WSCC Baseball No. 7 seed at ACCC/NJCAA South District Division I baseball tournament

Hanceville, AL — Wallace State Community College’s baseball team will play in the Alabama Community College Conference/National Junior College Athletic Association South District Division I baseball tournament starting May 9 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, AL. The Lions will face No. 2 seeded Delgado Community College out of New Orleans, La., at 2 p.m.

Wallace State enters the tournament as the No. 7 seed, keeping a postseason streak alive for Coach Randy Putman, who has led the Lions to the conference tournament every season that he has coached at Wallace State except for the COVID year and 2011, when the last six games of the season had to be canceled following the tornado that struck campus and the community.

The Lions have had a number of players in the disabled list this season. They enter the tournament with an even record against conference competition.

Offensively, the team has scored a total of 258 runs throughout the season, with a batting average of .285. Their on-base percentage stands at .380, and their slugging percentage at .416. They have total of 39 home runs for the season.

On the pitcher’s mound, Luke Fernandez has stood out this season as a leader in strikeouts across the conference. A freshman from Cummings, Ga., Fernandez is at the top of the leaderboard with 94 strikeouts.

For the Lions, freshman Connor Cosby of Auburn leads the team with runs (33), hits (52), home runs (10) and stolen bases (13). He has 25 RBI with a batting average of .287 and slugging percentage of .582.

Freshman Colten Payton of Huntsville leads the team with 36 RBI and has recorded 30 runs this season and six home runs. He has a .302 batting average and .488 slugging percentage.

Sophomores Tucker Burns and Jake Fernandez also performed well this season. Burns, of Huntsville, scored 25 runs, had 51 hits and 22 RBI. Jake Fernandez, of Cummings, Ga., scored 23 runs, had 47 hits and 33 RBI.

All games will be streamed on the ACCC Sports Network at: https://www.jockjive.com/acccsports.html. For more information and to view the tournament bracket, visit www.acccathletics.com.

Choccolocco Park is located at 954 Leon Smith Parkway in Oxford. General admission to the tournament is $15 per day or a $50 Tournament Pass is available. Children under six, scouts/four-year coaches with ID, ACCC member with ID are admitted free of charge. Daily parking is $5.

###

About Wallace State

Wallace State Community College (Ala.), a member of the Alabama Community College System, is a comprehensive community college in north central Alabama offering more than 200 options in academic, health and technical programs of study leading to an associate degree, certificate or transfer, as well as workforce-credit training and adult education. An Achieving the Dream Leader College, nationally-recognized by the Aspen Institute among the top institutions according to student outcomes, ranked by Southern Business and Development among the Top 3 institutions in the South for workforce development, named a Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing and the National Security Administration, rated the Top Online Community College in Alabama, a Military Friendly Institution and an All-Steinway School, Wallace State is an outstanding place for students to pursue their education and career goals. Classes are offered online and on campus, day, evening and on weekends, with numerous start dates each year. Visit Wallace State’s beautiful main campus located on 300-acres in Hanceville, Ala., our satellite location in downtown Oneonta, Ala., find us online at www.wallacestate.edu, or call 256.352.8000.