ITHACA, N.Y. -- Millsaps senior outfielder John Pacillo and junior infielder Hunter Abrams have been named to the 2006-07 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI First Team as voted upon by more than 1,800 members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Released late Wednesday afternoon, the duo joins nine other selections on the first team, including Delta State University's J.T. Taylor. Mississippi College's designated hitter J.R. Farnham was selected to the second team and will not advance to the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration.

A product of Baton Rouge, La., Pacillo has been the glue to a solid Millsaps outfield all season, along with teammates Jason Hadley and Hunter Owen, making highlight reel catches to conserve runs and wins while posting 18 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games from the plate en route to a .364 batting average.

Not only has Pacillo been a force to reckon with on the field, but in the classroom as well. Pacillo carries a 3.79 GPA as a business major (economics) and is a member of Phi Eta Sigma, Beta Gamma Sigma and Omicron Delta Epsilon honor societies.

He has also been recognized as a President's (3.9 GPA or higher) and Dean's Scholar (3.5 or higher) five semesters since his freshman year in 2003 and an Academic All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) selection every season – 2007 pending.

Abrams, a Columbus native, has been stellar in the classroom as well posting a 3.69 GPA in biology while also being recognized as both a President's and Dean's Scholar and an Academic All-SCAC selection in his first two seasons – 2007 pending.

On the field, Abrams has reached base safely in 42 of 46 games while ranking third on the team amongst regular starters in doubles (17) and RBIs (46), fifth in batting average (.318) and sixth in hits (54). A 2007 selection to the All-SCAC Tournament Team, Abrams has 13 multi-hit and multi-RBI games and has only struck out seven times in 170 at-bats (39th toughest batter to strikeout in Division III).

The All-District VI team is comprised of student-athletes from schools in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. As a first team selection this year, Abrams and Pacillo will be placed on the ballot for Academic All-America honors which will be announced on Tuesday, May 29.

Millsaps' previous Academic All-America selections were Chris McNeal in 1997 followed by John Roberts in 1988.