SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Slippery Rock University seniors Vince Lloyd, Billy Messer and Jacob Oswalt were named Tuesday as members of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's Division II Preseason All-America Teams.

Lloyd (on left in picture above) was named to second-team honors, while Messer (center) and Oswalt (right) each earned third-team honors.

Lloyd, a native of New Brighton and graduate of Beaver Falls High School) led The Rock in wins with an 8-1 record and had a 3.19 earned run average last spring to earn second-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division and honorable mention NCBWA All-Atlantic Region honors. He struck out 58 and walked 24 in 53.2 innings pitched in 2009.

Messer, who hails from Slippery Rock and is a Slippery Rock Area High School graduate, is slated to be SRU's starting second baseman for a fourth consecutive season. He earned first-team All-PSAC-West, second-team American Baseball Coaches Association all-region and honorable mention NCBWA all-region honors in 2009. He was a second-team All-PSAC-West selection as a sophomore in 2008. The youngest son of Rock head coach Jeff Messer, he finished his junior season with a .344 batting average, 14 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 37 RBIs.

Oswalt is an outfielder-designated hitter from South Fork (Forest Hills High School). He earned second-team All-PSAC-West and honorable mention NCBWA all-region honors last spring after he batted .379 and had 15 doubles, one triple, five home runs and 43 RBIs as The Rock's starting left fielder.

The three Preseason All-America performers and their 2010 Rock teammates are scheduled to open their season with a three-game series Feb. 19-21 vs. Tiffin University at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. Click here to view the 2010 Rock schedule.

Click here to view the complete list of players named to the 2010 NCBWA Division II Preseason All-America Teams.

The NCBWA Division II Preseason All-America Team selection process was coordinated by SRU Sports Information Director Bob McComas, who serves as the Division II representative on the NCBWA board of directors.