Collegiate The Voice Of Amateur Baseball Post Office: P.O. Box 50566, Tucson, AZ. 85703 Overnight Shipping: 2515 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ. 85705 Telephone: (520) 623-4530 Baseball FAX: (520) 624-5501 E-Mail: [email protected] CB’s WEB SITE ADDRESS Contact: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (With Over 3,000 Links!): (520) 623-4530 www.baseballnews.com For Immediate Release: Friday, June 2, 2006 All-Americans TUCSON, Ariz. — The Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Players 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 10 conference players or pitchers of the year, including: • RHP Wes Roemer, Cal. St. Fullerton (Pitcher of Year Big West Conference) • RHP Tim Lincecum, Washington (Pitcher of Year Pac-10 Conference) • LHP Andrew Miller, North Carolina (Pitcher of Year Atlantic Coast Conference) • LHP Nick Schmidt, Arkansas (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference) • C Matt McBride, Lehigh (Player of Year Patriot League) • 1B Ryan Strieby, Kentucky (Player of Year Southeastern Conference) • 3B Tyler Mach, Oklahoma St. (Co-Player of Year, Newcomer of Year Big 12 Conference) • OF Kellen Kulbacki, James Madison (Player of Year Colonial Conference) • OF Cole Gillespie, Oregon St. (Player of Year Pac-10 Conference) • UT Brad Lincoln, Houston (Pitcher of Year Conference USA) In addition, OF Drew Holder of Dallas Baptist (Independent Player of The Year as chosen by non- conference schools) was picked as he hit .364 with 20 homers, 20 doubles and collected 75 RBI. The first team features six starting pitchers who posted a combined 64-11 record with an ERA of 2.25. Tim Lincecum of Washington led all pitchers with 199 strikeouts. Relief pitcher Don Czyz of Kansas posted 18 saves with a 1.62 ERA. He also had a 6-0 record. The offense features power and line drive hitters. The first team belted 158 homers led by OF Kellen Kulbacki of James Madison. His 24 home runs led the nation. The team collected 195 doubles led by Tom King of Troy with 34 which also led the nation. Nine first teamers hit 16 or more doubles each this season. Collegiate Baseball named Roemer and Kulbacki Co-National Players of The Year. Roemer did the unthinkable as he pitched 65 2/3 innings to start the season without giving up a walk as Cal. St. Fullerton's ace. Heading into regional action, he had an 11-1 record, 2.01 ERA, and struck out 113 batters with only 4 walks in 125 2/3 innings as he faced 477 batters. Kulbacki was second in the nation in hitting (.464 batting average), No. 1 in homers (24), No. 4 in RBI per game average (75 in 53 games), and No. 1 in slugging percentage (.943). This marks the 10th year that Louisville Slugger has sponsored the Division I All-Americans. The following are the first, second and third team Louisville Slugger All-Americans for 2006. (More) 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•• Wes Roemer Cal. St. Fullerton 11 1 2.01 16 16 3 0 125.6 91 4 113 RHP Tim Lincecum Washington 12 4 1.94 22 17 3 3 125.3 75 63 199 LHP Andrew Miller North Carolina 11 2 2.07 14 14 0 0 95.6 73 32 102 RHP Eddie Degerman Rice 11 1 1.80 16 15 0 0 105.0 63 43 136 LHP Wade LeBlanc Alabama 10 0 2.72 19 16 3 0 116.0 85 38 116 LHP Nick Schmidt Arkansas 9 3 2.98 16 16 1 0 108.6 80 48 135 Relief Don Czyz Kansas 6 0 1.62 35 0 0 18 61.0 48 14 59 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Matt McBride Lehigh .417 204 55 85 18 0 11 57 20 14 21 1B Ryan Strieby Kentucky .344 218 59 75 21 1 20 77 42 36 1 2B Drew Saylor Kent St. .374 246 67 92 20 3 14 68 14 23 2 3B Tyler Mach Oklahoma St. .378 230 47 87 17 0 16 66 16 24 1 SS Tom King Troy .416 267 72 111 34 1 8 72 26 25 3 OF•• Kellen Kulbacki James Madison .464 194 68 90 17 2 24 75 30 32 13 OF Cole Gillespie Oregon St. .370 189 69 70 20 3 11 50 39 27 14 OF Drew Holder Dallas Baptist .364 220 73 80 20 3 20 75 36 38 7 DH Chris Carlson New Mexico .366 235 63 86 16 1 21 79 33 45 0 UT* Brad Lincoln Houston .292 216 33 63 12 0 13 52 23 37 5 Second Team Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP P.J. Walters South Alabama 10 3 3.34 18 18 4 0 143.0 155 30 160 LHP Chris Cody Manhattan 11 2 1.45 13 12 8 0 99.0 68 22 98 RHP Josh Cribb Clemson 9 0 2.84 15 14 1 0 82.3 64 23 79 LHP Hunter Moody Louisiana-Lafayette 12 2 2.63 15 15 5 0 113.0 101 26 86 RHP Nick Chigges College of Charleston 10 1 1.44 15 14 1 0 100.3 76 44 81 LHP Matt Dobbins Jacksonville 12 0 2.79 20 17 2 1 116.3 100 43 74 RHP Dallas Buck Oregon St. 11 2 2.92 16 16 1 0 101.6 70 49 75 LHP Danny Ray Herrera New Mexico 10 0 2.24 17 17 3 0 128.3 112 29 104 Relief Vinnie Pestano Cal. St. Fullerton 2 1 0.97 29 0 0 13 37.0 19 14 43 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C J.P. Arencibia Tennessee .352 216 44 76 17 0 11 52 26 30 0 C Jake Smith East Carolina .344 218 41 75 16 1 13 65 12 21 0 1B Craig Cooper Notre Dame .427 218 77 93 19 3 9 41 36 14 9 1B Charlie Yarbrough Eastern Kentucky .391 207 49 81 18 0 18 69 32 42 0 2B Justin Turner Cal. St. Fullerton .359 245 56 88 14 4 4 37 15 26 19 3B David Freese South Alabama .415 224 69 93 21 1 11 70 34 24 7 SS Thomas Berkery Mississippi St. .393 211 45 83 16 2 7 43 36 35 1 OF Drew Stubbs Texas .356 225 60 80 13 4 12 55 40 53 24 OF John Raynor N.C. Wilmington .378 249 61 94 17 2 11 64 21 37 41 OF Mike Goetz Wisc.-Milwaukee .493 225 67 111 23 6 3 33 41 18 17 OF Emeel Salem Alabama .362 260 63 94 14 6 2 27 23 23 33 UT* Sean Doolittle Virginia .308 208 44 64 11 1 4 53 51 27 2 •• National Players Of The Year (Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals) * Pitching Statistics For Multiple-Position Players (See Next Page) (More) Third Team Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO LHP Tony Watson Nebraska 10 1 2.87 16 14 1 0 94.0 82 23 67 RHP Alex Wilson Winthrop 13 2 3.45 19 18 1 0 133.0 114 48 140 RHP Chris Ashman Oral Roberts 10 1 1.77 17 9 3 1 86.3 69 23 64 RHP Jeff Manship Notre Dame 9 2 3.09 14 14 0 0 90.3 75 21 103 RHP Aaron Shafer Wichita St. 10 3 2.73 15 15 1 0 92.3 81 19 74 LHP Josh Ehmke Samford 11 2 3.15 16 16 1 0 108.6 93 63 132 RHP Steven Wright Hawaii 11 2 2.30 16 15 2 1 109.6 80 19 123 Relief Cole St. Clair Rice 5 2 1.59 32 1 0 10 62.3 29 23 88 Relief Ben Hunter Wake Forest 1 2 1.47 33 0 0 14 55.0 38 17 70 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Michael McKenry Middle Tennessee .390 210 42 82 13 4 13 68 38 24 2 C Josh Yates Arkansas St. .376 194 38 73 23 2 13 62 15 26 6 1B Andy D’Alessio Clemson .316 225 50 17 13 0 20 75 22 53 6 1B Mark Hamilton Tulane .338 219 56 74 12 0 18 64 47 41 2 1B Chad Huffman Texas Christian .388 196 56 76 16 2 18 69 38 29 6 1B Nate Schill James Madison .419 227 50 95 16 0 14 68 9 28 7 1B Chris Johnson Stetson .371 237 46 88 16 1 11 64 30 27 4 2B Ramon Corona North Carolina St. .363 259 70 94 19 5 6 57 15 35 8 2B Eric Sogard Arizona St. .366 172 47 63 13 5 9 49 26 28 2 2B Jim Negrych Pittsburgh .396 182 41 72 14 0 11 60 40 42 6 3B Ronnie Bourquin Ohio St. .416 219 54 91 15 2 8 66 32 24 3 3B Evan Longoria Long Beach St.