Steiner Voted First-Team Academic All-District

Sheldon Steiner (Dalton, Ohio / Central Christian), the standout first baseman for The College of Wooster’s No. 1 ranked baseball team in NCAA Div. III, was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team Thursday, announced the College Sports Information Directors of America. As a first-team honoree, Steiner is now eligible for the Academic All-America Team®, which will be announced May 29.

Steiner, in his second season with the Fighting Scots after transferring from Hesston (Kan.) College, has been the team’s top offensive player entering this week’s North Coast Athletic Conference championship series. The 6-3, 190-pound left-handed hitter ranks 15th in the latest Div. III national statistics in home runs (0.27 per game) as well as 32nd in slugging percentage (.709) and 33rd in RBI (1.24 per game). In addition to those categories, Steiner leads Wooster with a .396 batting average, which includes 10 doubles and 10 home runs, and he has scored 40 runs and driven in 47 others. Steiner’s also been issued 14 walks and hit by a pitch 11 times, helping him to a .488 on-base percentage.

Majoring in biology, Steiner has been on the Dean’s List all three semesters at Wooster and plans to go to graduate school for zoology next year. He is the son of Dean and Prudy Steiner of nearby Dalton.

The Scots, who currently own the best record in all of college baseball at 39-3, are aiming to win their fourth-straight NCAC title, as they’re taking on Ohio Wesleyan University (22-13) in a best-of-three series Thursday and Friday at Granville, Ohio.

The Academic All-District Teams are determined by CoSIDA after a review of nominations of key players with a minimum 3.20 cumulative GPA from the college division (NCAA Div. II and III, and NAIA) in Wooster’s five-state district (Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee).