14 • Friday, June 13, 2008 • Technique SPORTS McDowell from page 16 surpassing the mark for most singles sports wins in a season at Tech of 43 wins, held previously by Kristi Miller in shorts her first season at Tech. McDowell defeated Auburn’s Fani Chifchieva Dietrich, McGuire 6-3, 6-2 on May 25, which put her into the championship match for receive honors the national title against Baylor’s Zemenova the next day. Derek Dietrich and Deck McGuire Zemenova won the NCAA were honored as freshman. Dietrich Singles title as a freshman in 2005 was named the Pro-Line Athletic and lost to the eventual champion National Collegiate Baseball Writers in 2006 and 2007. She reached the Association Freshman Hitter of the title match with a victory over the Year. Dietrich started 62 games at top-seeded Arkansas’s Aurelija Mise- shortstop for the Jackets and led the Eight players picked in team with 66 RBIs. viciute. McDowell completed her run through the championship by taking Collegiate Baseball also honored the victory over Zemenova. Dietrich as well as teammate Deck “It’s part of the game-plan not McGuire. Both were named to the Freshman All-America team. to allow [Zemenova] to control the amateur baseball draftBy Colin Ake/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS court with her forehand. I thought McGuire led the Jackets with an Right: Charlie Blackmon, in his first season as a position player, hit .396 with 99 hits and was picked in 8-1 record and had a 3.46 ERA in Amanda did a great job of neu- the second round in the amateur baseball draft. Left: David Duncan was selected in the fifth round. tralizing her first serves when she 78 innings. The two are among the 15 Tech players named freshman directed the balls to her backhand By Akshay Amaraneni drafted junior Chris Hicks in the 33rd round. Murton, was selected by strong, which gave her the upper Sports Editor 14th round. Hicks started the season the Arizona Diamondbacks. Murton All-Americans. hand in the point,” said head coach as the Jackets closer. He finished the had the second highest OPS on the Brian Shelton. Charlie Blackmon became season with an 8.67 ERA and an 0-3 team at 1.023. He finished second Talisa Kellogg McDowell finished her sopho- the latest Tech pitcher-converted record, but did have 23 strikeouts in on the team in RBIs (51), slugging, more year with a 45-8 singles record position player to make a name for 27 innings to go against 14 walks, (.621). Murton did add 12 home wins Bronze on US and earned 84 singles victories in her himself with the bat. Ninety-nine showing good control. runs and led the team in doubles first two years. hits later, Blackmon was rewarded with 25. volleyball team “It’s one of the most rewarding as a second round draft choice of Brad Rulon was selected in the moments of my life. I don’t think I’ve the Colorado Rockies. Blackmon, a “Blackmon, a draft for the first time after taking Rising senior Talisa Kellogg helped ever felt so happy and exhausted at junior and first year position player, junior and first year over the closer’s role towards the the USA A2 team win a Bronze medal the same time,” McDowell said. made the All-ACC second team as later part of the season. Rulon was at the USA Adult Open Champion- On June 5th, both Miller and well as the All-tournament team position player...hit picked by the New York Yankees in ships. The USA A2 Red team won McDowell earned spots on the six- at the NCAA regional in Athens. .396 with a 1.033 the 34th round. Rulon finished the the gold medal over the University of person USTA Summer Collegiate Blackmon hit .396 with a 1.033 season with a team best 9.92 strike- Washington’s Collegiate team at the Team, an elite training program for OPS, both team leading. He also OPS, both team outs per nine innings, eighth best Georgia World Congress Center. the top American collegiate tennis led the team in hits (99), runs (68) leading. He also led in Tech history. The right-hander The blue team had several standout players. On June 10th, McDowell and stolen bases (25). struck out 42 in 34.2 innings and collegiate players including Kellogg, has been chosen the nation’s top David Duncan was the next the team in hits walked just 20. Maria Taylor of UGA, Kelsey Bow- collegiate female tennis player Jacket selected as the Houston Astros (99).” Eddie Burns was the final Jacket ers and Kristy Jaeckel of Florida for 2008 thereby earning her the made him the 152nd overall pick in selected in the 39th round by the and Elena Martinez and Brittnee Honda Sports Award, given annu- the fifth round. The Friday starter Cleveland Indians. Burns went Cooper of LSU were among the ally to the top women athletes in 12 led the Jackets in strikeouts (74), Seeing Jason Haniger in the 19th 7-5 and had 55 strikeouts and just players from the southeast. Jerritt NCAA-sanctioned sports, with an innings pitched (96.1) and had just round, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected 24 walks. Elliot of Texas was the head coach automatic nomination for the Col- a .268 batting average against. him with the 564th overall pick. The Jackets during Danny Hall’s of the blue team and Cathy George legiate Women Athlete of the Year. Blackmon and Duncan were the Haniger hit .329 with 10 home runes tenure have had 72 players sign of Michigan State coached the red McDowell joins Miller as the only only two Jackets selected on the first and led the team with a .638 slugging professional baseball contracts, team. Ben Bodipo-Memba, one of two Tech players in history to win day. 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Blackmon provided a On Saturday, the Jackets became Tech came into the final game as crucial single with the bases loaded eligible for the regional champion- the only team in the regional to to drive in a run. ship when they advanced with a win not have a defensive error, but that David Duncan kept the opponent against Lipscomb. Brad Feltes guided voted to Hall of Fame changed quickly. scoreless for the first five innings the Jackets to a win with a two-out By Akshay Amaraneni product from Marietta, was a consen- “It seemed like, defensively, we while only allowing four hits. The double in the eighth. Sports Editor sus All-America pick in 1997. Fischer just kept breaking down, inning starter was relieved of his duties “I was trying to take the first pitch, was also a first team All-ACC pick in after inning. We didn’t pick the ball after giving up the lead in the sixth. get a good look at [Tognazzi], find Tech elected five former athletes both 1996 and 1997. Fisher won the up, didn’t catch it, didn’t throw it. Andrew Robinson entered to put a out how he was throwing and what and a coach to their Hall of Fame ACC batting title as a sophomore, I honestly thought we had seven stop to the opponents’ scoring. angles he was throwing at…I didn’t for the 2008 class. Among them hitting .400 over for the season. errors, I think they missed one “I’m proud of our bullpen to- want to get too far down in the count are former basketball standout and Fischer finished fifth on the all-time somewhere,” Hall said. night…Robinson and Rulon did a and he threw me a pitch I was able to current Utah Jazz forward Matt home run list with 24. Tech played in the NCAA Tour- great job of dealing with [adversity]. hit in the gap,” said Brad Feltes, the Harpring.