MOBILE, Ala. - Spring Hill College junior shortstop Daniel Rodriguez was selected to the NCAA Division II 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Baseball Third Team as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The Coral Gables, Florida native is the second Badger to receive Academic All-America honors in the last five years, joining former catcher Alex Jones, who was a First Team selection in 2016. 

Rodriguez was previously selected to the 2019 Google Could Academic All-District® First Team in May as well as being named a First Team All-South Region by America Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings and a Second Team All-South Region selection by the Division II Collegiate Commissioners Association (D2CCA).

In addition to a 3.66 grade point average in economics, Rodriguez was the Badgers' lone First Team All-Conference selection in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) as the First Team shortstop. Rodriguez hit .364 for the Badgers during the regular season and led the team in RBI (46), total hits (52), total bases (86), home runs (9) and being hit by a pitch (7). He scored 37 runs. Defensively, he posted a .918 fielding percentage with 78 putouts, 78 assists and 14 double plays.

During the SIAC Tournament, Rodriguez hit  .389 with two doubles, two home runs, seven runs scored and 14 RBI, including a nine-RBI performance to lead Spring Hill in the SIAC Championship Game. He added three more hits, one run and an RBI in the NCAA DII South Region Tournament to finish the season with a .365 average and 61 RBI.

The 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America® program, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. It separately recognizes outstanding student-athletes in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

For a complete list of 2019 NCAA Division II Google Cloud Academic All-America® Baseball recipients, click here