GREENSBORO, NC – Rowan pitcher Eli Atiya has been named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-America Third Team as announced by the American Baseball Coaches Association. This marks the first ABCA All-America honor for Atiya while he becomes the first Prof to earn All-American status since Matt Woods was a second-team selection in 2019.

ABCA/Rawlings Division III All-America Teams
 
Additionally, Atiya had been chosen to the D3baseball.com All-America Second Team while Rowan slugger Ryan Murphy was chosen to D3baseball's All-America Fifth Team.
 
Atiya has earned a host of honors this season as he was the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Region 4 Pitcher of the Year, and was chosen the D3baseball.com Region 4 Pitcher of the Year and the Co-Pitcher of the Year in the NJAC.
 
The lefthander was an All-NJAC First Team selection for the second year in a row and earned All-Region First Team honors by both the ABCA and D3Baseball.com, also for the second time.
 
The Profs' ace, he went 8-1 on the season and posted 69 strikeouts in 79.1 innings pitched. He started 12 games, and made a total of 13 appearances, while recording an ERA of 2.38 and limiting the opponents to a .223 batting average.
 
Atiya had one complete game on the year, a 16-0 victory over NJAC champion William Paterson in which he recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts.
 
Rowan (33-10) was nationally-ranked all season long and captured the title at the NCAA Annville Regional before falling in the NCAA Willimantic Super Regional to top-ranked Eastern Connecticut State. The Profs captured the NJAC regular-season crown for the second year in a row and by compiling a 16-2 record, have gone 33-3 in the conference in the past two seasons.