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Here’s a look at the official Division One NCAA baseball statistics leaders in selected categories.  Stats are through games played on 5/23/10.

Jace Brinkerhoff

BATTING AVERAGE

Minimum 3.0 Plate Appearances Per Game &  Minimum 120 Plate Appearances

1. Justin Brinkerhoff-Utah Valley  .463

1. Justin Howard-New Mexico  .463

3. Sean Allaire-Central Connecticut St.  .456

4. Chad Oberacker-Tennessee Tech  .455

5. Chris Duffy-Central Florida  .447

6. Matt Szczur-Villanova  .443

7. D.J. Leonard-Bethune-Cookman  .441

8. Ryan Soares-George Mason  .438

8. Gary Brown-Cal St. Fullerton  .438

10. Joe Leonard-Pittsburgh  .436

Jordan Ribera

HOME RUNS

1. Jordan Ribera-Fresno St.  26

2. Paul Hoilman-East Tennessee St.  24

2. A.J. Kirby-Jones-Tennessee Tech  24

4. Alex Dickerson-Indiana  23

5. Anthony Rendon-Rice  22

6. Chris Duffy-Central Florida  21

6. Seth Furmanek-Oral Roberts  21

6. Luke Stewart-UAB  21

9.  The following players are tied with 20 home runs

Jeremy Baltz-St. John’s

Wes Cunningham-Murray St.

Brian Fletcher-Auburn

Matt Leeds-College of Charleston

Robert Maddox-Ohio

Justin Miller-Middle Tennessee

John Moreland-Mercer

Hunter Morris-Auburn

Peter O’Brien-Bethune-Cookman

Mike Olt-Connecticut

Doug Shribman-Bucknell

Jacob Tanis-Mercer

Nate Woods-Belmont

Nate Roberts

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE

Minimum 120 Plate Appearances

1. Nate Roberts-High Point  .578

2. Michael Choice-UT Arlington  .568

3. Yasmani Grandal-Miami (FL)  .552

4. Chris Bangi-Campbell  .548

4. Taylor Dugas-Alabama  .548

6. Kevin Tokarski-Illinois St.  .547

7. Shane Brown-Central Florida  .541

8. J.D. Ashbrook-Morehead St.  .540

9. Chris Duffy-Central Florida  .539

10. Kyle Roller-East Carolina  .537

Jace Brinkerhoff

RBIs

1. Jace Brinkerhoff-Utah Valley  84

2. Jacob Tanis-Mercer  83

3. Chris Benson-Utah Valley  81

3. Chris Duffy-Central Florida  81

5. Matt Leeds-College of Charleston  80

6. Eric Cain-South Dakota St.  79

7. Nate Woods-Belmont  78

8. Wes Cunningham-Murray St.  77

8. Anthony Gallas-Kent St.  77

8. Paul Hoilman-East Tennessee St.  77

Jake Rickenbach

RUNS

1. Jake Rickenbach-Utah Valley  85

2. Nate Roberts-High Point  84

3. Jace Brinkerhoff-Utah Valley  83

4. Paul Hoilman-East Tennessee St.  76

5. Ryan Aguayo-New Mexico St.  75

5. Tom Zebroski-George Washington  75

7. Dallas Poulk-North Carolina St. 74

8. John Schultz-Pittsburgh  73

8. Perry Silverman-Canisius  73

10. George Springer-Connecticut  72

Paul Hoilman

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

Minimum 3.0 Plate Appearances PG & Minimum 120 Plate Appearances

1. Paul Hoilman-East Tennessee St.  .874

2. Chris Duffy-Central Florida  .850

3. Kevin Patterson-Auburn  .849

4. A.J. Kirby-Jones-Tennessee Tech  .846

5. Wes Cunningham-Murray St.  .835

6. Ryan Soares-George Mason  .809

7. Alex Dickerson-Indiana  .808

8. Sean Allaire-Central Connecticut St.  .804

9. J.D. Ashbrook-Morehead St. .795

10. C.J. Cron-Utah  .788

Willie Wesley

STOLEN BASES

(Caught Stealing)

1. Willie Wesley-Jackson St.  51 (5)

2. Rico Noel-Coastal Carolina  48 (13)

3. Scott Woodward-Coastal Carolina  46 (6)

4. Dexter Kelley-Savannah St.  44 (10)

5. Shawn Payne-Georgia St.  43 (2)

6. Willie Argo-Illinois  41 (4)

6. Eric Stamets-Evansville  41 (6)

8. Damian Csakai-Wagner  40 (5)

8. Tyler Wilson-Lipscomb  40 (10)

10. Ryan Strausborger-Indiana St.  39 (4)

Quintavious Drains

WINS

1. Quintavious Drains-Jackson St. (13-3)

2. Anthony Meo-Coastal Carolina  (12-1)

3. Corey Baker-Pittsburgh  (11-2)

3. Matt Purke-TCU (11-0)

3. Brandon Workman-Texas  (11-1)

6. Seth Blair-Arizona St.  (10-0)

Jake Borup-Arizona St.  (10-1)

Blake Cooper-South Carolina  (10-1)

Cole Green-Texas  (10-0)

Lance Harting-Longwood  (10-0)

Matt Iannazzo-Pittsburgh  (10-2)

Tim Kelley-Wichita St.  (10-2)

Cortney Nelson-Jackson St.  (10-4)

Daniel Renken-Cal St. Fullerton  (10-2)

Nick Rogers-North Carolina A&T  (10-3)

Chris Sale-Florida Gulf Coast  (10-0)

Shawn Teufel-Liberty  (10-3)

Cody Wheeler-Coastal Carolina  (10-0)

Asher Wojciechowski-The Citadel  (10-2)

Chance Ruffin

ERA

Pitchers must have 1 IP for every game played by team & Minimum 50 IP

1. Chance Ruffin-Texas  0.86

2. John Stilson-Texas A&M  0.98

3. Trever Vermeulen-South Dakota St.  1.15

4. Kevin Munson-James Madison  1.23

5. Kenny Long-Illinois St.  1.56

6. Jordan Cooper-Wichita St.  1.59

7. Alex Wimmers-Ohio St.  1.60

8. Anthony Meo-Coastal Carolina  1.73

9. Matt Davenport-William & Mary  1.96

10. Chris Sale-Florida Gulf Coast  1.97

Kevin Arico

SAVES

1. Kevin Arico-Virginia  15

1. Neil Holland-Louisville  15

3. Andrew Burkett-Cincinnati  14

4. Chris Dennis-Portland  13

Kevin McKague-Army  13

Chris Patterson-Appalachian St.  13

Chance Ruffin-Texas  13

8.  Andy Deain-Northern Illinois  12

Paul Snieder-Northwestern  12

Jordan Swagerty-Arizona St.  12

Chris Sale

STRIKEOUTS

1. Chris Sale-Florida Gulf Coast  135

2. Asher Wojciechowski-The Citadel  128

3. Drew Pomeranz-Mississippi  127

4. Josh Smith-Lipscomb  124

5. Barrett Loux-Texas A&M  119

6. Trevor Bauer-UCLA  116

7. Eric Cantrell-George Washington  114

8. Gerrit Cole-UCLA  113

9. Bryce Shafer-Valparaiso  112

9. Boone Whiting-Centenary  112

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Can Oral Roberts Repeat…AGAIN?

ORU head coach Rob Walton

The Skinny: To say that Oral Roberts has dominated the Summit League would be an insult to the word understatement.  The Golden Eagles not only run roughshod through the postseason by winning 12 straight Summit (formerly the Mid-Continent) League titles, but they have also gone 246-27 (.901) in Summit League regular-season games since joining the conference in 1998.  ORU is 36-1 in those conference tournament games.  They’ve won 27 straight such games, with the lone loss coming to Southern Utah in 2000.

All that success begs the obvious question:  Can anyone even challenge Oral Roberts in 2010?

Centenary

2009 Season: (33-19, 16-10)

Mascot:  Gents

Head Coach: Ed McCann

Location:  Shreveport, LA

Vitals: .312 BA, 36 HR, .398 OBP, .959 Fld%…4.87 ERA, 10 SVs, 387 K, 167 BB, .296 Opp. BA

Giant Killer: The Gents posted wins over top-ranked Texas A&M and 18^th ranked Arkansas in 2009.

No Cupcakes: Centenary opens the 2010 schedule in Baton Rouge against defending national champion LSU.  They also play a two-game set at another ’09 CWS team, Arkansas, in March.

Big Losses: Centenary has to deal with the loss of All-Summit League performers Chris LaLonde (4-0, 6.35 ERA) and Ricky Imperiali (.325, 19 doubles).  Travis Leverson led the team with a .386 BA & led the Summit with 18 stolen bases.

Who’s Back:  Michael Tompkins (.348, 8 HR, 45 RBIs) & Tell Ross (.350, 7 HR, 49 RBIs) will pace the offense.

Ace Rising:  Justin Kraft (6-4, 4.08 ERA, 4 CG, 77 K in 81.2 IP should be one of the top pitchers in the conference.

Northern Exposure:  Reigning America East champion Binghamton leaves New York for a 4-game series in Shreveport March 27-29.

IPFW

2009 Season: (13-38, 6-21)

Mascot:  Mastadons

Head Coach: Bobby Pierce

Location:  Ft. Wayne, IN

Vitals: .261 BA, 28 HR, .360 OBP, .952 Fld%…8.10 ERA, 264 K, 268 BB, .328 opp. BA

Boiler Up: IPFW notched two of their 13 wins on the season against Big 10 foe Purdue, sweeping the season series.

Mr. Everything: The Mastodons must replace INF Chris Gottschall, who led the team in every offensive category, except triples and stolen bases.

North Dakota State

2009 Season: (16-28, 10-14)

Mascot:  Bison

Head Coach: Tod Brown

Location:  Fargo, ND

Vitals:  .296 BA, 16 HR, .373 OBP, .952 Fld%…6.71 ERA, 285 K, 184 BB, .315 opp. BA

Youth Movement: NDSU returns two second team All-Summit League selections in So. P John Straka and So. C Justin Kilne.  Straka led North Dakota State with a 4-3 record with a 3.49 ERA and 54 strikeouts.  Kline set a Bison freshman record and led the Summit League with a team-leading .432 batting average.

Road Warriors: NDSU plays its first 26 games on the road this season before finally opening the home schedule April 13^th against Dakota Wesleyan.

Oakland

2009 Season: (22-34, 10-18)

Mascot:  Golden Grizzlies

Head Coach: John Musachio

Location:  Rochester, MI

Vitals:  .299 BA, 49 HR, .380 OBP, .960 Fld%…8.00 ERA, 5 CG, 8 SV, 274 K, 273 BB, .336 opp. BA

Record Setter: The Golden Grizzlies must replace infielder Andrew Stafford who broke single-season school records by smacking 82 hits and posting a .381 batting average.

Strong Arms: Oakland returns all 10 pitchers who earned a win last season.

Tough Test: Oakland opens its season with a three-game series against Mississippi in Oxford.

Oral Roberts

2009 Season: (33-15, 16-2)

Mascot:  Golden Eagles

Head Coach: Rob Walton

Location:  Tulsa, OK

Vitals:  .303 BA, 80 HR, .403 OBP, .962 Fld%…3.76 ERA, 9 CG, 4 SV, 498 K, 193 BB, .242 opp. BA

Seth Furmanek

Key Departures: ORU faces the task of replacing Summit League Player of the Year Mark Serrano (9-1, 2.50 ERA), and San Diego Padres first round draft pick Jerry Sullivan (8-3, 3.12 ERA).

Key Returners: Senior C Seth Furmanek (.333, 17 HR) and senior INF Colby Price (.342, 10 doubles), lead a potent Golden Eagles offense.

Road Tests: Oral Roberts has trips this season to Baylor, UCLA, and Texas.

Home Cookin’: Since 1998 ORU’s J.L. Johnson Stadium has hosted either the Mid-Continent or Summit League postseason tournament 10 of 12 times.

South Dakota State

Jesse Sawyer

2009 Season: (26-30, 17-10)

Mascot:  Jackrabbits

Head Coach: Ritchie Price

Location:  Brookings, SD

Vitals:  .315 BA, 65 HR, .392 OBP, .963 Fld%…6.80 ERA, 4 CG, 6 SV, 322 K, 222 BB, .317 opp. BA

Country’s Best Eh: Junior third baseman Jesse Sawyer was named the top Canadian college baseball player according to CanadianBaseballNetwork.com after setting SDSU single season records for homeruns (19) and total bases (148).  Sawyer also led the team with 61 runs scored and 58 RBI.

Hot Streak: After starting the season 5-22, the Jackrabbits won 19 of their last 25 games while all nine regular starters finished the season hitting above .300

Southern Utah

2009 Season: (27-24, 15-7)

Mascot:  Thunderbirds

Head Coach: David Eldredge

Location:  Cedar City, UT

Vitals:  .318 BA, 52 HR, .396 OBP, .957 Fld%…5.85 ERA, 6 CG, 11 SV, 258 K, 237 BB, .313 opp. BA

Man on a Mission: Southern Utah third baseman Bo Cuthbertson earned Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America honors and was named to the PING!Baseball All-Freshman third-team after leading the team with a .393 average.  Cuthbertson, though, is taking the next two years off while serving on an LDS mission in Uruguay.

Thunderbird Hoosiers: SU returns just 15 players from last year’s roster.

Career Leader: Newly named assistant coach Keli’i Zablan finished his Thunderbird playing days first in career at-bats and total bases.

Western Illinois

2009 Season: (13-33, 8-16)

Mascot:  Leathernecks

Head Coach: Mike Villano

Location:  Macomb, IL

Vitals:  .297 BA, 37 HR, .956 Fld%…10.27 ERA, 235 K, 218 BB

Stan Hyman

Tragic Loss: Mike Villano was named Western Illinois head coach November 23^rd after Stan Hyman passed away at age 50 after battling leukemia.

Big Wins: The Leathernecks first victory last year was a 24-0 win over Medaille, with their second coming four days later over 12^th ranked Oklahoma State.

Major Opportunities: WIU faces some heavy hitters on this season’s schedule.  Included are trips to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

Predictions:

2010 Champion: Oral Roberts, while Centenary looks to be the closest challenger

2010 Player of the Year: North Dakota State’s Justin Kline

2010 Pitcher of the Year: North Dakota State’s John Straka