Harbin Named First-Team Freshman All-American |
DURHAM, N.C.-Rice two-way standout Joe Savery leads the 2005 Baseball
America All-Freshman team as the Freshman of the Year. The 19-year-old lefthander/first baseman was named the Western Athletic Conference's player of the year after leading the conference with a .382 batting average at the plate and 129 strikeouts on the mound. His 2.43 ERA ranked second in the league. Four first year players from the Big 12 Conference made the team, including Adrian Alaniz, who earned two wins for Texas in the 2005 College World Series. Tennessee was the only school with two first-team players; the battery of catcher J.P. Arencibia and lefthander James Adkins helped lead the Volunteers to Omaha. The teams were selected by the staff of Baseball America. C J.P. Arencibia, Tennessee 1b Sean Doolittle, Virginia 2b Taylor Harbin, Clemson 3b Beau Mills, Fresno State SS Todd Frazier, Rutgers OF Corey Brown, Oklahoma State OF Jacob Priday, Missouri OF Steven Strausbaugh, Western Carolina DH Matt Wieters, Georgia Tech UT Joe Savery, Rice SP James Adkins, Tennessee SP Adrian Alaniz, Texas SP Johnny Dorn, Nebraska SP John Ely, Miami (Ohio) RP Mickey Storey, Florida Atlantic SECOND TEAM C-Andrew Walker, Texas Christian 1B-Justin Baum, Pacific 2B-Jordan Pacheco, New Mexico 3B-Brad Emaus, Tulane SS-Darwin Barney, Oregon State OF-Matt Hague, Washington OF-Kody Kaiser, Oklahoma OF-Danny Payne, Georgia Tech DH-Chris Johnson, Stetson UT-Cole White, Army SP-Kenn Kasparek, Texas SP-David Price, Vanderbilt SP-Wes Roemer, Cal State Fullerton SP-Nick Schmidt, Arkansas RP-David Robertson, Alabama PREVIOUS WINNERS 1982--Cory Snyder, 3b, Brigham Young 1983--Rafael Palmeiro, of, Mississippi State 1984--Greg Swindell, lhp, Texas 1985--Jack McDowell, rhp, Stanford; Ron Wenrich, of, Georgia 1986--Robin Ventura, 3b, Oklahoma State 1987--Paul Carey, of, Stanford 1988--Kirk Dressendorfer, rhp, Texas 1989--Alex Fernandez, rhp, Miami 1990--Jeffrey Hammonds, of, Stanford 1991--Brooks Kieschnick, rhp/dh, Texas 1992--Todd Walker, 2b, Louisiana State 1993--Brett Laxton, rhp, Louisiana State 1994--R.A. Dickey, rhp, Tennessee 1995--Kyle Peterson, rhp, Stanford 1996--Pat Burrell, 3b, Miami 1997--Brian Roberts, ss, North Carolina 1998--Xavier Nady, 2b, California 1999--James Jurries, 2b, Tulane 2000--Kevin Howard, 3b-ss, Miami 2001--Michael Aubrey, lhp-1b, Tulane 2002--Stephen Drew, ss, Florida State 2003--Ryan Braun, ss, Miami 2004--Wade LeBlanc, lhp, Alabama
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