Smitherman, Reed Earns ABCA All-Region Honors

Anderson University baseball standouts Tyler Smitherman and Justin Reed each earned American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) all-region honors, which was announced by the ABCA on Tuesday.

Smitherman garnered second-team all-region honors while Reed received third-team all-region recognition. Reed also collected ABCA second-team all-region recognition and D3baseball.com third-team all-region honors in 2021.

"These honors are well deserved for two young men that work their tails off," Coach Mathew Bair said.

Smitherman garnered first-team all-HCAC honors and was named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week during the season. He went 64-for-166 with 14 doubles, 13 homers, 51 RBI's, 39 runs and a .386 batting average. The junior first baseman from Westfield also produced a .439 on-base percentage, a .705 slugging percentage and a 1.178 OPS. Smitherman tied for 32nd in the nation in home runs and tied for 35th in the nation with 0.32 home runs per game. Among HCAC leaders, Smitherman ranked second in hits, third in RBI's, third in batting average, fourth in home runs, fourth in home runs per game, fifth in slugging percentage, fifth in OPS and T-8 in doubles.

Reed earned second-team all-HCAC recognition. The junior shortstop from Martinsville went 60-for-166 with 17 doubles, 39 runs, 32 RBI's, four triples, four homers, 15 stolen bases and a .361 batting average. He also posted a .423 on-base percentage and a .584 slugging percentage. Reed tied for first in doubles. Among HCAC leaders, Reed also ranks seventh in hits, T-7 in stolen bases and T-8 in triples.