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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 3, 2004

"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 13 conference players or pitchers of the year, including:
 
• RHP Jered Weaver, Long Beach St. (Co-Pitcher of Year Big West Conference)
• RHP Wade Townsend, Rice (Pitcher of Year Western Athletic Conference)
• J.P. Howell, Texas (Pitcher of Year Big 12 Conference)
• RHP Matt Fox, Central Florida (Pitcher of Year Atlantic Sun Conference)
• RHP Justin Hoyman, Florida (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference)
• C Kurt Suzuki, Cal. St. Fullerton (Player of Year Big West Conference)
• 2B Jed Lowrie, Stanford (Player of Year Pacific-10 Conference)
• 3B Alex Gordon, Nebraska (Player of Year Big 12 Conference)
• SS Brian Bixler, Eastern Michigan (Player of Year Mid-American Conference)
• OF Chris Rahl, William & Mary (Player of Year Colonial Athletic Association)
• OF Eric Nielsen, Nevada-Las Vegas (Player of Year Mountain West Conference)
• DH Ryan Jones, East Carolina (Player of Year Conference USA)
• UT P.J. Hiser, Pittsburgh (Player of Year Big East Conference)
 
The first team features six starting pitchers who posted a combined 74-8 record with an ERA of 1.99. Long Beach State's Jered Weaver led first team All-American pitchers with 193 strikeouts. Central Florida's Matt Fox posted six complete games, a high for first teamers.
 
The offense features power, line drive hitters and speed. The first team belted 174 homers led by Billy Becher of New Mexico St. with 25. Becher also led first teamers with 90 RBIs. Seven first teamers hit 18 or more doubles this season led by Ryan Jones of East Carolina (24). As far as speed, William & Mary's Chris Rahl swiped 42 bases.
 
The first team also features Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of The Year in RHP Jered Weaver. Weaver posted a glistening 14-1 record prior to regional action and a 1.68 ERA. He struck out 193 batters with only 18 walks. Weaver is expected to be one of the first picks in the upcoming Free Agent Draft.
 
The following are the first, second and third team Louisville Slugger All-Americans for the 2004 season.
 
 
First Team
   Pitchers
Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV

IP

 H BB

SO
RHP•• Jered Weaver Long Beach St. 14 1 1.68 17 17 3   0

128.3

   71 18

193
RHP Wade Townsend Rice 11 0 1.68 17 14 2   2

112.6

   65 43

141
RHP Philip Humber Rice 13 2 1.80 18 14 2   1

105.0

   71 33

141
LHP J.P. Howell Texas 13 2 2.01 20 16 4   1

111.6

   69 41

134
RHP Matt Fox Central Florida 13 2 1.99 16 16 6   0

104.0

   70 32

119
RHP Justin Hoyman Florida 10 1 2.82 17 17 5   0

124.6

 100 35

  84
Relief Austin Tubb Southern Miss.   7 0 1.01 30   0 0 10    35.6   29   6    47
   Position Players
Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
  C Kurt Suzuki Cal. St. Fullerton .438 201 62   88 15 2 13 74 43 24   6
1B Billy Becher New Mexico St. .329 234 63   77 19 1 25 90 45 52   1
2B Jed Lowrie Stanford .407 216 68   88 19 4 16 66 47 36   6
3B Alex Gordon Nebraska .365 211 64   77 18 5 18 75 47 34 12
SS Brian Bixler Eastern Michigan .453 243 74 110 18 3   8 47 35 43 31
OF Chris Rahl William & Mary .389 229 73   89 10 8 20 70 24 54 42
OF Eddy Martinez-Esteve Florida St. .401 247 53   99 22 3 19 78 28 39   7
OF Eric Nielsen UNLV .410 244 82 100 23 2 16 86 29 33   7
DH Ryan Jones East Carolina .402 199 62   80 24 4 18 66 37 33   9
UT* P.J. Hiser Pittsburgh .354 198 57   70 11 3 21 67 28 54 19

 

Second Team
   Pitchers
Pos Player School

W

 L ERA G GS

CG

SV

IP

 H BB

SO
RHP Tim Lincecum Washington

10

 2 3.49 19 17

0

0

105.6

 79 75

151
LHP Glen Perkins Minnesota

9

 2 2.53 15 14

5

0

103.3

 79 21

107
RHP Mike Pelfrey Wichita St.

10

 2 2.35 15 15

5

0

106.6

 82 21

111
LHP Kyle Slutes Lamar

10

 1 2.25 23 10

3

3

  88.0

 72 19

84
RHP Cesar Carrillo Miami (Fla.)

9

 0 2.58 16 13

0

2

  90.6

 75 34

70
RHP Jason Windsor Cal. St. Fullerton

8

 4 2.12 16 13

8

0

118.6

 77 16

98
RHP Vern Sterry North Carolina St.    9 3 1.99 16 14 2    0    99.6 80 15   99
Relief Jon Wilson Winthrop 11 0 1.88 34 0 0    6    67.0 47 17   79
   Position Players
Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO

SB
  C Landon Powell South Carolina .356 233 60   83 15 1 19 64 36 32

2
  C Caleb Moore East Tenn. St. .455 202 59   92 31 1   9 45 17 18

1
1B Dan Batz Rhode Island .406 187 58   76 24 1 12 59 29 14 10
1B Logan Sorensen Wichita St. .375 216 59   81 22 1 10 70 35 24

26
2B Warner Jones Vanderbilt .414 244 51 101 26 3 10 70 11 20

12
3B Matt Macri Notre Dame .380 221 72   84 15 7 14 56 38 39

12
SS Dustin Pedroia Arizona St. .395 233 76   92 24 1   9 48 45 13

  8
OF Jon Zeringue Louisiana St. .396 227 52   90 19 2 11 52 24 31

  3
OF Richie Robnett Fresno St. .384 229 54   88 27 3 13 51 36 41

21
OF Ryan Frith Southern Miss. .340 238 57   81 14 0 22 63 29 69

  1
UT* Joe Koshansky Virginia .301 206 46   62 17 1 15 64 27 49    8

 

Third Team
   Pitchers
Pos Player School

W

 L ERA G GS

CG

SV

IP

 H BB

SO
RHP Ryan Johnson College of Charleston

12

 0 3.11 13 13

0

  0

  81.0

   94 18

  55
RHP Greg Bunn East Carolina

  9

 0 2.88 15 15

1

  0

  93.6

   65 30

  98
RHP Dennis Bigley Oral Roberts

12

 1 2.90 15 15

6

  0

111.6

   89 24

  97
LHP Mark Romanczuk Stanford

11

 2 4.02 16 16

0

  0

105.0

 103 39

  91
RHP Kyle Bono Central Florida

8

 1 1.79 17 14

6

  2

  90.3

   64 25

101
LHP Rowdy Hardy Austin Peay St.

12

 2 2.64 17 14

6

  0

112.6

 102 25

89
LHP Nick Hill Army

10

 2 2.24 12 12

8

  0

  80.3

   53 21

78
LHP Zach Zuercher Rhode Island

8

 3 2.82 17 12

9

  1

  92.6

   56 44

123
LHP Jason Meyer Texas A&M

8

 2 2.56 21   9

1

  3

  91.3

   74 37

96
Relief Chad Blackwell South Carolina

4

 3 2.92 31   0

0

15

  52.3

   41 11

68
Relief Anthony Rea Santa Clara

5

 1 1.68 30   0

0

13

  53.6

   36 10

53
Relief Huston Street Texas     5 1 1.60 24   0   0   10   45.0   27 12   43
Relief Blair Erickson U.C. Irvine     1 3 4.10 30   0   0   17   37.3   33 21   51
   Position Players
Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
  C Chris Westervelt Stetson .385 205 55   79 18 0 11 56 35 33   1
  C Chris Iannetta North Carolina .342 228 59   78 18 0 15 68 35 42   6
1B Chip Cannon The Citadel .353 221 64   78 19 2 16 65 69 48   3
1B Ryan Norwood East Carolina .374 227 57   85 29 1 14 59 18 34   6
1B C.J. Smith Florida .347 239 58   83 15 3 14 62 24 45   7
1B Jim Burt Miami (Fla.) .354 212 58   75 22 3 12 60 27 29   5
2B Jarrett Hoffpauir Southern Miss. .403 258 62 104 25 2 11 86 20   8   2
2B Eric Patterson Georgia Tech. .314 245 71   77 11 5   7 43 47 53 45
2B Trevor Lawhorn East Carolina .309 236 49   73 15 0 21 64 21 52 11
3B Anthony Granato Virginia Commonwealth .357 213