Bucknell University Athletics
Carroll, Karp, Keys Named to Academic All-Patriot League Baseball Team
5/9/2024 1:00:00 PM | Baseball
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Patriot League Player of the Year Sean Keys, senior pitcher Graeme Carroll, and junior shortstop Brady Karp earned spots on the Academic All-Patriot League Baseball Team on Thursday. Bucknell claimed a co-league-high three of the 13 selections.
Keys, a junior third baseman, was announced as the Player of the Year and a First Team All-Patriot League honoree on Wednesday. Not only has he been the league's top hitter this season, but he also carries a 3.58 grade-point average in mechanical engineering.
The team co-captain is leading the conference in every percentage category (.416 average, .535 on-base percentage, .825 slugging percentage, 1.360 OPS) as well as hits (64), runs batted in (57), and doubles (18). He ranks second in the league in home runs with 13, and among the NCAA Division I leaders he is sixth in OPS and OBP, 10th in batting average, and 13th in slugging percentage.
Keys was listed as the No. 8 third baseman in D1Baseball.com's mid-season position rankings. He was the only player in the top 12 not from the Southeastern Conference or Atlantic Coast Conference. His .721 career slugging percentage would be a school record, and he also currently ranks third in team history in career homers (27), fourth in OBP (.474), fifth in batting average (.362), and seventh in RBIs (124).
Carroll has been one of the team's most valuable relief pitchers in 2024. He leads the team with 19 appearances and has a 5-0 record with a 4.99 earned run average. The five wins are one shy of the Patriot League lead, and he also has two saves this season, both coming in a February series against Massachusetts when the Bison took three out of four. Carroll pitched four no-hit innings in the latter of those two games and earned Patriot League Pitcher of the Week honors for his efforts.
Carroll, a sidewinding righthander, has pitched more than one inning in 14 of his 19 appearances and has worked at least three innings six times. The Bison are 13-6 in games that he has pitched. Off the field, Carroll is a mechanical engineering major with a 3.77 GPA.
Karp is a junior finance major with a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA, and he is in his first season as Bucknell's starting shortstop. He has been outstanding defensively with only two errors in 29 games, and after a slow start at the plate, he has become a reliable on-base guy at the bottom of Bucknell's potent lineup. Karp's season batting average is .191, but his on-base percentage is .404, and he has a team-high five sacrifice bunts.
Karp's first career home run was a grand slam in a win at first-place Army on Apr. 20, and he added another homer in a win over Villanova at Depew Field three days later.
Navy also garnered three Academic All-Patriot League Team honorees, including Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nolan Jorgenson, a senior pitcher. Holy Cross, Lafayette and Lehigh picked up two citations apiece, while Army had one.
The Bucknell baseball team has had at least one member of the Academic All-Patriot League Team in every year since its inception in 2011, and the Bison have claimed multiple team members in 11 of 13 seasons.
Bucknell is 21-22 overall and 12-13 in the Patriot League. The Bison are seeded fourth in the Patriot League Tournament and will play top-seeded Army in a best-of-three semifinal series this Saturday and Monday.
Keys, a junior third baseman, was announced as the Player of the Year and a First Team All-Patriot League honoree on Wednesday. Not only has he been the league's top hitter this season, but he also carries a 3.58 grade-point average in mechanical engineering.
The team co-captain is leading the conference in every percentage category (.416 average, .535 on-base percentage, .825 slugging percentage, 1.360 OPS) as well as hits (64), runs batted in (57), and doubles (18). He ranks second in the league in home runs with 13, and among the NCAA Division I leaders he is sixth in OPS and OBP, 10th in batting average, and 13th in slugging percentage.
Keys was listed as the No. 8 third baseman in D1Baseball.com's mid-season position rankings. He was the only player in the top 12 not from the Southeastern Conference or Atlantic Coast Conference. His .721 career slugging percentage would be a school record, and he also currently ranks third in team history in career homers (27), fourth in OBP (.474), fifth in batting average (.362), and seventh in RBIs (124).
Carroll has been one of the team's most valuable relief pitchers in 2024. He leads the team with 19 appearances and has a 5-0 record with a 4.99 earned run average. The five wins are one shy of the Patriot League lead, and he also has two saves this season, both coming in a February series against Massachusetts when the Bison took three out of four. Carroll pitched four no-hit innings in the latter of those two games and earned Patriot League Pitcher of the Week honors for his efforts.
Carroll, a sidewinding righthander, has pitched more than one inning in 14 of his 19 appearances and has worked at least three innings six times. The Bison are 13-6 in games that he has pitched. Off the field, Carroll is a mechanical engineering major with a 3.77 GPA.
Karp is a junior finance major with a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA, and he is in his first season as Bucknell's starting shortstop. He has been outstanding defensively with only two errors in 29 games, and after a slow start at the plate, he has become a reliable on-base guy at the bottom of Bucknell's potent lineup. Karp's season batting average is .191, but his on-base percentage is .404, and he has a team-high five sacrifice bunts.
Karp's first career home run was a grand slam in a win at first-place Army on Apr. 20, and he added another homer in a win over Villanova at Depew Field three days later.
Navy also garnered three Academic All-Patriot League Team honorees, including Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nolan Jorgenson, a senior pitcher. Holy Cross, Lafayette and Lehigh picked up two citations apiece, while Army had one.
The Bucknell baseball team has had at least one member of the Academic All-Patriot League Team in every year since its inception in 2011, and the Bison have claimed multiple team members in 11 of 13 seasons.
Bucknell is 21-22 overall and 12-13 in the Patriot League. The Bison are seeded fourth in the Patriot League Tournament and will play top-seeded Army in a best-of-three semifinal series this Saturday and Monday.
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