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: Thursday, June 3, 2010 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 pitchers of the year, including: • LHP Chris Sale, Florida Gulf Coast (Pitcher of Year Atlantic Sun Conference). • LHP Drew Pomeranz, Mississippi (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference). • LHP Daniel Bibona, U.C. Irvine (Pitcher of Year Big West Conference). • RHP Alex Wimmers, Ohio St. (Pitcher of Year Big Ten Conference). • RHP Cole Green, Texas (Pitcher of Year Big 12 Conference). • LHP Danny Hulzen, Virginia (Pitcher of Year Atlantic Coast Conference). • C Yasmani Grandal, Miami, Fla. (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference). • 1B Paul Hoilman, East Tennessee St. (Player of Year Atlantic Sun Conference). • 3B Garrett Wittels, Florida International (Player of Year Sun Belt Conference). • SS Ryan Soares, George Mason (Player of Year Colonial Conference). • OF Gary Brown, Cal. St. Fullerton (Player of Year Big West Conference). • OF Alex Dickerson, Indiana (Player of Year Big Ten Conference). • DH C.J. Cron, Utah (Player of Year Mountain West Conference). • UT Kolbrin Vitek, Ball St. (Player of Year Mid-American Conference). The first team features six starting pitchers who posted a combined 56-6 record with an ERA of 2.16. LHP Chris Sale of Florida Gulf Coast, Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of The Year, had the most strikeouts in the nation this season with 146 and only walked 14 over 17 appearances. Sale is expected to be chosen within the first 10 picks in the first round of the upcoming Free Agent Draft. The first team relief pitcher is Chance Ruffin of Texas who posted a 6-1 record and saved 13 games as he compiled a 0.77 ERA for the Longhorns in 34 appearances. The first team offense features remarkable power, line drive hitters and batters who hit for high averages as shown by eight of 10 players hitting .414 or higher. 3B Garrett Wittels of Florida International currently has a 54-game hitting streak, the second longest in NCAA Division I history. Robin Ventura of Oklahoma St. is No. 1 at 58 consecutive games set during the 1987 season This marks the 14th 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 2010. (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 LHP•• Chris Sale Florida Gulf Coast 11 0 2.01 17 15 2 2 103.0 83 14 146 LHP Drew Pomeranz Mississippi 8 2 2.21 15 15 0 0 93.6 64 46 134 LHP Daniel Bibona U.C. Irvine 9 2 2.10 12 12 1 0 90.0 66 15 100 RHP Alex Wimmers Ohio St. 9 0 1.60 10 10 2 0 73.0 58 23 86 RHP Cole Green Texas 10 1 2.64 15 14 4 0 99.6 77 23 66 LHP Danny Hulzen Virginia 9 1 2.43 14 14 1 0 92.6 62 20 111 Relief Chance Ruffin Texas 6 1 0.77 34 0 0 13 58.3 37 18 89 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Yasmani Grandal Miami (Fla.) .422 199 50 84 22 1 14 56 52 32 1 1B Paul Hoilman East Tennessee St. .421 235 79 99 24 2 25 84 51 41 1 2B Zack MacPhee Arizona St. .381 194 62 74 7 14 8 59 39 32 18 3B Garrett Wittels Florida International .414 227 44 94 18 2 2 (54-game hitting streak) SS Ryan Soares George Mason .438 194 57 85 29 2 13 71 10 13 4 OF Gary Brown Cal. St. Fullerton .438 210 62 92 20 8 6 41 9 12 31 OF Alex Dickerson Indiana .419 236 62 99 19 0 24 75 20 35 3 OF Chad Oberacker Tennessee Tech. .452 239 67 108 29 5 6 70 34 23 14 DH C.J. Cron Utah .431 197 55 85 16 0 20 81 17 23 0 UT Kolbrin Vitek Ball St. .361 233 73 84 20 3 17 68 33 36 16 Second Team Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Steven Maxwell Texas Christian 10 1 2.73 15 15 0 0 89.0 76 29 77 LHP Matt Purke Texas Christian 12 0 3.34 16 14 1 0 89.0 75 25 113 RHP Noe Ramirez Cal. St. Fullerton 10 1 2.50 13 12 2 0 90.0 75 16 95 RHP Brandon WorkmanTexas 11 1 3.77 15 13 3 0 90.6 88 20 90 RHP Anthony Meo Coastal Carolina 13 1 1.80 15 15 0 0 90.0 71 30 88 RHP Asher Wojciechowski The Citadel 12 2 3.25 16 16 3 0 119.0 102 31 144 RHP Trevor Bauer UCLA 9 3 2.84 14 14 1 0 101.3 95 33 124 RHP Gerrit Cole UCLA 9 2 3.27 15 15 0 0 96.3 70 46 124 RHP Seth Blair Arizona St. 11 0 3.20 15 15 0 0 90.0 93 22 90 LHP Cody Wheeler Coastal Carolina 10 0 4.05 15 15 1 0 95.6 89 35 101 Relief John Stilson Texas A&M 8 1 0.87 31 0 0 9 72.3 44 20 106 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Ben Heath Penn State .369 198 53 73 16 1 19 57 31 38 3 C Bryan Holaday Texas Christian .357 238 58 85 22 1 12 46 24 36 3 1B Hunter Morris Auburn .392 250 61 98 17 5 21 70 25 49 6 1B Jordan Ribera Fresno St. .343 251 65 86 20 2 27 69 24 35 1 2B Dan Paolini Siena .368 212 62 78 13 2 26 64 22 27 12 3B Anthony Rendon Rice .393 211 79 83 12 1 23 78 62 21 14 SS Jedd Gyorko West Virginia .381 236 71 90 28 1 19 57 43 24 1 OF Chris Duffy Central Florida .447 206 54 92 18 1 21 81 33 35 3 OF Jeremy Baltz St. John’s .393 224 58 88 16 1 20 74 25 42 6 OF Tyler Holt Florida St. .351 225 74 79 22 3 11 41 50 44 27 DH A.J. Kirby-Jones Tennessee Tech. .388 206 64 80 19 0 26 71 58 53 0 UT Nick Ramirez Cal. St. Fullerton .367 226 57 83 27 1 13 68 18 39 6 •• National Player Of The Year (Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals) (More) Third Team Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Thomas Royse Louisville 9 1 2.91 15 15 0 0 99.0 92 25 94 RHP Scott Copeland Southern Mississippi 11 0 3.38 14 13 2 0 90.6 86 23 64 RHP Blake Cooper South Carolina 10 1 2.94 15 15 1 0 104.0 86 29 88 RHP Barret Loux Texas A&M 10 2 2.53 15 15 1 0 96.0 69 32 126 RHP Daniel Renken Cal. St. Fullerton 11 2 3.95 18 15 1 0 93.3 94 33 82 RHP Matt Ridings Western Kentucky 9 1 3.01 14 14 1 0 92.6 77 17 90 RHP Jordan Cooper Wichita St. 10 3 2.01 15 15 5 0 107.3 102 20 95 LHP Chris Hernandez Miami (Fla.) 8 3 3.02 16 16 1 0 89.3 80 30 95 RHP Kyle Blair San Diego 8 4 2.99 14 14 2 0 90.3 72 28 118 RHP Deck McGuire Georgia Tech. 8 4 3.01 15 15 2 0 104.6 86 31 112 Relief Neil Holland Louisville 8 0 2.10 27 0 0 16 51.3 26 14 52 Relief Mike McGee Florida St. 4 0 0.41 15 1 0 9 22.0 7 13 25 Relief Jordan Swagerty Arizona St. 1 0 2.12 31 0 0 14 29.6 29 10 39 Relief Kevin Arico Virginia 1 1 2.93 26 0 0 16 27.6 21 7 38 Relief Kevin Munson James Madison 8 1 1.64 28 0 0 10 55.0 33 24 70 Relief Chris Dennis Portland 5 1 1.88 30 0 0 14 43.0 31 11 51 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Rafael Neda New Mexico .369 222 43 82 22 0 10 63 20 31 1 C Peter O’Brien Bethune-Cookman .392 194 50 76 12 0 20 56 18 36 0 1B Aaron Senne Missouri .400 210 61 84 22 0 16 59 39 28 2 1B Justin Howard New Mexico .455 257 74 117 32 2 10 72 29 18 5 1B Wes Cunningham Murray St.