Salisbury's baseball team, which won 35 games in a row this season on the way to its third consecutive CAC championship, was rewarded by the conference coaches with seven first-team all-stars, including co-Players of the Year Justin Armiger, Eric Willey, Rookie of the Year Dustin Herbert and Coach of the Year Doug Fleetwood. On the day CAC honors were announces, No. 4 Salisbury defeated Rhodes in its final home game of the 2008 regular season, 8-5 to set a new single-season record for the program (38 wins).

Armiger, the Sea Gulls' third baseman, and Willey, one of the leaders of the Salisbury pitching staff, are the third and fourth Salisbury players, respectively, to be named CAC Baseball Player of the Year.

Herbert, the second Salisbury player to be selected as CAC Rookie of the Year, along with three-time CAC all-star Ryan Bennick join Willey to give Salisbury three pitchers on the 11-player first team all-star squad. Fleetwood won his seventh CAC Coach of the Year award in eight seasons as the mentor of the Sea Gulls.