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June 13, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Ryan Bomberger
434-582-2605
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34 first-year players honored

NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2011
FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN TEAM

DALLAS (NCBWA) – A total of 34 standout freshmen college baseball players from every part of the country are featured on the 2011 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Freshman All-American Team, the organization announced today.

The 2011 NCBWA Freshman All-American Team features players from 17 conferences and seven conference championship teams. The two All-American squads are also made up of 14 conference “Rookie of the Year” winners.

Four teams placed two players (overall) on the two teams, while 26 schools placed at least one player on the teams. Jacksonville placed two players on the first team, while Arkansas, Texas and Vanderbilt also each had two players selected to the teams.

The ACC, Atlantic Sun, MEAC and SEC placed two players apiece on the first team. The SEC put six members on the first and second teams, the Atlantic Sun had four and the ACC and Big South had three selections apiece on the two squads.

The 2011 NCBWA National Freshman Player of the Year and National Freshman Pitcher of the Year will be announced on Tuesday, June 14.

2011 NCBWA FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Pos.	First Team	School	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Hometown
1B	Dominic Ficociello	Arkansas	6-4	185	Fr.	Fullerton, Calif.
2B	Taylor Ratliff	Jacksonville	6-3	170	Fr.	Perry, Fla.
3B	Colin Moran	North Carolina	6-3	180	Fr.	Rye, N.Y.
SS	Luke Tendler	North Carolina A&T	5-11	181	Fr.	Wilmington, N.C.
C	Matt Wollenzin	Austin Peay	6-1	207	Fr.	Lakewood, Colo.
OF	Daniel Aldrich	College of Charleston	6-1	210	Fr.	Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
OF	Jaycob Brugman	BYU	6-0	185	Fr.	Phoenix, Ariz.
OF	Kyle Wren	Georgia Tech	5-9	158	Fr.	Peachtree City, Ga.
DH	Brad Zebedis	Presbyterian	6-1	210	Fr.	Rock Hill, S.C.
UT	Marco Gonzales	Gonzaga	6-1	185	Fr.	Fort Collins, Colo.
SP	Tyler Barnette	Charlotte	6-3	198	Fr.	Hickory, N.C.
SP	Scott Garner	Bethune-Cookman	6-2	195	Fr.	Port Orange, Fla.
SP	Karsten Whitson	Florida	6-4	215	Fr.	Chipley, Fla.
RP	Chris Anderson	Jacksonville	6-4	225	Fr.	Lino Lakes, Minn.
RP	Cale Elam	Wichita State	6-2	197	Fr.	Oktaha, Okla.
RP	Corey Knebel	Texas	6-3	195	Fr.	Georgetown, Texas
Second Team: C Austin Barrett, Mercer; 1B D.J. Peterson, New Mexico; 2B JaCoby Jones, LSU; 3B Erich Weiss, Texas; SS Logan Kirkland, South Alabama; OF Phillip Ervin, Samford; OF Alex Bacon, North Florida; OF Krey Bratsen, Texas A&M; DH Jeff Zimmerman, Northern Illinois; UT Josh Dezse, Ohio State; SP T.J. Pecoraro, Vanderbilt; SP Nick Petree, Missouri State; SP Adam Plutko, UCLA; SP Alex Gonzalez, Oral Roberts; RP Kyle Porter, California; RP Kevin Poole, Clemson; RP Kevin Ziomek, Vanderbilt; RP Barrett Astin, Arkansas.
Complete release with statistics (.pdf)

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For more information, contact NCBWA 2nd Vice-President Ryan Bomberger (434-582-2292, rbomberger@liberty.edu) or NCBWA Assistant Executive Director Mike Montoro (304-293-2821, mike.montoro@mail.wvu.edu).

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