Lake Erie College red-shirt freshman Adam Beach, of Vermilion, was recently named the Southern Collegiate Baseball League Pitcher of the Year.

Beach pitched for the Carolina Stingers in the SCBL, where he went 4-0 with 47 strikeouts, while posting a 1.19 ERA in 46 innings. He was also selected to the SCBL All-Star game, where he earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief for the South Team.

"I am so proud of Adam for his great accomplishment, it's a great start to his career," Lake Erie manager Brian McGee said through a press release. "He worked very hard to put himself in the situation to excel over the summer and come back stronger for his team this spring. This not only speaks volumes about Adam, but also about our program and the type of talent and people we have here at Lake Erie College ... Players like this are the reason our program will continue to grow and is being put on the map."

The SCBL is one of eight summer leagues sanctioned by the NCAA as part of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball.

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