CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA PROGRAM (CoSIDA)
2011 CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT BASEBALL/SOFTBALL TEAMS

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College catcher Trent Anderson (JR, Eagan, Minn.) was named to the Capital One Academic All-District baseball squad as a third-team recipient, it was announced on Friday.

An economics/accounting major with a 3.97 grade-point average, Anderson earned a spot on the 34-athlete, three-team Academic All-District squad, representing non-Division I schools in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ontario and Manitoba.

In his first season as Augsburg's starting catcher (starting 32 of Augsburg's 33 games), Anderson finished the season hitting .308 (28-for-91) with a team-high eight doubles. He drove in 15 runs while scoring seven runs, had a .396 slugging percentage and a .337 on-base percentage. Anderson had six multiple-hit games and three multiple-RBI games this season. He had at least one hit in 20 of his 32 games this season, including 14 of the last 17 games.

Defensively, Anderson had a .987 fielding percentage, with just two errors in 150 defensive chances, while also throwing out seven runners trying to steal in 35 attempts.

In his Auggie career (58 games, 41 starts), Anderson is hitting .265 (35-of-132) with 11 runs scored, nine doubles, 18 RBI, a .333 slugging percentage, .315 on-base percentage and .981 fielding percentage (three errors in 161 defensive chances).

The Capital One Academic All-District team is part of the Capital One Academic All-America program, administered by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Top student-athletes from non-Division I programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ontario and Manitoba are eligible for inclusion on the district team. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.30 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. College sports information directors in the district vote for the teams. First-team Academic All-District members advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members.

Under eighth-year head coach Keith Bateman, Augsburg finished the 2011 season with a 11-22 record, 6-14 in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play.