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OF — Gregg Davies, Towson OF — Chris May, Pennsylvania UT — Dan Harren, Pepperdine Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Players Of The Year 2001: RHP Mark Prior Univ. of Southern California 2000: RHP Kip Bouknight Univ. of South Carolina 1999: UT Jason Jennings Baylor University 1998: OF Kevin Mench Univ. of Delaware 1997: J.D. Drew Florida State University 1996: RHP Kris Benson, Clemson University 1995: 1B/P Todd Helton, Tennessee & OF/P Mark Kotsay, Cal. St. Fullerton 1994: P/1B Ryan Jackson Duke University 1993: P/OF Brooks Kieschnick, Univ. of Texas 1992: P Lloyd Peever, Louisiana State Univ. 1991: P Bobby Jones, Fresno State Univ. 1990: OF Mike Kelly, Arizona State Univ. 1989: P Ben McDonald, Louisiana State & UT Scott Bryant, Univ. of Texas 1988: P Andy Benes, Evansville University 1987: 3B Robin Ventura, Oklahoma State & 1B Marteese Robinson, Seton Hall University 1986: P Greg Swindell, Univ. of Texas 1985: OF Pete Incaviglia, Oklahoma State Univ. 1984: OF Oddibe McDowell, Arizona State Univ. AUBREY BECOMES TULANE'S SECOND FRESHMAN OF YEAR SINCE 1999 Baseball America has chosen a Tulane freshman as the top player in his class for the second time in three seasons. In 1999, it was second baseman James Jurries. This year, it's lefthander/outfielder Michael Aubrey, one of the nation's top two-way players and a key cog in the Green Wave's first appearance in the College World Series. Aubrey, a Shreveport, La., native, pitched in all three games for Tulane in the CWS, earning a save and taking a loss, his first of the season. Expected to make more of an impact as a pitcher, Aubrey actually had a better year with the bat, in part thanks to Jurries. Now a junior, Jurries missed six weeks early in the season with a broken wrist, opening the door for Aubrey to get more time in the lineup. Initially he played first base, where coach Rick Jones got a glimpse of his impressive defense, but when Jurries returned, Aubrey moved to the outfield. He eventually finished second on the Green Wave in average and home runs while ranking third in RBIs. "We recruit freshmen who can make an immediate impact at Tulane," Jones said after the Green Wave had been eliminated in Omaha, "and we have a couple who did that this year in Michael Aubrey and Anthony Giarratano." Giarratano, a second baseman who will play shortstop next year, joined Aubrey on Baseball America's All-Freshman first team. Cal State Fullerton placed a pair of pitchers on the first team in Chad Cordero and Darric Merrell. Stanford (OFs Carlos Quentin, Sam Fuld) had one player on the first team and another on the second, while Stetson's corner infielders (Bryan Zenchyk, Brian Snyder) both made the second team. FIRST TEAM Pos. Player, School AVG HR RBI SB C Mitch Maier, Toledo .444 3 43 4 1B Jamie D'Antona, Wake Forest .364 17 77 1 2B Anthony Giarratano, Tulane .352 3 47 11 3B Myron Leslie, South Florida .366 3 40 17 SS Omar Quintanilla, Texas .367 2 37 8 OF Austin Davis, Rice .346 6 29 5 OF Carlos Quentin, Stanford .345 11 52 5 OF Rickie Weeks, Southern .422 14 70 28 DH Rod Allen, Arizona State .389 6 53 6 UT Michael Aubrey, Tulane .361 13 69 9
W-L ERA IP SO P Chad Cordero, Cal State Fullerton 3-4 1.83 64 63 (14 SV) P Clark Girardeau, South Alabama 10-4 3.87 98 70 P Paul Maholm, Mississippi State 8-4 4.06 95 87 P Darric Merrell, Cal State Fullerton 8-4 2.95 113 76 P Lane Mestepey, Louisiana State 11-3 3.75 139 79 UT Michael Aubrey, Tulane 3-1 5.15 72 46 SECOND TEAM C--Javi Herrera, Tennessee (.296-7-45). 1B--Bryan Zenchyk, Stetson (.383-4-39). 2B--Steve Sollman, Notre Dame (.362-5-36, 23 SB). 3B--Brian Snyder, Stetson (.341-7-49). SS--Brandon Green, Wichita State (.286-2-37, 10 SB). OF--Doug Deeds, Ohio State (.343-14-53); Sam Fuld, Stanford (.357-0-37, 11 SB); Sam Steidl, Minnesota (.401-0-32, 14 SB). DH--Matt Murton, Georgia Tech (.385-7-35). Ps--George Huguet, Miami (1-0, 2.03, 14 saves); Sean Marshall, Virginia Commonwealth (9-4, 3.34); Brad Sullivan, Houston (6-7, 3.41); Chris Tracz, Marist (10-1, 3.13); Bob Zimmerman, Southwest Missouri State (7-3, 2.28, six saves). UT--Marc Kaiser, Arizona (.436-0-5; 8-6, 5.35). 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 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S FRESHMEN ALL-AMERICAN TEAM The 2001 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team features a who's who of tremendous baseball talent. The team is headed by "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper's Freshman National Players of The Year in LHP Lane Mestepey of LSU and 1B Jamie D'Antona of Wake Forest. Mestepey was the Tigers' ace of the pitching staff with an 11-3 record as he registered four complete games. He posted a 3.83 ERA with 73 strikeouts and 36 walks in 129 1/3 innings. D'Antona was a first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference pick and hit .364 with 17 homers and 14 doubles which included 77 RBI. Here is a rundown on the 2001 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team as chosen by Collegiate Baseball newspaper (statistics through May 25 games): Pitchers LHP Lane Mestepey, Louisiana St. - The Tigers' ace of the pitching staff, Collegiate Baseball's National Freshman Co-Player of The Year, had an 11-3 record with four complete games. He registered a 3.83 ERA with 73 strikeouts and 36 walks in 129 1/3 innings. RHP Jack Collins, Stetson - Posted a 10-0 record, 3.80 ERA and fanned 36 batters with 19 walks. LHP Sean Marshall, Virginia Commonwealth - Rookie of the Year in the Colonial Conference, Marshall ran up a 9-1 record, 1.89 ERA and 45 strikeouts with 25 walks. RHP Bryan Gale, Michigan St. - Registered a 9-0 record with 2.97 ERA, 2 complete games and 51 strikeouts with 24 walks. RHP Mike Collar, Maine - Rookie of the Year in the America East
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