CLAREMONT, Calif. -
Alex Henderson earned first-team All-America honors from the ABCA, and senior outfielder
Bryce Didrickson was chosen to the second team, the organization announced prior to the start of the NCAA Division III Championships.
Henderson adds his first-team honor to a second-team All-America selection from D3baseball.com, while also earning Region X Player of the Year distinction in both votes. Didrickson joined Henderson on the first-team All-SCIAC list, as well as on the first-team All-Region X squad from the NABC.
Henderson batted .407 with 22 homers and 69 RBI for the Stags, setting a new program record for home runs in a season, and also a new CMS career record with 41 after only two years. He also added to his remarkable postseason resume with three two-homer games, two in the SCIAC Tournament and one in the rubber game of the Super Regionals against Johns Hopkins.
Didrickson set the CMS record for hits in a season with 84, and led the Stags with a .418 batting average and a .506 on-base percentage. He hit 11 home runs from his leadoff spot in the batting order, and was a perfect 9-9 stealing bases. He had a 16-game hitting streak that carried into the Super Regionals, and was only snapped when he walked four times and scored three runs in the Stags' 10-9 win over Johns Hopkins.
CMS matched the program record for wins in a season with 35, set last year, and won its second straight NCAA Tournament Regional. The Stags also won the regular season SCIAC title for the first time since 1990.