Lenoir-Rhyne's Brian Dice On The 2011 Tino Martinez Award Watch List
February 10, 2011
Award given annually to the NCAA Division II Player Of The Year
 Lenoir-Rhyne University senior catcher Brian Dice has been named to the 2011 Tino Martinez Award Watch List, given annually to the top player in NCAA Division II. |
Hickory, N.C. - Lenoir-Rhyne University's Brian Dice has been named to the 2011 Tino Martinez Award Watch List. The award is given annually to the NCAA Division II Player Of The Year.
Dice, a senior catcher from Hickory, N.C., earned First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference honors last year as a designated hitter after leading the team in batting average (.435), hits (74), runs batted in (59), total bases (137) and slugging percentage (.806).
Dice also put togther a 22-game hitting streak and hit 16 home runs en route to NCAA Division II Rawlings/ABCA All-Southeast Second-Team honors in 2010 as well.
Dice is currently batting .350 with two home runs and three runs batted in this year for Lenoir-Rhyne.
This is second year for the Tino Martinez Award. Erskine's Bryan Fogle was the initial winner in 2010.
Ninety-one student-athletes comprise the initial watch list for the 2011 Tino Martinez Award. The annual honor is named after the former University of Tampa Spartan, Olympian, first round draft pick and Major League Baseball All-Star, Tino Martinez.
Lenoir-Rhyne (1-5) hosts California (Pennsylvania) on Saturday in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m., at Bears Field.
2011 Tino Martinez Award Watch List Players
Abilene Christian - Aaron Oliver
Abilene Christian - Will Calhoun
Arkansas Tech - Matt Johnson
Augustana (S.D.) - Nate Baumann
Barry - Manny Rodriguez
Barry - Matt Petty
Cal State Dominguez Hills - Kevin Pillar
Cal State Dominguez Hills - Abel Medina
California (Pa.) - Troy Handza
California (Pa.) - Randy Sturgill
Central Missouri - Tyler Ruch
Central Missouri - Nick DeBiasse
Chestnut Hill - Dan Etherton
Chico State - Jackson Evans
Columbus State - Thomas Campbell
Concordia - Bryan Lippincott
Delta State - Kellen Bozeman
Dominican (N.Y.) - Dave Bartuska
Dowling - Gabriel Duran
Emporia State - David Albritton
Erskine - John Bolding
Erskine - Atlee Pearson
Florida Southern - Eddie Sipple
Florida Tech - Jonathan Cornelius
Francis Marion - Buddy Sosnoskie
Francis Marion - Don Sandifer
Franklin Pierce - Brian Maloney
Franklin Pierce - Mike Dowd
Georgia College - Shawn Ward
Georgia College - Richard Pirkle
Grand Valley State - Cody Grice
Harding - Erin McCarver
Hawaii Pacific - BlakeAmaral
Incarnate Word - Kirk Jewasko
Kutztown - Shayne Houck
Lenoir-Rhyne - Brian Dice
Mesa State - Jeff Popick
Metro State - David Fox
Minnesota State - Zach Rowles
Minnesota State - Blake Schwartz
Molloy - Chuck Fontana
Mount Olive - Michael Knox
Mount Olive - Carter Capps
Nebraska-Kearney - Jordan Mitchelhil
Nebraska-Omaha - Joe Holtmeyer
New Haven - Mitch Rossi
New Mexico Highlands - Trent Evins
North Georgia - Jacob Rickett
North Greenville - Drew Procence
Northern Kentucky - Jason Cisper
Northern Kentucky - Dave Middendorf
Nova Southeastern - Sean Albury
Pfieffer - Luke Wilhelm
Regis - Bryant Asnica
Rockhurst - Ryan Porter
Saint Joseph's College - Sean Estand
Sonoma State - Alex Todd
Southeastern Oklahoma State - Heath Wyatt
Southern Arkansas - Logan Williams
Southern Arkansas - Patrick Johnson
Southern Connecticut State - Ryan Geffert
Southern Connecticut State - Chris Zbin
Southern Indiana - Dylan Mooney
Southern Indiana - Trevor Leach
St. Cloud State - Joey Benke
St. Cloud State - Jordan Smith
St. Mary's - Ryan Morrow
Stonehill - Michael White
Stonehill - Angelo Bruno
Tampa - Taylor Wrenn
Tampa - Patrick Donahue
UC San Diego - Tim Shibuya
UC San Diego - Kyle Saul
Massachusetts Lowell - Jack Leathersich
UNC Pembroke - Kenny Mickens
UNC Pembroke - Brian Willis
USC Aiken - Nick Aranas
UT Permian Basin - Felix Cardenas
Valdosta State - Brett Kennedy
Wayne State College - Austen Wisroth
Wayne State University - Michael Wiseman
West Alabama - Brian Burgess
West Chester - Joe Wendle
West Chester - Fred Breidenbach
West Florida - Jason Postill
West Florida - Dustin Lawley
Western Oregon - Daniel Dillard
Western Oregon - Michael Ward
Wilmington - Joe Harris
Wingate - Chris Vazquez
Winona State - Tony Mueller
