Yacyk Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
5/5/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Liberty Flames first baseman/outfielder Andrew Yacyk has been selected to the 2016 NCAA Division I Academic All-District 3 baseball team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The team honors excellence in the classroom and on the baseball diamond. Yacyk was named to the team as an infielder
Yacyk, a junior, enters the weekend, hitting .306 with 37 RBI and 24 runs scored in 45 games, this season. He has collected 16 doubles, a triple, and six home runs, while posting a .455 slugging percentage and a .381 on base percentage.
The Hagerstown, Md., native leads the Flames leads the Flames in doubles, home runs, RBI and total bases (92) and is also among the Big South leaders in several categories. Yacyk is tied for third in the conference with 15 doubles, tied for 10th with six home runs, ninth with 37 RBI and eighth with 92 total bases
Currently, he is one of three team captains for the Flames.
Off the field, Yacyk holds a 3.69 GPA in biomedical studies. He has been named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll as both a freshman and sophomore.
Yacyk and the Flames will host Big South leader Coastal Carolina in a three-game series at Liberty Baseball Stadium, this weekend. The series gets underway, Friday at 7 p.m.
