Conference Carolinas
Brian Hand, Assistant Commissioner for External Relations
Faile is the second North Greenville baseball player in the last three years to collect the prestigious honor with Utah Jones named the Herff Jones Conference Carolinas Male Athlete of the Year in the 2018-19 academic year.
A unanimous first team All-America selection, Faile was also the unanimous NCAA Division II Southeast Region Player of the Year. Faile was tabbed as the Most Valuable Player in NCAA Division II by Perfect Game.
The Conference Carolinas Player of the Year and the Conference Carolinas Tournament Most Valuable Player, Faile hit .438 for the Crusaders in 2021 with 23 homers and 78 RBIs.
The redshirt sophomore from Boiling Springs, South Carolina also had 11 doubles and a triple on the year, scoring 59 runs while compiling an .899 slugging percentage and .512 on-base percentage. The Southeast Region Player of the Year had 78 hits on the season.
Herff Jones Conference Carolinas Male Athlete of the Year Winners
2020-21 John Michael Faile, North Greenville
2019-20 Jordan Floyd, King
2018-19 Utah Jones, North Greenville
2017-18 Adam Craig, Mount Olive
2016-17 Kevin Reisman, Limestone
2015-16 Mike Messenger, Limestone
2014-15 Kevin Reisman, Limestone
2013-14 Bradon Reitano, Mount Olive
2012-13 Riley Loewen, Limestone
2011-12 Jake Ternosky, Limestone
2010-11 Carter Capps, Mount Olive
2009-10 Bryan Fogle, Erskine
2008-09 Michael Crouch, Queens
2007-08 Jason Sherrer, Mount Olive
2006-07 Anthony Atkinson, Barton
2005-06 Brock Godwin, Barton
2004-05 Casey Smith, Erskine
2003-04 Spencer Ross, Queens
2002-03 Andrew McArthur, Pfeiffer
2001-02 Ben Case, Pfeiffer
2000-01 Colin Ducharme, Longwood
1999-00 Nem Sovic, Pfeiffer
1998-99 Todd Bailess, Barton
1997-98 Soce Faye, Queens
1996-97 Dan Shanks, Coker
1995-96 Brett Speight, High Point