Three C-USA Players Named Baseball Weekly All-Americans

Terry Trofholz

Three Conference USA players were named to the Baseball Weekly All-American teams, it was announced by the publication. Houston sophomore righthander Brad Sullivan and Cougar teammate Jesse Crain, a standout reliever and shortstop, were named to the first team, while TCU’s Terry Trofholz earned a spot on the second team.

Sullivan was named Conference USA’s Pitcher of the Year this season after helping the Cougars to the league’s regular season championship and trip to the NCAA Super Regional. The Nederland, Texas, native has compiled a 13-1 record with a 1.82 ERA and set UH and Conference USA single-season records with 157 strikeouts in 128.2 innings of work. Sullivan came on even stronger down the stretch, allowing only one run in his last 36 2/3 innings and tossing shutouts in three of his last four starts.

Crain became the first player in C-USA history to be named first team All-Conference at two different positions. At the plate, he batted .310 with 13 doubles, 10 home runs and 47 runs. On the mound, he was 4-0 with a school-record 10 saves, not allowing an earned run all season until Sunday’s Super Regional final, throwing 37 1/3 innings on the year. Crain was the first Conference USA player taken in last week’s Major League Draft, going to the Minnesota Twins in the second round.

Trofholz shattered the C-USA record for batting average, hitting .441 on the year, 14 points better than Goefrey Tomlinson’s .427 average in 1997. His batting average was the second-highest in school history and he tied TCU’s single-season record with 94 hits. Trofholz led the Horned Frogs in on-base percentage (.481), total bases (121), runs (51), sacrifice hits (12) and stolen bases (22). He hit safely in 47 games this season.


2002 BASEBALL WEEKLY ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS

FIRST TEAM
IB Yaron Peters, Nebraska
2B Rickie Weeks, Southern
SS Khalil Greene, Clemson
3B Ryan Barthelemy, Florida State
C Jed Morris, Nebraska
OF Steve Stanley, Notre Dame
OF Sam Fuld, Stanford
OF Ryan Kenning, New Mexico State
P Tim Stauffer, Richmond
P Justin Simmons, Texas
P Brad Sullivan, Houston
RP Blake Taylor, South Carolina
UT Jesse Crain, Houston

SECOND TEAM
1B Vincent Sinisi, Rice
2B Brian Burgamy, Wichita State
SS Mark Kiger, Florida
3B David Reaver, Richmond
C Alberto Concepcion, Nebraska
OF Adam Bourassa, Wake Forest
OF Curtis Granderson, Illinois-Chicago
OF Terry Trofholz, TCU
P Matt Lynch, Florida State
P Alex Hart, Florida
P Ryan Bicandoa, Western Kentucky
RP Dave Bush, Wake Forest
UT Ben Fritz, Fresno State