and a fourth place finish
in the SAC regular season.
In the classroom, Bell is majored in physics, with a minor in
mathematics and business administration and maintains a 3.94
grade point average. He has been on the SAC Commissioner’s
Honor Roll eight semesters, the Presbyterian College Dean’s
List two semesters, and the President’s List, for having a
perfect 4.0 average, for six semesters. For his efforts, Bell
was named the 2004 SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for
baseball, an award given annually by the league to top
student-athlete in each conference-sponsored sport.
In the community, Bell volunteers at the Thornwell School and
Orphanage and Habitat for Humanity. A licensed pilot, he also
donates his time and flying ability of antique airplanes at
airshows and local events. He also participates in a Neighbor
Day at his local airfield, taking friends and neighbors flying
to see where they live from a totally new perspective.
Bell moves into elite company in Blue Hose history with this honor. Since the athletic department moved to NCAA Division II in 1993, seven student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-American Teams. Rebecca Hardiman from women’s soccer was named to the third team in 1994 and the first team in 1995 & 1996. Elizabeth Roe of women’s soccer was named to the first team in 1995 & 1996 while Eric Sribnick from men’s cross country was named to the third team in 1997. Donny Thoresen from men’s tennis was selected to the third team in 2001 while Jessi Adair from women’s soccer was named the first team in 2001 & 2002. Doug Belknap of men’s soccer was a third team selection in 2002 and a first team selection in 2003.