Five Belmont Abbey baseball players have been named to the all-conference teams, and head coach Kermit Smith was named Conference Coach of the Year for the first time in his eight year tenure, according to an announcement from the league office.

First baseman Daniel Kassouf and pitchers Tyler Powell and Andrew Morton were named to the first team, while designated hitter Spencer Sobol and leftfielder Tyler McKenzie were both named to the second team.

Kassouf, a sophomore, enters the tournament with a .357 batting average with 15 doubles and a conference leading 17 home runs, which is second nationally. He ranks 25th in the nation and third in the conference in RBI per game with 1.34, and is 35th in the nation and second in the conference in slugging percentage at .768.

Powell emerged as one of the top pitchers in the region after compiling a 5-2 record with a 2.91 ERA in 11 apperances with nine starts. In 65 innings, he has fanned 58 batters and walked just 16. In seven conference appearances, he went 5-1 with a 3.04 ERA with 43 strikeouts in 50 and one-thirds innings. His conference-only strikeouts is third in the league, while his ERA is fourth and his wins are eighth.

Morton earned second-team honors last year and followed that up with a first-team nod this season after posting a 6-1 record with a 4.02 ERA. In 53 and two-thirds innings, he has struck out 47 and walked just 14. In six conference appearances, he logged a perfect 5-0 record with a 4.08 ERA, fanning 34 in 39 and two-thirds innings. He was 3-0 when he started the deciding game of a conference series, and his five conference wins are fourth in the league and his ERA is fifth.

Sobol garnered all-conference honors for the first time after batting .360 with 14 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 19 runs batted in. In 20 conference games, he batted .392 with a homer, seven doubles and five runs batted in. He ranks fifth in the conference in doubles per game.

McKenzie spent much of the year with an average over .400 and enters the tournament with a .391 mark with 12 doubles, one triple and 28 runs batted in. In 19 conference games, he hit .355 with five doubles and seven runs batted in. He leads the nation in times hit by pitch with 22, and 23rd nationally and ninth in the conference with a 1.12 runs scored per game average.

Smith was named Coach of the Year for the first time in his eight year tenure after leading the Abbey to its first regular season title since 2002, his first year as head coach, when he was just 23. He has led the Abbey to an NCAA regional apperance (2008) and to the highest national ranking in school history. Earlier this season, he became the school's all-time winnigest coach.