AIKEN, S.C. – USC
Aiken's Bill Rice was recently selected to the 2010
Rawlings/ABCA All-Southeast Region team.
Rice was a second team selection as an outfielder. It is his
second postseason honor as he was also tabbed to the Peach Belt
Conference All-Conference first team.
Rice finished his first
season in a Pacer uniform with a team-high 15 home runs. Rice
concluded his season in the top 11 in the Peach Belt Conference in
11 different categories.
Rice ended the regular
season hitting a team second-best .374 (77-for-206). He was tops
among all Pacers during the year with 68 RBIs and 58 runs scored.
He was also the team leader in total bases with 145.
The junior transfer out
of Gloucester County College ended his year with a team-best .704
slugging percentage and a team second-best .444 on-base percentage.
He stole 13 bases and finished the 2010 Pacer season with 123
putouts.
Rice was best among all Pacers in multiple RBI games with 18. He
was second on the squad in multi-hit games with 25.
Rice led all Pacers in
2010 with 33 extra base hits on the 15 home runs, 13 doubles and
five triples. He was the team leader or tied for the overall team
lead in all three categories.
The Sewell, N.J. native,
who was named the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week on Feb.
22, 2010, broke the school record for most home runs in a single
game with three in a win over Georgia Southwestern. He was 5-for-5
with seven RBIs and four runs scored overall in the game.
RAWLINGS / ABCA
2010 SOUTHEAST REGION AWARDS
ALL-SOUTHEAST REGION FIRST TEAM
1B JASON ROGERS, COLUMBUS STATE
2B CHAS ANTHONY, ERSKINE
3B CRAIG LYERLY, CATAWBA
SS BARRETT KLEINKNECHT, FRANCIS MARION
INF SETH KIVETT, UNC PEMBROKE
C SEAN COTTON, TUSCULUM
OF BRYAN FOGLE, ERSKINE
OF JEREMY NOWAK, MOUNT OLIVE
OF SEAN HARRELL, GEORGIA COLLEGE
OF WADE MOORE, CATAWBA
P CHRIS REARICK, NORTH GEORGIA
P MATT MCGOVERN, UNC PEMBROKE
P MARTIN DEWALD, GEORGIA COLLEGE
P WILLIAM BUZHARDT, ERSKINE
RP ATLEE PEARSON, ERSKINE
DH MICHAEL KNOX, MOUNT OLIVE
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: BRYAN FOGLE,
ERSKINE
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: CHRIS REARICK, NORTH
GEORGIA
ALL-SOUTHEAST REGION SECOND TEAM
1B JARED RICHMOND, TUSCULUM
2B JASON VEYNA, GEORGIA COLLEGE
3B JORDAN ERISMAN, NORTH GEORGIA
SS MILLS ROGERS, CARSON-NEWMAN
INF JESSE LANCASTER, MOUNT OLIVE
C RICHARD PIRKLE, GEORGIA
COLLEGE
OF JEFF LOCKWOOD, CARSON-NEWMAN
OF SHAWN WARD, GEORGIA COLLEGE
OF BOBBY LEEPER, MOUNT OLIVE
OF BILL RICE, USC AIKEN
P CARTER CAPPS, MOUNT
OLIVE
P TREVOR MULLINS, CATAWBA
P JACKSON MASSEY, MOUNT OLIVE
P DON SANDIFER, FRANCIS MARION
RP BRIAN WILLIS, UNC PEMBROKE
DH BRIAN DICE, LENOIR-RHYNE
ALL-SOUTHEAST REGION GOLD GLOVE TEAM
1B JASON ROGERS, COLUMBUS STATE
2B JOSH BIGGERS, FRANCIS MARION
3B ROBERT SKINNER, LANDER
SS BARRETT KLEINKNECHT, FRANCIS MARION
OF ALEX MONTES, COLUMBUS STATE
OF MICHAEL PRICE, ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC
OF EVAN TAYLOR, LENOIR-RHYNE
C DANIEL PETTITI, NORTH GEORGIA
P BLAKE HOBBY, NORTH GEORGIA
