Prior to joining the Southern Athletic Association during the 2012-13 academic year, Rhodes College was a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). The SCAC will be announcing 30th Anniversary teams in 19 sports throughout the 2020-21 academic year.
We'd like to congratulate
Daniel Vanaman '08, Robert Flanagan '08, and J.R. Bizzell '09 on being named to the SCAC 30th Anniversary Baseball Team!
Daniel Vanaman
Vanaman is one of 16 four-time First Team all-SCAC honorees, picking up recognition for his time at third base in 2005 and 2006 before moving to first in 2007 and 2008. A 2007 ABCA Second Team all-American, Vanaman finished his career with 241 hits (12th in SCAC history) and a batting average of .395 (19th in SCAC history) and led the league in batting in both 2006 (.433) and 2007 (.422) – making him one of just two players in league history to win multiple batting titles. As a senior, he led Rhodes to a 14-2 conference mark and the 2007 SCAC Eastern Division title – the program's firstever divisional baseball championship
Robert Flanagan
Flanagan became just the second pitcher in conference history to earn multiple Pitcherof-the-Year honors – and the first to do it in back-to-back years – when he took home the league's top prize in 2006 and 2007. He led the SCAC in wins both of those seasons (10 and 12) and became just the sixth pitcher (at the time) to record 100 or more strikeouts when he hit the century mark in 2007. He ended his career with a 30-17record and 3.69 ERA for Rhodes – working 324.1 innings and striking out 277. His 30 wins are fifth all-time in league history and the 277 strikeouts are good for sixth. He was selected Third Team all-American following the 2007 season.
JR Bizzell
Bizzell piled up 233 hits over his four-year career at Rhodes (19th in SCAC history), earning First Team all-SCAC honors each of those seasons (2006-2009). Along with fellow 30th anniversary honorees Moore and Muscarello of Trinity, he is one of just four middle infielders in league history to amass four First Team all-conference accolades. His arrival in Memphis coincided with a revival of the Rhodes baseball program as the Lynx qualified for the SCAC tournament each of his four seasons, including for the first time ever his freshman season in 2006, and won the Eastern Division title in 2007 after posting a school-record 36 wins.
The SCAC's 30th Anniversary teams were selected by present coaches, administrators and/or conference office personnel. Athletes who participated in conference competition between the fall of 2005 through the spring of 2020 and had been named to at least two All-SCAC teams and/or were a selected as a Player-of-the-Year in their respective sport were eligible for selection.
