SAVANNAH, Ga.- The Savannah State baseball team picked up a post-season honor as the Tigers led Division I in stolen bases.

As a team, SSU base-runners stole 169 bases in 207 attempts.

The Tigers also led the nation in stolen bases per game with 3.31.

Individually, three Savannah State players were ranked in the top 20 in stolen bases per game.

Tristan Smith, a senior second baseman from Stone Mountain, GA, ranked 10th with .69; Dexter Kelly, a sophomore outfielder from Atlanta, GA, ranked 12th with .65; and David Washington, a senior outfielder from Bronx, New York, ranked 15th with .62.

In stolen bases, Kelly ranked 13th in stolen bases with 33 steals in 41 attempts; Smith ranked 17th with 31 steals in 32 attempts; and Washington ranked 36th with 26 steals in 32 attempts.

This summer, Kelly is playing with the Mohawk Valley Diamond Dawgs of the New York Collegiate Baseball League located in Little falls, NY while Washington signed a contract in April to play with the El Paso Diablos of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball located in El Paso, Texas.