FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5-23-02

Three Pirates Earn All-South Atlantic Region Baseball Honors

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Armstrong Atlantic State senior catcher David Harriman, senior right fielder Kirk Nordness and junior pitcher Mike Roga were named to the 2002 All-South Atlantic Region First Team by the NABC (National Association of Baseball Coaches') on Thursday afternoon.

Harriman, who set a new school record and tied a PBC mark with his season-opening 41-game hitting streak this season, earns the honor for the second straight year. The Surrey, British Columbia, native led the team with a .412 average, 14 home runs and 69 RBI this season and ranks ninth all-time on the AASU charts in home runs (24) and RBI (122) in his two seasons with the Pirates. Harriman's hitting streak is tied for the second longest streak in NCAA Division II history.

Nordness, also an All-South Atlantic Region honoree in 2001, hit .374 with 12 home runs and 54 RBI for the Pirates this season. The Beaverton, Ore., native ranks fifth all-time on the AASU batting charts with his career .373 average, and - along with Harriman - are the first two-time first-team All-Region players for AASU since Steve Young turned the trick in 1992-93.

Roga joined the Pirates this season from St. Petersburg JC and immediately became the Pirates' ace, going 10-4 with a 3.00 ERA in 16 starts. The Pickering, Ontario, native hurled the ninth career no-hitter in Pirates history on March 5 when he blanked Northwest Missouri State, 1-0, and tied a school record with 17 strikeouts in that game. A Louisville Slugger Collegiate Baseball and Slam! Sports Canadian Player of the Week honoree this season, Roga has given up just 94 hits and struck out 109 batters in 105 innings pitched this season.

By earning first-team honors, all three players are eligible for NABC All-America honors, to be announced at the upcoming NCAA Division II College World Series in Montgomery, Ala.

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