ST. GEORGE, Utah-Monday, Dixie State junior first baseman/outfielder Jake Engel was named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic Division II All-District 6 baseball team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The native of Tucson, Ariz. next advances to the All-American ballot for this award.
Engel has a 3.57 GPA in business administration and earned first team all-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference honors this past season.
When the Trailblazers belonged to the Pacific West Conference, he was a two-time academic All-American in that league.
Engel also started 52 of 53 games this season for Dixie State, batting .385 and posting a team-high 14 home runs and 52 RBI.
He added 72 total-base hits (eight doubles and three triples) and scored 56 runs.
Engel hit safely in 42 of 53 games this season and collected one hit in 27 of 32 RMAC games for Dixie State.
