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Seven C-USA Players Honored as NCBWA All-Americans
 

 
 
 
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6.11.2002

Seven C-USA Players Honored as NCBWA All-Americans


Brad Sullivan
  • NCBWA Release (.PDF)

    The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) has released its annual All-American teams and Conference USA is represented by seven players on the three-team squad. The seven All-Americans are the most ever named by one organization in the seven years of C-USA Baseball. Voting for the NCBWA All-American teams is conducted by the 200-plus members of the organization that includes writers, broadcasters and journalists that cover college baseball.

    Houston righthander Brad Sullivan continues to add to his trophy case, being named a first team NCBWA All-American. 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.

    Three players earned a spot on the second team: Tulane senior second baseman James Jurries, Houston junior shortstop/pitcher Jesse Crain and TCU outfielder Terry Trofholz.

    Jurries, the 2002 Conference USA Player of the Year, earned the distinction after hitting .400 with 20 home runs and 30 stolen bases. He also led the team with 77 runs scored, 96 hits, four triples, 74 RBI, 180 total bases, a .750 slugging percentage, a .493 on-base percentage and 43 walks while tallying 16 doubles. He led the team with 30 multiple-hit games and he hit two home runs in five different games.

    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.

    The NCBWA third team squad featured an additional three C-USA standouts: Houston catcher Chris Snyder, Louisville outfielder Mark Jurich and East Carolina freshman sensation Darryl Lawhorn, who earned a spot as a utility player.

    Snyder followed up his first team All-Conference USA selection by earning his first All-American honors. The former USA Team member led Houston in batting (.343) and RBI (71), while hitting 13 doubles and 15 home runs. He started all 65 games for the Cougars and paced the team in walks (47), while throwing out 17 would-be base stealers.

    Jurich becomes the first Louisville player since 1992 to earn All-American honors. The standout sophomore spent much of the 2002 campaign batting over .400 before finishing with a .365 average with 15 doubles, 16 home runs and 60 RBI. The 16 home runs were the most by a Cardinal player since 1995 as he helped U of L to its first-ever NCAA Regional appearance.

    Lawhorn, a first team All-Conference USA selection and the league’s C-USA Freshman of the Year, finished his rookie campaign with a .416 batting average, 19 home runs and 68 RBI, while establishing ECU single season records for hits (104) and total bases (179). He is the first player in school history to collect 100 hits during a season.

    2002 NCBWA ALL-AMERICA TEAMS

    FIRST TEAM
     
      Pos. Name, School Class BA AB R H HR RBI    
      1B Vincent Sinisi, Rice Fr. .432 264 65 114 11 80    
      2B Rickie Weeks, Southern U. So. .495 198 63 98 20 96    
      3B Jeff Baker, Clemson Jr. .335 248 63 83 25 82    
      SS Khalil Greene, Clemson Sr. .480 269 90 129 26 86    
      C Jed Morris, Nebraska Jr. .380 263 68 100 21 84    
      OF Ryan Kenning, New Mexico St. Sr. .319 242 66 77 24 96    
      OF Steve Stanley, Notre Dame-31 SB Jr. .445 245 72 109 1 35    
      OF Vito Chiaravalloti, Richmond Jr. .366 238 69 85 23 86    
      UT/ATH John McCurdy, Maryland Jr. .443 221 67 98 19 77    
      Pitchers                    
      Pos. Name, School Cl. W-L ERA G IP H BB SO SV
      SP Bryan Bullington, Ball St Jr. 11-3 2.84 15 104.2 88 18 139 0
      SP Brad Sullivan, Houston So. 13-1 1.82 18 128.1 80 49 157 0
      SP Tim Stauffer, Richmond So. 15-3 1.54 20 146 110 34 140 0
      SP Justin Simmons, Texas So. 14-1 2.52 18 114.1 93 35 73 0
      RP Royce Ring, San Diego St. Jr. 5-1 1.85 36 39 29 13 54 17
      RP Blake Taylor, So. Carolina Sr. 6-1 2.03 34 80 66 39 73 21
     
    SECOND TEAM
     
      Pos. Name, School Class BA AB R H HR RBI    
      1B Nate Gold, Gonzaga Sr. .333 228 59 76 33 76    
      2B James Jurries, Tulane Sr. .408 235 77 96 20 74    
      3B Tom Merkle, New York Tech Jr. .430 186 48 80 20 68    
      SS Mark Kiger, Florida Sr. .403 258 90 104 11 55    
      C David Castillo, Oral Roberts So. .398 226 59 90 14 79    
      OF Ryan Goleski, Eastern Michigan So. .381 218 62 83 22 70    
      OF Brian Wright, N.C. State Sr. .418 232 72 97 14 73    
      OF Terry Trofholz, TCU Jr. .441 213 51 94 3 40    
    (tie) UT/ATH Ryan Barthelemy, Fla. State Sr. .362 293 76 106 17 94    
    UT/ATH Jesse Crain, Houston Jr. .310 258 51 80 11 47    
      Crain Pitching Stats: 4-0, 0.00 ERA, 26 G, 35.2 IP, 18 H, 10 BB, 44 SO, 10 SV
      Pitchers                    
      Pos. Name, School Cl. W-L ERA G IP H BB SO SV
      SP Steve Reba, Clemson Sr. 13-3 4.06 18 106.1 112 41 78 0
      SP Alex Hart, Florida Jr. 13-3 3.24 17 111 81 56 81 0
      SP Jeremy Guthrie, Stanford Jr. 12-1 2.34 18 142.1 121 32 125 0
      SP Kyle Sleeth, Wake Forest So. 14-0 2.97 18 118.1 115 41 113 0
      RP Randy Corn, The Citadel Sr. 1-0 1.37 39 59 33 16 76 13
      RP Dave Bush, Wake Forest Sr. 8-1 1.64 40 60.1 47 10 61 13
     
    THIRD TEAM
     
      Pos. Name, School Class BA AB R H HR RBI    
      1B Yaron Peters, South Carolina Sr. .398 256 79 102 28 92    
      2B Corey Loomis, Bowling Green Jr. .404 193 61 73 13 52    
      3B Lee Curtis, Coll. of Charleston Jr. .409 225 67 92 15 65    
      SS Russ Adams, North Carolina Jr. .370 254 75 94 7 55 -45 SB  
    (tie) C Jeremy Brown, Alabama Jr. .320 219 56 70 11 64    
    C Chris Snyder, Houston Jr. .343 230 59 79 15 71    
      OF Justin Owens, Coastal Carolina Sr. .417 211 60 88 11 58    
      OF Mark Jurich, Louisville So. .365 203 47 74 16 60    
    (tie) OF Wes Reohr, Penn State Sr. .393 191 49 75 9 38    
    OF Sam Fuld, Stanford So. .372 274 61 102 6 43    
      OF Dustin Majewski, Texas Jr. .403 196 35 79 9 45    
      OF Adam Bourassa, Wake Forest Jr. .412 250 71 103 2 41 -26 SB  
    (tie) UT/ATH Darryl Lawhorn, E. Carolina Fr. .419 234 52 98 17 61    
    UT/ATH Bob Malek, Michigan State Jr. .402 219 66 88 16 66    
      Pitchers                    
      Pos. Name, School Cl. W-L ERA G IP H BB SO SV
      SP Lance Cormier, Alabama Sr. 11-3 3.28 17 129 135 27 85 0
      SP Matt Henrie, Clemson Jr. 12-4 3.04 18 106.2 106 24 80 0
      SP Scooter Michael, UNCGreen So. 12-1 2.76 27 100.1 93 21 86 3
    (tie) SP Philip Humber, Rice Fr. 11-1 2.67 17 108 86 40 128 0
    SP Kyle Bakker, Georgia Tech So. 12-2 3.34 18 126.2 126 23 106 0
      SP Paul Maholm, Ms State So. 10-3 3.43 14 102.1 103 33 77 0
      SP Shane Komine, Nebraska Sr. 10-0 1.87 14 91.1 56 22 108 0
      RP Taylor Tankersley, Alabama Fr. 8-5 2.62 25 68.2 55 20 65 7
      RP James Russell, Villanova Jr. 1-3 2.33 22 27 25 8 35 15

    For more information on the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com

     

     

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