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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1999

"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I Pre-Season All-American baseball teams were announced today which have a potent mix of pitching and offense.

The 17-man first team, picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features a 6-man pitching staff which posted a 63-18 overall record last season and averaged 134 strikeouts and only 45 walks per pitcher — nearly a 3:1 strikeout to walk ratio. The first team reliever, Brandon Belanger from Tulane, posted 16 saves last season with a 2.45 ERA.

On offense, the first team averaged 24 home runs per player led by OF Daylan Holt of Texas A&M with 34. As far as doubles and RBI, 2B Marshall McDougall of Florida State racked up 26 doubles and knocked in 106 runs to lead the team. Speed is also present as OF Jeff Stallings of Oral Roberts swiped 49 bases.

The first team also features Collegiate Baseball’s Pre-Season National Player of The Year in Xavier Nady (California) who is expected to be one of the first college players chosen in next June's Free Agent Draft. Last season in the rugged Pac-10 Conference, he hit .374 with 23 homers, 17 doubles and 62 RBI.

The following are the first, second and third team Louisville Slugger Pre-Season All-Americans for 2000. Complete statistics on each of the players accompany this release.

First Team

RHP — David Gil, Miami (Fla.) (12-0, 3.19 ERA, 103 K, 36 BB in 93 IP).

RHP — Jon McDonald, Florida St. (9-3, 3.57 ERA, 123 K, 51 BB in 116 IP).

RHP — Aaron Heilman, Notre Dame (11-2, 3.14 ERA, 6 CG, 118 K, 37 BB in 109 IP).

LHP — Matt Smith, Oklahoma St. (9-6, 3.09 ERA, 144 K, 44 BB in 113.6 IP).

RHP— Jason Young, Stanford (12-3, 3.43 ERA, 10 CG, 178 K, 55 BB in 154.6 IP).

RHP— Adam Johnson, Cal. St. Fullerton (10-4, 3.55 ERA, 136 K, 47 BB in 116.3 IP).

Relief — Brandon Belanger, Tulane (16 SV, 2.45 ERA, 3-5 record, 68 K, 15 BB).

C — John Wilson, Kentucky (.360, 23 HR, 16 2B, 56 RBI, great arm).

1B — Don Price, Nevada (.351, 27 HR, 89 RBI).

2B — Marshall McDougall, Florida State (.419, 28 HR, 26 2B, 106 RBI, 22 SB).

SS — Kelly Eddlemon, Sam Houston St. (.416, 26 HR, 24 2B, 95 RBI).

3B — Taggert Bozied, San Francisco (.412, 30 HR, 13 2B, 82 RBI).

3B — Xavier Nady, California (.374, 23 HR, 17 2B, 62 RBI).

OF — Daylan Holt, Texas A&M (.341, 34 HR, 22 2B, 105 RBI).

OF — Bill Scott, UCLA (.380, 28 HR, 19 2B, 86 RBI).

OF — Jeff Stallings, Oral Roberts (.417, 19 2B, 42 RBI, 49 SB).

UT — Larry Bowles, Virginia Tech. (.390, 14 HR, 17 2B, 58 RBI, 10-3 as pitcher, 4.27 ERA, 94 K).

 

Second Team

LHP — Cory Vance, Georgia Tech.

RHP — Jason Anderson, Illinois

RHP — Henry Bonilla, Tulane

RHP — Kyle Crowell, Houston

RHP — Brandon Sloan, Wichita St.

Relief — Chris Russ, Texas A&M

Relief — Derrick DePriest, North Carolina

C — Mike Tonis, California

C — Dane Sardinha, Pepperdine

1B — Jeremy Brown, Alabama

2B — James Jurries, Tulane

SS — Seth Davidson, Southern California

SS — Keoni DeRenne, Arizona

3B — Mark Teixeira, Georgia Tech.

OF — Patrick Boyd, Clemson

OF — Tyrell Godwin, North Carolina

OF — Joe Borchard, Stanford

OF — Jason Grove, Washington St.

UT — Hayden Gliemmo, Auburn

 

Third Team

RHP — Justin Wayne, Stanford

RHP — Charlie Isaacson, Arkansas

RHP — Scott Sturkie, Coastal Carolina

RHP — Blair Varnes, Florida St.

RHP — Chris Bootcheck, Auburn

RHP — Kip Bouknight, South Carolina

RHP — Daniel Haren, Pepperdine

RHP — Jay Adams, Pepperdine

RHP — Jeff Nichols, Rice

RHP — Kenny Baugh, Rice

LHP — Greg Montalbano, Northeastern

Relief — Brandon Roberson, Texas Tech.

Relief — Dan Adams, Kent

C — Ryan Duncheon, Illinois St.

C — Brad Cresse, Louisiana St.

C — David Parrish, Michigan

1B — Brad Hawpe, Louisiana St.

1B — Pat Magness, Wichita St.

1B — Garrett Atkins, UCLA

1B — Lee Chapman, Eastern Kentucky

2B — David Bacani, Cal. St. Fullerton

2B — Chase Utley, UCLA

2B — D.J. Svihlik, Illinois

SS — Jeremy Kurella, Northwestern

SS — Tim Hummel, Old Dominion

3B — Koyie Hill, Wichita St.

3B — Josh Pride, Middle Tennessee

3B — Aaron Sisk, New Mexico

OF — Ryan Neill, Oral Roberts

OF — Mike Scott, Connecticut

OF — Shelley Duncan, Arizona

OF — Jason Gray, Rice

UT — Jason Dubois, Virginia Commonwealth