Beard, Lipsey Lead Owls All-AAC Honors

CLEARWATER, Fla. – The American Athletic Conference announced its all-conference teams for baseball on Monday. Florida Atlantic was well-represented with Trey Beard and Marshall Lipsey leading the First Team, Brando Leroux and MJ Bollinger selected to the Second Team, and James Litman included on the All-Freshman Team.

Beard made 14 weekend starts, amassing a perfect 7-0 record and a 2.93 earned run average. He finished the regular season ranked sixth in Division I with 113 strikeouts. He is the first FAU pitcher to reach the century mark in strikeouts since Austin Gomber in 2013.

Lipsey made 53 starts in centerfield and established himself as the Owls' leadoff hitter from day one. He launched 12 home runs and totaled 53 RBI. Lipsey's .490 on-base percentage led the team.

Leroux tied Lipsey for the team lead in batting average, finishing the season hitting .322. The senior shortstop racked up four home runs and 30 RBI. Leroux was named as a midseason watch list candidate for the Brooks Wallace Award as one of the top shortstops in Division I.

Bollinger stepped into the closer's role from opening day and ran with the job, finishing with 11 saves and a 1.76 ERA. Five of those 11 saves were six-out efforts.

In his debut campaign, Litman made 14 weekend starts for the Owls. He totaled 48 strikeouts in 56.2 innings to go along with a 3-3 record.

The Owls finished the regular season 36-19 overall and 15-12 in the AAC. They will square off with Tulane on Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the first game of the American Athletic Conference Tournament.

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