2008 Postseason Teams 2008 Postseason Freshman Teams 2008 Preseaon First Team 2008 Preseaon Second Team 2008 Preseason Third Team 2007 Postseason Teams 2007 Postseason Freshman Teams 2007 Preseason First Team 2007 Preseason Second Team 2007 Preseason Third Team 2008 All Ping! FRESHMAN Teams Sequels are rarely the equal of the original, with The Godfather II, Aliens, The Empire Strikes Back and Terminator 2: Judgment Day being a few of the second stories which match the original. For every equally captivating Toy Story 2, there are ten unnecessary and substandard second telling of a story which leaves people wishing they’d stayed home as producers hatched another movie to make a quick buck. This year’s All Ping! Freshman Team, the second ever, is certainly more Kill Bill II than Breakin’ 2: Electric Booglaoo featuring a number of players who will most certainly find their names on All American rosters which aren’t proceeded by the “freshman” delimiter. Highlighting the team are Co-Ping!Baseball Freshman Players of the Year Scott Woodward of Coastal Carolina and Jedd Gyorko of West Virginia. Woodward, who can play nearly any position with equal ease, sparked a Chanticleer offense that made their first Super Regional appearance in school history. He started every game, batting .364 with 15 doubles, seven homeruns and 45 RBI. He also stole 42 bases to rank in the top ten nationally. Gyroko, a second baseman for the Mountaineers, ended his freshman campaign with a .409 batting average with 95 hits, which included 17 doubles and eight home runs (two grand slams), and 63 RBIs. Selecting the Ping!Baseball Pitcher of the Year was a decision easier than George Forman choosing names for his five sons. Miami’s Chris Hernandez has gone 11-0 so far this season and will be looking to earn his twelfth victory in Omaha at the College World Series. In 106.1 innings he only allowed 85 hits while striking out 112. Even more impressively he only walked 17 batters and held opposition to a .218 batting average. He was also named as one of just four finalists for The Roger Clemens Award, an award given to the nation's top pitcher - the first freshman to be named a finalist for the award.

BATTERS

First Team

	Pos.	Name, School	BA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI
	C	Cameron Rupp, Texas	0.311	46	161	27	50	16	2	4	30
	1B	Hunter Morris, Auburn	0.351	54	211	42	74	15	2	11	49
	2B	Jedd Gyorko, West Virginia	0.408	54	243	58	91	16	3	7	57
	3B	Scott Woodward, Coastal Carolina	0.352	54	196	64	69	13	1	7	38
	SS	Josh Rutledge, Alabama	0.379	54	240	55	91	7	2	0	27
	OF	Kentrail Davis, Tennessee	0.330	54	206	45	68	7	3	13	44
	OF	Brian Fletcher, Auburn	0.324	54	185	42	60	17	3	10	42
	OF	Ryan Lockwood, South Florida	0.415	47	193	44	80	15	2	0	37
	DH	Byrce Brentz, Middle TN State	0.329	57	210	49	69	14	2	18	68
	UTL	Rob Segedin, Tulane	0.340	55	206	32	70	18	1	6	56
	R. Segdin Pitching: 1-2, 4.66 ERA, 14 G, 5 SV, 19.1 IP, 23 H, 4 BB, 21 K
Second Team
	Pos.	Name, School	BA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI
	C	Micah Gibbs, LSU	0.323	41	133	21	43	11	0	1	29
	C	Rafael Neda, New Mexico	0.324	47	188	40	61	16	2	6	43
	1B	Trey Hernandez, TX A&M	0.337	49	178	35	60	13	1	10	54
	1B	Jerrud Sabourin, Indiana	0.386	55	207	32	80	14	1	5	48
	2B	Corey Shaylor, Charlotte	0.373	46	158	42	59	7	4	2	39
	2B	Josh Adams, Florida	0.343	53	198	39	68	17	1	8	51
	3B	Stuart Tapley, Florida State	0.386	45	140	37	54	10	1	6	28
	3B	Robert Crews, Stetson	0.367	52	177	37	65	10	3	6	34
	SS	Rick Hague, Rice	0.343	52	201	35	69	17	1	8	47
	SS	Derek Dietrich, Georgia Tech	0.325	56	212	50	69	14	2	14	62
	OF	Dan Grovatt, Virginia	0.324	58	210	41	68	21	1	3	46
	OF	Michael Choice, UT Arlington	0.376	50	197	39	74	9	3	7	51
	OF	Steve McGuiggan, UIC	0.37	57	230	49	85	10	5	3	40
	OF	Nick Cox, Columbia	0.365	45	181	46	66	13	5	1	19
	OF	Jake Williams, Wofford	0.348	52	178	39	62	13	2	10	36
	DH	Kyle Parker, Clemson	0.303	55	211	44	64	12	0	14	50
	DH	Reese Wade, Furman	0.401	46	142	25	57	9	1	1	25
	UTL	Brett Eibner, Arkansas	0.298	53	191	36	57	10	2	8	48
	B. Eibner Pitching: 3-1, 4.50 ERA, 11 G, 24.0 IP, 25 H, 14 BB, 24 K
Third Team
	Pos.	Name, School	BA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI
	C	Cody Stanley, UNC Wilmington	0.308	39	133	25	41	9	1	5	32
	1B	Matt Smith, Mississippi	0.290	52	193	37	56	9	1	12	34
	1B	Danny Stienstra, San Jose St.	0.374	49	182	23	68	7	3	1	32
	2B	Thomas Belza, Oklahoma State	0.376	43	141	27	53	10	2	1	28
	2B	Nathan Carter, Air Force	0.312	50	186	51	58	16	10	4	30
	3B	Zach Leonard, Eastern Michigan	0.340	52	203	42	69	16	1	8	44
	3B	Ryan Terry, Monmouth	0.326	48	178	42	58	15	1	8	34
	SS	Bryce Ortega, Arizona	0.355	45	155	31	55	9	2	1	22
	SS	DJ LeMahieu, LSU	0.335	56	212	42	71	8	1	5	38
	OF	Joe Winker, Mercer	0.351	47	154	35	54	14	2	4	35
	OF	Justin Fazio, Saint Mary's	0.379	45	103	21	39	12	0	1	25
	OF	Kurtis Muller, Iowa	0.323	54	167	34	54	9	1	4	47
	OF	Ben Klafczynski, Kent State	0.339	55	165	37	56	11	2	11	35
	OF	Stewart ljames, Louisville	0.347	50	150	35	52	9	2	7	33
	DH	Derek Smith, Charleston Southern	0.314	50	188	25	59	12	0	11	42
	DH	Eddie Rohan, Winthrop	0.287	58	209	33	60	13	0	13	39
	UTL	Nate Wood, Belmont	0.272	49	191	36	57	10	2	8	48
	N. Wood Pitching: 5-2, 3.94 ERA, 11 G, 1 SV, 61.2 IP, 59 H, 23 BB, 48 K

PITCHERS

First Team

	Name	School	W	L	ERA	G	IP	H	BB	SO	SV
	Chris Hernandez	Miami-Florida	11	0	2.44	14	92.1	71	14	97	0
	Chance Ruffin	Texas	7	3	1.94	19	69.2	45	23	71	2
	Matt Harvey	North Carolina	6	2	2.90	15	49.2	43	41	58	0
	Shane Davis	Canisius	12	1	2.42	13	89.1	89	24	47	0
	Deck McGuire	Georgia Tech	8	1	3.41	16	71.1	64	29	64	0
	Geoff Parker	Florida State	6	1	3.48	10	51.2	53	14	46	0
	Seth Maness	East Carolina	9	1	2.79	13	84	78	17	75	0
	Kyle Blair	San Diego	8	4	3.86	16	74.2	62	34	99	0
	Joe Yermal	Charlottte	8	1	3.56	14	78.1	78	19	40	0
Relievers
	Matt Evers	Rice	4	1	2.72	26	39.2	33	17	52	0
	Kevin Rhoderick	Oregon State	0	1	2.39	20	26.1	11	20	32	12
	Thain Simon	Santa Clara	9	2	2.59	20	62.2	61	24	71	2
	Colin Bates	North Carolina	6	1	2.09	22	47.1	35	15	49	0
Second Team
	Name	School	W	L	ERA	G	IP	H	BB	SO	SV
	Justin Kraft	Centenary	9	4	3.42	14	84.1	87	22	66	0
	Matt Lujan	San Francisco	7	2	3.19	15	79	76	29	51	0
	Turner Phelps	James Madison	7	0	3.80	19	71	58	38	83	1
	Caleb Cotham	Vanderbilt	7	4	3.70	14	75.1	69	31	82	1
	Grant Dayton	Auburn	7	2	3.89	18	81	87	13	79	1
	Mario Hollands	UCSB	7	3	4.03	14	82.2	89	26	61	0
	Bryan Morgado	Tennessee	5	5	4.59	14	80.1	70	37	104	0
	Ryan Sharpley	Notre Dame	4	2	3.30	9	32.2	20	18	31	0
Relievers
	Russell Brewer	Vanderbilt	4	2	3.35	23	43	43	8	49	6
	Burny Mitchem	Dayton	5	2	2.06	22	39.1	36	14	61	4
	Chase Dempsay	Houston	5	2	2.65	27	51	39	17	42	11
	Thomas Girdwood	Elon	5	1	2.78	25	22.2	20	14	26	10
Third Team
	Name	School	W	L	ERA	G	IP	H	BB	SO	SV
	Brooks Raley	Texas A&M	6	1	3.73	15	79.2	78	22	62	0
	Zach Fritz	Lafayette	4	1	2.88	10	50	43	9	37	0
	Chris Roach	Seton Hall	3	1	2.57	14	49	49	15	26	0
	Kevin Scanlan	Maine	2	5	3.74	11	67.1	66	32	72	0
	Eric Jokisch	Northwestern	8	2	4.17	12	73.1	79	39	42	0
	Dean Wolosiansky	Ohio State	7	4	4.22	14	70.1	84	28	37	0
	Ryan Duke	Oklahoma	7	4	3.77	22	71.2	74	33	54	0
	Drew Pomeranz	Mississippi	4	3	4.19	15	62.1	64	25	69	0
	Asher Wojciechowski	The Citadel	5	1	4.50	15	76	70	48	78	0
Relievers
	Cody Martin	Gonzaga	4	1	2.80	26	54.2	50	14	51	9
	Drew Storen	Stanford	2	3	2.91	23	43.1	39	12	40	5
	Kevin Munson	James Madison	2	0	2.15	18	29.1	15	9	29	4
	Boone Whiting	Centenary	2	1	1.94	19	53	42	17	41	5

HONORABLE MENTION:

• 1B - Paul Hoilman, E. Tenn. State (.353, 9, 47)
• 1B - Justin Morreim, Longwood (.319, 3, 29)
• 2B - Mike Guadagnini, Navy (.324, 5, 24)
• 2B - Austin Waters, Virginia Tech (.324, 2, 33)
• 2B - Riley Henricks, Portland (.301, 8, 29)
• 2B - TS Reed, Cal State Northridge (.310, 0, 27)
• 2B - Greg Garcia, Hawai`i (.312, 2, 20)
• 3B - Mason Heyne, Rider (.343, 5, 36)
• 3B - Scott Sxton, Oakland (.342, 2, 38)
• 3B - Ryan Pineda, Cal State Northridge(.333, 4, 29)
• 3B - Effrey Valdez, NYIT (.326, 5, 24)
• SS - Christian Colon, Cal St. Fullerton (.332, 3, 30)
• SS - Danny Muno, Fresno State (.327, 2, 21)
• SS - Chris Wade, Kentucky (.304, 5, 46)
• INF - Tim Jones, Florida A&M (.338, 5, 30)
• INF - Danny Weiss, Davidson (.297, 2, 33))
• OF - Sam Roberts, VMI (.349, 0, 26)
• OF - Cass Hargis, SE Louisiana (.330,5, 40)
• OF - Todd Cunningham, Jax State (.343,1, 29)
• OF - Keith Bisgounis, USC Upstate (.295, 0, 24)
• OF - Mark Onorati, Manhattan (.337,7, 29)
• OF - Nick Longmire, Pacific (.335,3, 29)
• OF - Pete Bregartner, Binghamton (.332,5, 29)
• OF - Connor Bernatz, San Francisco (.347,2, 26)
• OF - Jeff Rowland, Georgia Tech (.335,3, 24)
• OF - Joe Iacobucci, Youngstown State (.369, 3, 33)
• OF - Billy Stitz, South Dakota State (.339, 9 , 40)
• DH/UT - Mike McGee, Florida State (.338, 5, 32 & 7-1, 4.04)
• DH - Paul Karmas, St. John's (.312, 3, 45)
• DH - Pat Epps, Central Connecticut State (.319, 4, 22)
• UT - Steven LaForge, Fairleigh Dickinson (.289, 1, 19)
• SP - Barret Loux, Texas A&M (4-2, 4.62)
• SP - Jordan Beistline, Jacksonville St. (3-1, 3.61)
• SP - Dallas Gallant, Sam Houston St. (8-3, 5.05)
• SP - Zach Hartman, Siena (8-0, 4.84)
• SP - Sean Hoelscher, TCU (7-2, 4.55)
• SP - Brian Stroud, Western Michigan (6-0, 4.02)
• SP - Dan Forman, Manhattan (8-3, 3.79)
• RP - Chris Sale, Florida Gulf Coast (2-0, 3.47)
• RP - Ryan Smith, Dartmouth (2-2, 2.25)
• RP - Stephen Harrold, UNC Wilmington (4-2, 3.71)
• RP - Daniel Bradshaw, LSU (4-5, 3.49)
• RP - Addison Reed, San Diego State (3-1, 2.73)
• RP - Chris Haney, Dallas Baptist (6-6, 2.64)
• RP - Cameron Roth, UNC Wilmington (5-3, 3.77)
• RP - Glen Troyanowski, Florida Atlantic (3-1, 2.89)
• RP - Austin Ross, LSU (3-1, 2.85)
• RP - Thomas Rooke, Kansas State (5-1, 2.52)
• RP - Trent Appleby, TCU (6-1, 2.73)
• RP - Nate Stirz, North Carolina (1-0, 2.00)