BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Ellis Lowe of Campbell University has been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-South Region second team. The second baseman from San Marcos, Calif., batted .404 and led the Atlantic Sun Conference with 69 runs scored during the 2009 season.

A second-team All-Atlantic Sun Conference selection, the sophomore ranked third among A-Sun leaders with a .404 batting average and 90 hits. He was tied for fifth with eight triples, ranked sixth in RBI (62), seventh in stolen bases (16) and ninth in on-base percentage (.456).

In addition, Lowe hit career highs for doubles (14) and home runs (5) and slugging percentage (.561), while starting all 51 games for the Camels. He ranked 18th in the country in runs scored per game (1.35). In addition, he earned A-Sun All-Academic team honors.

Lowe helped Campbell again rank among the nation's most potent offenses during 2009. At the end of the regular season, the Fighting Camels stood among the nation's top-10 teams in nine different categories and posted the program's first winning record (27-24) since 2001.

Campbell's non-conference victories included a 12-8 triumph at 19th-ranked East Carolina, plus back-to-back wins on the road (7-4) and at home (16-7) over N.C. State in early May.

The Camels broke the school record for stolen bases in a year (117) set by the 2008 team. With 117 thefts in 51 games, the Camels not only led the Atlantic Sun Conference, but ranked eighth among all 288 Division I members. In fact, Campbell swiped more bags than any other A-Sun school attempted.

CU led the nation in times hit by a pitch as a team (123) and for an individual (Chris Bangi with 30). The Camels also stood third nationally in runs scored per game (10.1), while ranking fourth in doubles per outing (2.78) with 142 two-baggers in 51 contests. CU's .346 team batting average rated 10th in the nation and was 26 points higher than its next-closest Atlantic Sun Conference foe at the end of the regular season.

In just two varsity seasons, the former San Marcos High School standout owns a .364 career batting average, which already ranks fifth among school Division I era (since 1978) leaders.

Lowe, who has played in all but one game during his career, is spending the summer playing with the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain League.

He is one of five Atlantic Sun Conference players to earn a place on the ABCA All-South Region squad. Catcher Jeremy Gillan of Jacksonville, outfielder Jeremy Cruz of Stetson and DH Zach Maxfield of Florida Gulf Coast were named to the first-team. Lowe was joined on the second unit by right-handed pitcher Chad Jenkins of Kennesaw State.