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All-American Teams
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Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004
"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS
TUCSON, Ariz. — The 2005 Louisville Slugger pre-season
All-American baseball teams, selected by Collegiate Baseball newspaper,
features a who’s who of NCAA Division I baseball players.
The pre-season pick as National Player of The Year is 3B Alex
Gordon of Nebraska. Last season Gordon hit .365 with 18 homers, 18 doubles and
knocked in 75 runs as the 6-foot-1, 215-pounder was named Big 12 Conference
Player of The Year. He spent the past summer playing for Team USA as he hit .388
with four homers and 12 RBIs. He was the top offensive player in the World
University Games as he hit .523 with two homers and knocked in five runs. Gordon
may be the first college player taken in the June Draft.
For complete statistics on each All-American, purchase the
Jan. 1 issue of Collegiate Baseball newspaper. This edition also has
NCAA Division I conference rundowns on the projected teams to beat, conference
players of the year, and players to watch, plus an in-depth story on top college
draft eligible players. In addition, this issue features a special story on
Nebraska's Alex Gordon as well as RHP Tim Lincecum of Washington who fanned a
whopping 161 batters last season as a freshman despite only being 160 pounds.
The three All-American teams include (with partial statistics
from last season for first team members):
- First Team Pre-Season
All-Americans
- RHP Tim Lincecum, Washington (10-3, 3.53 ERA,
161 K, 82 BB)
- RHP Mike Pelfrey, Wichita St. (11-2, 2.18 ERA,
125 K, 24 BB)
- RHP Cesar Carrillo, Miami (Fla.) (12-0, 2.69
ERA, 91 K, 43 BB)
- RHP Dennis Bigley, Oral Roberts (13-1, 2.91
ERA, 100 K, 25 BB)
- LHP Cesar Ramos, Long Beach St. (12-4, 2.29
ERA, 97 K, 35 BB)
- LHP Ricky Romero, Cal. St. Fullerton (14-4,
3.37 ERA, 126 K, 42 BB)
- Relief Jon Wilson, Winthrop (11-0, 1.88 ERA, 6
SV, 79 K, 17 BB)
- C Jeff Clement, Southern California (.293, 10
HR, 12 2B, 43 RBI)
- 1B John Mayberry, Stanford (.333, 16 HR, 11
2B, 62 RBI, 9 SB)
- 2B Jed Lowrie, Stanford (.399, 17 HR, 19 2B,
68 RBI, 6 SB)
- 3B Alex Gordon, Nebraska (.365, 18 HR, 18 2B,
75 RBI, 12 SB)
- SS Cameron Blair, Texas Tech. (.371, 14 HR, 23
2B, 81 RBI, 19 SB)
- OF Chris Rahl, William & Mary (.389, 20 HR, 10
2B, 70 RBI, 42 SB)
- OF Brad Corley, Mississippi St. (.380, 19 HR,
12 2B, 55 RBI, 4 SB)
- OF Daniel Carte, Winthrop (Cape Cod League
MVP, .339, 10 HR, 14 2B, 54 RBI, 16 SB)
- UT Stephen Head, Mississippi (.346, 13 HR, 13
2B, 53 RBI, 6-3 as pitcher, 2.82 ERA, 5 SV)
- UT Caleb Moore, East Tennessee St. (.455, 31
2B, 45 RBI, 6 SV, 2-0, 3.60 ERA)
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- Second Team Pre-Season
All-Americans
- LHP Jason Meyer, Texas A&M
- RHP Sam LeCure, Texas
- LHP Mark Romanczuk, Stanford
- LHP Wade LeBlanc, Alabama
- LHP Rowdy Hardy, Austin Peay St.
- LHP Zach Zuercher, Rhode Island
- RHP Ian Kennedy, Southern California
- Relief J. Brent Cox, Texas
- C Taylor Teagarden, Texas
- C Jared Greenwood, Western Carolina
- 1B Josh Morris, Georgia
- 2B Warner Jones, Vanderbilt
- 3B Steve Pearce, South Carolina
- SS Ryan Braun, Miami (Fla.)
- SS Tyler Greene, Georgia Tech.
- OF Drew Stubbs, Texas
- OF Chad Huffman, Texas Christian
- OF Steve Caravati, Ohio St.
- UT Micah Owings, Tulane
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- Third Team Pre-Season
All-Americans
- LHP Andrew Miller, North Carolina
- RHP Daniel Bard, North Carolina
- LHP Nick Hill, Army
- RHP John Meloan, Arizona
- RHP Jason Urquidez, Arizona St.
- RHP Danny Gil, Miami (Fla.)
- RHP Aaron Rawl, South Carolina
- LHP Ryan Mullins, Vanderbilt
- RHP P.J. Walters, South Alabama
- RHP Mark Holliman, Mississippi
- Relief Blair Erickson, U.C. Irvine
- Relief Craig Hansen, St. John's (N.Y.)
- Relief Will Startup, Georgia
- Relief Anthony Rea, Santa Clara
- Relief Ryan Doherty, Notre Dame
- C Kiel Thibault, Gonzaga
- C Jordan Abruzzo, San Diego
- 1B Felipe Garcia, Cal. St. Fullerton
- 1B Erik Lis, Evansville
- 1B Jeff Larish, Arizona St.
- 1B Andy Hunter, Minnesota
- 1B Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina
- 1B Brad Miller, Ball St.
- 2B Michael Griffin, Baylor
- 2B Jim Negrych, Pittsburgh
- 2B Xardiel Cotto, New Mexico St.
- 3B Jim Geldhof, Central Michigan
- 3B Ryan Zimmerman, Virginia
- SS Troy Tulowitzki, Long Beach St.
- SS Brent Lillibridge, Washington
- OF Michael Paulk, Cal. St. Northridge
- OF Trvis Buck, Arizona St.
- OF Byron Barber, Coll. of Charleston
- UT Brian Bogusevic, Tulane
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