The Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams were announced today. Eastern Kentucky University senior outfielder Stephen Carter was named to the third team.

Carter becomes the third Colonel in the past two seasons to receive All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball. Last season, current Lexington Legend Josh Anderson was named to the first team, while senior third baseman Neil Sellers earned third team accolades. Prior to Anderson and Sellers, the last recipient was in 1995 when Joe Witten was named to the All-Freshman team. Carter becomes the seventh baseball All-American at EKU since the 1982 season.

“This is a tremendous honor for Stephen and it speaks volumes about the type of season he had,” said EKU head coach Elvis Dominguez. “I think the fact that we’ve had three honorees in the past two seasons also says a lot about the progress and direction of our program.”

Carter earned All-Ohio Valley Conference First Team honors this season and was selected as the 2004 OVC Player of the Year in voting by the league's head baseball coaches and sports information directors.

Tabbed as a "Top Player to Watch" by Baseball America in its 2004 preseason edition, Carter ranked among league leaders in six offensive categories this year. He led the conference and ranked second nationally with a .462 batting average, tallying 28 multiple-hit outings while posting an OVC-best .546 on-base percentage. The senior leftfielder also topped the OVC with 21 stolen bases in 30 attempts (.700) and recorded a .541 slugging percentage, pounding out 14 doubles and a home run among 82 hits while collecting 99 total bases. In addition, he drove in 41 runs and scored 50 more. The Louisville, Ky., native had a team-high 16-game hitting streak earlier in the season. Defensively, Carter committed just five errors in 72 chances for a .931 fielding percentage. A two-time All-OVC honoree, he was the second straight EKU player, and seventh overall, to earn OVC Player of the Year honors.