Sam Houston State defeated Central Arkansas 4-0 to win its second consecutive regular-season title and become the top seed in the next week’s Southland Conference tournament, which begins Wednesday at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas.

Stephen F. Austin shortstop Hunter Dozier was named a semifinalist for the 2013 Dick Howser Trophy, presented by Easton Foundations, in an announcement made by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Thursday.

Sam Houston State clinched no worse than a share of its second consecutive Southland Conference regular-season championship with a 7-3 win Thursday over Central Arkansas.

There were only three Southland Conference teams in action Tuesday night, electing for one more mid-week game in the final week of the regular season. Central Arkansas routed Tennessee-Martin 16-4. In other action, Oral Roberts came up short at No. 24 Mississippi State, 3-2, and Northwestern State fell 7-2 at Louisiana Tech.

Here is a complete list of the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament Champions.

The Southland Conference’s “Southland Strong” campaign is among the winners of the 2013 Communicator Awards, as announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts last week. The league received the Silver Award of Distinction in the non-profit video category.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi outfielder Eric Weiss was named Southland Conference Hitter of the Week while Sam Houston State left-hander Caleb Smith was named Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday.

McNeese State earned a clutch series win over Oral Roberts with a 5-1 win Sunday to stay one game ahead of Nicholls State for eighth place in the conference standings.

Sam Houston State ran its win streak to 10 games and maintained its position at the top of the Southland Conference standings thanks to a 4-1 win at Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday in the first game of that series.

McNeese State won 3-1 at Oral Roberts to snap the Golden Eagles’ six-game win streak thanks to a two-run home run by Jackson Gooch in the top of the ninth inning.