Baseball | June 17, 2024

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Eight University of South Carolina Aiken baseball standouts have been named to the PBC Team of Academic Distinction, presented by Barnes & Noble College.

Jacob Bodkin holds a 3.888 GPA in exercise and sports science while Jacob Butler maintains a 3.653 GPA in exercise and sports science. AJ Deibel accounted for a 3.695 GPA in business administration. Doom Dennis accounts for a 3.879 GPA in business administration while Jacob Fletcher tallied a 3.5 GPA with his MBA. Luke Parker tallied a 3.685 GPA in business administration and Josh Sharp notched a 3.984 GPA in applied computer science. Hunter Steger garnered a 3.51 GPA with his MBA.  

Additionally, Fletcher and Sharp garnered CSC Academic All-District honors for their efforts. 

To be eligible for the team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at least half of his/her team's events and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution and has reached sophomore athletic eligibility. 

Barnes & Noble College currently operates more than 1,400 campus bookstores and their school-branded e-commerce sites, serving more than 6 million college students and faculty nationwide. As a strategic partner, Barnes & Noble College is a retail and learning company. The company is headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.