Forest City, N.C.----Wingate University junior left-hander Chris Nelson (Greenville, N.C.) has been named to the 2010 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference All-Tournament team, league officials announced Monday.

In Wingate’s tough 4-0 elimination loss to Mars Hill, Nelson allowed two runs on three hits in seven innings of work. He struck out four and walked four.

Nelson is 4-1 overall on the season with a 4.12 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 54 2/3 innings of work. His ERA ranks in the SAC top 10, while his .212 opponents’ batting average leads the league.

The Bulldogs finished the 2010 season 29-19 overall and 19-5 in the SAC. Wingate won its first regular season title since 2000, while the 19 conference regular season victories are the second most in the team’s NCAA history (1990-present). The Bulldogs were the number one seed in the 2010 Food Lion SAC tournament.

WINGATE UNIVERSITY

Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a private four-year co-educational institution of 2,159 students offering active learning opportunities through personalized instruction, world travel, career discovery and community service.

Wingate offers more than 40 undergraduate majors in arts and sciences, business, communication, education, fine arts, music and sport sciences. It also offers graduate degrees in business, education, physician assistant studies and sport administration. In addition, the school awards the doctor of pharmacy and the doctor of education degrees.

Bulldog student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past three years.

Wingate University is ranked number three among NCAA Division II Academic All-America® producing schools in the 2000’s with 34 honorees during this millennium. Only Pittsburg State (Kan.) University and Truman State (Mo.) University have produced more Academic All-America® honorees during this time period. Wingate’s 43 Academic All-America® honorees (lifetime) is tops among all SAC schools.