Farmville, Va.- The Longwood Lancers baseball team wrapped up their season last weekend and had four players earn Big South honors in the process. Hunter Gilliam led the way for the Lancers and was recognized as a First-Team All-Conference member as a first baseman. Eliot Dix followed picked up second team honors as an infielder and Michael Peterson was an honorable mention as an outfielder. Right-hander Andrew Potojecki claimed a spot on the All-Academic team in the conference for his performance not only on the field, but in the classroom as well.

Hunter Gilliam, the Farmville native, started and played in 51 games this season. He finished ranked in the top 10 in the Big South in slugging at .579 (8^th), OPS .974 (9th), RBI with 43 (9^th), home-runs at 13 (6^th), total bases with 103 (8^th), walks with 30 (8^th), and sacrifice flies with five (5^th). Gilliam had 13 multi-hit games on the season which included a two homer day against Elon in February. The first baseman's 13 home-runs more than tripled his previous best of four he set his Freshman year and he had career bests in RBI, walks, slugging percentage and on base percentage. Not to be overshadowed, Gilliam had a perfect year defensively at first where he turned in a 1.000 fielding percentage in 427 chances which included the most putouts in the conference with 404.

Eliot Dix followed up with a second-team honor after having a stellar season at the plate and the hot corner. Dix played in 38 games had had 13 multi-hit games, eight of which came in conference play. The Maplewood, New Jersey native had the sixth best batting average in the conference with a .341 that increased to a .382 average in conference play which was good for fifth best in the Big South. Dix also had the sixth best on base percentage in conference play with a .493. He recorded three home-runs, 30 RBI and had a five hit game against Maryland Eastern Shore earlier in the season. Dix fielded .947 on the season at third-base.

Michael Peterson had a breakout type season in the outfield that landed him an honorable mention from the conference. Peterson started and played in 48 games and was second in the conference in stolen bases with 24. The Prince George native was 17th in the Big South in batting average at .319 and started the season with a 14 game reached base streak. He also had three separate reach base streaks reach at least 10 games and finished with an on base percentage of .408. Peterson recorded two home-runs, one of which was an inside the park home-run and tied a career best fielding percentage at .980. 

Andrew Potojecki had a solid year on the field and in the classroom and picked up a spot on the All-Academic team. Potojecki started 13 games as the Friday starter for Longwood and won six games. He had a career high in innings pitched and strikeouts and pitched at least five innings in nine of his appearances, five of which were quality starts. The Danville native had a five game win streak stretch from March 11th to April 8th. Off the field Potojecki had a 3.7 GPA in Business Administration with concentrations in Management and Marketing and previously won the Dr. Ray Gaskin's Award for Academic Excellence at Longwood. 

A full list of the All-Conference Teams for the Big south can be found below

FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
OF   Noah Myers, Sr., USC Upstate
OF   Tyler Halstead, R-Jr., Campbell
OF   Noah Rabon, Soph., USC Upstate
INF  Zach Neto, R-Soph., Campbell
INF  Drake Pierson, R-Jr., Campbell
INF  Jarrod Belbin, R-Jr., Campbell
INF  Eric Toth, Sr., Presbyterian (tie)
INF  Hunter Gilliam, R-Jr., Longwood (tie)
C     Ty Babin, R-Sr., Campbell
UTL Dominic Freeberger, Sr., UNC Asheville
DH   Connor Denning, R-Sr., Campbell
SP   Thomas Harrington, Soph., Campbell
SP   Jacob Edwards, Sr., UNC Asheville
SP   Sam Garcia, Soph., High Point
RP   Ryan Chasse, R-Jr., Campbell
RP   Justin Honeycutt, Soph., UNC Asheville
 
SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
OF   Hayden Harris, Soph., Charleston Southern
OF   Curtis Robison, Gr., Gardner-Webb
OF   Logan Jordan, R-Soph., Campbell
INF  Eliot Dix, R-Soph., Longwood
INF  Ty Dooley, Fr., Radford
INF  Alec Burns, Jr., Gardner-Webb
INF  Dillon Morton, Sr., Winthrop
C     Devin Buckner, Sr., USC Upstate
UTL Dalton Reeves, Soph., Presbyterian College
DH   Noah Sullivan, Fr., USC Upstate
SP   Joe Simeone, Gr., Gardner-Webb
SP   Cade Kuehler, Soph., Campbell
SP   Duncan Howard, Soph., Presbyterian College
RP   Ty Cummings, Soph., Campbell
RP   Sean Duffy, Soph., High Point
 
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-CONFERENCE
Michael Peterson, OF, R-Jr., Longwood
Adam Stuart, INF, R-Soph., High Point
Jacob Marcos, OF, Jr., Gardner-Webb
Robbie Burnett, INF, Fr., UNC Asheville
Khyree Miller, OF, Soph., Winthrop (tie)
Canyon Brown, C, Fr., North Carolina A&T (tie)
 
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Noah Sullivan, DH/P, USC Upstate
Ty Dooley, INF, Radford
Ryan Waldschmidt, 3B/OF, Charleston Southern
Canyon Brown, C, North Carolina A&T
Robbie Burnett, INF, UNC Asheville
Everett Vaughan, RP, High Point
Cameron Pittman, OF, Radford
 
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Thomas Harrington, P, Soph., Campbell
Krishna Raj, P, Jr., Charleston Southern
AJ Jones, 2B, Soph., Gardner-Webb
Adam Stuart, INF, R-Soph., High Point
Andrew Potojecki, P, R-Soph., Longwood
Daniel Carter, P, Jr., North Carolina A&T
Kyle Decker, OF, Sr., Presbyterian College
Peyton Reesman, P, Gr., Radford
Blake Little, P, Jr., UNC Asheville
Jacob Curry, P, Sr., USC Upstate
Jonathan Strauss, OF, Jr., Winthrop
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Zach Neto, R-Soph., Campbell
 
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Thomas Harrington, Soph., Campbell
 
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Noah Sullivan, DH/P, USC Upstate
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Justin Haire, Campbell
 
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Thomas Harrington, P, Soph., Campbell