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Conference, Collar posted an 8-0 record and 3.55 ERA with 45 strikeouts and only 13 walks. P Darric Merrell, Cal State Fullerton - Posted 6-2 record and 1.85 ERA with 63 strikeouts and 32 walks. LHP Kyle Bakker, Georgia Tech. - Bakker posted a 2.18 ERA with a 4-0 record and 46 strikeouts as he only walked 8. LHP Chris Tracz, Marist - Posted 8-0 record with 2.14 ERA and registered 5 complete games with 62 strikeouts and only 9 walks. LHP John Williams, Middle Tennessee St. - Had a 6-1 record and 4.26 ERA with 48 strikeouts and 32 walks. LHP Josh Newman, Ohio State - Registered a 7-2 record with a 3.51 ERA and 39 strikeouts with 20 walks. LHP Justin Simmons, Texas - Posted a 7-3 record, 2.55 ERA and 4 complete games with 39 strikeouts and 18 walks. Clark Girardeau, South Alabama - Had an 8-2 record, 3.61ERA and 2 complete games. He also struck out 53 batters and walked 27. LHP Paul Maholm, Mississippi State - Fanned 65 batters while walking only 24 with a 5-3 record and 4.72 ERA for the Bulldogs. Andrew Paolillo, Fordham - Had a 6-3 record and 2.92 ERA with 31 strikeouts and 15 walks. Justin Moore, Texas A&M - Fanned 43 batters with only 13 walks as he went 6-3 on the season with a 2.88 ERA. Scott Baker, Oklahoma State - Posted 6-2 record with 4.05 ERA. He struck out 40 batters and walked 20. RHP Rene Recio, Oral Roberts - Registered a 6-1 record, 2.77 ERA and fanned 72 batters with 25 walks. RHP Mateo Miramontes, Nevada - Fanned 67 batters while posting an 8-2 record and 4.50 ERA with 2 complete games. Relief Pitchers Chad Cordero, Cal State Fullerton - Posted 11 saves, 2-2 record and 1.76 ERA. On the season, he fanned 45 batters and walked only 9. Joe Weaver, Oklahoma State - A first team Big 12 selection as well as Big 12 Freshman Co-Pitcher of The Year, Weaver posted a 7-0 record, 1.59 ERA and struck out 26 batters while walking only 7. Adam Yates, Mississippi - Registered a 7-1 record with 4 saves and 2.43 ERA as he fanned 55 batters with 34 walks. Bob Zimmermann, Southest Missouri - Had a 7-2 record, 5 saves and 2.02 ERA with 49 strikeouts and 13 walks. George Huguet, Miami (Fla.) - Posted 12 saves in 38 appearances with 2.48 ERA. Justin Su'a, Brigham Young - A first team Mountain West Conference selection, he appeared in 16 games with a 3-0 record, 2.43 ERA and 18 strikeouts with 4 walks. Catchers Mitch Maier, Toledo - A first team Mid-American Conference selection, Maier hit .424 with 3 HR, 8 2B and 34 RBI. Jay Aulds, UL Monroe - Hit .422 this season with 6 doubles, 12 RBI and 4 stolen bases. Javi Herrera, Tennessee - Solid defensive catcher who hit .288 with 5 HR, 11 2B, and 30 RBI for the Volunteers. Tony Richie, Florida State - Superb defensive catcher who hit .290 with 3 homers, 14 2B and 30 RBI for the Seminoles in his first season. First Basemen Jamie D'Antona, Wake Forest - A first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference pick, D'Antona was named Collegiate Baseball's Freshman National Co-Player of The Year as he hit .364 with 17 homers and 14 doubles which included 77 RBI. Bryan Zenchyk, Stetson - Freshman of The Year in the Trans America Conference, Zenchyk hit .404 with 14 doubles, 3 homers and 36 RBI in 171 at bats this season. Logan Sorensen, Wichita St. - Sorensen hit .363 with 14 doubles, 5 homers and 30 RBI this season for the Shockers with 5 stolen bases. Second Basemen Steve Sollmann, Notre Dame - Rookie of The Year in the Big East Conference, Sollmann was a first team Big East selection as well as he hit .374 for the Fighting Irish. Robert Deeb, Brown - A first team Ivy League selection, Deeb hit .404 with 9 doubles, 20 RBI and 15 stolen bases. His 63 hits were a freshman record. Shortstops Omar Quintanilla, Texas - A first team selection and Freshman Player of The Year in the Big 12 Conference, Quintanilla hit .367 with 22 doubles, 2 homers and 37 RBI. He also swiped 8 bases. Brian McKenna, Towson - Chosen as a second team America East selection, McKenna hit .300 with 11 doubles and 32 RBI. Third Basemen Brian Snyder, Stetson - Snyder, who made the All-Freshman team with the Trans America Conference, hit .350 with 5 HR, 15 2B and 45 RBI. Mike Westfall, Utah - Freshman of the Year in the Mountain West Conference, Westfall hit .354 with 8 HR, 17 2B, and 45 RBI. Myron Leslie, South Florida - A member of
the All-Freshmen team in Conference USA, Leslie hit .370 with 13 2B, 3 HR and 31 RBI. He also swiped 15 of 16 bases. Eric Wilson, St. Bonaventure - Hit .374 with 11 doubles, 2 homers and 18 RBI this season. Adam Fox, Ohio - Fox hit .364 with 8 HR, 16 2B, 37 RBI and swiped 5 bases this season. Outfielders Carlos Quentin, Stanford - Named Freshman of The Year in the Pac-10 Conference and a first team Pac-10 pick, Quentin hit .352 with 11 homers and 45 RBI. Rod Allen, Arizona State - Hit .396 for the Sun Devils with 12 doubles, 4 HR, and 39 RBI. He also swiped 5 bases. Sam Steidl, Minnesota - Hit .421 with 12 doubles, 26 RBI and stole 13 bases. Chris Dickerson, Nevada - A first team Western Athletic Conference selection, Dickerson hit .320 with 11 homers, 11 2B and 42 RBI. Rickie Weeks, Southern - Tied for the most triples in the nation with 12, Weeks also was a key RBI producer with 69. Doug Deeds, Ohio State - Hit .339 with 11 homers, 13 doubles and 42 RBI for the Buckeyes. Brian Anderson, Arizona - Hit .362 with 7 doubles, 6 triples and 31 RBI. He also had 8 stolen bases as the starting centerfielder for the Wildcats. Kendall Schlabach, Youngstown St. - A first team Mid-Continent pick, he hit .426 with 8 doubles, 20 RBI and swiped 16 bases. Brent Johnson, Nevada - Led the team with 16 doubles, Johnson also hit .321 with 12 stolen bases and committed just three errors all season long. Matt Murton, Georgia Tech. - Murton hit .377 with 7 homers, 12 2B and knocked in 35 runs. Bill Snyder, Ball State - Hit .336 with 8 HR, 7 doubles and 29 RBI. Javon Moran, Auburn - Swiped 22 bases for the Tigers as he hit .300 with 12 doubles and 33 RBI. Multiple Position Athlete Michael Aubrey, Tulane - Conference USA Freshman of The Year and a first team Conference USA selection, Aubrey hit .360 with 13 HR, 15 2B and 64 RBI. He posted a 2-0 record and 5.36 ERA as a pitcher. Designated Hitter - Jeremy West, Arizona St. - Hit .316 with 6 HR, 8 2B, 33 RBI and swiped 2 bases. Miami’s Morris Named Collegiate Baseball Coach of Year University of Miami baseball head coach Jim Morris has been named National Coach of the Year by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. The award marks the second time Morris has been honored as National Coach of the Year by Collegiate Baseball with a previous award coming after his first national title with the Hurricanes in 1999. Overall, Morris has been named National Coach of the Year four times since arriving at Miami in 1994. Prior to his 2001 and 1999 selections from Collegiate Baseball, Morris was the Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association in 1999 and by Baseball America in 1994. The Hurricanes claimed their fourth National Championship on June 16 with a 12-1 victory over the Stanford Cardinal in the College World Series title game. The championship was the second won by Miami in the last three seasons. Morris' 1999 club defeated rival Florida State 6-5 in the CWS title game for his first championship. The Hurricanes also claimed the College World Series championship, under legendary head coach Ron Fraser in 1982 and 1985. Miami finished the 2001 season riding a NCAA-high 17-game win streak, including a nine-game sweep through the postseason. The Hurricanes claimed the Coral Gables Regional championship with wins over Bucknell, Florida and Stetson. Miami then earned its seventh trip to the College World Series under Morris with a two-game sweep of Clemson in the Coral Gables Super Regional. The Hurricanes 53-12 overall record in 2001 marked the most in victories (53) and winning percentage (.815) under Morris. Miami also led the nation in stolen bases (228) and relief pitcher appearances (223). A school record 11 players were drafted off the 2001 squad, surpassing the previous mark of 10 in 1996. Morris holds an all-time record of 1,028-404-2 (.716), including a 393-119-1 (.767) record at Miami. In Division I games only, Morris is 897-363-2 (.712).
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