FROM NCBWA RELEASE
LYNCHBURG, VA. (NCBWA) – A total of 30 standout freshmen college baseball players from every part of the country are featured on the 2010 Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Freshman All-American Team, the organization announced today.
The 2010 Pro-Line Athletic NCBWA Freshman All-American Team features players from 13 conferences and six conference championship teams. The two All-American squads are also made up of 10 conference “Rookie of the Year” winners.
Florida placed the most players on the team with three players (overall) on the two teams, while 24 schools placed at least one player on the teams. Florida placed one player on the first team and two on the second team. Arizona State, Cal St. Fullerton, Jacksonville, Rutgers and St. John’s also each placed two players on the teams.
The BIG EAST, Big 12 and Pac-10 placed three players apiece on the first team, while the Southeastern Conference placed two players on the first team. The Pac-10 and SEC each had five members on the first and second teams, the BIG EAST and the Big 12 had four and the Atlantic Sun had three selections apiece on the teams.
The 2010 NCBWA National Freshman Player of the Year and National Freshman Pitcher of the Year will be announced on Tuesday, June 15.
Pro-Line Athletic, owned by Badger Sport, supplies caps and uniforms to several D-1 college baseball teams and this is the fifth season Pro-Line has sponsored the NCBWA’s Players of the Week. The sponsorship provides for plaques to be awarded to each of the weekly winners and other promotional consideration. For more information about Pro-Line and Badger, visit their web sites at: www.badgersport.com and www.prolinecap.com
Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. For more information about the NCBWA, visit the association’s official Web site, www.ncbwa.com.
For more information, contact NCBWA Assistant Executive Director Mike Montoro (304-293-2821, mike.montoro@mail.wvu.edu) or Ryan Bomberger (434-582-2292, rbomberger@liberty.edu).
NCBWA Pro-Line Athletic 2010 Freshman All-America Team
First Team
Pos. Player, School Avg. G AB R H 2B-3B-HR RBIs BB SO SB/SBA C Kevin Plawecki, Purdue .343 54 204 36 70 12-1- 8 53 8 11 2/5
1B Barrett Barnes, Texas Tech .341 57 217 71 74 19-2-14 53 40 50 12/15 2B Steve Nyisztor, Rutgers .410 56 229 52 94 17-3-4 51 11 22 11/14 3B Austin Maddox, Florida .333 61 255 48 85 16-0-17 71 7 41 0/1 SS Eric Stamets, Evansville .321 59 234 57 75 15-0-4 27 32 33 43/51 OF Jeremy Baltz, St. John’s .396 63 240 64 95 16-1-24 85 28 44 6/6 OF Jabari Henry, Florida International .315 49 165 47 52 10-1-12 51 32 36 6/7 OF Max White, Oklahoma .315 58 197 46 62 13-1-15 43 13 50 7/9 DH Adam Brett Walker, Jacksonville .313 51 192 44 60 14-0-16 58 24 74 7/7 UT Matt Boyd, Oregon State .264 29 72 13 19 6-0-3 19 8 22 0/0
7-1, 1.90ERA, 42.2 IP, 20App, 31h, 11R, 9ER, 14BB, 28K
Pos. Name School W-L ERA APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
SP Justin Jones, California 10-6 4.22 18 15 2 0 98.0 102 63 46 29 73
SP Matt Purke, TCU 14-0 3.23 18 16 1 0 103.0 84 45 37 28 133
SP Michael Wacha, Texas A&M 9-2 2.90 25 10 0 1 105.2 86 38 34 22 97
RP Tyler Gebler, Rutgers 1-3 1.75 28 0 0 12 36.0 33 9 7 12 18
RP Brett Huber, Mississippi 2-0 3.54 30 0 0 12 48.1 38 25 19 19 54
RP Brady Rodgers, Arizona State 4-3 2.03 21 5 0 3 71.0 49 22 16 11 66
Second Team
Pos. Player, School Avg. G AB R H 2B-3B-HR RBIs BB SO SB/SBA C Ronnie Freeman, Kennesaw State .365 54 211 27 77 8-0-9 47 10 31 2/2 1B Max Muncy, Baylor .300 59 230 47 69 13-0-11 53 24 48 5/5 2B Cory Spangenberg, VMI .370 55 235 62 87 14-3-11 49 14 45 24/29 3B Ryan Dalton, UT-San Antonio .305 50 190 38 58 9-1-17 51 12 46 0/1 SS Deven Marrero, Arizona State .392 40 148 30 58 11-3-6 41 13 24 11/12 OF Patrick Biondi, Michigan .313 57 230 69 72 11-6-2 30 36 30 29/35 OF Gerrett Custons, Air Force .328 55 232 49 76 18-6-9 64 15 43 16/21 OF Dan Gulbransen, Jacksonville .391 54 202 53 79 14-2-8 46 39 23 5/10 DH Carlos Lopez, Cal St Fullerton .358 62 237 44 84 16-3-7 51 22 23 5-9 UT Brian Johnson, Florida .413 26 80 13 33 5-1-4 19 9 15 0-0
6-4, 3.97 ERA, 15APP, 14GS, 70.1IP, 82h, 36r, 31er, 14BB, 48K
Pos. Name School W-L ERA APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
SP Kyle Hansen, St. John’s 8-3 3.71 18 15 0 0 94.2 77 40 39 38 85
SP Kurt Heyer, Arizona 7-4 3.26 17 16 1 0 102.0 97 42 37 29 109
SP Hudson Randall, Florida 8-3 2.95 19 16 0 0 94.2 98 35 31 19 68
RP E.J. Encinosa, Miami, Fla. 1-1 2.20 29 1 0 0 49.0 32 16 12 23 61
RP Dylan Floro, Cal St Fullerton 7-2 3.26 27 8 2 2 91.0 102 39 39 11 69
RP Matt Price, South Carolina 3-1 2.54 27 0 0 10 46.0 30 15 13 18 68
