Hayden Tsutsui Named to D3baseball.com All-Region Team

2014 May 20

Hayden Tsutsui (So./Northridge, Calif./Chatsworth High School) was one of four Carleton players named to the D3baseball.com All-Region team.

D3baseball.com is the preeminent source of information regarding Division III baseball. For its All-Region awards, the website selects a first, second, and third team for each of the eight regions. Each All-Region team included 14 players--one from each of the eight defensive positions, plus a designated hitter, a utility player, three starting pitchers, and a reliever.

Carleton is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and NCAA Division III. With four All-Region selections, Carleton tied for 10th among the 367 Division III teams. The Knights tied for the fourth-best total in the Midwest Region, a figure bettered only by Division III World Series-bound squads from UW-Whitewater (six players) and University of St. Thomas (five) as well as Concordia-Chicago (five).

This is Tsutsui's second consecutive D3baseball.com All-Region selection, having been a first-teamer in 2013 en route to being tabbed the National Rookie-of-the-Year. Tsutsui ranked fifth among region outfielders by hitting .428 this season, while his .671 slugging percentage finished eighth among the same group. He ranked fifth and third, respectively, among all MIAC players in those same statistical categories. Tsutsui added a .470 on-base percentage that was 11th in the conference. His 65 hits paced the MIAC and ranked third among region outfielders and made him an easy choice for the All-Region Second Team. He also led the conference with 19 doubles, tied for 17th in Division III and tops among region outfielders. Tsutsui also tied for the MIAC lead with 26 extra-base hits as well as collecting four home runs and 35 RBI, which rank sixth and fourth, respectively, in the MIAC. He hit safely in 33 of 36 games over the course of the season, including 23 multi-hit games. Tsutsui spent majority of the year roaming centerfield but also served as the teamÕs primary backup catcher.

The play of Tsutsui and his fellow All-Region teammates had a major impact on Carleton going 22-14 overall this season, posting the second-highest win total in the program's 130+ year history.

Founded in 1866, Carleton College is a national top 10, private liberal arts college in the historic river town of Northfield, Minnesota, 45 miles south of Minneapolis/Saint Paul. Best known for its academic excellence and warm, welcoming campus community, Carleton offers 37 majors and 15 concentrations in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.

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