The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) has released its annual All-American teams and Conference USA is represented by five players on the three-team squad. Southern Miss produced three of the five All-Americans, including first teamer Clint King, while Tulane and Houston each had one player named to the squad. Voting for the NCBWA All-American teams is conducted by the 250-plus members of the organization that includes writers, broadcasters and journalists that cover college baseball.

USM sophomore OF Clint King was a first team selection, while his teammate, senior OF Jeff Cook earned a spot on the second team. King and Cook are the top two home run producers in Conference USA, with both players matching the school record with 23 homers this season. King closed out his 203 campaign ranked in the school’s single-season Top 10 in batting average (6th at .394), slugging percentage (3rd at .772), doubles (tied for 5th at 23) and RBI (4th with 77). Cook batted .374 for the season with 76 RBI and a .728 slugging percentage (both fifth on USM’s single-season charts).

Tulane junior 1B Michael Aubrey joins Cook as a second team selection. Aubrey, the Conference USA Player of the Year, is a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy and the Smith Award, all representing the best player in collegiate baseball. He leads Conference USA with a .420 batting average and a .505 on-base percentage, while also topping the circuit in hits (102) and RBI (79), while smacking 18 home runs and 20 doubles.

Conference USA produced a pair of relief pitchers on the third team in Houston sophomore RHP Ryan Wagner and Southern Miss junior RHP Austin Tubb. Wagner set a school record with 15 saves this season and his 148 strikeouts (in just 79 1/3 innings pitched) rank third on the school’s single-season list. With an average of 16.7 strikeouts per nine innings, he is one pace to break the 39-year old NCAA record in that category. Tubb made a team-high 30 appearances, posting a 3-2 record and 10 saves with a 1.45 ERA. He struck out 31 batters and walked just nine, while holding opponents to a .196 batting average.


NCBWA 2003 DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAMS

FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name, School Class BA AB R H HR RBI
1B Billy Becher, N.M. State Sr. .420 250 76 105 32 118
2B Rickie Weeks, Southern U.-22 SB Jr. .479 163 82 78 16 66
3B Jamie D’Antona, Wake Forest Sr. .360 214 59 77 21 82
SS Dustin Pedroia, Arizona State So. .404 297 83 120 4 52
C Ryan Garko, Stanford Jr. .411 231 58 95 18 88
OF David Murphy, Baylor Jr. .413 293 84 121 11 67
OF Clint King, Southern Miss So. .394 254 68 100 23 77
(tie) OF Dustin Majewski, Texas Sr. .389 262 59 102 12 82
OF Michael Brown, William & Mary Sr. .423 201 58 85 20 66
UT/ATH Beau Hearod, Alabama Sr. .348 221 64 77 20 80

Pitchers
Pos. Name School Cl. W-L ERA G IP H BB SO SV
SP Jered Weaver, Long Beach State So 14-4 1.97 20 133.1 92 41 144 0
SP Jeff Niemann, Rice So. 16-0 1.63 20 121.1 87 32 142 1
SP Tim Stauffer, Richmond Jr. 9-5 1.97 15 114 87 19 146 0
SP David Marchbanks, So. Carolina Jr 15-2 2.39 20 132 141 23 97 0
RP Steve Register, Auburn Jr. 3-3 2.94 33 52 42 7 61 16
RP Matt Daulton, Va. Tech Sr. 3-1 0.76 29 35.2 16 6 28 14

SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name, School Class BA AB R H HR RBI
1B Michael Aubrey, Tulane Jr. .420 243 70 102 18 79
2B Steve Garrabants, Arizona State Jr.-23 SB .324 213 56 69 8 59
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff, Nevada Sr. .361 233 55 84 17 67
SS Ryan Braun, Miami (Fla.) Fr. .374 230 60 86 17 74
C David Castillo, Oral Roberts Jr. .344 212 57 73 17 70
OF Josh Phifer, Air Force Sr. .413 184 50 76 15 62
OF Brad Snyder, Ball State Jr. .405 200 68 81 14 61
OF Jeff Cook, Southern Miss Sr. .374 254 71 95 23 76
(tie) UT/ATH John Gragg, Bethune-Cookman .421 214 54 90 4 62
Pitching stats-- Sr. 9-4, 3.64 ERA, 15 G, 94 IP, 80 H, 32 BB, 93 SO, 0 SV
UT/ATH Scott Beerer, Texas A&M Jr. .335 245 44 82 11 57
Pitching: 6-1, 1.82 ERA, 27 G, 49.1 IP, 32 H, 12 BB, 58 SO, 13 SV

Pitchers
Pos. Name School Cl. W-L ERA G IP H BB SO SV
SP Tim Mastny, Furman Jr. 11-2 1.09 16 124 78 22 103 0
SP Scott Lewis, Ohio State So. 9-1 1.61 13 83.2 48 24 127 0
SP Vern Sterry, N.C. State Jr. 11-0 3.25 17 116.1 99 39 124 0
SP Kyle Sleeth, Wake Forest Jr. 7-3 2.81 14 96 78 29 102 0
RP Wade Townsend, Rice So. 9-1 1.97 26 96 61 38 141 5
RP Huston Street, Texas So. 8-0 1.38 38 72 47 13 68 14


THIRD TEAM
Pos. Name, School Class BA AB R H HR RBI
(tie) 1B Jeff Larish, Arizona State So. .372 234 80 87 18 95
1B Matt Hopper, Nebraska Sr. .382 233 74 89 22 66
(tie) 2B Steve Sollmann, Notre Dame-38 SB Jr. .384 255 67 98 4 40
2B Lee Curtis, Charleston Sr. .399 233 65 93 11 64
3B Ryan Roberts, Texas-Arlington Sr. .422 230 69 97 16 69
(tie) SS Aaron Hill, LSU Jr. .366 257 67 94 9 67
SS Mike Rozema, St. John’s-13 SB Jr. .408 196 44 80 2 33
C Tony Richie, Florida State Jr. .365 260 59 95 11 75
OF Shane Costa, Cal St. Fullerton Jr.-28 SB .372 253 53 94 4 54
OF Carlos Quentin, Stanford Jr. .398 235 65 94 10 56
OF Jordan Foster, Lamar Jr. .417 230 54 96 7 71
UT/ATH Stephen Head, Ole Miss Fr. .337 208 31 70 6 44
Pitching: 4-1, 1.40 ERA, 20 G, 57.2 IP, 16 BB, 43 SO, 13 SV

Pitchers (Ties in voting)
Pos. Name School Cl. W-L ERA G IP H BB SO SV
SP Jered Lieback, Arizona State Sr. 8-0 2.88 21 78 77 24 54 0
SP Chris Lambert, Boston College So 8-2 2.71 13 79.2 61 38 88 0
SP Jason Windsor, Cal St. Fullerton Jr. 10-2 1.82 21 84 65 18 69 0
SP Paul Maholm, Miss. State Jr. 9-2 2.76 15 107.2 102 39 101 0
SP Aaron Marsden, Nebraska Jr. 8-3 2.90 16 115 109 21 113 0
SP Chris Niesel, Notre Dame So. 9-1 2.65 15 98.1 86 19 87 0
SP Mike Rogers, N.C. State Fr. 12-3 3.02 17 125 122 34 113 0
SP Tim Alvarez, SE Missouri Sr. 14-3 2.74 21 108.1 87 33 79 1
SP Jeremy Plexico, Winthrop Sr. 12-3 2.75 18 117.2 92 26 106 1
RP Chad Cordero, Cal St. Fullerton Jr. 5-1 1.42 37 50.2 38 7 63 7
RP Ryan Wagner, Houston So. 6-5 1.93 38 79.1 39 17 148 15
RP J.D.Cockroft, Miami (Fla.) Jr. 11-2 2.65 21 115.2 107 34 92 1
RP J.P. Gagne, Notre Dame Sr. 4-6 2.70 30 60 55 21 45 13
RP Joey Devine, N.C. State Fr. 6-3 2.19 36 65.2 49 16 78 14
RP Austin Tubb, Southern Miss Jr. 3-2 1.45 30 31 22 9 30 10
RP Matt Wilhite, Western Kentucky Sr. 8-2 1.78 37 76 49 20 64 11


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