?AUSTIN, Tex. – Ball State's Alex Call, Caleb Stayton and Kent State's Eric Lauer were honored on the 2016 Academic All-America Division I baseball team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Call and Stayton were two of just 11 players nationally to be selected to the Academic All-America first team as well as the only two players from the Mid-American Conference. Lauer was the only player from the MAC to be named to the Academic All-America second team.
Call was the MAC Baseball Player of the Year and a Louisville Slugger first team All-American as selected by Collegiate Baseball.