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For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 2, 2016 NCAA Division I All-Americans TUCSON, Ariz. — The Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year were announced today by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. The 17-man first team, chosen by performances up to regional playoffs and picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features 14 conference players or of the year, including: • LHP , Kent State ( of Year Mid-American Conference). • RHP , Florida (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference). • LHP Drew Harrington, Louisville (Pitcher of Year Atlantic Coast Conference). • LHP Joey Lucchesi, Southeast Missouri (Pitcher of Year Valley Conference). • RHP A.J. Puckett, Pepperdine (Pitcher of Year West Coast Conference). • RHP Kevin Hill, South Alabama (Pitcher of Year Sun Belt Conference). • Relief Troy Rallings, Washington (Pitcher of Year Pac-10 Conference). • C Nick Feight, N.C. Wilimington (Player of Year Colonial Athletic Association). • 1B Jameson Fisher, Southeastern Louisiana (Player of Year Southland Conference). • SS C.J. Chatham, Florida Atlantic (Player of Year Conference USA). • OF , Mercer (Player of Year Southern Conference). • OF Alex Call, Ball State (Player of Year Mid-American Conference). • OF Ryan Scott, Arkansas-Little Rock (Player of Year Sun Belt Conference). • UT Darick Hall, Dallas Baptist (Player of Year Missouri Valley Conference). Kent State LHP Eric Lauer is Collegiate Baseball's National Player of The Year. He was 10-2 with a 0.69 ERA (led the nation) and struck out 125 batters with only 28 walks over 104 innings. He was No. 2 in the USA allowing only 4.24 hits per nine innings and had a WHIP of 0.74. Incredibly he never allowed more than five hits in any of his 15 outings this season, and he only gave up 8 earned runs all season. Lauer also threw the 11th no-hitter in Kent State history this season. The first team features also one pitcher who led the nation with 145 in LHP Joey Lucchesi of Southeast Missouri. RHP A.J. Puckett of Pepperdine put together an amazing two-month streak of 57 1/3 innings without allowing an . The first team offense includes remarkable power, line drive hitters and speed. Nick Feight of N.C. Wilmington put up unbelievable numbers with 90 RBI (first nationally), 21 homers (second), 127 (first) and a of .757 (third). For good measure, he also 23 doubles. The following are the first, second and third team Louisville Slugger All-Americans for 2016. (MORE) NCAA Division I All-Americans FIRST TEAM As chosen by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Logan Shore Florida 10 0 2.41 15 15 3 0 86.0 70 13 76 LHP ••Eric Lauer Kent State 10 2 0.69 15 15 3 0 104.0 49 28 125 LHP Drew Harrington Louisville 11 2 2.24 15 15 0 0 96.3 81 22 75 LHP Joey Lucchesi Southeast Missouri 10 4 1.87 16 15 2 1 105.6 86 37 145 RHP A.J. Puckett Pepperdine 9 3 1.27 14 14 1 0 99.3 65 26 95 RHP Kevin Hill South Alabama 8 1 2.53 15 15 4 0 117.3 89 29 125 Relief Mike Morrison Coastal Carolina 7 1 0.87 28 0 0 8 52.0 28 19 74 Relief Troy Rallings Washington 4 1 0.89 28 0 0 16 61.0 32 12 60 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Nick Feight N.C. Wilmington .358 226 57 81 23 2 21 90 26 33 1 1B Jameson Fisher Southeastern La. .437 190 48 83 16 2 11 66 50 29 15 2B Trey York East Tennnesse State .348 233 60 81 23 1 15 62 30 35 17 3B Wake Forest .392 171 52 67 16 0 16 65 47 33 0 SS C.J. Chatham Florida Atlantic .367 237 48 87 17 4 8 49 23 33 2 OF Kyle Lewis Mercer .395 223 70 88 11 2 20 72 66 48 6 OF Alex Call Ball State .358 243 67 87 24 6 13 44 29 29 17 OF Ryan Scott Arkansas-Little Rock .435 216 56 94 20 2 12 66 27 33 7 UT Darick Hall Dallas Baptist Hitting: (.300, 15 2B, 18 HR, 68 RBI) Pitching: (8-3, 3.41 ERA, 89.6 IP, 16 BB, 88K)

SECOND TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Darren McCaughan Long Beach State 10 1 1.98 15 15 1 0 104.3 71 15 79 RHP Connor Jones Virginia 11 1 2.29 14 14 3 0 98.3 76 37 69 RHP Dallas Baptist 9 0 2.02 15 15 0 0 93.6 68 28 77 RHP Seth Martinez Arizona State 9 3 2.08 16 15 2 1 108.3 82 34 91 RHP Nathan Bannister Arizona 9 2 2.72 17 15 3 0 112.6 82 22 84 LHP Eli Kraus Kent State 9 1 2.64 14 14 1 0 88.6 78 24 59 RHP Bryce Fehmel Oregon State 10 1 2.31 26 6 1 2 70.0 58 23 51 LHP Tyler Wilson Rhode Island 12 1 2.08 14 14 3 0 95.3 47 28 111 LHP Connecticut 9 2 2.46 16 16 2 0 113.3 91 35 108 RHP Andrew Beckwith Coastal Carolina 10 1 1.79 20 5 0 2 80.3 78 12 56 RHP James Karinchak Bryant 12 2 2.04 14 14 0 0 88.3 67 39 104 RHP Mississippi State 9 4 2.35 15 15 3 0 103.3 95 30 107 LHP Luke Gillingham Navy 8 3 1.96 13 13 8 0 87.3 60 22 86 RHP Adam Oller Northwestern State 8 1 1.23 15 15 3 0 109.6 81 32 73 RHP Griffin Jax Air Force 9 2 2.05 15 15 6 0 105.3 94 20 90 Relief Shaun Anderson Florida 3 0 1.09 31 0 0 12 41.3 30 6 54 Relief Louisville 1 2 2.00 25 0 0 10 27.0 13 7 45 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Chris Okey Clemson .330 227 54 75 16 2 12 66 44 50 3 C Hagen Owenby East Tenn. State .374 235 46 88 16 0 17 60 23 30 1 1B Robby Rinn Bryant .378 225 53 85 25 4 5 61 27 16 1 1B Nathaniel Lowe Mississippi State .355 228 41 81 20 0 5 48 30 29 2 1B Tech .345 197 49 68 17 1 12 53 36 28 3 2B Jake Noll Florida Gulf Coast .367 237 58 87 20 2 12 61 20 29 9 2B Collin Thacker Gardner-Webb .394 218 46 86 28 0 4 46 26 16 1 3B Missouri State .349 235 59 82 13 2 21 72 23 35 3 SS Kramer Robertson Louisiana State .316 237 53 75 17 2 1 36 24 18 14 OF Clemson .372 191 51 71 12 0 16 63 57 24 1 OF Connor Owings Coastal Carolina .383 201 56 77 15 2 15 49 41 49 14 OF Louisville .320 247 54 79 16 1 15 58 33 36 39 UT Sheldon Neuse Oklahoma Hitting: (.369, 15 2B, 5 3B, 10 HR, 48 RBI) Pitching: (4-1, 5 SV, 1.40 ERA, 19 K)

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THIRD TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Clarke Schmidt South Carolina 9 3 2.96 15 15 2 0 100.3 93 22 115 RHP Ryan Foster UNC Wilmington 12 1 2.41 15 15 2 0 104.6 85 24 66 RHP Brady Puckett Lipscomb 9 2 2.93 15 15 3 0 107.6 91 19 101 RHP Joseph Camacho Alabama State 10 0 2.04 14 12 3 1 83.6 70 21 82 RHP Aaron Civale Northeastern 9 3 1.73 15 15 0 0 114.3 91 15 121 RHP Thomas Hatch Oklahoma State 6 2 2.31 15 15 3 0 105.3 88 26 92 RHP Colton Eastman Cal St.-Fullerton 8 2 2.11 15 14 0 0 94.0 70 20 93 RHP Michael Rucker Brigham Young 11 1 2.73 16 16 1 0 102.3 80 31 94 RHP Jon Duplantier Rice 7 6 3.06 16 15 1 0 106.0 75 41 143 RHP St. Mary’s 9 1 2.23 15 15 3 0 97.0 71 31 112 Relief Stephen Nogosek Oregon 2 2 1.11 29 0 0 16 40.6 25 14 45 Relief Pat Krall Clemson 10 1 1.31 28 2 0 5 75.6 50 15 60 Relief Thomas Hackimer St. John’s 7 3 1.17 28 0 0 8 53.6 24 19 71 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Brett Cumberland California .344 188 46 62 10 1 16 51 38 40 5 C Deon Stafford, Jr. St. Joseph’s .395 215 57 85 10 1 18 49 36 45 4 C Virginia .382 220 53 84 12 2 10 56 36 14 0 1B David Greer Arizona State .344 212 47 73 23 2 8 42 33 38 4 1B Tanner Hill Texas State .321 240 43 77 18 0 15 42 17 37 1 1B Joe Davis Houston .331 239 33 79 17 0 14 58 15 22 0 2B Nick Zammarelli Elon .342 222 56 76 24 2 9 51 31 41 10 2B Clayton Daniel Jacksonville State .372 250 56 93 20 2 1 54 34 13 7 3B Boomer White Texas A&M .395 233 44 92 18 0 4 42 30 13 10 3B Carl Stajduhar New Mexico .348 244 51 85 17 2 18 66 28 38 1 3B John Sansone Florida State .365 233 52 85 22 0 9 62 27 27 8 3B Tennessee .352 210 57 74 25 1 8 59 40 21 25 SS Andre Jernigan Xavier .262 206 36 54 17 4 13 40 23 54 6 SS Colby Woodmansee Arizona State .278 212 39 59 14 0 8 43 29 34 1 OF Tyler Jones Air Force .360 222 53 80 13 2 19 64 16 47 3 OF Christian Santisteban Manhattan .367 207 44 76 21 0 7 46 30 38 1 OF Ronnie Dawson Ohio State .329 243 52 80 23 4 13 47 37 42 20 OF Kevin Strohschein Tennessee Tech .393 229 57 90 21 3 15 73 22 56 2 OF Heath Quinn Samford .343 242 62 83 17 1 21 77 44 55 4 OF Weston Jackson Presbyterian .341 217 47 74 27 1 10 55 29 43 9 UT Brendan McKay Louisville Hitting: (.330, 19 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 37 RBI) Pitching: (11-3, 2.25 ERA, 96 IP, 109 K)

(Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals)

Collegiate Baseball National Players Of The Year 2016: LHP Eric Lauer 2005: OF Shane Robinson 1994: P/1B Ryan Jackson Kent State Florida State Duke University 2015: OF 2004: RHP 1993: P/OF Univ. of Arkansas Long Beach State University of Texas 2014: LHP/1B A.J. Reed 2003: 2B Rickie Weeks 1992: P Univ. of Kentucky Southern University Louisiana State 2013: 3B 2002: SS 1991: P Bobby Jones San Diego Clemson University Fresno State 2012: RHP 2001: RHP 1990: OF Missouri State Southern California Arizona State 2011: RHP 2000: RHP 1989: P Ben McDonald, Louisiana State UCLA South Carolina UT , Univ. of Texas 2010: LHP 1999: UT 1988: P Florida Gulf Coast Baylor University Evansville 2009: RHP 1998: OF 1987: 3B , Oklahoma State San Diego State Univ. of Delaware 1B , Seton Hall 2008: C 1997: OF J.D. Drew 1986: P Florida State Florida State Univ. of Texas 2007: LHP , Vanderbilt 1996: RHP 1985: OF 2B Tony Thomas, Florida State Clemson University Oklahoma State 2006: RHP , Cal. St. Fullerton 1995: 1B/P , Tennessee 1984: OF Oddibe McDowell OF , James Madison OF/P , Cal. St. Fullerton Arizona State