RING EARNS SPOT ON CONFERENCE USA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee senior pitcher Garrett has been selected as one of 12 student-athletes named to the 2016 Conference USA Baseball All-Academic team.

Ring capped his senior campaign as the team's most reliable relief pitcher, sporting a 3.18 ERA with 46 strikeouts in 45-1/3 innings pitched. Ring was also recently named to the CoSIDA All-Academic District 3 first team, and he earned recognition on the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. He is also part of the Chi Alpha Honor Society.

In order to be eligible for the conference's all-academic baseball team student-athletes must hold a 3.2 cumulative grade point average, be at least a sophomore in terms of academic standing and be a starter or key reserve for their team.

2016 Conference USA Baseball
Brett Lashley Florida Atlantic Sr. 3.70 Communication Studies
Willy Fabra FIU Jr. 3.83 Accounting
Graham Ahlrich Louisiana Tech So. 3.84 Chemistry
Brent Diaz Louisiana Tech So. 3.72 Finance
DJ Gee Marshall Sr. 3.52 Health Sciences
Garrett Ring Middle Tennessee Sr. 3.73 Exercise Science/Pre Physical Therapy
Nick Johnson Southern Miss Gr. 3.85 Management/MBA
Kirk McCarty Southern Miss So. 4.00 Accounting
Brewer Hicklen UAB R-Fr. 3.71 Information Systems
Tyler Straub UTSA Sr. 3.53 Kinesiology/Exercise Science
Kaleb Duckworth WKU So. 3.94 Accounting
Steven Kraft WKU So. 3.64 Interdisciplinary Studies