All Americans 2003

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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Friday, May 30, 2003

"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams were announced today which have a potent mix of pitching and offense.
The 17-man first team, chosen by performances up to regional playoffs and picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features 12 conference players or pitchers of the year, including:
• RHP Jeff Niemann, Rice (Pitcher of Year Western Athletic Conference)
• LHP Scott Lewis, Ohio St. (Pitcher of Year Big Ten Conference)
• LHP David Marchbanks, South Carolina (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference)
• RHP Jered Weaver, Long Beach St. (Co-Pitcher of Year Big West Conference)
• RHP Tim Stauffer, Richmond (Pitcher of Year Atlantic 10 Conference)
• C Ryan Garko, Stanford (Co-Player of Year Pacific-10 Conference)
• 1B Billy Becher, New Mexico St. (Player of Year Sun Belt Conference)
• 2B Rickie Weeks, Southern (Player of Year Southwestern Athletic Conference)
• 3B Jamie D'Antona, Wake Forest (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference)
• SS Dustin Pedroia, Arizona St. (Co-Player of Year Pacific-10 Conference)
• OF Brad Snyder, Ball St. (Player of Year Mid-American Conference)
• OF Josh Anderson, Eastern Kentucky (Player of Year Ohio Valley Conference)
The first team features six starting pitchers who posted a combined 69-10 record with an ERA of 2.09. Richmond's Tim Stauffer leads first team All-American pitchers with 135 strikeouts. Stauffer also posted an amazing 10 complete games in 14 starts this season.
The offense features power, line drive hitters and speed. The first team belted 129 homers led by NCAA Division I leader Billy Becher of New Mexico St. with 31. Becher was also the nation's leader in RBIs with 110. Seven first teamers hit 19 or more doubles this season led by Dustin Pedroia (32) of Arizona St. who leads NCAA Division I. As far as speed, Eastern Kentucky's Josh Anderson leads the nation with 57 stolen bases in 65 attempts.
The first team also features Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of The Year in 2B Rickie Weeks of Southern. Weeks hit .500 with 16 homers, 13 doubles, 67 RBI and was 27-for-27 in stolen base opportunities. When you factor in that he was walked 46 times this season and hit by pitches 15 times, his on-base percentage was an astounding .619. Weeks is expected to be one of the first picks in the upcoming Free Agent Draft.
The following are the first, second and third team Louisville Slugger All-Americans for the 2003 season.

First Team

Pitchers

Pos	Player	School	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO
RHP	Jeff Niemann	Rice	14	0	1.68	18	14	1	1	107.3	80	26	120
LHP	Scott Lewis	Ohio St.	9	1	1.61	12	12	3	0	83.6	48	24	127
LHP	David Marchbanks	South Carolina	13	2	2.38	18	16	2	0	117.0	123	19	88
RHP	Vern Sterry	North Carolina St.	11	0	3.02	15	15	1	0	104.3	90	31	107
RHP	Jered Weaver	Long Beach St.	13	3	1.99	17	17	2	0	117.6	74	18	133
RHP	Tim Stauffer	Richmond	9	4	1.87	14	14	10	0	106.0	76	16	135
Relief	Ryan Wagner	Houston	4	5	2.07	33	0	0	13	69.6	34	17	130

Position Players

Pos	Player	School	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C	Ryan Garko	Stanford	.406	212	49	85	19	0	15	78	21	13	2
1B	Billy Becher	New Mexico St.	.421	235	74	99	14	4	31	110	30	33	0
2B••	Rickie Weeks	Southern	.500	158	85	79	13	8	16	67	46	17	27
3B	Jamie D'Antona	Wake Forest	.360	214	59	77	19	1	21	82	38	34	1
SS	Dustin Pedroia	Arizona St.	.418	268	75	112	32	2	4	49	34	13	3
OF	Josh Anderson	Eastern Kentucky	.447	237	80	106	21	5	6	53	23	15	57
OF	Jordan Foster	Lamar	.442	208	52	92	28	1	7	68	24	15	6
OF	Brad Snyder	Ball St.	.405	200	68	81	25	3	14	61	49	45	20
DH	Ryan Gordon	N.C. Greensboro	.416	231	50	96	20	5	5	50	25	24	20
UT*	Scott Beerer	Texas A&M	.325	231	41	75	13	1	10	53	16	26	5

Second Team

   Pitchers

Pos Player School
W
L ERA G GS
CG

SV

IP
H BB
SO

LHP Glen Perkins Minnesota
10
1 2.77 14 12
7

0

97.3
90 20
112

RHP Wade Townsend Rice
7
1 1.98 24 9
0

5

86.3
54 38
131

RHP John Hudgins Stanford
9
3 3.14 17 17
5

0

123.3
106 25
110

RHP Chris Niesel Notre Dame
9
1 2.69 14 14
3

0

90.3
80 15
82

LHP Abe Alvarez Long Beach St.
10
1 2.48 16 16
0

0

108.6
104 25
91

LHP Trent Peterson Florida St.
10
1 2.58 20 17
0

0

104.6
86 28
100

RHP Barry Hertzler Central Conn. St. 9 2 1.52 13 12 9 0 83.0 57 15 72

Relief Huston Street Texas 8 0 1.46 33 0 0 10 61.6 40 11 62

   Position Players

Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO
SB

C Tony Richie Florida St. .342 234 52 80 23 0 10 69 40 33
5

C Mitch Maier Toledo .448 194 59 87 16 2 9 61 31 9
29

1B Michael Aubrey Tulane .418 232 66 97 18 1 17 77 31 11 18

1B Jeff Larish Arizona St. .377 212 75 80 18 2 16 86 72 38
3

2B Lee Curtis Coll. of Charleston .399 233 65 93 26 11 11 64 28 31
20

3B Ryan Roberts Texas-Arlington .422 230 69 97 21 5 16 69 42 31
13

SS Aaron Hill Louisiana St. .371 229 60 85 25 4 8 56 42 16
9

OF Shane Costa Cal. St. Fullerton .382 228 48 87 24 3 4 50 13 20
26

OF Jeremy Cleveland North Carolina .420 231 69 97 19 1 18 61 32 31
8

OF Adam Boeve Northern Iowa .368 212 68 78 18 4 18 70 35 41
29

UT* John Gragg Bethune-Cookman .417 204 51 85 17 6 3 60 30 22 22

Third Team

   Pitchers

Pos Player School
W
L ERA G GS
CG

SV

IP
H BB
SO

LHP Jeremy Plexico Winthrop
12
3 2.75 18 16
6

0

117.6
92 26
106

RHP Tom Mastny Furman
11
2 1.09 16 15
8

1

124.0
78 22
103

LHP Aaron Marsden Nebraska
8
2 2.78 15 15
4

0

107.0
99 19
107

RHP Clayton Jerome Texas Christian
9
4 2.34 16 16
5

0

111.6
86 25
106

LHP Randy Beam Florida Atlantic
13
1 2.50 16 15
5

0

93.6
69 17
78

LHP Paul Maholm Mississippi St.
8
2 2.67 14 14
1

0

101.0
95 37
95

RHP Kyle Sleeth Wake Forest
7
3 2.81 14 14
3

0

96.0
78 29
102

LHP Tim Alvarez S.E. Missouri St.
14
3 2.74 21 13
6

1

108.3
87 33
79

RHP Philip Humber Rice
10
2 3.24 14 14
1

0

100.0
81 29
111

Relief Daniel Hodges Florida St.
5
1 0.92 36 0
0

12

49.0
40 6
35

Relief Will Fenton Washington
2
0 0.00 16 0
0

10

30.0
14 10
48

Relief Steven Register Auburn 3 2 3.00 31 0 0 15 48.0 39 5 53

Relief Chad Cordero Cal. St. Fullerton 4 1 1.62 33 0 0 6 44.3 36 6 56

   Position Players

Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB

C Jason Jaramillo Oklahoma St. .385 213 44 82 18 1 9 42 22 25 0

C David Castillo Oral Roberts .345 206 56 71 11 1 17 70 43 19 5

1B Matt Hopper Nebraska .374 214 64 80 12 0 18 59 47 45 4

1B Kelly Hunt Bowling Green .439 171 33 75 18 1 9 61 21 17 4

1B Eddie Kim James Madison .412 204 57 84 16 0 17 67 29 39 4

1B Chris Alexander New Mexico .350 217 60 76 17 0 25 92 36 34 1

2B Luke Appert Minnesota .381 215 51 82 26 0 4 44 33 23 15

2B Marc Tugwell Virginia Tech. .398 226 64 90 17 0 8 59 14 32 16

2B Justin Christian S.E. Missouri St. .376 197 55 74 12 3 13 48 21 19 18

2B Enrique Cruz Rice .360 203 49 73 17 2 9 48 37 49 5

3B Neil Sellers Eastern Kentucky .407 231 66 94 24 0 17 85 18 31 14

3B Kevin Kouzmanoff Nevada .361 233 55 84 12 0 17 67 23 30 3

3B Brian Buscher South Carolina .384 237 46 91 16 2 12 57 21 29 3

3B Brian Snyder Stetson .398 216 63 86 23 3 10 51 46 24 12

SS Anthony Lunetta Southern California .349 215 46 75 22 0 7 31 31 27 5

SS Dusty Young New Mexico .381 257 73 98 25 4 8 65 18 27 6

SS Stephen Drew Florida St. .328 241 77 79 17 8 9 49 45 20 32

OF Clint King Southern Miss. .397 234 63 93 21 1 22 71 25 47 7

OF Jeff Cook Southern Miss. .378 241 65 91 14 3 21 70 27 31 13

OF Jeff Van Houten Arizona .415 205 53 85 9 9 11 71 24 25 9

OF Dustin Majewski Texas .392 240 52 94 19 6 11 78 24 34 15

* Pitching Statistics For Multiple-Position Players

Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV
IP

H
BB SO

RHP Scott Beerer Texas A&M 6 1 1.57 25 0 0 12
46.0

29
10 54

LHP John Gragg Bethune-Cookman 9 3 3.24 14 12 3 0
86.0

68
26 89

•• National Player Of The Year

Collegiate Baseball

Players Of The Year

2003: 2B Rickie Weeks

Southern University

2002: SS Khalil Greene

Clemson University

2001: RHP Mark Prior

Univ. of Southern Calif.

2000: RHP Kip Bouknight

Univ. of South Carolina

1999: UT Jason Jennings

         Baylor University

1998: OF Kevin Mench

         Univ. of Delaware

1997: J.D. Drew

         Florida State University

1996: RHP Kris Benson,

         Clemson University

1995: 1B/P Todd Helton,

         Tennessee &

         OF/P Mark Kotsay,

         Cal. St. Fullerton

1994: P/1B Ryan Jackson

         Duke University

1993: P/OF Brooks Kieschnick,

         Univ. of Texas

1992: P Lloyd Peever,

         Louisiana State Univ.

1991: P Bobby Jones,

         Fresno State Univ.

1990: OF Mike Kelly,

         Arizona State Univ.

1989: P Ben McDonald,

         Louisiana State &

         UT Scott Bryant,

         Univ. of Texas

1988: P Andy Benes,

         Evansville University

1987: 3B Robin Ventura,

         Oklahoma State &

         1B Marteese Robinson,

         Seton Hall University

1986: P Greg Swindell,

         Univ. of Texas

1985: OF Pete Incaviglia,

         Oklahoma State Univ.

1984: OF Oddibe McDowell,

         Arizona State Univ.