Three Senators named NJCAA DI Baseball All-Americans

Three Senators named NJCAA DI Baseball All-Americans
June 10, 2026

MORRISTOWN, TN – Holden Pantier, Drew Blalock and Hayden Blair were honored nationally on Wednesday, as all three were named NJCAA DI Baseball All-Americans.

Pantier was named an NJCAA DI Baseball First Team All-American, while Blalock earned NJCAA DI Baseball Third Team All-American honors. Blair was honored as an NJCAA DI Baseball Honorable Mention All-American.

The honor comes after Pantier was named the TCCAA Player of the Year, and all three were on the All-TCCAA First Team. 

Pantier earned the honor after rewriting the Walters State record books. Pantier finished the season with a .476 batting average, 118 hits, 30 home runs, 124 RBIs, 106 runs, 32 doubles, an OBP of .546 and 16 stolen bases. Pantier now holds the Walters State record for RBIs in a season, runs scored in a season, doubles in a season, hits in a season, RBIs in a career (195) and hits in a career (201). 

Nationally, Pantier ranked first in RBIs and doubles, second in runs, hits and total bases, third in batting average and fifth in home runs. Pantier finished his Walters State career with a .441 average, 201 hits, 43 home runs, 195 RBIs, 47 doubles and 185 runs scored in 131 games played. 

Named a Third Team All-American, Blalock also found his way into the Walters State record books. For the season, Blalock hit .389, had a .509 OBP, smacked 33 home runs and drove in 89 runs. Blalock broke the Walters State record for home runs in a season, and he homered in eight of his final nine games of the season. Blalock ranked fourth in the country in home runs and 16th in the country in RBIs. 

An Honorable Mention All-American, Blair finished the year as one of the best catchers in the country offensively. In 63 games, Blair hit .387, had a .535 OBP, homered 26 times, drove in 81 runs and scored 81 runs. He was ninth in the country in home runs. Defensively, Blair threw out six runners and had a .990 fielding percentage in 381 total chances. 

For their careers, the sophomore trio finished with a record of 112-21-1 over two seasons, won two TCCAA Regular Season and Tournament Championships, two Appalachian District Championships, had a sixth-place finish at the World Series in 2026 and finished Runner-Up at the World Series in 2025.