The University of Mobile’s Corey Hale was named First-Team NAIA Baseball All-American Monday and Braxton Hamil was named Honorable Mention All-American by the NAIA-Baseball Coaches Association All-America Committee.
Hale is the program’s first First-Team selection since Kevin Orso in 2009 and the fourth overall. The Luverne, Ala., native led the NAIA with 14 wins and finished second with 124 strikeouts. He finished 14-1 on the mound, with a 1.27 ERA and 124 strikeouts in 92.1 innings of action. Opponents hit only .189 against him.
The 2015 SSAC Baseball Pitcher of the Year allowed two runs or less in 13 of 15 starts, including nine scoreless outings.
His 14 wins tied Kory Melancon (2001) for the single-season wins mark at UMobile, and the 124 strikeouts is the third-best total in UMobile history. He is third on the all-time strikeouts list with 169 career K’s. Against Middle Georgia on March 15, he fanned 15 batters to tie J.C. Romero’s school record. Hale punched out double-digit hitters in six starts.
Hamil led the Rams with a .410 batting average, 77 hits, 25 doubles, six home runs, 57 RBIs, a .660 slugging percentage and a .521 on-base percentage. His 25 doubles were good for fourth in the nation.
The senior is first all-time at UMobile with 200 career RBIs and 72 doubles. He is second with 261 hits, third with 159 runs scored and sixth with 18 home runs. His .521 on-base percentage was good for the third-best single-season mark.
The Mobile, Ala., native posted 23 multi-hit games on the season and reached base safely in all but two games.
The UMobile baseball program now has 20 all-time NAIA All-America selections and the athletic department has 351 honorees overall.
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