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 Tucson, AZ 85745 For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 31, 2018 Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I All-Americans TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year were announced today. The 17-man first team, chosen by performances up to regional playoffs and picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features 12 conference players or pitchers of the year, including: • RHP Logan Gilbert, Stetson (Pitcher of Year Atlantic Sun Conference). • RHP Nick Sandlin, Southern Mississippi (Pitcher of Year Conference USA). • RHP Brady Singer, Florida (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference). • RHP Joey Murray, Kent State (Pitcher of Year Mid-American Conference). • Relief Brooks Wilson, Stetson (Player of Year Atlantic Sun Conference). • C Joey Bart, Georgia Tech. (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference). • 1B Bren Spillane, Illinois (Player of Year Big Ten Conference). • 2B Kody Clemens, Texas (Player of Year Big 12 Conference). • 3B Luke Reynolds, Southern Mississippi (Player of Year Conference USA). • OF Devlin Granberg, Dallas Baptist (Player of Year Missouri Valley Conference). • DH Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee Tech. (Player of Year Ohio Valley Conference). • UT Jordan Qsar, Pepperdine (Player of Year West Coast Conference). Bren Spillane of Illinois is Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of The Year (.389, 23 HR, 17 2B, 60 RBI, 16 SB). He leads the nation in slugging percentage (.903), On-Base Plus Slugging percentage (1.401), home runs per game (0.46) and weighted on-base average (.569). Spillane is the first NCAA Div. I player since 2009 to have a slugging percentage over .900. He is No. 2 in Big Ten history in season slugging percentage behind Darrin Fletcher of Illinois in 1987 (.913). The first team features the nation’s leaders in several categories, including: Luke Heimlich, Oregon State (14 wins), Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee Tech. (102 hits, 179 total bases), Gage Canning, Arizona State (11 triples), Luke Reynolds, Southern Mississippi (.562 on-base percentage, 63 walks), Nick Sand- lin, Southern Mississippi (1.13 ERA, 0.69 WHIP), Brooks Wilson, Stetson (20 saves) and Joey Murray, Kent State (4.47 hits allowed per nine innings). The following are the first, second and third team Collegiate Baseball All-Americans for 2018. (MORE) Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I All-Amercans FIRST TEAM As chosen by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO LHP Luke Heimlich Oregon State 14 1 2.49 16 15 0 0 104.6 78 21 139 RHP Logan Gilbert Stetson 10 1 2.52 14 14 0 0 100.0 60 20 143 RHP Nick Sandlin Southern Mississippi 9 0 1.13 14 14 3 0 95.3 51 15 134 RHP Brady Singer Florida 10 1 2.25 13 13 1 0 88.0 59 18 92 RHP Joey Murray Kent State 9 1 1.71 15 15 1 0 94.6 47 38 139 LHP Mason Feole Connecticut 9 1 2.50 15 15 1 0 93.6 75 47 114 Relief Brooks Wilson Stetson 6 0 2.13 31 0 0 20 55.0 40 19 68 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Joey Bart Georgia Tech. .359 220 55 79 12 0 16 38 41 56 3 1B •• Bren Spillane Illinois .389 175 57 68 17 2 23 60 36 57 16 2B Kody Clemens Texas .341 217 53 74 12 3 19 61 34 41 4 3B Luke Reynolds Southern Mississippi .400 205 69 82 20 1 15 60 63 52 8 SS Nick Grande Stony Brook .377 207 59 78 18 1 6 28 28 43 32 OF Gage Canning Arizona State .369 236 47 87 17 11 9 45 24 54 8 OF Seth Beer Clemson .316 209 60 66 11 0 20 52 52 31 1 OF Devlin Granberg Dallas Baptist .426 235 65 100 16 2 11 65 50 41 23 DH Kevin Strohschein Tennessee Tech. .406 251 65 102 17 3 18 65 27 23 1 UT Jordan Qsar Pepperdine Hitting: (.273, 12 HR, 11 2B, 54 H, 60 RBI) Pitching: (7 SV, 17 AP, 3.44 ERA) SECOND TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Casey Mize Auburn 9 5 3.07 15 15 3 0 102.6 73 10 140 RHP Colton Eastman Cal. St. Fullerton 9 3 2.26 15 15 1 0 103.6 73 26 108 RHP Patrick Fredrickson Minnesota 9 0 1.78 17 13 0 0 86.0 60 19 63 RHP Miller Hogan St. Louis 10 3 2.19 15 15 2 0 102.6 73 12 129 RHP Sean Mooney St. John’s 11 2 2.52 15 15 0 0 89.3 69 25 100 LHP Drew Parrish Florida State 5 0 2.47 15 15 1 0 98.3 67 35 121 LHP Colten Schmidt Louisiana-Lafayette 7 0 2.45 16 15 1 0 106.3 83 9 90 LHP Jonathan Groff New Mexico State 11 2 2.49 16 15 2 0 97.6 95 29 84 LHP Brian Brown N.C. State 6 2 2.71 15 15 1 0 89.6 75 26 90 RHP Jake Irvin Oklahoma 6 2 2.85 15 15 0 0 91.6 68 24 109 RHP Ricky DeVito Seton Hall 6 3 1.88 12 12 0 0 62.3 42 22 67 LHP Ken Waldichuk St. Mary’s 8 4 2.05 14 14 0 0 92.3 68 21 118 RHP Travis Moths Tennessee Tech. 13 2 3.74 16 15 0 0 89.0 87 33 93 RHP Matt Frisbee N.C. Greensboro 10 2 3.45 15 15 1 0 91.3 86 23 116 LHP Sean Mellen Northeastern 10 3 2.28 14 13 0 0 79.0 49 37 81 Relief Michael Byrne Florida 2 1 1.99 29 0 0 13 45.3 33 4 46 Relief Jack Little Stanford 3 0 0.66 23 0 0 15 41.0 24 7 54 Relief Seth Kinker Ohio State 6 1 1.49 28 0 0 15 60.3 47 5 59 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Cal Raleigh Florida State .335 215 43 72 16 1 13 52 51 39 2 C Shea Langeliers Baylor .247 215 46 53 17 2 10 43 34 43 4 C Tyler Cropley Iowa .342 199 43 68 20 0 9 50 30 20 4 1B Andrew Vaughn California .402 199 59 80 14 0 23 63 44 18 4 1B Cole Cottam Kentucky .352 219 54 77 12 0 19 50 31 49 4 1B Spencer Torkelson Arizona State .320 206 59 66 12 0 25 53 38 44 4 2B Chase Strumpf UCLA .357 207 53 74 18 1 12 52 44 50 2 2B Zach Biggers Navy .343 213 43 73 20 3 1 32 19 28 3 3B Jonathan India Florida .362 188 57 68 11 3 17 42 47 47 11 3B Josh Jung Texas Tech. .381 226 63 86 16 6 11 73 33 29 4 •• National Player Of The Year (Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals) SS Greg Cullen Niagara .458 177 51 81 17 3 4 42 38 22 13 SS Will Wilson N.C. State .303 221 47 67 15 3 14 50 27 39 1 OF Joey Denison Troy .387 230 60 89 24 3 6 74 28 27 19 OF Bryant Packard East Carolina .403 206 47 83 15 0 14 50 19 42 5 OF Trevor Larnach Oregon State .324 204 52 66 13 0 17 64 40 50 3 UT Matt Lloyd Indiana Hitting: (.275, 8 HR, 13 2B, 38 RBI) Pitching: (4-2, 6 SV, 1.23 ERA, 21 K) THIRD TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Ryan Tapani Creighton 10 1 2.38 14 14 1 0 94.6 83 25 95 RHP Blaine Knight Arkansas 10 0 2.78 15 15 0 0 87.3 76 31 86 LHP J.P. Stevenson Canisius 10 1 2.54 16 15 1 0 95.6 62 21 92 LHP John Rooney Hofstra 8 2 1.23 13 13 3 0 95.0 51 27 108 RHP Trevor Conn Dallas Baptist 8 1 2.92 16 9 0 0 64.6 60 20 50 LHP Cody Bradford Baylor 7 5 2.38 13 13 2 0 90.6 77 26 86 Relief Chris Mauloni Jacksonville 3 2 2.53 28 0 0 20 32.0 23 11 48 Relief Max Meyer Minnesota 1 2 1.45 24 0 0 16 37.3 19 10 43 Relief Jake Mulholland Oregon State 1 2 2.50 25 0 0 14 36.0 26 7 33 Relief Ross Learnard Purdue 2 1 2.45 28 0 0 15 33.0 26 7 32 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Adley Rutschman Oregon State .391 197 44 77 16 3 6 63 44 30 1 C J.J.