SUWANEE, Ga. – In exclusive voting by the head coaches in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), Millsaps College was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2010 SCAC baseball championship. Head coach Jim Page's Majors received seven of the 11 coaches' first-place votes followed by Trinity University with the remaining four first-place votes.

Millsaps earned an at-large (Pool C) bid and the program's sixth appearance in the NCAA Division III regionals last season. The Majors posted a 34-10 record and the SCAC West Division title in 2009 while securing the program's fourth 30-win season (all under Page).

As for the division races, Birmingham-Southern College received five of the six first-place votes while tallying 35 points and is the clear preseason favorite to win the East. Rhodes College (27 points) and DePauw University (26 points, one first-place vote) round out the top three spots. Oglethorpe University (18 points), Centre College (13 points) and Sewanee: University of the South (7 points) round out the East.

In the West, Millsaps garnered four of the five first-place votes (24 points) and is favored to win the division. Trinity University, with 19 points and the remaining first-place vote, was tabbed second followed by defending SCAC champion Hendrix College (13 points). Southwestern University (11 points) and Austin College (8 points) complete the West.

The top three teams from each division qualify for the 2010 SCAC Baseball Championship, April 22-25 at USA Stadium in Millington, Tenn. Birmingham-Southern, in its third year of provisional membership in Division III, is not eligible for post-season play. However, games against Birmingham-Southern will count in the league standings.

Individually, the SCAC returns one D3baseball.com All-American in junior Will Hawkins of Millsaps. Hawkins was also named a 2010 D3baseball.com Preseason All-American. Hawkins batted .406 with 11 home runs, 55 RBI and 47 runs scored. The Nettleton, Miss. native also stole 14 bases in 16 total attempts while posting a .989 fielding percentage.

At the 2009 SCAC Baseball Championships, Hendrix finished the tournament with a perfect 4-0 mark to capture the program's first-ever SCAC championship. The Warriors opened the tournament with an upset of Centre (10-7) then took down host Millsaps on day two (9-8). Wins against Trinity (9-7) and in the championship game (11-1) sealed the school's first-ever men's SCAC championship in any sport.

Hendrix earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Regionals. The Warriors lost the opening game of the West Regional to Pomona-Pitzer 8-3, and then saw their magical run end with a tough 5-3 setback to Texas-Tyler.

Millsaps posted a 2-2 record at the Central Regional. The Majors opened NCAA play with wins in their first two games (5-3 vs. Wartburg) and (12-4 vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater) before being eliminated with consecutive losses to Wisconsin-Whitewater and Carthage.

For the complete 2010 SCAC Baseball Prospectus, click here.