Heck Named Capital One Academic All-American

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Two-time Southeastern Conference baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year Seth Heck of Mississippi State was named to the Capital One Academic All-America second team, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Thursday. Heck is the 18th player in school history and the first since SEC Pitcher of the Year Chris Stratton in 2012 to earn academic All-America honors.

In the classroom, the Edmonds, Washington, native recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA every semester he spent studying in Starkville. The last two seasons, Heck has been named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and has been voted by the league’s 14 coaches as the top scholar-athlete in the conference. This past month, Heck received his degree in business administration.

The college graduate was one of two SEC players to earn academic All-America honors this year (Auburn’s Cole Lipscomb). Heck was also MSU’s male nominee for the SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship, presented annually to the league's top scholar-athlete.

Heck and his teammates recorded a composite 3.07 GPA in the 2015 spring semester, the 10th-straight semester MSU has tallied a 3.0 or higher under the direction of head coach John Cohen.

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MSU Baseball Academic All-Americans (18 Players, 23 Honors)

YEAR	POS.	PLAYER	HONOR
2015	INF	Seth Heck*	Capital One (Second Team)
2012	P	Chris Stratton	Capital One (Second Team)
2010	P	Greg Houston	ESPN (Third Team)
2010	INF	Russ Sneed	ESPN (Third Team)
2000	DH	Ty Martin	GTE-CoSIDA (Third Team)
1998	P	Jeremy Jackson*	GTE-CoSIDA (First Team)
1998	P	Van Johnson	GTE-CoSIDA (Second Team)
1998	1B	Richard Lee	GTE-CoSIDA (Third Team)
1997	P	Jeremy Jackson	GTE-CoSIDA (First Team)
1997	1B	Richard Lee	GTE-CoSIDA (Third Team)
1997	3B	Adam Piatt	GTE-CoSIDA (Third Team)
1994	P	Gary Rath	GTE-CoSIDA (Second Team)
1992	3B/P	Chuck Daniel	GTE-CoSIDA (Third Team)
1991	3B	Chuck Daniel	GTE-CoSIDA (Second Team)
1991	OF	Joey Hamilton	GTE-CoSIDA (Second Team)
1990	3B	Burke Masters*	GTE-CoSIDA (First Team)
1990	1B	Tommy Raffo	GTE-CoSIDA (First Team)
1989	OF	Jody Hurst	GTE-CoSIDA (Third Team)
1989	2B	Burke Masters	GTE-CoSIDA (First Team)
1989	1B	Tommy Raffo	GTE-CoSIDA (First Team)
1984	OF	Dan Van Cleve	CoSIDA (First Team)
1979	OF	Bob Kocol	CoSIDA (First Team)
1971	OF	Ted Milton	CoSIDA (Second Team)

* SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year

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Heck Named Capital One Academic All-American