RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech's Steele Netterville, Jonathan Fincher and Hunter Wells were named 2020-21 Division I Baseball First Team Academic All-District 6 honorees on Thursday, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
Netterville, who has now earned Academic All-District honors in back-to-back seasons, also earned academic accolades from the C-USA following another outstanding year in the classroom. The Shreveport native was named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll, a C-USA Academic Medalist and was one of two Bulldogs to earn a spot on the C-USA All-Academic Team.
 
Netterville recently graduated from Louisiana Tech with a degree in biology with a 3.92 GPA. He was also accepted into medical school at LSU-Shreveport in May.
 
The power hitter slugged 12 home runs and drove in 57 runs despite missing 10 games due to injury. Netterville had 17 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games to help power an explosive Bulldogs' offense. He was tabbed the C-USA Hitter of the Week on March 29 after batting .368 with eight RBI, two doubles, two home runs and five runs scored in a 4-1 week against ULM and at Southern Miss.
 
Fincher, who was named an NCBWA Third Team All-American earlier this month, earns his first Academic All-District honor. Fincher, another C.E. Byrd High School alumnus from Shreveport, was also named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll, a C-USA Academic Medalist and was the second Diamond Dog to earn a spot on the C-USA All-Academic Team.
 
Fincher recently graduated from Louisiana Tech with a degree in biology with a 3.89 GPA.
 
LA Tech's Friday night starter ranked fourth in the C-USA with a 3.05 ERA and a .219 opposing batting average against him. He hurled three complete games on the mound, two of which came in shutout fashion. Fincher twice earned C-USA Pitcher of the Week accolades during a stretch of nine straight quality starts from March 5 against McNeese State to April 30 against Middle Tennessee.
 
Wells, who picked up his fourth All-American nod on Monday, adds the Academic All-District honor to his long list of personal accolades at Louisiana Tech. The Katy, Texas native was named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll in May.
 
Wells earned both his undergraduate degree in supply chain management and his master's in business administration from Louisiana Tech. Tech's all-time hits leader graduated with a cumulative GPA of 3.55 while completing his MBA.
 
LA Tech's starting third baseman broke his own single-season hits record with 101 hits in 2021, becoming the first Bulldog to surpass the century mark in one season. Wells led Conference USA in batting average (.385), hits (101) and total bases (169) while posting a team-best OPS of 1.101. He strung together a 20-game hitting streak in 2021 en route to tallying a team-best 31 multi-hit games.  
 
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