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Thursday, May 9, 2002

Etown Second Baseman Kevin Bonner Named to Verizon Academic All-District II College Division Baseball First Team, on the National Academic All-America Ballot

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior second baseman Kevin Bonner (Pitman, NJ/Pitman) has been named to the 2002 Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-America® All-District II College Division Baseball First Team, the first time in his career he has received the honor. Because he is a member of the First Team, Bonner is now on the national ballot for the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division Baseball Team, to be announced Tuesday, June 4.

A computer science major with a minor in communications at Elizabethtown College, Bonner has been the steady mainstay of Elizabethtown's infield defense for the past three years. He had a breakthrough year at the plate in 2002, hitting a career-best .379 on 55 hits, tying him for fourth place all-time at Etown for most hits in a season. He finished second on the team with nine stolen bases and 31 runs scored, and he hit six doubles and drove in 18 runs in 39 games played.

Bonner was also recently named a first team Commonwealth Conference all-star for the first time in his career. He has been a member of the Middle Atlantic Conferences' All-Academic Team each of the previous two seasons.

Eleven players were named to the District II First Team, and eleven more were named to the District II Second Team.
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o be nominated for the Verizon Academic All-America® program, a student-athlete must be at least of at least sophomore standing with a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average and a starter or significant reserve on their team. The honorees are selected through voting by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

College Division District II consists of all non-NCAA Division I colleges and universities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

The Elizabethtown College baseball team finished the 2002 season with an 18-23 overall record and went 12-9 in the Commonwealth Conference during the regular season. The Blue Jays made the conference playoffs for the fourth consecutive year in 2002.