The post season accolades continue to pile up for High Point University baseball player
Nate Roberts. The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced Thursday that the junior outfielder is a second-team All-America honoree and a member of the All-Atlantic Region first team.
Rpberts has earned third-team All-America recognition from Baseball America, NCBWA and Ping!Baseball already this season and was also named to the 2010 North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) All-State baseball team.
Roberts led the nation with a .573 on-base percentage and 88 runs scored and became just the second Panther to be named the Big South Player of the Year. The Spring Grove, Ill. native set Big South and HPU single-season records in OBP (.573) and runs scored (88), while leading the Conference with a .416 batting average, 19 home runs and 53 walks. He also stole 36 bases and was hit by 25 pitches while driving in 69 runs.
Roberts was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the fifth round of the 2010 MLB Draft.