LUBBOCK, Texas - Faulkner's Patrick McCarthy, who guided the Eagles to the program's first-ever NAIA national championship this season, is one of five finalists for the first Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year Award, the College Baseball Hall of Fame announced here Saturday.

NORCROSS, Ga. – Nine SSAC baseball players were chosen in the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft. This marks the third year in a row that the SSAC has had eight or more players drafted. Lee University tied its school record with five players drafted marking the second consecutive year that the Flames have drafted five players. The four other SSAC players drafted came from Southern Polytechnic, Brewton-Parker, Faulkner, and Belhaven.

By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications and Sports Information, NAIA

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Less than one week after winning its first-ever Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series title, Faulkner (Ala.) receives the No. 1 ranking in the NAIA Baseball Coaches' Postseason Top 25 Poll, announced Wednesday by the national office. The top billing is the second-straight and second overall for the Eagles, who were the unanimous No. 1 pick with 20 first-place votes and 560 points.

By Chad Waller, Director of Communications & Sports Information, NAIA

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Concordia (Calif.) earns the No. 1 ranking for the ninth-straight time in the 2013 NAIA Softball Coaches' Postseason Top 25 Poll, announced by the national office Wednesday.  The Eagles won their first-ever national championship back on May 30 with an 8-3 victory over Spring Hill (Ala.). The Eagles become the first team since 2009 to head into the national championship ranked No. 1 and win the title – California Baptist accomplished this in 2009.