Ncbwa Announces 2018 Division I All-America Teams
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NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION (June 13, 2018) ncbwa.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Montoro (304-293-2821) NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2018 DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAMS MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – After two rounds of voting by the organization, 75 baseball student-athletes comprise the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s 21st Annual All-America first, second and third teams, as announced on Wednesday. Nineteen different conferences are represented and 11 conference championships teams. The three All-America squads are also made up of 14 conference players of the year, 10 conference pitchers of the year winners and 10 first-round draft picks in the recent Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. Members of this year’s team lead or are tied for the lead nationally in 18 different categories, including batting average (Greg Cullen, Niagara, .458), hits (Devlin Granberg, Dallas Baptist, 112), hits per game (Ryan Ward, Bryant, 1.80), runs (Matt Sanders, Troy, 90), runs per game (Sanders, 1.43), home runs (Spender Torkelson 25), home runs per game (Bren Spillane, Illinois, 0.46), on-base percentage (Cullen, .556), RBI (Chase Chambers, Tennessee Tech, 84), slugging percentage (Spillane, .903), total bases (Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee Tech, 184), hits allowed per nine innings (John Rooney, Hofstra, 4.83), strikeouts (Logan Gilbert, Stetson, 163), strikeout to walk ratio (Clayton Andrews, Long Beach State, 35.8), victories (Luke Heimlich, Oregon State, 16), ERA (Nick Sandlin, Southern Miss, 1.06), saves (Chris Mauloni, Jacksonville; Brooks Wilson, Stetson, 20) and WHIP (Sandlin, 0.71) Previous NCBWA All-America teams from 1996-2017 have featured the likes of P Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State, OF J.D. Drew of Florida State, 1B Mark Teixeira of Georgia Tech, RHP Mark Prior of Southern California, SS-2B Rickie Weeks of Southern, 3B Alex Gordon of Nebraska, P David Price of Vanderbilt, C Buster Posey of Florida State, 3B Anthony Rendon of Rice, C Mike Zunino of Florida, 3B Kris Bryant of San Diego, P-1B A.J. Reed from Kentucky; OF Andrew Benintendi from Arkansas, OF Seth Beer of Clemson and UTL Brendan McKay from Louisville among others. Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. For more information about the NCBWA, visit the association's official Web site, www.ncbwa.com. For more information on the NCAA Division I All-America team, contact NCBWA Associate Executive Director Mike Montoro of West Virginia University at 304-293-2821 -more- 2018 NCBWA Division I All-America Team FIRST TEAM (Statistics Through June 11) Pos. Name, School, Class Avg. G AB R H 2B-3B-HR RBIs BB SO SB/SBA C Joey Bart, Georgia Tech, Jr.* .359 57 220 55 79 12-0-16 38 41 56 3/3 1B Bren Spillane, Illinois, Jr.* .389 50 175 57 68 17-2-23 60 36 57 16/24 Andrew Vaughn, California, So.* .402 54 199 59 80 14-0-23 63 44 18 4/8 2B Kody Clemens, Texas, Jr.* .356 63 239 58 85 15-3-24 72 40 46 5/8 3B Jonathan India, Florida, Jr.* .354 64 212 63 75 12-3-20 48 56 53 12/14 SS Terrin Vavra, Minnesota, Jr. .386 58 223 55 86 13-4-10 59 30 22 8/9 OF Devlin Granberg, Dallas Baptist, Sr.* .443 63 253 72 112 17-2-13 70 52 42 26/27 OF Seth Beer, Clemson, Jr. .301 63 226 64 68 11-0-22 54 54 36 1/1 OF Trevor Larnach, Oregon State, Jr. .336 60 220 62 74 14-0-18 68 48 54 4/6 OF Bryant Packard, East Carolina, So.* .406 55 219 51 89 16-0-14 50 20 46 6/8 DH Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee Tech, Jr.* .375 65 283 69 106 18-3-18 67 30 44 1/3 UT Brooks Wilson, Stetson, Sr. * .299 53 187 32 56 16-2-3 35 35 43 9/11 6-0, 2.08 ERA, 32APP, 0GS, 0CG, 0/3SHO, 20SV, 56.1IP, 40H, 14R, 13ER, 19BB, 69K, .193OPPBA Pos. Name School W-L ERA APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO OPP BA SP Logan Gilbert, Stetson, Jr.^ 11-2 2.72 16 16 0 0/1 0 112.1 71 37 34 25 163 .179 SP Luke Heimlich, Oregon State, Sr.^ 16-1 2.32 18 17 0 0/2 0 120.1 91 37 31 25 151 .211 SP Casey Mize, Auburn, Jr. 10-6 3.30 17 17 3 1/1 0 114.2 84 43 42 16 156 .201 SP Nick Sandlin, Southern Miss, Jr.^ 10-0 1.06 15 15 3 3/3 0 102.1 55 15 12 18 144 .155 SP Brady Singer, Florida, Jr.^ 12-1 2.30 15 15 1 1/1 0 101.2 68 33 26 21 107 .187 SP Andre Pallante, UC Irvine, So. 10-1 1.60 15 15 0 0/2 0 101.1 77 24 18 30 115 .206 SP Blaine Knight, Arkansas, Jr. 12-0 2.84 17 17 0 0/1 0 101.1 85 36 32 23 92 .226 RP Michael Byrne, Florida, Jr. 3-1 1.59 34 0 0 0/2 15 56.2 41 11 10 5 60 .197 RP Nolan Hoffman, Texas A&M, Jr. 3-1 1.15 33 0 0 0/1 14 55.0 50 12 7 12 53 .238 RP Seth Kinker, Ohio State, Sr. 6-2 2.27 30 0 0 0/2 15 63.1 57 25 16 5 60 .238 RP Jack Little, Stanford, So. 3-0 0.60 25 0 0 0/2 16 45.1 26 5 3 8 58 .167 RP Chris Mauloni, Jacksonville, Fr. 3-2 2.97 29 0 0 0/0 20 33.1 27 11 11 12 48 .218 SECOND TEAM Pos. Name, School, Class Avg. G AB R H 2B-3B-HR RBIs BB SO SB/SBA C Alex Holderbach, Eastern Kentucky, Jr. .352 60 230 55 81 12-2-18 79 40 42 2/2 1B Chase Chambers, Tennessee Tech, Sr. .395 65 256 80 101 13-1-17 84 49 24 0/1 2B Nick Madrigal, Oregon State, Jr. .397 34 141 34 56 7-4-3 32 14 5 12/12 3B Luke Reynolds, Southern Miss, Jr.* .389 62 216 70 84 20-1-15 61 65 52 8/9 Josh Jung, Texas Tech, So . .390 62 249 68 97 17-6-12 78 39 31 4/10 SS Greg Cullen, Niagara, Jr.* .458 49 177 51 81 17-3-4 42 38 22 13/15 OF Matt Wallner, Southern Miss, So. .351 62 228 59 80 13-0-16 67 48 53 2/4 OF Grant Little, Texas Tech, So. .372 62 234 61 87 24-3-12 73 40 35 9/14 OF Steele Walker, Oklahoma, Jr. .352 54 216 48 76 14-1-13 53 31 48 7/10 OF Justin Dirden, Southeast Missouri State, Jr. .340 57 212 46 72 19-1-16 68 30 61 9/11 DH Drew Millas, Missouri State, So. .321 57 212 36 68 13-2-7 61 35 41 3/4 UT Clayton Andrews, Long Beach State, Jr. .302 57 215 35 65 6-5-0 26 25 6 13/19 7-7, 1.99 ERA, 15APP, 15GS, 1CG, 1/3SHO, 0SV 99.2IP, 78H, 27R, 22ER, 17BB, 118K, .215OPPBA Pos. Name School W-L ERA APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/Avg. SP Kyle Brnovich, Elon, So. 8-2 1.71 15 15 1 0/1 0 105.0 57 31 20 36 147 .159 SP Colton Eastman, Cal State Fullerton, Jr.^ 10-4 2.37 17 17 1 1/0 0 117.2 89 38 31 28 124 .209 SP Joey Murray, Kent State, Jr.^ 9-2 2.45 16 16 1 0/2 0 95.2 54 27 26 40 141 .164 SP Ryan Tapani, Creighton, Sr. 10-1 2.38 14 14 1 1/1 0 94.2 83 27 25 25 95 .233 SP Travis Moths, Tennessee Tech, Sr.^ 13-3 3.96 20 17 0 0/0 0 102.1 97 54 45 40 109 .252 SP Sean Mooney, St. John’s, So. 11-3 2.56 16 16 0 0/3 0 95.0 74 28 27 28 104 .211 SP Adam Wolfe, Louisville, Jr. 8-2 2.63 16 16 0 0/1 0 102.2 80 38 30 29 109 .213 RP Robert Broom, Mercer, Jr. 10-4 1.70 31 1 0 0/2 2 74.0 57 22 14 24 111 .209 RP Zach Schneider, Florida Atlantic, Jr. 7-1 2.61 24 1 0 0/1 15 31.0 30 13 9 14 21 .250 RP Ryley Gilliam, Clemson, Jr. 3-3 2.41 27 0 0 0/2 11 38.1 22 9 6 22 54 .165 RP Ethan DeCaster, Duke, Fr. 6-0 1.34 27 0 0 0/3 5 53.2 43 10 8 6 57 .217 RP Jake Hohensee, Nebraska, Sr. 1-0 1.05 19 0 0 0/0 13 25.2 12 3 3 6 28 .148 THIRD TEAM Pos. Name, School, Class Avg. G AB R H 2B-3B-HR RBIs BB SO SB/SB C Adley Rutschman, Oregon State, So. .386 59 220 48 85 19-3-7 70 46 36 1/3 JJ Schwarz, Florida, Sr. .325 55 203 50 66 16-2-12 46 28 53 4/7 1B Spencer Torkelson, Arizona State, Fr.# .320 55 206 59 66 12-0-25 53 38 44 4/6 2B Chase Strumpf, UCLA, So.