April 17, 2007
Shaw Baseball Prepares for 2007 CIAA Championship
Raleigh, NC – The Bears of Shaw University, 2006 CIAA Baseball Champions are getting ready to defend their championship on Thursday, April 19 at 10:00 am on the campus of Virginia State University. The Bears will enter the tournament as a No. 4 seed and will face No. 1 seed North Carolina Central University. During the regular season the Bears split with the Eagles 2-2 out of four meetings. Since the last time they met the Bears have gone on to claim four games in a row headed into the Baseball Championship.
Shaw finished their regular season with an overall record of 22-19 and 13-7 in the CIAA. Going into this year’s tournament the Bears are ranked No. 2 in the CIAA in batting with a .338 average as well as second in scoring and stolen bases in the CIAA. Shaw is No. 2 in Division II in stolen bases behind North Carolina Central.
Shaw will be led by Micheal Grant and Averill Bryant who were selected as members of the 2007 All-CIAA Baseball team. Grant and Bryant are ranked Nos. 1 & 2 in the CIAA in batting with averages of .449 and .443. In the four meetings versus North Carolina Central, Grant accumulated a batting average of .462 as he went 6-of-13 with 5 RBIs and two runs of his own. Bryant generated an average of .308 going 4-for-13 with 2 RBIs and two runs of his own.
For more information on the Bears of Shaw University Baseball contact the office of Sports Information at mwilliams@shawu.edu or go to www.shawbears.com for updates.
