Greensboro, N.C. —- Catawba College senior Casey Gouge and junior Brandon Crabtree earned All-America honors between the Division II Conference Commissioners' Association (D2CCA) and the American Baseball Coaches' Association (ABCA).

Gouge was an All-America Honorable Mention by the D2CCA, the first All-America honor of his collegiate career. The 2026 SAC Pitcher of the Year sports a 9-1 record heading into the DII National Championships, registering a 3.63 ERA across 84.1 innings pitched.

Crabtree earned First Team All-America honors from the ABCA and Second Team All-America honors from D2CCA, making him a unanimous All-America selection. The 2026 SAC Player of the Year, Crabtree enters action at Cary with a .429 batting average with exactly 100 hits, with 23 doubles and 18 home runs. Catawba rosters an ABCA First Team All-American for the second straight season, joining Hayden Simmerson in 2025.

Catawba starts up play at the DII National Championships in Cary on Saturday, facing Point Loma at 1:30 p.m.