2009 ABCA/Rawlings Division I All-American Teams Announced

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OMAHA, Neb. – The American Baseball Coaches Association announced the ABCA/Rawlings Sporting Goods All-American teams on Wednesday, June 17.

Among the First Team honorees are six players participating in this year’s College World Series including Arizona State starting pitcher Mike Leake, LSU starting pitcher Louis Coleman, Arizona State catcher Carlos Ramirez, UNC first baseman Dustin Ackley, ASU outfielder Jason Kipnis and Virginia utility player Danny Hultzen.

The ABCA All-American teams are collegiate baseball’s oldest selections, dating to 1949. All Division I coaches have the opportunity to nominate and vote on these selections, which are initially compiled into eight All-Region teams. These teams are then finalized as the first, second and third All-American teams by the ABCA’s NCAA Division I All-American and Coach of the Year Committee, chaired by Dean Ehehalt of Monmouth University (NJ). This year, the committee selected 65 players as 2009 ABCA All-Americans.

2009 ABCA/RAWLINGS NCAA DIVISION I ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS

First Team

RHP Eric Arnett, Jr., Indiana (12-2, 2.50 ERA, 109 K, 108 IP)
RHP Louis Coleman, Sr., LSU (13-2, 2.76 ERA, 124 K, 114 IP)
RHP Mike Leake, Jr., Arizona State (16-1, 1.36 ERA, 150 K, 132.2 IP)
RHP A.J. Morris, Jr., Kansas State (14-1, 2.09 ERA, 100 K, 116.1 IP)
RHP Stephen Strasburg, Jr., San Diego State (13-1, 1.32 ERA, 195 K, 109 IP)
Relief RHP Addison Reed, So., San Diego State (20 saves, 0.65 ERA, 38 K, 27.2 IP)
C Carlos Ramirez, Jr., Arizona State (.349, 18 HR, 72 RBI, 76 H)
1B Dustin Ackley, Jr., North Carolina (.412, 22 HR, 70 RBI, 103 H, 17 2B, 73 R)
2B Derek McCallum, Jr., Minnesota (.409, 18 HR, 86 RBI, 95 H, 17 2B)
SS Bryan Marquez, Sr., New Mexico State (.414, 22 HR, 85 RBI, 83 R)
3B Marc Krauss, Jr., Ohio (.402, 27 HR, 70 RBI, 84 H, 73 R)
OF Bryce Brentz, So., Middle Tennessee (.465, 28 HR, 107 H, 73 RBI, 79 R)
OF Jason Kipnis, Jr., Arizona State (.385, 16 HR, 71 RBI, 85 H, 26 SB)
OF Kent Matthes, Sr., Alabama (.358, 28 HR, 81 RBI, 73 H, 67 R)
OF Tyler Townsend, Jr., Florida International (.434, 24 HR, 77 RBI, 92 H, 16 2B)
DH Kyle Roller, Jr., East Carolina (.336, 16 HR, 75 RBI, 86 H, 63 R)
UTIL Danny Hultzen, Fr., Virginia (9-1, 2.09 ERA, 95 K, .333, 62 H, 33 RBI)

Second Team

LHP Buddy Baumann, Jr., Missouri State (11-1, 3.23 ERA, 101 K, 86.1 IP)
LHP Danny Bibona, Jr., UC Irvine (12-1, 2.63 ERA, 108 K, 106 IP)
RHP Kyle Gibson, Jr., Missouri (11-3, 3.21 ERA, 131 K, 106.2 IP)
RHP Anthony Ranaudo, So., LSU (10-3, 2.95 ERA, 147 K, 109.2 IP)
LHP Kenneth Roberts, Jr., Middle Tennessee (11-1, 3.04 ERA, 62 K, 103.2 IP)
Relief RHP Kyle Bellamy, Jr., Miami (3-1, 16 saves, 0.97 ERA, 63 K, 46.1 IP)
Relief LHP Austin Wood, Sr., Texas (5-1, 15 saves, 2.19 ERA, 67 K, 78 IP)
C Chris Henderson, Jr., George Mason (.413, 14 HR, 58 RBI, 97 H, 70 R)
C J.T. Wise, Sr., Oklahoma (.359, 17 HR, 62 RBI, 75 H, 50 R)
1B Rich Poythress, Jr., Georgia (.376, 25 HR, 86 RBI, 89 H, 69 R)
2B Mike Brownstein, Sr., New Mexico (.414, 101 H, 23 2B, 11 3B, 72 R, 20 SB)
SS Ben Orloff, Sr., UC Irvine (.358, 91 H, 62 R, 18 SB, .976 FLD %)
3B Wade Gaynor, Jr., Western Kentucky (.371, 25 HR, 78 RBI, 93 H, 21 SB)
3B Tony Thompson, So., Kansas (.389, 21 HR, 82 RBI, 96 H, 27 2B)
OF Jeremy Cruz, Sr., Stetson (.399, 18 HR, 80 RBI, 91 H, 19 2B)
OF Jeremy Hazelbaker, Jr., Ball State (.429, 9 HR, 38 RBI, 87 H, 29 SB)
OF Scott Krieger, Sr., George Mason (.372, 20 HR, 80 RBI, 81 H, 68 R)
OF Jarrett Parker, So., Virginia (.364, 16 HR, 65 RBI, 92 H, 19 2B, 19 SB)
OF Tim Wheeler, Jr., Sacramento State (.385, 18 HR, 72 RBI, 77 H, 15 SB)
DH Joey Henshaw, So., Army (.383, 13 HR, 75 RBI, 80 H, 47 R)
UTIL Mike Belfiore, Jr., Boston College (5-1, 9 saves, 2.05 ERA, 11 HR, 63 RBI)

Third Team

LHP Sean Gilmartin, Fr., Florida State (12-3, 3.49 ERA, 83 K, 98 IP)
RHP Kane Holbrooks, Sr., Texas State (10-1, 3.29 ERA, 57 K, 101.1 IP)
LHP Justin Marks, Jr., Louisville (11-3, 3.77 ERA, 129 K, 105 IP)
RHP Deck McGuire, So., Georgia Tech (11-2, 3.50 ERA, 118 K, 100 IP)
RHP Alex Wimmers, So., Ohio State (9-2, 3.27 ERA, 136 K, 104.2 IP)
Relief RHP Jake Hale, Sr., Ohio State (18 saves, 1.31 ERA, 67 K, 55 IP)
Relief RHP Matty Ott, Fr., LSU (3-2, 16 saves, 2.17 ERA, 63 K, 45.2 IP)
C Josh Phegley, Jr., Indiana (.344, 17 HR, 66 RBI, 76 H)
C Tony Sanchez, Jr., Boston College (.346, 14 HR, 51 RBI, 79 H, 19 2B)
1B Jared Clark, Sr., Cal State Fullerton (.363, 12 HR, 81 RBI, 82 H, 17 2B)
1B Paul Goldschmidt, Jr., Texas State (.352, 18 HR, 88 RBI, 77 H, 19 2B)
2B Chris Sedon, Jr., Pittsburgh (.398, 22 HR, 62 RBI, 80 H, 19 SB)
2B Ryan Wood, Sr., East Carolina (.379, 14 HR, 57 RBI, 100 H, 87 R)
SS Chase Austin, Jr., Elon (.359, 23 HR, 82 RBI, 92 H, 74 R, 19 SB)
SS Gary Helmick, Sr., Towson (.430, 17 HR, 51 RBI, 98 H, 72 R, 15 SB)
SS Clint Moore, So., Army (.395, 11 HR, 63 RBI, 73 H, 18 2B)
3B Joey Bergman, Jr., College of Charleston (.452, 15 HR, 57 RBI, 100 H, 88 R, 24 SB)
3B Chris Dominguez, Jr., Louisville (.345, 25 HR, 82 RBI, 89 H, 80 R)
3B Tommy Mendonca, Jr., Fresno State (.339, 27 HR, 78 RBI, 79 H, 54 R)
OF Pat Irvine, Sr., Elon (.402, 17 HR, 57 RBI, 78 H, 19 SB)
OF Jamie Johnson, Jr., Oklahoma (.353, 13 HR, 44 RBI, 90 H, 18 SB, 76 R)
OF Luke Murton, Sr., Georgia Tech (.354, 20 HR, 63 RBI, 73 H)
OF Kevin Nieto, Jr., Manhattan (.396, 13 HR, 54 RBI, 74 H, 25 SB)
OF Angelo Songco, Jr., Loyola Marymount (.360, 15 HR, 63 RBI, 77 H)
DH Jason Krizan, So., Dallas Baptist (.389, 16 HR, 74 RBI, 81 H, 20 2B)