GREENVILLE, S.C. – The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) announced its 2021 baseball Scholar-Athletes this week as Mid-America Christian's Joshua Fernandez, Julian Fernandez and Brandon Reese were named to the esteemed list.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be at least a junior by academic standing, completed at least one semester at the current nominating institution and maintain a 3.40 out of 4.0 grade point average.

Joshua Fernandez, a 5-10 outfielder from Hondo, Texas is earning his second NCCAA Scholar-Athlete award after carrying a 4.0 GPA with a double major in Biology and Ministry Leadership.

During the 2021 campaign, Fernandez appeared in 42 games and made 34 starts, posting a .216 batting average with five doubles, a triple and three home runs to drive in 16 RBIs and scored 27 runs.

In his lone season at Mid-America Christian, graduate student Julian Fernandez, who saw significant time as a starting outfielder and third baseman during the 2021 season earned Scholar-Athlete honors after posting a 3.50 GPA in Applied Behavioral Science.

Fernandez saw action in 35 games, 29 of which were starts, turning in a .264 batting average with five doubles and three homers to drive in 15 RBIs and score 19 runs.

Rounding out the honorees, Reese is a Business Administration major at MACU, carrying a 3.59 GPA into the spring semester.

Reese completed his second season with MACU, recording a .274 batting average with seven doubles and a triple with 14 RBIs and scored the third-most runs on the team with 32 in his 42 games played with 36 starts.

Mid-America Christian closed out the 2021 campaign with its second-best win percentage since joining the Sooner Athletic Conference in 2008 with a 24-26 overall record (.480) and went 10-14 (.417) in SAC play.