OXFORD, Ohio – On Tuesday afternoon, Miami University first baseman Evan Appelwick was named Second Team Academic All-America® as selected by College Sports Communicators. Appelwick is the first RedHawk to be named an Academic All-American since Tom Yost in 1999. 

Appelwick, a redshirt junior from Madison, S.D., is a Finance major with a 3.65 GPA. He started in all 58 of Miami's games and finished the season with career-highs in batting average (.322), fielding percentage (.995), hits (69), home runs (21), RBI (74), runs (65), on-base percentage (.458), slugging percentage (.673), stolen bases (3) and walks (53). His 74 RBI set a new single-season record and his 21 home runs are tied for the most in program history. Appelwick now stands at ninth all-time in career RBI (141) and tied for fourth in career home runs (38) for Miami.