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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 28, 2009

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

• RHP Stephen Strasburg, San Diego St. (Pitcher of Year Mountain West Conference).
• RHP Mike Leake, Arizona St. (Pitcher of Year Pac-10 Conference).
• RHP A.J. Morris, Kansas St. (Pitcher of Year Big 12 Conference).
• RHP Louis Coleman, Louisiana St. (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference).
• RHP Deck McGuire, Georgia Tech. (Pitcher of Year Atlantic Coast Conference).
• LHP Daniel Bibona, U.C. Irvine (Pitcher of Year Big West Conference).
• C Chris Henderson, George Mason (Co-Player of Year, Defensive Player of Year Colonial).
• 1B Dustin Ackley, North Carolina (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference).
• 3B Marc Krauss, Ohio (Player of Year Mid-American Conference).
• 3B Chris Dominguez, Louisville (Player of Year Big East Conference).
• OF Kent Matthes, Alabama (Player of Year Southeastern Conference).
• OF Jason Kipnis, Arizona St. (Player of Year Pac-10 Conference).
• UT Bryce Brentz, Middle Tennessee St. (Player of Year Sun Belt Conference).

The first team features six starting pitchers who posted a combined 72-6 record with an ERA of 2.16. RHP Stephen Strasburg of San Diego St., Collegiate Baseball's National Player of The Year, leads the nation with 180 strikeouts (15.9 per nine innings). He struck out at least 10 batters in 12 of his 14 starts this season. Utilizing a 102 mph fastball, Strasburg also put together a perfect 13-0 record and 1.24 ERA. Recently he fired a no-hitter against Air Force with 17 strikeouts in a 9-inning complete game.

The first team relief pitcher is Addison Reed of San Diego St. He recorded 19 saves with a microscopic 0.68 ERA.

The first team offense features remarkable power. Eight hitters have belted 20 or more homers led by OF Kent Matthes of Alabama (28) and UT Bryce Brentz of Middle Tennessee St. (28).

This marks the 13th 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 2009.

 
First Team
   Pitchers
Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV

IP

 H BB

SO
RHP•• Stephen Strasburg San Diego St. 13 0 1.24 14 14 2   0

102.0

 57 19

180
RHP Mike Leake Arizona St. 14 1 1.24 15 14 6   0

115.6

 66 18

128
RHP A.J. Morris Kansas St. 13 1 1.84 15 15 4   0

107.3

 85 28

98
RHP Louis Coleman Louisiana St. 11 2 2.84 19 12 2   0

98.3

 78 19

111
RHP Deck McGuire Georgia Tech. 10 1 3.15 14 14 0   0

91.3

 70 40

106
LHP Daniel Bibona U.C. Irvine 11 1 2.65 14 14 1   0

98.3

 73 24

  94
Relief Addison Reed San Diego St.   0 0 0.68 24 0 0 19   26.3 20   7    36
   Position Players
Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
  C Chris Henderson George Mason .416 226 69 94 21 2 14 54 30 24   1
1B Dustin Ackley North Carolina .399 228 67 91 14 4 20 61 46 29 12
2B Chris Sedon Pittsburgh .398 201 65 80 10 2 22 62 13 41 19
3B Marc Krauss Ohio .402 209 73 84 13 0 27 70 46 29   6
3B Chris Dominguez Louisville .359 237 77 85 11 2 23 79 30 46 18
SS Bryan Marquez New Mexico St. .420 207 81 87 13 1 22 85 47 28   5
OF Kent Matthes Alabama .365 197 65 72 14 2 28 81 31 44 13
OF Jason Kipnis Arizona St. .380 200 66 76 18 4 14 65 45 26 21
OF Tyler Townsend Florida International .434 212 58 92 16 1 24 77 26 31   3
UT* Bryce Brentz Middle Tennessee St. .482 220 78 106 19 2 28 72 30 30   6

 

Second Team
   Pitchers
Pos Player School

W

 L ERA G GS

CG

SV

IP

 H BB

SO
LHP Cody Wheeler Coastal Carolina

10

 0 3.34 14 14

1

0

  89.0

   72 28

96
LHP Mike Modica George Mason

11

 1 4.17 13 13

1

0

  82.0

   71 32

73
RHP Eric Arnett Indiana

12

 1 2.58 13 13

6

0

101.0

   77 35

103
RHP Alex Wimmers Ohio St.

  9

 1 2.68 15 15

4

0

100.6

   72 48

131
LHP Justin Marks Louisville

10

 2 3.50 15 14

1

0

  92.6

   75 30

116
LHP Buddy Baumann Missouri St.

11

 1 3.23 13 13

2

0

  86.3

   71 32

101
RHP Kyle Gibson Missouri   10 3 3.47 15 14   5    0    98.6   89 18 123
RHP Mark Serrano Oral Roberts     9 0 2.42 19   8   3    0    78.0   54 20 119
RHP Kane Holbrooks Texas St.   10 1 3.34 15 14   1    0    94.3 106 19    56
Relief Kyle Bellamy Miami, Fla.     3 1 1.04 28   0   0 16    43.3   22 20    60
   Position Players
Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO

SB
  C J.T. Wise Oklahoma .374 195 48   73 13   0 17 61 22 37

2
  C Richard Jones The Citadel .378 251 54   95 19   2 17 69 27 52

2
1B Dillon Baird Arizona .433 194 53   84 21   5   8 55 22 25   5
1B Rich Poythress Georgia .370 227 64   84 16   0 21 77 38 37

3
2B Mike Brownstein New Mexico .414 244 72 101 23 11   1 49 34 23

20
3B Tom Mendonca Fresno St. .345 226 54   78 8   0 27 78 33 60

2
SS Jedd Gyorko West Virginia .421 228 74   96 28   1   8 58 32 25

1
OF Tyler Holt Florida St. .388 214 76   83 17   2   5 25 51 43

32
OF Scott Krieger George Mason .378 209 67   79 14   5 20 80 34 46

5
OF Jeremy Cruz Stetson .399 228 62   91 19   0 18 80 27 45

2
UT* Brooks Raley Texas A&M .315 203 43   64 19   2   1 25 41 31 25

 

Third Team
   Pitchers
Pos Player School

W

 L ERA G GS

CG

SV

IP

 H BB

SO
LHP Sean Gilmartin Florida St.

11

 3 3.64 16 13

1

  1

  84.0

 72 35

75
LHP Daniel Calhoun Murray St.

11

 3 2.32 16 14

11

  1

  97.0

 90   6

85
LHP Josh Spence Arizona St.

8

 1 2.35 19 11

1

  1

  76.6

 69 24

97
RHP Austin Hyatt Alabama

8

 2 3.14 14 14

2

  0

100.3

 82 13

86
RHP Daniel Renken Cal. St. Fullerton

9

 2 2.50 14 14

2

  0

101.0

 75 29

82
RHP Matt Fields Gonzaga

8

 1 2.86 13 13

2

  0

88.0

 89 28

73
RHP Chad Jenkins Kennesaw St.

8

 1 2.54 13 13

5

  0

92.0

 80 15

98
Relief Jake Hale Ohio St.

0

 1 1.12 37   0

0

16

48.3

 32 14

58
Relief Jarad Miller Valparaiso    0 2 2.16 23   0   0 17   25.0 16   5   13
Relief Matty Ott Louisiana St.    3 2 2.27 32   0   0 14   43.6 43   4   61
Relief Austin Wood Texas    5 1 2.58 32   0   0 14   59.3 50   9   49
Relief Eric Pettis U.C. Irvine    5 2 3.89 26   0   0 16   39.3 44   5   35
   Position Players
Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
  C Tony Sanchez Boston College .355 211 62   75 18 0 14 48 29 39 1
  C Carlos Ramirez Arizona St. .347 202 54   70 12 2 18 67 35 46 2
  C Jim Klocke Southeast Missouri .394 188 56   74 20 1   9 46 29 20 0
  C David Doss South Alabama .378 230 53   87 20 1 12 59 19 19 5
1B David Anderson Coastal Carolina .389 208 52   81 11 2 20 79 43 50 0
1B Paul Hoilman East Tenn. St. .380 200 55   76 19 1 17 66 40 49   2
1B Paul Goldschmidt Texas St. .353 215 68   76 19 0 17 85 54 28   5
1B Jeff Mercer Wright St. .360 247 53   89 26 2   8 73 13 37   2
1B Tim Morris St. John's .415 217 69   90 17 2 12 62 28 25   7
2B Ryan Wood East Carolina .387 235 79   91 20 1