PULASKI, Tenn. – Martin Methodist Baseball standout Conner Rivers has been named to the 2016-17 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District™ Baseball Team, the organization announced Thursday.

Rivers, a 6-foot senior from Homewood, Alabama, was named to the 10-man squad in District 2 of the College Division of CoSDIA . Rivers achieved the honor after being nominated by the RedHawk Sports Information office thanks to his play on the diamond and his pursuit of excellence in the classroom.

Rivers posted a 3.77 grade-point average at the time of the nomination and improved that mark to a 3.81 thanks to a perfect 4.0 average during his final semester as a RedHawk. Rivers was a two-time Southern States Athletic Conference All-Academic performer.

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On the field, Rivers earned a Second Team All-Conference nod thanks to an outstanding senior season that was highlighted by the highest batting average (.427) in the 24 conference games played this year.

The Academic All-District™ teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages and are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the sixth year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.

The Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2016-17 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.

First-team Academic All-District™ honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America® honorees will be selected later this month.

For more information about the Academic All-District™ and Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com.