COLUMBUS, Ga. – University of South Carolina Aiken junior baseball player Stephen Carmon was chosen to the Peach Belt Conference All-Conference team at a banquet on the eve of the 2011 PBC Baseball Championship at Golden Park on Saturday, May 7.

Carmon was named to the second team as a shortstop.

A native of Camden, S.C., Carmon finished his 2011 season in the top 10 in the Peach Belt Conference in 13 different offensive categories. He was also second in the league in assists with 162.

Carmon, who finished the year first in the PBC in total bases (115) and triples (seven), started all 50 games for USC Aiken at shortstop in 2011. The seven triples have him currently in the top five in the category in NCAA Division II.

He concluded his junior campaign hitting .373 (72-for-193) with 46 runs scored and 26 RBIs. He finished his season with 28 extra-base hits on 17 doubles, seven triples and four home runs.

The 2009 PBC Freshman of the Year had a slugging percentage of .596 and an on-base percentage of .474 in 2011.

The Camden High School product owned a team-best 11-game hitting streak this past season. Carmon also obtained 20 multiple hit games in 2011.

A two-time PBC Player of the Week (Feb. 15 and Apr. 19) in 2011, Carmon stole a team-best 32 bases.

For the first time, the Peach Belt Conference awarded co-Players of the Year for Francis Marion's Buddy Sosnoskie and Georgia College's Shawn Ward. The honor for Sosnoskie was the start of a big night for FMU, which swept all the major awards with Don Sandifer named the Pitcher of the Year, Michael Wilson the Freshman of the Year and Art Inabinet the Coach of the Year. It is the first time in conference history that one program has received all four awards.

The 2011 All-Conference team is listed below as selected by the league's head coaches. Due to a tie at first-team utility player, the size of the first team was expanded by one. There was also a tie at second-team catcher.

2011 Peach Belt Conference
Baseball All-Conference Team

First Team
1b – Preston Shuey, Francis Marion
2b – Austin Dubberly, Montevallo
3b – Bruce Alter, Columbus State
SS – Tanner Funk, Georgia College
C – Richard Pirkle, Georgia College
OF – Kenny Bellavance, North Georgia
OF – Ryan Lewis, Columbus State
OF – Buddy Sosnoskie, Francis Marion
OF – Shawn Ward, Georgia College
DH – Cameron Scott, Columbus State
UT – Jason Coker, UNC Pembroke
UT – Nate Fudala, Flagler
SP – Thomas Campbell, Columbus State
SP – Blake Hobby, North Georgia
SP – Don Sandifer, Francis Marion
SP – Scott Shipman, Augusta State
RP – Braxton Lewis, UNC Pembroke

Second Team
1b – Heath Peterson, Montevallo
2b – Jeff Rice, Augusta State
3b – Drew Walker, Armstrong Atlantic State
SS – Stephen Carmon, USC Aiken
C – John Roberts, Armstrong Atlantic State
C – Troy Snitker, North Georgia
OF – Michael Coffey, Georgia Southwestern
OF – Josh Haley, UNC Pembroke
OF – Chris Ross, Montevallo
OF – Keith Whitman, UNC Pembroke
DH – Corey Benson, Georgia Southwestern
SP – Mike Guinane, Georgia College
SP – Jeffrey Stoner, Francis Marion
SP – Scott Strickland, Armstrong Atlantic State
SP – Brian Willlis, UNC Pembroke
RP – Jacob Rickett, North Georgia

Co-Players of the Year
Buddy Sosnoskie, Francis Marion
Shawn Ward, Georgia College

Pitcher of the Year
Don Sandifer, Francis Marion

Freshman of the Year
Michael Wilson, Francis Marion

Coach of the Year
Art Inabinet, Francis Marion