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    RIO GRANDE, Ohio – Shane Spies' final season in a University of Rio Grande baseball uniform turned out to be a special one after all.
    The senior left fielder has been named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) 2013 Baseball All-America first team by the NAIA-Baseball Coaches Association (NAIA-BCA) All-America Selection Committee.
    The 17-player first- and second team lists, as well as 35 honorable mention selections were announced Monday afternoon by the NAIA national office in Kansas City, Mo.
    Spies becomes just the second first team baseball All-American in Rio Grande history, joining Tyler Schunk, who turned the trick in 2010.

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    CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - University of Rio Grande head baseball coach Brad Warnimont has announced the signing of Zane Trace High School's Trent Downs for the 2014 season.
    Downs, a 6-foot-0, 185-pound third baseman/pitcher, led the Pioneers to a 20-10 finish this season. Head coach Ron Allen's squad, which suffered a season-ending extra inning loss to Oak Hill in the Division III district championship game, reached the 20-win plateau for the eighth time in the past 13 seasons.
    The district final meeting with Oak Hill also marked the eighth time since 2000 that Zane Trace reached the title game.

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    OAK HILL, Ohio - University of Rio Grande head baseball coach Brad Warnimont has announced the signing of Oak Hill High School standout Drew Haislop for the 2014 season.
    Haislop is a 5-foot-11, 180-pound shorstop/second baseman for head coach Jason Wright's Oaks, who will take a 20-8 record into regional tournament play next week - the school's first regional tournament appearance since 1956.
    Haislop batted .372 during the regular season with three home runs and 24 runs batted in. He also recorded 10 doubles and scored 24 runs.

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    LOUISA, Ky. – University of Rio Grande head baseball coach Brad Warnimont has announced the signing of Lawrence County High School standout Brandon Stevens for the 2014 season.
    Stevens is a 5-foot-9, 175-pound left-handed pitcher/first baseman for head coach Travis Feltner's Bulldogs, who finished regular season play with a 21-11 record as they prepared to open 57th District Tournament play on Tuesday night.
    Stevens has a 7-2 record and a 1.30 earned run average this season. In 13 appearances, seven of which have been starts, he's authored three complete games and a pair of shutouts.

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    LOUISA, Ky. – University of Rio Grande head baseball coach Brad Warnimont has announced the signing of Lawrence County High School standout Clark Rice for the 2014 season.
    Rice is a 6-foot-0, 195-pound catcher for head coach Travis Feltner's Bulldogs, who took a 21-11 record into 57th District Tournament play on Tuesday night.
    Rice is batting .354 with 18 runs batted in. He has collected 34 hits on the season, including nine doubles, while also sporting a .448 slugging percentage and a .462 on-base percentage.

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    COLUMBIA, Ky. - Aaron Schwoebel had a two-run single in a three-run first inning, while Drew Pettit and Matt Robertson combined on a five-hitter to lead No. 4 seed Campbellsville University to a 4-1 win over the fifth-seeded University of Rio Grande, Wednesday night, in the loser's bracket final of the Mid-South Conference Baseball Tournament at Lindsey Wilson College's Egnew Park.
    With the win, Campbellsville (31-18) advanced to play Lindsey Wilson in the championship first final and needed a pair of wins over the Blue Raiders to earn a spot in the NAIA National Tournament.
    Rio Grande, which dropped its tournament opener to the Tigers last Thursday before three straight elimination game victories, finished its season at 36-20.