Senior Jared Bogan has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V Baseball First Team. Bogan, along with 13 other players, were selected for First Team honors by college sports information directors throughout the district, which includes the states of Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in addition to the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba.
Bogan shared the 2006 Pete Vaughan Outstanding Athlete Award and the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men Student-Athlete Award. He was named the Wabash representative for North Coast Athletic Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He also received the Caleb Mills Excellence in Teaching Award and the John F. Charles World History Prize. He also earned distinction in his comprehensive examinations. He is a member of Sphinx Club and has served as vice-president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
On the baseball diamond Bogan led the Little Giants with a .413 batting average, starting in all but one of 38 games for Wabash. He finished the season with 52 hits, including 14 doubles to tie his own single season school record set in 2003. He tied for the team lead in home runs with five, and finished tied for RBIs with 23. Bogan is third in Wabash history in home runs (12) and RBIs (78) and second in career doubles (36).
Bogan will join other First Team Academic All-District selections from around the country on the final national Academic All-American ballot. The Academic All-American team will be announced on Tuesday, May 30.