ROCK HILL, SC – The South Atlantic Conference has released the 2025 All-SAC Baseball Teams, and UVA Wise outfielder Joshua Morgan has been named to the Third Team.

Morgan, a junior from Fairview, North Carolina, led the team in hitting as he has hit .353 thus far this season. He has 55 hits in 156 at bats with 36 runs and an OPS of 1.018. Morgan has hit 17 doubles, a triple, six home runs, and has a team-high 34 RBI. He is also a perfect 2-2 in stolen bases.

Morgan's 17 doubles are currently seventh-most in a season and are four shy of the school record of 21 set by Steve Tyler in 2002 and Brad Robbins in 2010.

He is a key part of the success of the 2025 Highland Cavalier baseball team as the team has had one of their best seasons in years. Their current total of 26 wins ties for the program's best record in the NCAA Era (2013-present) and are the second-most since 2010. Their 14 SAC wins and 9-0 start to the season are both the best in program history. They also won six SAC series.

The team has qualified for the SAC Baseball Tournament for the first time ever and are the seventh seed. They will face second-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne Friday at 7 p.m. in Hickory, North Carolina. The tournament bracket this year consists of a double-elimination opening round at the home sites of the top two seeds, followed by a three game series between the winners of the opening round at McCrary Park in Asheboro, NC May 9-10. If the Cavs win on Friday they will play the Carson-Newman/Wingate winner Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Should they lose on Friday they will play the C-N/WU loser at 3 p.m.

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2025 All-SAC Baseball Teams

First-Team
OF - Mackenzie Wainwright, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF - Owen Blackledge, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF - Dylan Driver, Catawba
1B - Logan Floyd, Carson-Newman
2B - Cole Laskowski, Lenoir-Rhyne
SS - Kasten Harvey, Lincoln Memorial
3B - Cole Hales, Catawba
C - Cole Stanford, Lenoir-Rhyne
DH - Sal Carricato, Lenoir-Rhyne
SP - Kolton Casson, Carson-Newman
SP - Payne Stolsworth, Catawba
SP - Chansen Cole, Newberry
RP - Britton Adams, Coker

Second-Team
OF - Braeden Harrison, Anderson 
OF - Hunter Atkins, Catawba
OF - Sam Hunter, Catawba
1B - Jacob Bebber, Emory & Henry
2B - Cole Nathan, Carson-Newman
SS - Nathan Chrismon, Catawba
3B - Steven Smith, Emory & Henry
C - Zach Greenberg, Limestone
DH - Sean Shelly, Catawba
SP - William Girardi, Lenoir-Rhyne
SP - Andrew Harlow, Lenoir-Rhyne
SP - Kemper Nix, Limestone
RP - Hayden Simmerson, Catawba

Third-Team
OF - Ick Cirino, Coker
OF - Michael Logan, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF - Joshua Morgan, Virginia-Wise
1B - James Dunlap, Catawba
2B - Caleb Webster, Tusculum
SS - Ben Scartz, Tusculum
3B - Eli Willen, Lenoir-Rhyne
C - Jaylen Mack, Coker
DH - Terick Bumgarner, Mars Hill
SP - Casey Gouge, Catawba
SP - Colt Wilkins, Limestone
SP - Kellen Gradisar, Lenoir-Rhyne
RP - Gavin Marley, Lenoir-Rhyne

All-SAC Defense
1B - Chapel Matson, Mars Hill
2B - Ty Hubbard, Catawba
3B - Cole Hales, Catawba
SS - Nathan Chrismon, Catawba
C - Zach Greenberg, Limestone
CF - Kade Faircloth, Newberry
LF - Wilson Wages, Newberry
RF - Dylan Driver, Catawba
P - Payne Stolsworth, Catawba

Freshman of the Year
Kolton Casson, Carson-Newman

Pitcher of the Year
Kolton Casson, Carson-Newman

Player of the Year
Mackenzie Wainwright, Lenoir-Rhyne

Coach of the Year
Jim Gantt, Catawba