BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – To cap the 2013 baseball regular season, Arkansas-Pine Bluff junior shortstop Isias Alcantar headlines this year's post season honors as the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

“I don't think I would have received this award if it wasn't for my teammates. I think from day one our mission as a team was to compete for a SWAC championship”, said Alcantar.

Alcantar played in 51 games leading UAPB with a .346 batting average while finishing fourth in the SWAC. He ranked first in the SWAC in hits (68), total bases (96), at bats (198), and batting average facing two outs (.459). He also led the Golden Lions in slugging percentage (.485) and RBI (38).

 “This was never a goal I set out to accomplish for me, I try to do whatever it takes to win; if that means getting a hit, making a play, sacrificing a hit to move a guy over whatever it takes for my team to win is all I set out to do every time I play.”