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The Voice Of Amateur Baseball Collegiate Post Office: P.O. Box 50566, Tucson, AZ 85703 Overnight Shipping: 2515 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705 Main Telephone: (520) 623-4530 FAX Line: (520) 624-5501 Baseball E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.baseballnews.com Contact: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Office: (520) 623-4530 For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 31, 2012 All-Americans TUCSON, Ariz. — The Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year were announced today by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. The 17-man first team, chosen by performances up to regional playoffs and picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features 10 conference players or pitchers of the year, including: • RHP Nick Petree, Missouri St. (Pitcher of Year Missouri Valley Conference). • RHP Chris Stratton, Mississippi St. (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference). • LHP Carlos Rodon, N.C. State (Pitcher of Year Atlantic Coast Conference). • LHP Andrew Heaney, Oklahoma St. (Pitcher of Year Big 12 Conference). • 1B Goose Kallunki, Utah Valley (Player of Year Great West Conference). • 3B D.J. Peterson, New Mexico (Co-Player of Year Mountain West Conference). • SS Alex Mejia, Arizona (Player of Year Pacific-12 Conference). • OF Raph Rhymes, Louisiana St. (Player of Year Southeastern Conference). • OF James Ramsey, Florida St. (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference). • OF Danny Poma, Hofstra (Player of Year Colonial Conference). RHP Nick Petree of Missouri St., Collegiate Baseball's National Player of The Year, posted one of the most dominant seasons in NCAA Division I history as he compiled 73 straight innings over 12 games without giving up an earned run (March 2-May 17). If that wasn't enough, Petree had the lowest ERA of starting pitchers in the nation at 0.92 over 15 appearances (107 1/3 innings) with 109 strikeouts and 34 walks. The first team features six starting pitchers who posted a combined 57-8 record with an ERA of 1.90. The first team offense features remarkable power, line drive hitters and batters who hit for high averages. OF Danny Poma of Hofstra hit 32 doubles to lead first teamers while Raph Rhymes of Louisiana St. has the highest batting average at .459. This marks the 16th year that Louisville Slugger has sponsored the Division I All-Americans. The following are the first, second and third team Louisville Slugger All-Americans for 2012. (MORE) All-Americans First Team As chosen by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP•• Nick Petree Missouri St. 10 3 0.92 15 15 2 0 107.3 79 34 109 RHP Chris Stratton Mississippi St. 11 1 2.21 16 11 1 1 102.0 78 21 123 RHP Mark Appel Stanford 9 1 2.37 14 14 4 0 110.0 88 24 116 LHP Carlos Rodon N.C. State 9 0 1.46 15 14 2 0 105.0 66 36 126 LHP Andrew Heaney Oklahoma St. 8 2 1.60 15 15 6 0 118.3 74 22 140 RHP Kevin Gausman Louisiana St. 10 1 2.84 15 15 2 0 107.6 93 24 125 Relief Michael Morin North Carolina 6 3 0.83 34 0 0 17 54.3 33 17 48 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Mike Zunino Florida .323 220 46 71 27 0 16 55 26 42 9 1B Goose Kallunki Utah Valley .419 229 61 96 16 1 18 86 27 29 1 2B Alex Yarbrough Mississippi .389 234 39 91 17 2 3 41 19 22 4 3B D.J. Peterson New Mexico .418 237 55 99 21 3 16 76 32 27 1 SS Alex Mejia Arizona .357 227 47 81 10 5 3 46 10 19 4 OF Raph Rhymes Louisiana St. .459 209 41 96 11 0 3 50 20 12 2 OF James Ramsey Florida St. .382 199 69 76 10 6 12 49 53 37 9 OF Danny Poma Hofstra .430 237 78 102 32 0 7 48 22 16 29 DH Nick Backlund Mercer .381 223 51 85 16 0 16 58 33 37 3 UT Michael Lorenzen Cal. St. Fullerton Hitting: (.303, 20 2B, 3 3B, 39 RBI, 14 SB) Pitching: (16 SV, 1.23 ERA, 17 K) Second Team Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Kurt Heyer Arizona 11 2 2.03 15 15 6 0 119.6 115 20 91 RHP Alex Keudell Oregon 10 4 2.12 16 15 3 0 110.3 90 26 65 LHP Josh Turley Baylor 9 0 1.64 14 14 2 0 93.3 78 18 67 RHP Matthew Reckling Rice 8 2 2.90 16 14 2 0 83.6 53 34 97 RHP Chris Rowley Army 11 0 1.97 14 14 6 0 91.3 59 17 76 RHP Trevor Williams Arizona St. 11 2 1.86 15 14 2 0 101.6 80 11 55 RHP Brady Rodgers Arizona St. 10 2 2.36 14 14 3 0 106.6 89 15 75 RHP Marcus Stroman Duke 6 5 2.39 14 14 1 0 98.0 83 26 136 LHP Dave Starn Kent St. 10 3 1.77 16 15 0 0 101.6 76 37 112 RHP Michael Wacha Texas A&M 8 1 2.21 15 15 2 0 106.0 90 17 107 RHP Ross Stripling Texas A&M 10 3 2.90 15 15 5 0 118.0 94 16 110 Relief Travis Parker St. Louis 3 1 0.00 27 0 0 12 36.6 19 13 32 Relief Stefan Lopez S.E. Louisiana 2 1 0.61 28 0 0 20 29.3 19 5 42 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Mitchell Garver New Mexico .391 256 68 100 27 3 10 57 24 27 6 C Kevin Plawecki Purdue .365 211 51 77 20 2 7 45 26 8 3 1B Jayce Boyd Florida St. .395 220 40 87 20 0 3 55 31 22 8 1B George Roberts Kent St. .368 223 42 82 18 1 7 57 16 44 2 2B Devon Travis Florida St. .316 231 53 73 22 0 5 34 23 37 7 3B Trenton Moses S.E. Missouri .416 209 58 87 16 1 19 61 41 36 3 SS Chris Diaz N.C. State .364 231 48 84 23 2 1 50 15 33 7 OF Brandon Miller Samford .299 234 54 70 15 0 22 63 34 49 1 OF Mitch Haniger Cal Poly .346 211 48 73 18 1 13 64 36 32 6 OF Travis Jankowski Stony Brook .411 219 66 90 16 9 4 40 20 16 34 UT Brian Johnson Florida Hitting: (.318, 5 HR, 12 2B, 39 RBI) Pitching: (7-4, 3.67 ERA, 64 K, 15 BB) •• National Player Of The Year (Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals) (MORE) Third Team Third Pitchers Team PitchersPos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO PosRHP Player Preston MorrisonSchool Texas Christian W9 L 1 ERA 1.73 19G GS 8 CG 1 SV 1 98.6IP 71H BB 8 SO 64 RHP Preston Trent Blank Morrison Texas Baylor Christian 109 1 1.73 2.07 19 16 148 1 1 0 98.6 91.3 71 75 228 64 50 RHP Trent Dylan Blank Floro Baylor Cal. St. Fullerton 10 31 2.522.07 16 14 31 0 107.391.3 10175 22 11 50 68 RHP Dylan Jacob FloroLee Cal. Arkansas St. Fullerton St. 109 13 2.52 2.77 16 14 16 3 1 0 107.3 97.3 101 83 3611 68 86 RHP Jacob Justin AmlungLee Arkansas Louisville St. 89 41 2.362.77 1516 16 15 01 0 103.097.3 83 77 36 23 10086 RHP Justin Pat Light Amlung Louisville Monmouth 8 4 3 2.36 2.40 15 14 15 14 0 4 0 103.0 101.3 77 84 23 16 100 102 RHPLHP Pat Kent Light Emanuel Monmouth North Carolina 8 43 2.032.40 1614 1514 04 0 102.0101.3 84 86 16 22 102 99 LHP Kent Emanuel North Carolina 8 4 2.03 16 15 0 0 102.0 86 22 99 RHP Josh Martin Samford 12 1 2.96 16 16 1 0 103.3 104 30 90 RHP Josh Martin Samford 12 1 2.96 16 16 1 0 103.3 104 30 90 RHP Tyler Johnson Stony Brook 9 1 1.78 12 12 4 0 76.0 66 15 39 RHP Tyler Johnson Stony Brook 9 1 1.78 12 12 4 0 76.0 66 15 39 RHP Travis Ballew Texas St. 11 4 2.73 16 15 4 0 102.3 91 29 119 Relief Michael Wagner San Diego 5 1 2.50 30 1 0 19 54.0 52 17 48 Relief Robbie Powell Stetson 1 1 2.05 30 0 0 18 44.0 36 15 46 Relief Jimmie Sherfy Oregon 4 2 2.29 31 0 0 17 55.0 33 31 84 Relief Aaron Burke Coastal Carolina 10 5 1.18 34 0 0 7 76.3 63 23 38 Relief Scott Griggs UCLA 3 1 2.27 34 0 0 15 35.6 19 31 61 Relief Robert Benincasa Florida St.