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For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 30, 2019 Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I All-Americans Powered By

www.diamond-sports.com TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year, powered by Diamond, 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 of the year, including: • LHP , Mississippi St. ( of Year ). • RHP , West Virginia (Pitcher of Year ). • LHP Jake Agnos, East Carolina (Pitcher of Year American Athletic Conference). • RHP Ryan Garcia, UCLA (Pitcher of Year Pac-12 Conference). • RHP , Navy (Pitcher of Year Patriot League). • C , St. (Player of Year Pac-12 Conference). • 1B Bobby Seymour, Wake Forest (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference). • 3B Kody Hoese, Tulane (Player of Year American Athletic Conference). • SS Joey Ortiz, New Mexico St. (Player of Year Western Athletic Conference). • OF Jake Sanford, Western Kentucky (Player of Year Conference USA). • OF JJ Bleday, Vanderbilt (Player of Year Southeastern Conference). • OF Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee Tech. (Player of Year Valley Conference). Adley Rutschman of Oregon St. is Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of The Year (.419, 17 HR, 9 2B, 57 RBI). The switch-hitting for the Beavers has a rocket for an arm as he threw out 13 runners in 26 attempts over 55 games. He has walked a nation-leading 73 times this season and also is No. 1 with a .580 on-base percentage. Rutschman is expected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming MLB Draft. He was the 1,197th pick in the MLB Draft three years ago by the from Sherwood High School (Sherwood, Ore.) He was only 19 picks from being the last pick in the draft in the 40th round. The following are the first, second and third team Collegiate Baseball All-Americans for 2019. (MORE) Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I All-Americans Powered By

www.diamond-sports.com FIRST TEAM As chosen by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO LHP Ethan Small Mississippi St. 8 2 1.80 15 15 0 0 90.0 48 24 150 RHP Alek Manoah West Virginia 9 3 1.85 15 15 2 0 102.3 67 23 135 LHP Jake Agnos East Carolina 10 2 2.00 15 15 0 0 90.0 65 38 131 RHP Ryan Garcia UCLA 9 0 1.42 13 11 1 0 76.0 41 24 101 RHP Noah Song Navy 11 1 1.44 14 14 6 0 94.0 55 31 161 Relief Kyle Hill Baylor 6 0 0.00 22 0 0 7 28.3 10 9 35 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C •• Adley Rutschman Oregon St. .419 179 56 75 9 1 17 57 73 37 0 1B Bobby Seymour Wake Forest .377 236 51 89 20 0 9 92 26 44 3 1B Tristan Peterson New Mexico St. .400 195 69 78 10 1 20 90 38 47 0 2B New Mexico St. .432 220 80 95 19 4 16 80 45 30 7 3B Kody Hoese Tulane .391 235 72 92 20 1 23 61 39 34 4 SS Joey Ortiz New Mexico St. .422 251 85 106 25 10 8 84 21 26 12 OF Jake Sanford Western Kentucky .398 221 65 88 20 2 22 66 33 50 6 OF JJ Bleday Vanderbilt .357 230 72 82 11 1 26 67 48 48 1 OF Kevin Strohschein Tennessee Tech. .382 233 57 89 23 2 15 47 26 45 2 DH North Carolina .338 207 38 70 23 1 14 56 33 49 0 UT Alec Burleson East Carolina Hitting: (.370, 21 2B, 9 HR, 54 RBI) Pitching: (5-1, 5 SV, 2.98 ERA, 54 K)

•• National Player Of The Year (Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals) Collegiate Baseball’s National Player Of Year C Adley Rutschman Oregon St. University • .419 batting average • 17 home runs • 9 doubles • 57 RBI • 73 walks (leads nation) • .580 on-base % (leads nation) • Threw out 13 of 26 runners attempting to steal. C Adley Rutschman, Oregon St. (MORE) SECOND TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO LHP Louisville 11 3 2.80 15 15 0 0 93.3 60 22 145 RHP Georgia 8 2 1.56 13 13 1 0 86.3 49 18 94 RHP Jack Ralston UCLA 11 0 2.43 15 15 0 0 89.0 66 32 97 LHP Jack Dashwood U.C. Santa Barbara 9 2 2.17 14 14 1 0 87.0 71 17 90 RHP Ryan Jensen Fresno St. 11 1 2.92 15 14 1 1 92.3 78 26 99 LHP Connor Thomas . 9 1 3.28 15 15 2 0 104.3 107 19 97 LHP Andrew Saalfrank Indiana 8 1 2.58 14 11 0 0 69.6 61 23 96 RHP Drake Fellows Vanderbilt 11 0 4.05 15 15 1 0 91.0 83 36 108 RHP Patrick Raby Vanderbilt 9 1 2.90 15 15 0 0 71.3 67 41 73 RHP Isiah Campbell Arkansas 10 1 2.37 15 15 0 0 95.0 73 18 100 RHP Drey Jameson Ball St. 6 3 3.24 16 16 0 0 91.6 74 32 146 L HP Kentucky 6 1 2.40 14 14 2 0 90.3 59 34 130 Relief Tyler Brown Vanderbilt 3 1 2.01 25 0 0 14 40.3 27 7 55 Relief Holden Powell UCLA 3 3 2.03 36 0 0 16 40.0 17 24 55 Relief Jake Wallace Connecticut 3 1 0.73 28 0 0 15 37.0 20 10 56 Relief Aaron Ochsenbein Eastern Kentucky 5 2 0.83 30 0 0 10 54.3 24 16 90 Relief Garrett Acton Illinois 2 3 2.23 29 0 0 19 32.3 12 18 33 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Kyle McCann Georgia Tech. .297 202 54 60 11 0 23 66 59 70 0 C Luis Trevino Abilene Christian .408 191 41 78 13 3 15 63 39 15 1 C Korey Lee .340 194 33 66 12 0 14 56 26 42 1 1B California .387 173 49 67 14 0 15 49 58 32 2 1B Arizona St. .348 227 62 79 14 0 21 60 40 41 1 2B Cameron Cannon Arizona .397 232 71 92 29 3 8 56 35 29 0 2B Mississippi St. .339 245 60 83 21 0 14 56 24 26 2 3B Vanderbilt .414 222 77 92 18 4 6 36 33 28 17 3B Nick Quintana Arizona .342 222 65 76 18 0 15 77 45 54 3 SS N.C. State .346 214 55 74 20 2 16 57 32 41 1 SS Tech. .332 202 55 67 21 1 11 53 49 37 1 OF Arizona St. .347 213 64 74 15 4 22 61 43 58 11 OF Parker Phillips Austin Peay .316 209 62 66 12 0 25 64 34 63 7 OF Peyton Burdick Wright St. .407 214 79 87 18 3 15 72 60 35 24 UT J.C. Flowers Florida St. Hitting: (.282, 12 HR, 10 2B, 52 RBI) Pitching: (11 SV, 1.59 ERA, 21 K, 10 BB)

THIRD TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP John Stankiewicz Fordham 8 3 1.21 16 12 1 0 89.3 59 15 102 LHP Steve Theetge Bryant 9 2 1.75 16 16 2 0 102.6 81 30 96 LHP TJ Sikkema Missouri 7 4 1.32 17 13 2 2 88.6 54 31 101 RHP Trenton Denholm U.C. Irvine 9 4 1.81 15 14 4 0 99.6 61 20 93 LHP Dan Metzdorf Boston College 8 2 2.30 12 12 1 0 82.3 59 32 72 LHP Texas Christian 6 5 2.48 15 15 1 0 98.0 72 21 125 Relief Evan Brabrand Liberty 4 2 1.56 24 0 0 13 57.6 44 12 62 Relief Chad Sykes N.C. Greensboro 6 3 0.96 27 0 0 11 56.0 36 22 68 Relief Reeves Martin New Orleans 4 0 1.03 29 0 0 14 35.0 18 9 55 Relief Jaime Arias Fresno St. 1 3 2.74 27 1 0 12 42.6 36 11 54 Relief Taylor Rashi U.C. Irvine 5 1 2.36 25 4 0 12 45.6 37 7 56 Relief Matt Cronin Arkansas 1 0 2.08 22 0 0 11 26.0 15 14 39

(Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals)

(MORE) THIRD TEAM Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Eric Yang U.C. Santa Barbara .383 201 48 77 16 0 7 45 30 28 6 C Patrick Bailey N.C. State .291 230 49 67 17 3 9 44 40 41 1 1B Jake Holton Creighton .405 190 52 77 15 2 14 56 29 34 1 1B Mississippi St. .346 240 51 83 22 1 6 61 32 34 1 1B Rudy Rott Ohio .382 212 33 81 18 1 10 47 28 29 6 2B Oliver Dunn Utah .366 194 45 71 22 4 3 28 30 44 9 2B Cody Morissette Boston College .320 231 27 74 20 2 4 41 20 37 8 2B Jimmy Govern Eastern Illinois .326 233 67 76 16 1 16 52 27 29 6 3B McCarthy Tatum Fresno St. .353 218 51 77 14 2 12 71 14 30 5 3B Baylor .377 167 36 63 17 0 8 39 27 35 11 3B Tyler LaPorte Southern .389 239 60 93 17 5 6 64 16 21 21 SS Nate Fassnacht George Washington .372 226 59 84 23 4 11 60 30 23 12 SS Nick Grande Stony Brook .339 192 57 65 17 2 5 23 32 38 19 SS Nevada- .356 222 65 79 20 2 10 36 55 39 16 SS Grae Kessinger Mississippi .336 250 60 84 18 0 5 46 37 31 16 OF Mississippi St. .363 267 67 97 21 3 1 39 21 21 21 OF Chris Lanzilli Wake Forest .347 245 59 85 19 0 16 67 23 53 3 OF Ethan Wilson South Alabama .345 220 59 76 16 4 17 51 36 45 6 OF Grayson Byrd Clemson .315 238 46 75 15 2 15 56 25 45 4 UT Chris Wright Bryant Hitting: (.297, 14 2B, 6 HR, 51 RBI) Pitching: (13 SV, 2.36 ERA, 64 K, 23 BB)

(Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals)

Collegiate Baseball National Players Of The Year 2019: C Adley Rutschman 2007: LHP , Vanderbilt 1995: 1B/P , Tennessee Oregon St. University 2B Tony Thomas, Florida State OF/P , Cal. St. Fullerton 2018: 1B 2006: RHP , Cal. St. Fullerton 1994: P/1B Ryan Jackson Univ. of Illinois OF , James Madison Duke University 2017: LHP/1B Brendan McKay, Louisville 2005: OF Shane Robinson 1993: P/OF 1B , 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