Collegiate Baseball Names 1st, 2nd & 3rd Teams
TUCSON, AZ. — 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 Hultzen, 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.
(College Baseball 360 recorded a podcast interview with Sale last fall. CLICK HERE to listen.)
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.
First Team |
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 Hultzen | 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 Tenn. 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 | Fla. 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 Workman | Texas | 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 |
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 Miss. | 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. | .408 | 233 | 77 | 95 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 86 | 33 | 44 | 10 |
1B | Tony Plagman | Georgia Tech. | .357 | 221 | 62 | 79 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 73 | 31 | 45 | 8 |
1B | Riccio Torrez | Arizona St. | .391 | 207 | 58 | 81 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 18 | 38 | 16 |
2B | Phil Gosselin | Virginia | .379 | 232 | 60 | 88 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 36 | 40 | 16 |
2B | Dallas Poulk | N.C. State | .358 | 254 | 78 | 91 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 59 | 31 | 28 | 6 |
2B | Kevin Tokarski | Illinois St. | .429 | 191 | 67 | 62 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 50 | 37 | 33 |
3B | Joe Leonard | Pittsburgh | .433 | 240 | 62 | 104 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 71 | 22 | 30 | 6 |
3B | Jace Brinkerhoff | Utah Valley | .456 | 259 | 88 | 118 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 85 | 26 | 29 | 5 |
3B | Phil Wunderlich | Louisville | .357 | 241 | 51 | 86 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 58 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
3B | Jacob Tanis | Mercer | .382 | 254 | 66 | 97 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 86 | 22 | 47 | 7 |
SS | Tom Zebroski | George Washington | .429 | 240 | 75 | 103 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 58 | 27 | 18 | 13 |
SS | Sean Alaire | Central Conn. St. | .432 | 227 | 65 | 98 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 72 | 22 | 19 | 10 |
SS | Adam Bryant | Troy | .356 | 250 | 70 | 89 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 65 | 26 | 38 | 4 |
OF | Shane Brown | Central Florida | .428 | 208 | 58 | 89 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 34 | 19 | 4 |
OF | Robert Maddox | Ohio | .377 | 236 | 54 | 89 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 78 | 20 | 29 | 3 |
OF | Tommy Medica | Santa Clara | .386 | 228 | 60 | 88 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 67 | 20 | 29 | 15 |
OF | James Meador | San Diego | .391 | 215 | 43 | 84 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 62 | 16 | 19 | 8 |
OF | Nick Martini | Kansas St. | .416 | 219 | 47 | 91 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 38 | 19 | 19 |
OF | Anthony Gallas | Kent St. | .367 | 259 | 66 | 95 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 81 | 34 | 34 | 3 |
•• National Player Of The Year |