The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys placed five players on the 2005 All-Gulf South Conference baseball team in a vote by the league's head coaches.

They are senior first baseman Ryan White of Hot Springs, senior designated hitter and pitcher Nick Reeves of Nashville, senior outfielder Bradley Stewart of Horatio, sophomore outfielder Dario Colovic of Split, Croatia, and junior pitcher Dennis Jones of Conway.

White becomes a 3-time selection to the all-conference baseball team. He played in and started 49 games and finished the spring with a .325 batting average that included 53 hits, 10 doubles and 7 home runs.

White scored 32 runs, drove in 37 runs and had a .515 slugging percentage.

White set new school career records for hits (250), doubles (59) and total bases (381) and tied the walk mark with 110.

Reeves was the only players from either the West or East divisions who was selected to two different positions. He was the designated hitter choice, batting .333 with 42 hits, 9 doubles, 10 home runs, 42 RBIs and a .643 slugging percentage.

As a pitcher, he went 3-1 with a team-leading 2.70 ERA in 26 and two-thirds innings of work. He struck out 23 and gave up only 8 earned runs.

Stewart led the Wonder Boys in home runs with 14 and RBIs with 60. He batted .364 while finishing the spring with 56 hits, 10 doubles and 38 runs scored.

He concluded the season with a team-best .701 slugging percentage.

Colovic played in and started all 50 games this spring and had the highest batting average on the Tech team at .416. He scored a team-best 60 runs and had a team-high 77 hits, while knocking out 7 doubles, 4 triples, 1 home run and driving in 32 runs.

He had a .514 slugging average and led the team in stolen bases with 12.

Colovic's 77 hits established a new single season hit record at Tech.

Jones pitched 62 innings for the Wonder Boys and had a 6-2 record with a 4.50 ERA. He started 11 games during the season, struck out 22 and gave up 31 earned runs.

All five players played instrumental roles in Tech's 28-22 overall record and 17-7 second place finish in the West Division.

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