All Americans 2008

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For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 29, 2008

"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 10 conference players or pitchers of the year, including:

• LHP Brian Matusz, San Diego (Pitcher of Year West Coast Conference).
• RHP Aaron Crow, Missouri (Pitcher of Year Big 12 Conference).
• RHP Stephen Strasburg, San Diego St. (Pitcher of Year Mountain West Conference).
• RHP Scott Gorgen, U.C. Irvine (Pitcher of Year Big West Conference).
• RHP Tim Clubb, Missouri St. (Pitcher of Year Missouri Valley Conference).
• Relief Joshua Fields, Georgia (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference).
• C Buster Posey, Florida St. (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference).
• 3B Jeremie Tice, College of Charleston (Player of Year Southern Conference).
• SS Gordon Beckham, Georgia (Player of Year Southeastern Conference).
• OF Brian Van Kirk, Oral Roberts (Player of Year Summit League).

The first team features six starting pitchers who posted a combined 63-8 record with an ERA of 2.14. RHP Stephen Strasburg of San Diego St. led all pitchers with 133 strikeouts. The first team relief pitcher was Joshua Fields of Georgia. He recorded 16 saves and a 1.52 ERA.

The offense features power and line drive hitters. The first team belted 181 homers led by 3B Jeremie Tice of College of Charleston (25) and SS Gordon Beckham of Georgia (23). The team collected 201 doubles led by OF Bryan Miller of Troy (32). Eight first teamers hit 17 or more doubles during the season.

Collegiate Baseball named Florida State’s Posey as its National Player of The Year. Posey, a gifted defensive catcher for the Seminoles who threw out 22 runners (41.5%) and credited with 6 pickoffs, leads the nation in three offensive categories, including batting average (.467), on-base percentage (.567) and slugging percentage (.864). He also hit 19 homers, 20 doubles and recorded 73 RBIs heading into regional play.

This marks the 12th 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 2008.

First Team

Pitchers

Pos	Player	School	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO
LHP	Brian Matusz	San Diego	11	2	1.88	14	13	2	0	96.0	80	21	131
RHP	Aaron Crow	Missouri	12	0	2.56	14	14	3	0	98.3	82	33	117
RHP	Stephen Strasburg	San Diego St.	8	3	1.57	13	13	4	0	97.3	61	16	133
LHP	Chris Hernandez	Miami (Fla.)	11	0	2.44	14	14	0	0	92.3	71	14	97
RHP	Scott Gorgen	U.C. Irvine	10	3	1.90	15	14	1	0	104.0	57	33	109
RHP	Tim Clubb	Missouri St.	11	0	2.52	14	14	2	0	103.6	90	32	82
Relief	Joshua Fields	Georgia	2	2	1.52	28	0	0	16	29.6	9	18	53

Position Players

Pos	Player	School	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C••	Buster Posey	Florida St.	.467	214	77	100	20	4	19	73	46	20	5
1B	Justin Smoak	South Carolina	.377	220	58	83	18	0	21	66	55	27	1
2B	Jemile Weeks	Miami (Fla.)	.374	203	73	76	15	5	11	55	28	35	19
3B	Jeremie Tice	Coll. of Charleston	.393	229	80	90	21	3	25	83	40	44	2
SS	Gordon Beckham	Georgia	.394	218	78	86	17	1	23	57	44	27	17
OF	Brian Van Kirk	Oral Roberts	.421	221	59	93	22	0	17	72	41	29	0
OF	Sawyer Carroll	Kentucky	.416	221	62	92	21	3	16	78	40	33	12
OF	Bryan Miller	Troy	.402	254	59	102	32	2	12	64	15	38	4
DH	Yonder Alonso	Miami (Fla.)	.380	179	73	68	10	1	21	66	65	28	8
UT*	Ike Davis	Arizona St.	.378	185	55	70	25	0	16	68	27	31	5

Second Team

Pitchers

Pos	Player	School	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO
RHP	Chris Fetter	Michigan	10	1	2.39	15	13	4	0	86.6	63	25	75
RHP	Clayton Shunick	N.C. State	7	5	2.12	14	12	1	0	89.3	69	21	100
RHP	Carlos Luna	Oral Roberts	12	0	3.15	29	6	2	2	88.6	82	39	95
RHP	Mike Leake	Arizona St.	9	2	3.18	16	14	2	1	104.6	99	16	94
RHP	Andrew Liebel	Long Beach St.	8	3	1.81	14	14	4	0	109.6	95	17	92
LHP	George Brown	St. John’s	9	0	2.73	13	13	0	0	85.6	79	9	58
LHP	Christian Friedrich	Eastern Kentucky	5	1	1.43	12	12	0	0	81.6	40	33	108
RHP	Shooter Hunt	Tulane	9	3	2.45	14	14	0	0	91.6	49	51	119
LHP	Rob Musgrave	Wichita St.	10	1	1.96	14	14	5	0	96.6	82	18	92
Relief	Eric Pettis	U.C. Irvine	4	2	1.76	28	0	0	15	41.0	31	15	46

Position Players

Pos	Player	School	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C	Josh Phegley	Indiana	.438	224	69	98	20	2	15	80	34	22	2
C	Dock Doyle	Coastal Carolina	.365	222	56	81	20	2	16	65	25	25	4
1B	Xavier Scruggs	UNLV	.379	227	60	86	20	2	20	65	40	50	4
1B	Nate Recknagel	Michigan	.372	207	55	77	9	1	23	68	32	30	5
2B	Josh Harrison	Cincinnati	.378	238	66	90	22	3	5	54	25	20	32
3B	Brett Wallace	Arizona St.	.412	216	77	89	12	2	20	78	42	31	14
SS	Brandon Douglas	Northern Iowa	.396	225	51	89	25	4	10	60	16	14	10
OF	Tim Fedroff	North Carolina	.383	243	65	93	17	4	12	59	30	29	13
OF	Collin Cowgill	Kentucky	.359	217	75	78	13	2	18	57	48	46	23
OF	Steve Susdorf	Fresno St.	.347	248	62	86	26	1	10	75	33	39	13
OF	Eric Thames	Pepperdine	.407	182	58	74	11	8	13	59	35	30	11
UT*	Zach Putnam	Michigan	.309	188	44	58	13	2	9	47	25	28	3

Third Team

Pitchers

Pos	Player	School	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO
RHP	Alex White	North Carolina	8	3	2.86	14	12	0	0	72.3	59	36	87
LHP	Anthony Capra	Wichita St.	9	0	2.47	12	12	0	0	69.3	50	27	80
RHP	Tanner Scheppers	Fresno St.	8	2	2.93	12	11	1	1	70.6	54	34	109
RHP	Seth Maness	East Carolina	9	1	2.87	14	14	0	0	91.0	85	18	77
RHP	Steven Hensley	Elon	10	1	3.34	15	14	1	0	86.3	70	37	97
LHP	Shane Davis	Canisius	12	1	2.42	13	13	10	0	89.3	89	24	47
RHP	Brad Holt	N.C. Wilmington	10	1	3.30	14	14	2	0	84.6	72	30	92
RHP	Bryan Cryer	New Orleans	12	1	3.00	15	15	1	0	96.0	73	23	96
RHP	Jeff Kaplan	Cal. St. Fullerton	11	1	4.00	15	15	2	0	99.0	102	31	82
Relief	Andrew Cashner	Texas Christian	8	3	1.80	28	0	0	9	50.0	19	25	74
Relief	Daniel Schlereth	Arizona	2	0	1.73	31	0	0	1	52.0	27	19	73
Relief	A.J. Griffin	San Diego	1	1	1.96	27	0	0	13	41.3	30	11	43

Position Players

Pos	Player	School	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C	Mark Carver	N.C. Wilmington	.353	221	69	78	16	3	21	79	36	27	3
C	Tim Park	William & Mary	.418	220	67	92	26	1	14	62	26	19	8
C	Jake Jefferies	U.C. Davis	.396	235	46	93	20	1	4	54	20	9	5
C	Chris Taylor	N.C. Charlotte	.343	233	57	80	18	0	19	69	34	36	5
1B	Shane Peterson	Long Beach St.	.399	203	49	81	16	2	7	50	41	44	10
1B	Dustin Ackley	North Carolina	.399	233	69	93	17	3	7	44	49	24	18
1B	Mike Sheridan	William & Mary	.423	227	76	96	26	1	15	72	18	11	9
1B	Ryan Keedy	Alabama-Birm.	.423	234	61	99	29	0	10	69	46	32	5
1B	Greg Rohan	Kent St.	.355	197	50	70	18	2	20	61	17	35	0
1B	David Cooper	California	.363	212	55	77	14	0	19	55	37	31	0
1B	Michael Harrington	Coll. of Charleston	.316	234	71	74	15	2	26	82	36	42	0
2B	Kyle Seager	North Carolina	.365	233	52	85	27	5	8	67	27	25	5
2B	Josh Satin	California	.388	188	55	73	11	1	18	52	46	42	6
2B	Brandon Sizemore	Coll. of Charleston	.325	252	69	82	24	2	20	82	14	50	11
3B	Chris Dominguez	Louisville	.369	241	67	89	13	2	20	74	22	45	11
3B	Conor Gillaspie	Wichita St.	.421	209	66	88	14	8	10	77	36	20	16
SS	Ben Soignier	Louisiana-Monroe	.394	236	83	93	21	2	16	46	39	25	13
SS	Reese Havens	South Carolina	.363	234	71	85	12	2	16	53	55	42	1
OF	Mike McKenna	Florida Atlantic	.394	246	67	97	15	1	16	75	31	30	1
OF	Todd Sebek	Sam Houston St.	.356	275	67	98	25	3	5	41	19	35	24
OF	Michael Rockett	Texas-San Antonio	.360	247	60	89	25	5	10	68	6	32	9
UT*	Josh Romanski	San Diego	.316	206	39	65	14	1	6	47	29	29	3

* Pitching Statistics For Multiple-Position Players

Pos	Player	School	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO
LHP	Ike Davis	Arizona St.	4	1	2.66	13	0	0	4	20.3	15	4	26
RHP	Zach Putnam	Michigan	8	0	2.64	11	11	1	0	71.6	56	21	74
LHP	Josh Romanski	San Diego	9	0	3.76	14	13	2	0	88.6	81	19	72

•• National Player Of The Year


Collegiate Baseball
Players Of The Year
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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