DALLAS (NCBWA) – A total of 34 standout freshmen college
baseball players from every part of the country are featured on
the 2015 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
(NCBWA) Freshman All-American Team, the organization announced
today.
The 2015 NCBWA Freshman All-American Team features players from
18 conferences and nine conference championship teams. The two All-American
squads are also made up of 12 conference “Rookie of the Year” winners.
In addition, one conference “Pitcher of the Year” and 19 all-conference
honorees were named to the team.
Oregon State placed three players on the squad, two on the first
team and one on the second. LSU and New Mexico placed two players
each on the two teams, while 30 schools placed at least one player
on the team. LSU placed two players on the first team, while New
Mexico placed one player on the first team and one on the second
team.
The ACC had four players selected to the first team, while the
SEC placed three players on the first team. The Pac-12 placed four
members on the first and second teams combined, with the SEC having
four selections on both teams.
The 2015 NCBWA National Freshman Player of the Year and National
Freshman Pitcher of the Year will be announced on Tuesday, June
9.
2015 NCBWA
FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM |
C |
Matt Whatley |
Oral Roberts |
5-10 |
190 |
Fr. |
Claremore, Okla. |
1B |
KJ Harrison |
Oregon State |
6-0 |
200 |
Fr. |
Kailua, Hawaii |
2B |
Kyle Davis |
West Virginia |
6-0 |
195 |
Fr. |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
3B |
Carl Stajduhar |
New Mexico |
6-1 |
210 |
Fr. |
Fort Collins, Colo. |
SS |
Jake Bivens |
Michigan |
6-1 |
185 |
Fr. |
Battle Creek, Mich. |
OF |
Reed Rohlman |
Clemson |
6-0 |
210 |
Fr. |
Moore, S.C. |
OF |
Stuart Fairchild |
Wake Forest |
5-11 |
190 |
Fr. |
Seattle, Wash. |
OF |
Keston Hiura |
UC Irvine |
5-11 |
185 |
Fr. |
Valencia, Calif. |
DH |
JJ Schwarz |
Florida |
6-1 |
205 |
Fr. |
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. |
UT |
Brendan McKay |
Louisville |
6-2 |
203 |
Fr. |
Darlington, Pa. |
SP |
Alex Lange |
LSU |
6-3 |
198 |
Fr. |
Lee's Summit, Mo. |
SP |
Brian Brown |
N.C. State |
6-0 |
190 |
Fr. |
Glenmore, Pa. |
SP |
Drew Rasmussen |
Oregon State |
6-1 |
225 |
Fr. |
Spokane, Wash. |
RP |
Jesse Stallings |
LSU |
6-2 |
194 |
Fr. |
Colfax, La. |
RP |
Joe Ingle |
East Carolina |
6-4 |
164 |
Fr. |
Fayetteville, N.C. |
RP |
Dylan Moore |
Louisiana |
6-4 |
220 |
Fr. |
Hughes Springs, Texas |
Second Team:
C Cory Voss, New Mexico; 1B Ryan Stekl, Canisius; 1B Gabe
Snyder, Wright State; 2B Kevin Merrell, South Florida; 3B
Trevor Ezell, Southeast Missouri; SS Matt Reardon, Florida
Gulf Coast; OF Cal Stevenson, Nevada; OF Michael Giglotti,
Lipscomb; OF Ryan Brown, College of Charleston; DH Austin
Edens, Samford; UT Devin Sweet, North Carolina Central;
UT Sean Watkins, Loyola Marymount; SP Michael Baumann, Jacksonville;
SP Chris Mathewson, Long Beach State; SP Griffin Canning,
UCLA; RP Mitch Hickey, Oregon State; RP Kyle Nelson, UC
Santa Barbara; RP Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt. |
Complete
release with statistics (.pdf) |
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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 Ryan Bomberger (434-582-2292, rbomberger@liberty.edu).
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