CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Earning their first all-conference honors of the year, Lamar University's
JC Correa and
Anthony Quirion have been named to the All-Southland Conference team by Perfect Game, as announced by the organization on Wednesday.
Correa,
also named an NCAA Top 150 Hitter by D1Baseball earlier this week, earned the honor by leading his team in batting average (.332), hits (74), doubles (14), home runs (10), and RBIs (44). He slugged at a .529 clip and had a .381 OBP. He drew 17 walks and two hit-by-pitch while striking out just 26 times in 223 at-bats, striking out just once every 9.31 times he stepped up to the plate. In SLC games Correa ranked 11th in batting average (.359), sixth in total bases (73), 11th in slugging percentage (.557), first in hits (47), fourth in RBIs (28), tied for sixth in homers (six), fourth in plate appearances (142), and first in at-bats (131).
Quirion, a 2019 D1Baseball Pre-Season Player to Watch, was one of just two Cardinals that started all 54 games last season. He appeared at first base, second base, and designated hitter while hitting .289 with 57 hits. He had 12 doubles, two triples, and eight home runs, and drove home 26 runs while scoring 25. He was second on the team in home runs (eight), doubles (12) and total bases (97), tied for fourth in hits (57), and ranked fifth in batting average (.289). A defensive standout, his 18 putouts against McNeese on March 16, 2019, were the most putouts by a single player in any conference game this past year.
The 2020 season begins on Friday, Feb. 14, when the University of Rhode Island comes to Vincent-Beck Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.