Waterville, ME - Vermont State University Lyndon baseball player Carlos Rodriguez (La Mirada, CA) was named to a pair of All-Region teams on Tuesday. Rodriguez, a graduate student, was selected as a Region 1 3rd Team starting pitcher by both D3baseball.com and the American Baseball Coaches Association in conjunction with Rawlings.
Rodriguez is the fifth Lyndon baseball player to be honored by D3baseball.com. Shortstop and current Hornet assistant TJ Santaw (Newport, VT) was a 3rd Team selection in 2023. Outfielder Codi Smith (Hartford, VT), pitcher Jake Jourdain (Becket, MA), and outfielder Andre Eason Jr. (Waterbury, VT) were all 2nd Team All-Region selections in 2021, 2019, and 2018 respectively. Rodriguez is also the third Hornet in the modern NCAA Division III era to garner ABCA honors, following Smith in 2021 and Eason in 2018.
The All-Region selections are the latest honors for Rodriguez, who bounced back from missing the 2025 campaign with an injury to post his best season of his four-year career. The left hander was previously named the North Atlantic Conference Pitcher of the Year and was a 1st Team All-Conference selection. Rodriguez was 5-3 with a 2.04 earned run average over 12 appearances and ten starts in 66.1 innings pitched. His ERA was the best among NAC pitchers by almost a run and a half a game. In conference games his ERA was an even more impressive 1.88. His five wins were second best in the conference, Rodriguez also led the conference in strikeouts with 57, as well as strikeout to walk ratio (5.7) and walks allowed per nine innings (1.36). His four complete games ranked second in the NAC and 14th nationally in NCAA Division III.
Lyndon finished the season 16-25 overall and 12-12 in NAC play. The Hornets earned their first NAC playoff berth since 2019. They also won the most games since 2019 and the most conference games since 2018 this season. Rodriguez is expected to complete his Master's degree in Business Administration next spring.
D3baseball.com is the premier source for news and information about NCAA Division III baseball. D3baseball.com is part of the D3sports.com network of websites, which also includes D3football.com, D3hoops.com, and D3hockey.com. 2026 marks the 14th year that D3baseball.com has named All-Region Teams, with over 1,000 players nominated. For a complete rundown of all D3baseball.com Regional Baseball award winners, click HERE.
The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 15,000 members represent all 50 states and 41 countries. Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association membership has broadened to include nine divisions: NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School, Youth and Travel Baseball.
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The complete list of ABCA/Rawlings All-Region selections can be found HERE.
