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June 12, 2013
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mike Montoro
304-293-2821
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58 players honored by association on 18th annual team

NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2013 ALL-AMERICA TEAM

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (NCBWA) – After two rounds of voting by the organization, 58 baseball student-athletes comprise the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's 18th Annual All-America first, second and third teams, as announced on Wednesday.

Nineteen different conferences are represented and 12 conference championships teams. The three All-America squads are also made up of 10 conference players of the year, eight conference pitchers of the year winners and nine first-round draft picks in the recent Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.

Members of this year's team lead or are tied for the lead nationally in 17 different categories, including batting average (Mike Tauchman, Bradley, .425), runs (Kris Bryant, San Diego, 80), walks (Bryant, 66), home runs (Bryant, 31), RBIs (Colin Moran, North Carolina, 88), slugging percentage (Bryant, .820), total bases (Bryant, 187), on-base percentage (D.J. Peterson, New Mexico, .520), stolen bases (Ben McQuown, Campbell, 54), victories (Tyler Beede, Vanderbilt, 14), saves (Tyler Rogers, Austin Peay, 23), strikeouts (Carlos Rodon, NC State, 170), fewest hits allowed per nine innings (Jeff Thompson, Louisville, 5.23), complete games (Kerry Doane, East Tennessee State, 12), strikeout to walk ration (Thomas Eshelman, Cal State Fullerton, 27.67), fewest walks per nine innings (Eshelman, .23) and whip (Eschelman, 0.77).

The recipient for the 27th Annual Dick Howser Trophy, as voted upon by NCBWA members and awarded since 1987, will be announced on Saturday, June 15, in Omaha at 10 a.m. (CDT) at the TD Ameritrade Stadium Press Interview Room (Street Level).

Previous NCBWA All-America teams from 1996-2012 have featured the likes of OF J.D. Drew of Florida State, 1B Mark Teixeira of Georgia Tech, RHP Mark Prior of Southern California, SS Khalil Greene of Clemson, SS-2B Rickie Weeks of Southern, 3B Alex Gordon of Nebraska, RHP Jered Weaver of Long Beach State, RHP David Price of Vanderbilt, RHP Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State, C Buster Posey of Florida State and C Mike Zunino of Florida, among others.

2013 NCBWA DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Pos.	First Team	School	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Hometown
C	Kyle Schwarber	Indiana	6-0	235	So.	Middletown, Ohio
1B	Mason Katz	LSU	5-10	188	Sr.	Hanrahan, La.
2B	Tony Kemp	Vanderbilt	5-6	160	Jr.	Nashville, Tenn.
3B	Kris Bryant	San Diego	6-5	215	Jr.	Las Vegas, Nev.
SS	Hunter Dozier	Stephen F. Austin	6-4	220	Jr.	Denton, Texas
OF	Daniel Palka	Georgia Tech	6-5	225	Jr.	Lyman, S.C.
OF	Hunter Renfroe	Mississippi State	6-1	216	Jr.	Crystal Springs, Miss.
OF	Danny Collins	Troy	6-2	205	Jr.	Niceville, Fla.
OF	Justin Parr	Illinois	6-2	195	Sr.	Chillicothe, Ill.
DH	Matt Oberste	Oklahoma	6-2	209	Jr.	Sallisaw, Okla.
UT	Michael Lorenzen	Cal State Fullerton	6-3	200	Jr.	Anaheim, Calif.
SP	Aaron Nola	LSU	6-1	183	So.	Baton Rouge, La.
SP	Tyler Beede	Vanderbilt	6-4	215	So.	Auburn, Mass.
SP	Jonathan Gray	Oklahoma	6-4	239	Jr.	Chandler, Okla.
SP	Mark Appel	Stanford	6-5	215	Sr.	Houston, Texas
SP	Klye McGowin	Savannah State	6-3	180	Jr.	Sag Harbor, N.Y.
RP	David Berg	UCLA	6-0	190	So.	Covina, Calif.
RP	Jonathan Holder	Mississippi State	6-2	229	So.	Gulfport, Miss.
RP	Jimmie Sherfy	Oregon	6-0	175	Jr.	Camarillo, Calif.
Second Team: C Zane Evans, Georgia Tech; 1B D.J. Peterson, New Mexico; 2B L.J. Mazzilli, Connecticut; 3B Colin Moran, North Carolina; SS Alex Bregman, LSU; OF Mike Tauchman, Bradley; OF Connor Harrell, Vanderbilt; OF Christian Wolfe, UNC Greensboro; OF Ben McQuown, Campbell; DH Nick Backlund, Mercer; UT Marco Gonzales, Gonzaga; SP Justin Garza, Cal State Fullerton; SP Kerry Doane, East Tennessee State; SP Carlos Rodon, N.C. State; SP Thomas Eshelman, Cal State Fullerton; SP Bobby Wahl, Ole Miss; RP Tyler Rogers, Austin Peay; RP Ross Mitchell, Mississippi State; RP Nick Burdi, Louisville.
Third Team: C Joe Jackson, The Citadel; 1B Ryan Kinsella, Elon; 2B Michael Bass, UNC Wilmington; 3B Tyler White, Western Carolina; SS Trea Turner, N.C. State; OF Aaron Judge, Fresno State; OF Casey Roche, Pittsburgh; OF Mike Yastrzemski, Vanderbilt; OF Ben Verlander, Old Dominion; DH Kurt Wertz, Towson; UT Mike Ford, Princeton; SP Andrew Morales, UC Irvine; SP Kent Emanuel, North Carolina; SP Nick Petree, Missouri State; SP Jeff Thompson. Louisville; SP Kevin Ziomek, Vanderbilt; RP Trace Dempsey, Ohio State; RP Tyler Webb, South Carolina; RP Hugh Adams, Florida Atlantic; RP Kyle Crockett, Virginia.
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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 on the NCAA Division I All-America team, contact NCBWA Assistant Executive Director Mike Montoro of West Virginia University at 304-293-2821.

Related link:
• NCBWA All-America Teams (2001-2013)

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