GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Samford's Frankie Navarrete and Heath Quinn were both honored with Southern Conference All-Tournament accolades Monday as the Bulldogs' pair was named to the 12-member post-championship team, it was announced by the SoCon office and voted on by the media covering the event.
 
Navarrete, Samford's senior native of Miami, Florida, proved to be the top second baseman at the nine-team tournament last week. He turned in a position-high .294 batting average, with three runs scored and two RBI. Navarrete also added a triple and a double, and posted a solid .471 slugging percentage. He finished the tournament with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on 24 defensive chances.
 
Samford's Quinn earned all-tournament honors after finishing last week's event with a .318 batting average, seven RBI, four runs scored and a pair of massive, jaw-dropping home runs over the Green Monster in left field. He also added two doubles and 15 total bases, while posting a brilliant .682 slugging percentage.
 
As a team, Samford finished the SoCon Championship with a 3-2 record. The Bulldogs defeated UNCG, ETSU and Furman, but lost twice to eventual tournament-winner Western Carolina.
 
Samford suffered its second loss of the tournament Saturday, just one win shy of appearing in the title game for a fifth time in six years. The Bulldogs did reach the semifinal round of the SoCon Tournament for a fifth time since 2011.
 
Additionally, Samford concluded the season with a 35-26 overall record. The Bulldogs have reached the 35-win plateau four times since the program's inception in 1905, all four have been achieved in the last six seasons.
 
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2016 SoCon Championship
All-Tournament Team
 
SP – Will Gaddis, Furman
SP – B.J. Nobles, Western Carolina
RP – Korey Anderson, Western Carolina
C – Jake Kusz, UNCG
1B – Matt Smith, Western Carolina
2B – Frankie Navarrete, Samford
SS – Matt Meeder, Mercer
3B – Jake Crawford, Furman
OF – Trey Truitt, Mercer
OF – Heath Quinn, Samford
OF – Kramer Ferrell, Western Carolina
DH – Cesar Trejo, UNCG
 
Walt Nadzak Most Outstanding Player
Matt Smith, Western Carolina