All Americans 2010

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For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 3, 2010

"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS

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 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.

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


Collegiate Baseball
Players Of The Year
2010: LHP Chris Sale
Florida Gulf Coast
2009: RHP Stephen Strasburg
San Diego St. University
2008: C Buster Posey
Florida St.
2007: LHP David Price, Vanderbilt
2B Tony Thomas, Florida St.
2006: RHP Wes Roemer, Cal. St. Fullerton
OF Kellen Kulbacki, James Madison
2005: OF Shane Robinson
Florida State University
2004: RHP Jered Weaver
Long Beach State
2003: 2B Rickie Weeks
Southern University
2002: SS Khalil Greene
Clemson University
2001: RHP Mark Prior
Univ. of Southern Calif.
2000: RHP Kip Bouknight
Univ. of South Carolina
1999: UT Jason Jennings
Baylor University
1998: OF Kevin Mench
Univ. of Delaware
1997: J.D. Drew
Florida State University
1996: RHP Kris Benson,
Clemson University
1995: 1B/P Todd Helton, Tennessee
OF/P Mark Kotsay, Cal. St. Fullerton
1994: P/1B Ryan Jackson
Duke University
1993: P/OF Brooks Kieschnick,
Univ. of Texas
1992: P Lloyd Peever,
Louisiana State Univ.
1991: P Bobby Jones,
Fresno State Univ.
1990: OF Mike Kelly,
Arizona State Univ.
1989: P Ben McDonald, Louisiana St.
UT Scott Bryant, Univ. of Texas
1988: P Andy Benes,
Evansville University
1987: 3B Robin Ventura, Oklahoma St.
1B Marteese Robinson, Seton Hall
1986: P Greg Swindell,
Univ. of Texas
1985: OF Pete Incaviglia,
Oklahoma State Univ.
1984: OF Oddibe McDowell,
Arizona State Univ.

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