MAITLAND, Fla. - Savannah College of Art and Design
Mark Stewart Jr. has been selected to play in the Florida Collegiate Summer League All-Star Game Wednesday (July 15).
Stewart Jr., a 5-foot-11, 175-pound rising senior infielder/catcher from Royal Palm Beach, Fla., was selected to play for the FCSL Anglers team that will compete against the FCSL Red Hats in the 7 p.m. game that will be held at Sanford Memorial Stadium in Sanford, Fla. In 16 games (15 starts) for the Leesburg Lightning, Stewart Jr. has a .286 batting average (12-for-42) with a home run and 5 RBI. He has also collected a double and a triple while compiling a .429 slugging percentage. Stewart Jr. has accounted for nine runs and recorded seven stolen bases.
Stewart Jr., who helped the No. 22-ranked Bees to a college-record 39 wins in 2009 and to their first-ever appearance in the NAIA National Championship, is currently in his third season with the Lightning. He batted .366 (78-of-213) for SCAD in 2009 with 13 doubles, six triples, two homers and 36 RBI.
The FCSL is a wood bat baseball league with five teams in central Florida. Founded in November 2003, the league provides a place in the Sunshine State for college players to play pure wood bat baseball against top-level competition. The FCSL is one of eight leagues affiliated with the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball - an alliance of college summer wood bat leagues which operate under NCAA legislation.