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season in review
Eagles Achieve National Ranking
It was a banner year for the 2008 club as they posted
a program-best 32-11 record. And others around
the country took notice. D3baseball.com ranked
the Eagles as high as #14 in their national poll at
one point during the season. Ozarks began receiving
votes in early March and eventually cracked the
top-25 March 10. At that point, the Eagles were off
to a program-best 16-2 start. Ozarks stayed ranked
for the majority of the season and finished #28 in the
poll. It was the first time in school history the baseball
program had been ranked.
Finnell Earns Academic All-America Honor
Designated hitter Robby Finnell was named to the
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team.
Finnell, a senior in 2008, also received All-District
First Team honors, making him eligible for the national
team. He is the first Ozarks’ athlete to receive
national First Team Academic All-America honors. He
was named to the Academic All-District All-America
team in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He finished his
career with a 3.55 grade point average as a political
science major. It was the third major honor Finnell
received during his final year. He was named to the
D3baseball.com All-America Second Team and ABCA/
Rawlings All-West Region Second Team. In 2008, the
6-foot-1, 210-pound Tulsa, Okla., product hit .374 with
13 homers, 12 doubles, 56 RBI while owning a .784
slugging percentage. He finished the 2008 season
with 109 total bases and a .486 on-base percentage.
The right-handed slugger ranked 19th in NCAA
III in home runs and 27th in slugging percentage.
He ranked in the top ten in the American Southwest
Conference in six offensive categories. He is the
career leader at Ozarks in home runs (31), RBI (159),
games played (162), runs (131), hits (189), doubles
(31), triples (8), total bases (329), walks (73) and hit
by pitch (42). He owns a .348 career batting average,
tenth-best at Ozarks and a .606 career slugging
percentage, fourth-best at Ozarks.
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DH Robby Finnell
SS Cory Briggs
Briggs Named All-American
Shortstop Cory Briggs capped an impressive sophomore
campaign by being named to the American
Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA III
All-America Second Team. Briggs becomes the first
Ozarks’ player to ever earn All-America honors from
the ABCA. He received All-West Region First Team
from the organization prior to his All-America selection.
The 6-foot, 200-pound Greencastle, Pa., product
was among the top hitters in NCAA III, finishing in the
top-30 in five major categories, including hits (79 -
11th), batting (.467 - 15th), total bases (124 - 19th),
doubles (19 - 24th) and runs (56 - 30th). He won the
regular season American Southwest Conference batting
title and ranked in the top ten in the ASC in eight
offensive categories. He was second in hits, third in
doubles and on-base percentage (.513), fifth in runs,
sixth in RBI (54) and total bases, and seventh in slugging
percentage (.734). His average, hit, total bases
and doubles totals are new single-season school
records. He was especially strong in Ozarks 18 conference
games, averaging nearly two hits (1.9) and two
RBI (1.6) per game. He was voted to the ASC All-East
Division First Team.
RHP Curt Dixon
Curt Dixon Signs With Sioux City Explorers
Right-handed pitcher Curt Dixon signed a professional
contract with the Sioux City (IA) Explorers
following his senior season. Dixon was later traded
to the Southern Illinois Miners of the Frontier League
and then signed with the McKinney Blue Thunder
of the Continental League and finished his first pro
season there in grand fashion. The hard-throwing
Dixon finished with a 1.16 ERA in 23.1 innings of
work. Dixon was named the Louisville Slugger National
Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball after
tying a conference record with 14 K’s in a game. The
6-foot-5, 215-pound McAlester, Okla., product didn’t
stop there as he finished with a 2.92 ERA and a
school-record 9-1 record. He was named to the ABCA
All-Region Team and All-Conference Team in 2008.
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All-America Team Includes Cameron And Finnell
Junior center fielder Bruce Cameron and senior
designated hitter Robby Finnell were named to the
2008 D3baseball.com All-America Second Team.
Both were named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-West
Region Second Team, and each were selected to the
ASC All-East Division First Team. Cameron, a 6-foot,
175-pound native of Houston, Texas, hit .410 with 14
homers and 49 RBI. He ranked 11th in NCAA III in
homers and 10th in slugging percentage (.857). His
batting average, slugging percentage, home run, onbase
percentage (.500), total bases (115) and RBI
totals were among the top ten in the ASC. He also
saw time on the mound, finishing with a 5-1 record in
48.1 innings of work. Finnell, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound
native of Tulsa, Okla., hit .374 with 13 homers and
56 RBI. He owned a .784 slugging percentage, .486
on-base percentage and finished with 109 total
bases. He ranked in the top ten in the ASC in each of
those categories. He is the career leader at Ozarks
in home runs (31), RBI (159), runs (131), hits (189),
doubles (31) and total bases (329). He owns a .348
career batting average, tenth-best at Ozarks and
a .606 career slugging percentage, fourth-best at
Ozarks.
CF Bruce Cameron
All-Region, All-Conference Accolades For 14
Four players were named to the American Baseball
Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA III All-West Region
Team and ten players received American Southwest
Conference East Division All-Conference honors
in 2008. Shortstop Cory Briggs earned All-West First
Team honors while outfielder Bruce Cameron and
designated hitter Robby Finnell made the All-West
Second Team. Pitcher Curt Dixon was voted to the All-
West Third Team. Briggs, catcher Scott Dietz, Finnell
and Cameron all received ASC All-East Division First
Team. First baseman Robert Mummey, third baseman
Brad Broussard, pitcher John Scheuring and
Cameron (utility player) made All-East Division Second
Team. Right fielder David Smith, Dixon, pitcher
Todd Koch and Cameron (pitcher) made the All-East
Honorable Mention Team.
David Smith Wins Gold Glove
Junior right fielder David Smith earned an American
Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-West Region
gold glove award. The 5-foot-8, 160-pound Rowlett,
Texas, product finished the season with a perfect
1.000 fielding percentage from his outfield position.
Smith started in 41 games and had 93 putouts and
2 assists during the 2008 season. He becomes the
first Ozarks’ player to ever receive the award.