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For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 1, 2017 Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I All-Americans TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Players 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 7 conference players or of the year, including: • RHP J.B. Bukauskas, North Carolina ( of Year Atlantic Coast Conference). • RHP Cory Abbott, Loyola Marymount (Pitcher of Year West Coast Conference). • LHP , Texas Tech. (Pitcher of Year Big 12 Conference). • 1B , Mississippi St. (Player of Year Southeastern Conference). • OF Niko Hulsizer, Morehead St. (Co-Player of Year Ohio Valley Conference). • LHP/1B Brendan McKay, Louisville (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference). • DH , U.C. Irvine (Player of Year Big West Conference). Louisville’s Brendan McKay and Mississippi State’s Brent Rooker are Collegiate Baseball's National Players of The Year. McKay put up superb numbers as a hitter (.363, 17 HR, 12 2B, 52 RBI) and as a pitcher (9-3, 2.37 ERA, 31 BB, 124 K). Rooker led the SEC in nine offensive categories, including (.404), (.843), on-base percentage (.505), hits (90), RBI (76), doubles (29), home runs (21), (188) and stolen bases (18). The first team features one pitcher who had a remarkable to walk ratio in LHP David Peterson of Oregon (140 , 15 walks). Oregon St. had two pitchers on the first team in LHP and RHP Jake Thompson who combined for a 22-1 record and 216 strikeouts. Thompson led the USA with 12 wins while Heimlich had the lowest ERA in the nation at 0.81. The first team offense includes Morehead State's Niko Hulsizer who led first teamers with 27 homers and 82 RBI. U.C. Irvine DH Keston Hiura led the nation with a .442 batting average. The following are the first, second and third team Collegiate Baseball All-Americans for 2017.

(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 St. 10 1 0.81 15 15 2 0 111.3 68 21 120 RHP Jake Thompson Oregon St. 12 0 1.31 16 15 1 0 103.0 65 31 96 RHP J.B. Bukauskas North Carolina 9 0 2.02 14 14 0 0 89.0 56 33 111 LHP David Peterson Oregon 11 4 2.51 15 15 1 0 100.3 88 15 140 RHP Cory Abbott Loyola Marymount 11 2 1.74 15 15 2 0 98.3 61 28 130 LHP Steven Gingery Texas Tech. 9 1 1.69 14 14 0 0 85.3 58 27 99 Relief Lincoln Henzman Louisville 2 0 1.41 23 0 0 16 32.0 17 8 32 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Ben Breazeale Wake Forest .348 210 45 73 15 0 7 44 25 32 0 1B •• Brent Rooker Mississippi St. .404 223 53 90 29 3 21 76 41 48 18 2B Braden Schewmake Texas A&M .343 233 39 80 16 2 10 64 14 24 11 3B Drew Ellis Louisville .376 202 51 76 18 1 17 53 35 36 6 SS North Carolina .349 255 59 89 19 5 9 45 26 44 18 OF Niko Hulsizer Morehead St. .349 249 69 87 21 2 27 82 27 74 3 OF Wake Forest .353 235 62 83 16 1 15 59 26 47 17 OF Louisiana St. .330 221 45 73 11 0 19 67 45 49 4 DH Keston Hiura U.C. Irvine .442 199 48 88 24 1 8 42 50 38 9 UT•• Brendan McKay Louisville Hitting: (.363, 17 HR, 12 2B, 52 RBI) Pitching: (9-3, 2.37 ERA, 31 BB, 124 K) SECOND TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Griffin Canning UCLA 7 3 2.34 16 16 4 0 111.3 87 30 134 RHP Joey Murray Kent St. 6 1 1.80 14 14 0 0 75.0 55 32 110 RHP Cal. Poly 8 1 2.05 17 12 1 1 87.6 72 23 97 RHP Robby Howell Central Florida 10 0 3.28 15 15 2 0 96.0 83 37 90 RHP Cal. St. Fullerton 10 4 2.94 15 15 3 0 110.3 103 19 108 RHP Alex Cunningham Coastal Carolina 7 2 2.63 15 14 2 0 106.0 75 24 117 LHP JP Sears The Citadel 7 3 2.64 14 14 2 0 95.3 69 27 142 LHP Tyler Holton Florida St. 9 2 2.43 15 15 1 0 96.3 57 25 119 RHP Eli Morgan Gonzaga 10 2 2.86 14 14 3 0 100.6 80 31 138 LHP Trey Cumbie Houston 10 1 1.88 14 14 4 0 96.0 81 13 80 RHP Darren McCaughan Long Beach St. 8 2 2.66 15 15 4 0 108.3 75 16 94 RHP Nate Harris Louisiana Tech. 9 1 2.31 22 9 3 8 93.6 79 11 94 RHP Sean Hjelle Kentucky 9 3 3.87 15 15 1 0 93.0 84 28 91 RHP Louisiana St. 8 5 2.59 15 15 4 0 97.3 86 33 118 RHP Stetson 10 0 2.02 15 12 2 0 89.0 65 26 107 Relief Colton Hock Stanford 6 1 1.94 26 0 0 16 46.3 35 11 35 Relief Southern Mississippi 10 1 2.16 26 0 0 7 50.0 34 25 72 Relief Kenyon Yovan Oregon 1 1 1.97 22 0 0 15 32.0 26 6 36 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Mason Fishback New Mexico St. .365 211 42 77 16 1 8 52 11 44 3 C Rob Calabrese Illinois-Chicago .357 196 44 70 23 0 7 48 20 23 3 C Evan Skoug Texas Christian .272 224 50 61 7 0 16 55 35 80 3 1B JJ Matijevic Arizona .389 226 54 88 29 0 10 64 22 37 9 1B Jake Adams Iowa .339 233 52 79 14 0 27 70 29 52 5 1B Austin Listi Dallas Baptist .332 223 57 74 22 0 20 50 44 59 1 2B Wade Bailey . .347 236 63 82 21 3 6 38 27 30 6 2B Riley Mahan Kentucky .325 234 52 76 22 3 14 56 19 50 8 3B Jake Scheiner Houston .347 225 48 78 18 3 17 57 26 38 8 3B Missouri St. .341 223 67 76 12 0 22 63 41 32 3

•• National Players Of The Year (Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals) SS Jeremy Eirman Missouri St. .311 222 61 69 15 2 19 61 36 53 13 SS Joe Dunand N.C. State .284 194 38 55 11 3 16 47 17 42 2 OF Jared Oliva Arizona .328 229 56 75 25 3 4 53 25 39 10 OF Reed Rohlman Clemson .375 208 42 78 21 1 6 33 24 31 1 OF Casey Golden N.C. Wilmington .310 226 55 70 13 0 21 42 25 73 6 DH Ryan Flick Tennessee Tech. .384 219 59 84 23 0 18 70 36 56 1 UT Virginia Hitting: (.399, 14 HR, 15 2B, 54 RBI, 10 SB) Pitching: (7-1, 3.58 ERA, 53 K) THIRD TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Sean Mooney St. John’s 8 1 1.22 15 12 1 0 96.0 60 16 85 RHP Jared Janczak Texas Christian 8 0 1.99 11 11 0 0 68.0 36 17 75 RHP Morgan Cooper Texas 6 3 2.32 15 14 0 0 81.3 60 32 103 LHP Gunner Leger Louisiana-Lafayette 10 2 1.97 15 15 0 0 91.3 66 24 84 LHP Devin Hemmerich Norfolk St. 10 2 1.97 13 13 6 0 105.3 75 16 118 RHP Heath Donica Sam Houston St. 9 1 1.69 14 14 2 0 101.0 69 27 100 RHP Florida 7 2 2.80 15 15 0 0 96.3 81 32 113 Relief Brett Conine Cal. St. Fullerton 0 1 1.45 27 0 0 12 37.3 30 5 36 Relief Jake Fromson Missouri St. 8 3 1.86 33 0 0 2 67.6 35 13 81 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Brent Diaz Louisiana Tech. .332 217 44 72 19 4 9 48 22 41 3 1B Ben Fisher Eastern Kentucky .363 223 71 81 14 0 25 72 38 35 0 1B Dylan Burdeaux Southern Mississippi .348 287 64 100 24 0 11 68 29 46 20 1B Wake Forest .319 216 52 69 9 1 20 79 42 31 0 1B Kentucky .366 186 39 68 23 1 8 38 18 30 4 1B Hunter Hargrove Texas Tech. .342 228 52 78 24 3 5 51 28 22 7 2B Jared Young Old Dominion .367 226 57 83 19 4 7 34 15 19 9 2B Oregon St. .377 204 47 77 18 2 4 31 20 13 15 3B Carl Stajduhar New Mexico .350 237 65 83 16 2 17 69 34 47 3 3B Bradley Haslam Air Force .380 213 63 81 19 1 10 51 21 24 5 SS Danny Sheehan San Diego St. .354 237 53 84 17 1 6 51 27 30 11 SS Kramer Robertson Louisiana St. .314 239 76 75 16 3 8 39 33 24 7 OF Brian Miller North Carolina .340 256 57 87 16 3 7 47 33 34 22 OF Tanner Allison Western Michigan .356 216 35 77 18 1 9 68 25 31 3 OF Bryson Bowman Western Carolina .381 218 52 83 15 2 11 59 37 31 9 OF Tristan Pompey Kentucky .369 236 64 87 16 0 9 40 41 52 8 OF Adam Groesbeck Air Force .410 222 60 91 23 3 8 42 17 31 9 OF Will Robertson Davidson .335 236 57 79 18 2 18 43 19 29 4 DH Nick Egli Belmont .353 207 51 73 17 2 18 54 36 56 7 UT Kevin Milam Saint Mary’s Hitting: (.313, 12 HR, 14 2B, 55 RBI) Pitching: (9 SV, 3-1, 2.27 ERA, 31 K) (Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals) Collegiate Baseball National Players Of The Year 2017: LHP/1B Brendan McKay, Louisville 2005: OF Shane Robinson 1993: P/OF 1B Brent Rooker, Mississippi St. Florida State University of Texas 2016: LHP 2004: RHP 1992: P Kent State Long Beach State Louisiana State 2015: OF 2003: 2B Rickie Weeks 1991: P Bobby Jones Univ. of Arkansas Southern University Fresno State 2014: LHP/1B A.J. Reed 2002: SS 1990: OF Univ. of Kentucky Clemson University Arizona State 2013: 3B 2001: RHP 1989: P Ben McDonald, Louisiana State San Diego Southern California UT , Univ. of Texas 2012: RHP 2000: RHP 1988: P Missouri State South Carolina Evansville 2011: RHP 1999: UT 1987: 3B , Oklahoma State UCLA Baylor University 1B , Seton Hall 2010: LHP 1998: OF 1986: P Florida Gulf Coast Univ. of Delaware Univ. of Texas 2009: RHP 1997: OF J.D. Drew 1985: OF San Diego State Florida State Oklahoma State 2008: C 1996: RHP 1984: OF Oddibe McDowell Florida State Clemson University Arizona State 2007: LHP , Vanderbilt 1995: 1B/P , Tennessee 2B Tony Thomas, Florida State OF/P , Cal. St. Fullerton 2006: RHP , Cal. St. Fullerton 1994: P/1B Ryan Jackson OF , James Madison Duke University