LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The decorated careers of four Millsaps baseball legends received well-deserved honors as alums selected to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference's 30th Anniversary Baseball Team, announced by the league on Wednesday. Garner Wetzel, Hunter Abrams, Will Hawkins and Hunter Owen made the list of 32 SCAC student-athletes.

Millsaps played in the SCAC from 1992 to 2012 before the program joined the newly formed Southern Athletic Association (SAA). The quartet joins 11 Majors who were named to the 15th Anniversary Team during the 2005-06 academic year. Those selections can be found here.

Wetzel is one of just four players in conference history to earn multiple Player-of-the-Year honors, having taken the league's top honor in both 2005 and 2006. He fell just short of winning the league's triple crown in 2006, leading the SCAC in both home runs (14) and runs driven in (91) while batting .400, which was good for fourth in the conference. His 91 RBIs in 2006 remains the league's single season record and his 180 career RBIs ranks 11th on the conference's all-time list. A two-time All-Tournament selection on three SCAC championship winning teams, Wetzel was selected in the 10th round by the Colorado Rockies in the 2005 MLB Draft but chose to return to Millsaps after a torn ligament was discovered in his throwing elbow. He earned ABCA First Team all-American status as a senior and was drafted a second time – this time by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round.
 
A three-time All-SCAC First Team selection (2006-08), Abrams finished his career with 240 hits (13th all-time in league history) – more career hits than any Millsaps College player during the institution's time in the conference.  He led the SCAC in total hits in 2006 with 85 (fifth-most in a SCAC single season) when the Majors won their second straight conference title and advanced to the NCAA Central Region title game. A three-time SCAC all-Tournament selection, Abrams' career .361 batting average was fifth best in school history during the SCAC era.
 
Hawkins, a three-time First Team All-SCAC selection (2009-11) and the league's Player-of-the-Year in 2009, was a two-sport star for Millsaps, also earning a slot on the SCAC 30th Anniversary Team as a linebacker and making him one of just three student-athletes (exempting cross country and track) to appear on two different teams. Hawkins, who finished his career with 217 hits (27th all-time in SCAC history), batted .406 and led the conference in hits (73), doubles (17) and RBIs (67) during his POTY season.
 
In football, Hawkins was a two-time SCAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year (2009 and 2010), played on three conference championship squads while roaming the defensive second level at Millsaps. In addition to being a two-time First-Team All-SCAC honoree, he earned All-America honors in both 2009 (D3football.com) and 2010 (D3football.com, Associated Press and AFCA).
 
One of the most prolific power hitters in conference history, Owen, the two-time SCAC Player-of-the-Year (2007 and 2008), finished his career at Millsaps with 41 home runs (tied for second in SCAC history) among his 201 hits and 186 runs driven in (seventh in SCAC history). One of just four players to earn multiple POTY awards, Owen was a three-time All-SCAC First Team selection and received All-American accolades each of those seasons – earning ABCA First Team honors in 2007, Second Team in 2008 and Third Team in 2009 and Third Team honors from D3baseball.com in 2007, 2008 and 2009. He is one of just two players in league history to receive AA honors across three consecutive seasons.
 
The SCAC's 30th Anniversary Teams were selected through balloting by present coaches in each sport as well as administrators. Athletes who participated in conference competition between the fall of 2005 through the spring of 2020 and had been named to at least two All-SCAC Teams and/or were selected as a Player-of-the-Year in their respective sport were eligible for selection.

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference began unveiling 30th Anniversary Teams in December 2020 for 19 sports. See the entire list of sports and 30th Anniversary landing page here.

SCAC's 30th Anniversary Baseball Team - Millsaps Majors
Garner Wetzel (shortstop)
Hunter Abrams (third baseman)
Will Hawkins (third baseman)
Hunter Owen (outfielder)

SCAC's 15th Anniversary Baseball Team - Millsaps Majors
Chris_Lawrence (catcher)
Mike Highfall (first baseman)
K.K. Aldridge (second baseman)
Kirk Kinard (shortstop)
Matt Yglesias (shortstop)
Scott Staines (third baseman)
Peter Austin (outfielder)
Brandon Page (outfielder)
Doug Garner (pitcher)
Teddy Hymel (pitcher)
Chat Lenhart (pitcher)


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