Luis Duran named All-District
Sophomore Luis Duran (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) has been named to the 2017 All-District Baseball team.
Sophomore Luis Duran (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) has been named to the 2017 All-District Baseball team. Players from Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin receive this honor for their superior play on the diamond. Duran joined three members from Indian Hills Community College to represent the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) on the All-District team.
Duran, who was also named to the ICCAC All-Region 1st Team led the Tigers in batting and ranked second in the league with a .413 batting average. He was just the third Tiger since 2008 to hit above the .400 mark. The sophomore also led the conference in homeruns (10) and Runs Batted In (60) placing him at the top of the list of votes received by the coaches in the ICCAC for post season awards. His 60 RBIs is a Marshalltown Community College Baseball record while his 76 hits ties a school record.
Duran will continue his collegiate baseball career next season at the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) baseball powerhouse Faulkner State.
