SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Two Elon Phoenix baseball players were honored by the Southern Conference's media with all-league accolades on Tuesday.  Junior catcher Alex Swim earned first-team distinction while sophomore first baseman Ryan Kinsella was a second-team pick.

Both players were honored with all-league honors by the coaches on Monday.

Swim finished the regular-season with a team-best .362 batting average and 81 hits.  A starter in all 55 of Elon's games to date, Swim scored 34 runs, had 10 doubles and three homers.  He also sports a .446 slugging percentage and a .402 on-base percentage.  In SoCon play the Greensboro, N.C., native led the league with a .429 average and 54 hits.  During his junior campaign Swim put together a 25-game hitting streak, the longest by a Phoenix player in its tenure at the NCAA Division I level.  During the streak he earned by SoCon Player of the Week and national hitter of the week honors.  Swim currently ranks as one of the toughest hitters in the nation to strike out.  He has fanned just 10 times in 224 at bats this year.  Swim's 217 career hits rank him 10th in the more than 100 years of baseball at Elon.

Kinsella claimed second-team honors after a season in which he hit .296 with a team-high 41 runs scored and 44 RBI.  He added 11 doubles, two triples and seven homers in his sophomore campaign.  In his 30 conference outings Kinsella batted .357 with 29 runs scored, 11 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 32 RBI.  His .617 slugging percentage in SoCon games ranked third in the league.

Swim, Kinsella and the rest of the Phoenix squad will play its first SoCon Tournament game on Wednesday at 1 p.m.  The maroon and gold is the third seed and will face off with sixth-seeded Georgia Southern at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C.

2012 SoCon Sports Media Association Baseball All-Conference

Player of the Year – Marty Gantt, Sr., CF, College of Charleston
Pitcher of the Year – Ryan Arrowood, Sr., RHP, Appalachian State
Freshman of the Year – Chase Griffin, C, Georgia Southern
Coach of the Year – Chris Pollard, Appalachian State

First Team
SP Ryan Arrowood, Appalachian State
SP Christian Powell, College of Charleston
RP Preston Hatcher, Western Carolina
C Alex Swim, Elon
1B Saxon Butler, Samford
2B Ross Heffley, Western Carolina
SS Will Callaway, Appalachian State
3B Eric Phillips, Georgia Southern
OF Tyler Tewell, Appalachian State
OF Marty Gantt, College of Charleston
OF Brandon Miller, Samford
DH Daniel Kassouf, Appalachian State

Second Team
SP Matt Pegler, College of Charleston
SP Josh Martin, Samford
RP Kyle Owings, College of Charleston
C Brad Moss, Samford
1B Ryan Kinsella, Elon
2B Hector Crespo, Appalachian State
SS Bradley Goodson, College of Charleston
3B Rob Harding, College of Charleston
OF Tyler Zupcic, Appalachian State
OF Phillip Ervin, Samford
OF Mac Doyle, Wofford
DH C.K. Irby, Samford