Brad Sullivan became the first consensus All-American baseball player in Conference USA history after Baseball America named him to their first team on Wednesday. The Cougar righthander is joined by four other C-USA standouts, including a pair of UH teammates, on the publication’s All-America squad.

Sullivan and Houston shortstop/pitcher Jesse Crain were named to the first team, while Cougar catcher Chris Snyder and East Carolina freshman sensation Darryl Lawhorn earned spots on the second team. Tulane infielder James Jurries was named a third team 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2002 BASEBALL AMERICA ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS

FIRST TEAM
C Tony Richie, So., Florida State
1B Yaron Peters, Sr., South Carolina
2B Russ Adams, Jr., North Carolina
3B Jeff Baker, Jr., Clemson
SS Khalil Greene, Sr., Clemson
OF Sam Fuld, So., Stanford
OF Bobby Malek, Jr., Michigan State
OF Steve Stanley, Sr., Notre Dame
DH Rickie Weeks, So., Southern
UT Jesse Crain, Jr., Houston
SP Bryan Bullington, Jr., Ball State
SP Jeremy Guthrie, Jr., Stanford
SP Tim Stauffer, So., Richmond
SP Brad Sullivan, So., Houston
RP Royce Ring, Jr., San Diego State

Second Team
C Chris Snyder, Houston Jr.
1B Vince Sinisi, Rice Fr.
2B Brian Burgamy, Wichita State Jr.
3B Pat Osborn, Florida Jr.
SS Stephen Drew, Florida State Fr.
OF Curtis Granderson, Illinois-Chicago Jr.
OF Darryl Lawhorn, East Carolina Fr.
OF Chris Maples, North Carolina Sr.
DH John McCurdy, Maryland Jr.
UT Ben Fritz, Fresno State Jr.
SP Kyle Bakker, Georgia Tech So.
SP Shane Komine, Nebraska Sr.
SP Justin Simmons, Texas So.
SP Kyle Sleeth, Wake Forest So.
RP Blake Taylor, South Carolina Sr.
UT Ben Fritz, Fresno State Jr.

THIRD TEAM
C Chris Westervelt, Stetson So.
1B James Jurries, Tulane Sr.
2B Tim Moss, Texas So.
3B Ryan Barthelemy, Florida State Sr.
SS Drew Meyer, South Carolina Jr.
OF Joey Gomes, Santa Clara Jr.
OF Adam Greenberg, North Carolina Jr.
OF Brian Wright, North Carolina State Sr.
DH Jed Morris, Nebraska Jr.
UT Wes Whisler, UCLA Fr.
SP Abe Alvarez, Long Beach State So.
SP Alex Hart, Florida Jr.
SP Philip Humber, Rice Fr.
SP Wes Littleton, Cal State Fullerton So.
RP David Bush, Wake Forest Sr.
UT Wes Whisler, UCLA Fr.