JACKSON- Millsaps Majors baseball players Stephen Gates and Kevin Wall as well as softball player Megan Yglesias were named to the Capital One Academic All-District team. 

To qualify, a student-athlete has to have at least a 3.30 GPA, be sophomore standing and excel on the field, all three of these Majors have more than qualified. 

Gates, a senior from Cocoa, Florida is an applied mat major with a 3.40 grade point average. Gates has applied to the Millspas MBA program, which he will persue next year. 

Gates was named to the first-team All-SAA and finished the season hitting .371 with 66 base hits, good for third in the SAA. His 56 runs scored are second to only teammate Keith Shumaker and places him third in the nation. Gates has seen time primarily at first base but has dabbled at third and even second for the Majors. Batting out of the lead-off spot for much of the year, Gates has been the perfect table-setter for the Majors offense this season.

Wall, a senior from Birmingham, Alabama is a biology, pre-med major and holds a 3.48 grade point average. Wall, the Majors' second baseman led the conference in double plays turned and owns a .967 fielding percentage. He is hitting .335 on the year with 29 runs batted in and 32 runs scored and was named honorable mention All-SAA. 

Yglesias, a senior from Southlake, Texas is a biology pre-physical therapy major with a 3.77 grade point average. Megan Yglesias had her season cut short with a broken ankle this season. In 12 games, she drove in 19 runs, hit three home runs and had eight total extra base hits. Over her career in 116 games, she hit .378 (144/381) with 18 home runs, 31 doubles and 119 runs driven in.

The three now move on to the Academic All-American ballot that will be voted on by sports information directors across the country.