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www.baseballamerica.com Contact: Teddy Cahill, (919) 213-7928 [email protected], FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2017 COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR BRENDAN McKAY LEADS BASEBALL AMERICA'S 2017 ALL-AMERICA TEAM DURHAM, N.C.— Louisville first baseman/lefthander Brendan McKay is Baseball America’s 2017 College Player of the Year. McKay, a Preseason All-American, is hitting .356/.476/.683 with 17 home runs and is 9-3, 2.31 with 131 strikeouts in 97. 1 innings this spring, helping lead the Cardinals to their third straight appearance in super regionals. The junior is a three-time first-team All-American and projected to be a top-five pick when the draft begins Monday. McKay is one of five players who were voted first-team Preseason All-Americans by MLB scouting directors to also be named to the first team after the season. North Carolina righthander J.B. Bukauskas, Missouri State third baseman Jake Burger, UC Irvine DH Keston Hiura and Oregon State Nick Madrigal also earned that distinction. Two other first-team All- Americans were second-team Preseason All-Americans: Virginia’s Adam Haseley and Wake Forest’s Stuart Fairchild. In all, 13 players who made one of the Preseason All-America teams are again honored on the postseason teams. McKay is the only player to repeat as a first-team All-American this year, earning the same utility position nod he earned in 2015 and 2016. He also was also named Baseball America Freshman of the Year in 2015. Burger and Haseley are the only other players to repeat as All-Americans this season. Both earned third-team honors last year. Oregon State and North Carolina, the top two national seeds in the NCAA Tournament, led the way with three first-team selections each. Joining Madrigal on the first team are starters Luke Heimlich and Jake Thompson. Bukauskas is joined by closer Josh Hiatt and shortstop Logan Warmoth. Louisville and Kentucky also had three All-Americans across the three teams. Six schools -- Florida, Louisiana State, Missouri State, Southern Mississippi, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest – had two players honored. In all, 34 schools are represented on the All-America teams. The Southeastern Conference led all conferences with 12 All-Americans. The Atlantic Coast Conference had 10 players on the three teams. The staff of Baseball America selected the All-America teams after the regionals. Stats are through June 5. 2017 ALL-AMERICA TEAMS Selected by Baseball America staff Teams were selected after regionals — Stats are through June 5. FIRST TEAM Pos. Name Year AVG OBP SLG AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB C David Banuelos, Long Beach State Jr. .297 .376 .484 192 31 57 7 29 17 42 5 1B Brent Rooker, Mississippi State R-Jr. .395 .498 .827 243 57 96 23 82 45 54 18 2B Nick Madrigal, Oregon State So. .380 .443 .537 216 49 82 4 34 21 13 15 3B Jake Burger, Missouri State Jr. .333 .448 .662 240 69 80 22 65 42 36 3 SS Logan Warmoth, North Carolina Jr. .336 .404 .554 271 60 91 10 49 28 47 18 OF Greg Deichmann, Louisiana State Jr. .322 .430 .614 233 49 75 19 69 47 51 5 OF Stuart Fairchild, Wake Forest Jr. .359 .438 .645 248 64 89 17 67 29 49 20 OF Adam Haseley, Virginia Jr. .390 .491 .659 223 68 87 14 56 44 21 10 DH Keston Hiura, UC Irvine Jr. .442 .567 .693 199 48 88 8 42 50 38 9 UT Brendan McKay, Louisville Jr. .356 .476 .683 202 54 72 17 56 45 35 2 Year W L ERA G CG SV IP H BB SO AVG SP J.B. Bukauskas, North Carolina Jr. 9 1 2.53 15 0 0 92.2 62 37 116 .188 SP Steven Gingery, Texas Tech So. 10 1 1.58 15 0 0 91.1 60 29 107 .186 SP Luke Heimlich, Oregon State Jr. 11 1 0.76 16 2 0 118.1 70 22 128 .172 SP Jake Thompson, Oregon State R-Jr. 13 0 1.30 17 1 0 110.2 69 34 106 .180 RP Josh Hiatt, North Carolina R-Fr. 4 2 1.90 32 0 13 52 31 20 64 .168 RP Wyatt Marks, Louisiana-Lafayette Jr. 2 1 2.28 30 0 7 59.1 29 25 100 .144 UT Brendan McKay, Louisville Jr. 9 3 2.31 15 0 0 97.1 61 33 131 .178 SECOND TEAM Pos. Name Year AVG OBP SLG AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB C Joey Morgan, Washington Jr. .324 .427 .500 182 28 59 5 45 30 35 1 1B Evan White, Kentucky Jr. .368 .450 .627 204 47 75 9 40 24 31 5 2B Braden Shewmake, Texas A&M Fr. .333 .377 .545 255 42 85 11 67 14 28 11 3B Drew Ellis, Louisville R-So. .362 .453 .695 213 52 77 17 55 37 37 6 SS Kevin Merrell, South Florida Jr. .384 .464 .569 216 48 83 7 38 29 31 19 OF Garrett McCain, Oklahoma State Jr. .388 .491 .549 224 53 87 4 43 29 33 19 OF Will Robertson, Davidson Sr. .336 .404 .648 244 58 82 18 44 19 29 4 OF Matt Wallner, Southern Mississippi Fr. .336 .463 .655 235 56 79 19 63 45 50 4 DH J.J. Matijevic, Arizona Jr. .383 .436 .633 240 57 92 10 65 23 38 9 UT Taylor Braley, Southern Mississippi Jr. .313 .461 .587 230 62 72 17 61 63 50 6 Year W L ERA G CG SV IP H BB SO AVG SP Cory Abbott, Loyola Marymount Jr. 11 2 1.74 15 2 0 98.1 61 28 130 .173 SP Alex Faedo, Florida Jr. 7 2 2.80 15 0 0 96.1 81 32 113 .225 SP Alex Lange, Louisiana State Jr. 9 5 2.87 16 4 0 103.1 94 34 124 .240 SP Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt Jr. 5 5 2.98 15 1 0 96.2 74 28 113 .210 RP Lincoln Henzman, Louisville Jr. 3 0 1.30 24 0 16 34.2 17 8 35 .147 RP Colton Hock, Stanford Jr. 6 1 2.08 27 0 16 47.2 36 11 35 .211 UT Taylor Braley, Southern Mississippi Jr. 7 2 3.40 14 0 0 82 81 22 78 .263 THIRD TEAM Pos. Name Year AVG OBP SLG AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB C Daulton Varsho, Wisc.-Milwaukee Jr. .362 .490 .643 199 47 72 11 39 46 39 10 1B Gavin Sheets, Wake Forest Jr. .322 .429 .634 227 55 73 20 81 44 33 1 2B Riley Mahan, Kentucky Jr. .339 .396 .626 254 56 86 15 67 22 52 9 3B Jake Scheiner, Houston Jr. .346 .432 .667 243 50 84 18 64 27 41 8 SS Jeremy Eierman, Missouri State So. .312 .430 .671 237 66 74 22 67 39 57 15 OF D.J. Artis, Liberty So. .359 .532 .552 181 58 65 6 45 62 30 23 OF Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt Jr. .312 .379 .569 253 58 79 15 52 24 71 19 OF Tristan Pompey, Kentucky So. .368 .471 .554 258 70 95 10 44 45 54 9 DH Jake Adams, Iowa Jr. .335 .417 .747 245 55 82 29 72 29 57 5 UT Jake Meyers, Nebraska Jr. .297 .439 .349 195 52 58 1 16 39 31 20 Year W L ERA G CG SV IP H BB SO AVG SP Griffin Canning, UCLA Jr. 7 4 2.34 17 4 0 119 93 32 140 .213 SP David Peterson, Oregon Jr. 11 4 2.51 15 1 0 100.1 88 15 140 .237 SP Tyler Holton, Florida State So. 10 2 2.22 16 2 0 105.1 63 25 132 .166 SP Casey Mize, Auburn So. 8 2 2.04 13 2 0 83.2 66 9 109 .210 RP Michael Byrne, Florida So. 2 4 1.69 31 0 16 58.2 46 10 66 .215 RP Nate Harris, Louisiana Tech Sr. 9 1 2.31 22 3 8 93.2 79 11 94 .226 UT Jake Meyers, Nebraska Jr. 8 2 3.42 14 1 0 84.1 86 9 57 .265 .