Kanas City, MO – With the Baseball Season coming to a close last week the NAIA released their All-American teams this afternoon. The Patriots saw catcher Charlie Muniz name on the list as a First team All-American, after he put in a stellar season.

Starting with the overall accomplishments, the Naranjito, PR native was named First-team All-Conference, along with MSC Player of the Week and an NAIA Ball Player of the Week honors. Looking at the Cumberlands record books, Muniz sits in sixth place for single season batting average, second in single season hits, sixth in single season doubles, fifth in season homeruns, and fifth in single season RBIs.

The freshman led the Patriots in several stat categories. He batted a team and conference high .418 for the year with 92 hits. He also led the Mid-South in homeruns with 19, while adding 170 total bases. Muniz also adding 66 RBIs and had a .773 slugging percentage. He also tallied 21 doubles on the year. Behind the plate, Muniz tallied 278 putouts with 37 assists for a fielding percentage of .987.  He also threw 15 people out that tired to steal a base.

Looking back at the top single games performance he had this season, he notched 28 multi-hit games, including four with two or more homeruns. In a game against Freed-Hardeman, he went 5-5 with two homers, a double and three RBIs. Then in a game against Cincinnati-Clermont, Muniz went 4-4 tallying two homers, a double, and six RBIs.

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