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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Friday, May 31, 2002

"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS

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

 

The 17-man first team, chosen by performances up to regional playoffs and picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features 12 conference players or pitchers of the year, including:

 

• LHP Justin Simmons, Texas (Pitcher of Year Big 12 Conference)

• RHP Jeremy Guthrie, Stanford (Pitcher of Year Pac-10 Conference)

• RHP Bryan Bullington, Ball State (Pitcher of Year Mid-American Conference)

• RHP John Tetuan, Wichita State (Pitcher of Year Missouri Valley Conference)

• RHP Brad Sullivan, Houston (Pitcher of Year Conference USA)

• RHP Tim Stauffer, Richmond (Pitcher of Year Atlantic 10 Conference)

• C Jed Morris, Nebraska (Player of Year Big 12 Conference)

• 1B Nate Gold, Gonzaga (Player of Year West Coast Conference)

• 2B Rickie Weeks, Southern (Player of Year Southwestern Athletic Conference)

• SS Khalil Greene, Clemson (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference)

• OF Steve Stanley, Notre Dame (Player of Year Big East Conference)

• OF Bob Malek, Michigan State (Player of Year Big Ten Conference)

 

The first team features six starting pitchers who posted a combined 69-8 record with an ERA of 2.16. Ball State's Bryan Bullington leads first team All-American pitchers with 139 strikeouts. Richmond's Tim Stauffer posted an amazing 12 complete games in 16 starts this season.

 

The offense features power, line drive hitters and speed. The first team belted 175 homers (average 18.5 per player). Seven hit 21 or more doubles this season. As far as speed, Notre Dame's Steve Stanley led first teamers with 31.

 

The first team also features Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of The Year in SS Khalil Greene of Clemson. Greene's .475 batting average is second in Atlantic Coast Conference history for a single season. He also belted 22 homers and 25 doubles during a mammoth offensive season. He has re-written the Clemson and ACC record books. He ranks first in ACC history and second in NCAA history with 384 career hits. He enters regional action with a 27-game hitting streak, third longest in Clemson history.

 

The following are the first, second and third team Louisville Slugger All-Americans for the 2002 season.

Complete statistics on each of the players accompany this release.

 

FIRST TEAM

LHP — Justin Simmons, Texas (14-1, 2.11 ERA, 71 K, 30 BB)

RHP — Jeremy Guthrie, Stanford (10-1, 2.52 ERA, 115 K, 27 BB)

RHP — Bryan Bullington, Ball St. (11-3, 2.84 ERA, 139 K, 18 BB)

RHP — John Tetuan, Wichita St. (10-0, 1.76 ERA, 68 K, 28 BB)

RHP — Brad Sullivan, Houston (10-1, 2.18 ERA, 134 K, 42 BB)

RHP — Tim Stauffer, Richmond (14-2, 1.58 ERA, 128 K, 29 BB)

Relief — Dave Bush, Wake Forest (7-1, 1.69 ERA, 13 SV, 53 K, 10 BB)

C — Jed Morris, Nebraska (.376, 20 HR, 23 2B, 77 RBI)

1B — Nate Gold, Gonzaga (.333, 33 HR, 17 2B, 76 RBI)

2B — Rickie Weeks, Southern (.500, 19 HR, 14 2B, 94 RBI, 10 SB)

SS — Khalil Greene, Clemson (.475, 22 HR, 25 2B, 75 RBI, 14 SB)

3B — Ryan Barthelemy, Florida St. (.379, 17 HR, 24 2B, 90 RBI)

OF — Steve Stanley, Notre Dame (.442, 15 2B, 31 RBI, 31 SB)

OF — Joey Gomes, Santa Clara (.408, 10 HR, 31 2B, 51 RBI)

OF — Bob Malek, Michigan St. (.402, 16 HR, 21 2B, 66 RBI, 16 SB)

DH — Gabe Veloz, New Mexico St. (.412, 15 HR, 26 2B, 91 RBI)

UT — Chris Maples, North Carolina (.356, 22 HR, 23 2B, 74 RBI, 16 SB)

 

SECOND TEAM

RHP — Ryan Bicondoa, Western Kentucky

LHP — Abe Alvarez, Long Beach St.

LHP — Ricky Barrett, San Diego

LHP — Matt Lynch, Florida St.

RHP — Kyle Sleeth, Wake Forest

RHP — Philip Humber, Rice

Relief — Blake Taylor, South Carolina

C — Chris Westervelt, Stetson

C — Alberto Concepcion, Southern California

1B — Brad Eldred, Florida International

1B — Yaron Peters, South Carolina

2B — James Jurries, Tulane

3B — Lee Curtis, College of Charleston

SS — Drew Meyer, South Carolina

OF — Mike Arbinger, Ohio

OF — Anthony Bocchino, Marist

OF — Ryan McGraw, Coastal Carolina

UT — Ben Fritz, Fresno St.

 

THIRD TEAM

LHP — Kyle Bakker, Georgia Tech.

RHP — Lance Cormier, Alabama

LHP — Andy Dickinson, Illinois

RHP — Alex Hart, Florida

LHP — Lane Mestepey, Louisiana St.

RHP — Steven Herce, Rice

RHP — Matt Durkin, San Jose St.

RHP — Scooter Michael, N.C. Greensboro

RHP — Steve Reba, Clemson

Relief — Huston Street, Texas

Relief — Royce Ring, San Diego St.

Relief — Randy Corn, The Citadel

C — Tony Richie, Florida St.

C — David Castillo, Oral Roberts

1B — Vincent Sinisi, Rice

1B — Kelly Hunt, Bowling Green

1B — Michael Johnson, Clemson

1B — Justin Owens, Coastal Carolina

1B — Dave Jensen, Brigham Young

1B — Eddie Kim, James Madison

2B — Brian Burgamy, Wichita St.

2B — Tim Moss, Texas

2B — Eric Patterson, Georgia Tech.

2B — Luke Appert, Minnesota

3B — Antoin Gray, Southern

3B — Pat Osborn, Florida

3B — Mark Schramek, Texas-San Antonio

3B — Jeff Baker, Clemson

SS — Wes Timmons, Bethune-Cookman

SS — Matt Craig, Richmond

SS — Jared Boyd, Maryland-Baltimore County

OF — Curtis Granderson, Illinois-Chicago

OF — Adam Greenberg, North Carolina

OF — Brian Wright, North Carolina St.

OF — Sam Fuld, Stanford