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2009 All Ping! FRESHMAN Teams
Rice was a series win away from returning to Omaha, falling just short when they were elminiated by LSU in the Super Regionals. Had the Owls not had Anthony Rendon manning the hot corner, they may not have made it that far. The freshman phenom batted .388 with 20 homeruns and 72 RBI and
was a finalist for both the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award. For his on the field accomplishments he was named Conference USA Player of the Year, the first time in history the honor was bestowed on a freshman. His host of accolades have also earned him the Ping!Baseball Freshman Player of the Year designation.
The choice for the 2009 Ping!Baseball Freshman Pitcher of the Year can be seen this Saturday starting the first game of the College World Series. Cal State Fullerton's Noe Ramirez will throw the first pitch of the 63rd CWS when the Titans take to the field against Arkansas. This season the young right-hander is 9-1 with a dainty 2.86 ERA in 107 innings. He'll likely pass the century mark in strikeouts against the Hogs as he has 96 going into the series while issuing only 21 walks and allowing 85 hits. He edged out LSU closer Matty Ott by the slimmest of margins. The freshman Tiger has saved 14 games for the top ranked Tigers with a 2.27 ERA. Ott has struck out an astounding 61 batters in 43.2 innings to help the Bayou Bengals return to Omaha one again.
Also strongly considered was Virginia's Danny Hultzen who starred not just on the mound, but at the dish as well. As pitcher Hultzen went 9-1 for the determined Cavaliers, leading the team in wins and ERA. He tossed 86 innings, striking out 95 batters with only 27 walks in 14 starts. At the plate he batted .333 with three homeruns and 33 RBI in 186 at bats. He was also a perfect eight for eight in stolen base attempts.
BATTERS
First Team
FIRST TEAM
Pos Player, School Avg. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBIs BB SO SB/SBA
C
Jeremy Schaffer
0.311
57
212
40
66
8
2
14
56
19
35
1/4
1B
Preston Tucker
0.364
62
242
48
88
13
3
15
85
21
22
5/7
2B
Matt Jensen
0.375
42
160
42
60
15
1
9
53
29
29
2/4
3B
Anthony Rendon
0.388
61
242
60
94
14
1
20
72
31
23
9/11
SS
Joe Panik
0.332
50
187
38
62
11
4
5
47
29
16
6/7
OF
George Springer
0.358
56
212
75
76
14
3
16
57
32
53
12/15
OF
Kameron Brunty
0.342
63
222
62
76
9
4
7
53
35
46
7/8
OF
Kolton Wong
0.341
58
226
46
77
21
2
11
52
25
23
11/15
DH
Ronnie Shaeffer
0.388
44
165
34
64
12
0
4
36
12
15
4/6
UTL
Danny Hultzen
0.333
53
186
40
62
7
1
3
33
28
32
8/8
SECOND TEAM
Pos Player, School Avg. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBIs BB SO SB/SBA
C
John Hicks
0.315
55
216
45
68
9
3
7
36
9
30
5/8
C
Justin Kline
0.432
35
125
29
54
8
2
2
20
13
19
5/10
1B
Todd Brazeal
0.348
58
204
48
71
15
0
5
50
36
32
1/2
1B
Ian Nielsen
0.352
51
216
34
76
15
2
9
53
15
39
2/3
2B
Ross Heffley
0.391
56
235
48
92
18
2
4
51
32
49
7/8
2B
Dan Paolini
0.430
50
200
42
86
12
3
11
53
17
25
7/9
3B
Troy Channing
0.379
55
206
45
78
11
0
20
75
26
44
2/3
3B
Matt Skole
0.302
58
215
41
65
13
0
17
58
27
69
2/3
SS
Drew Maggi
0.312
52
141
53
44
4
5
0
20
35
23
18/19
SS
AJ Pettersen
0.348
55
207
60
72
7
3
2
41
26
18
8/13
INF
Eric Phillips
0.333
51
195
43
65
13
1
4
45
18
18
3/4
OF
Kyle Bluestein
0.393
44
163
48
64
21
0
9
46
19
35
0/0
OF
Tyler Sibley
0.367
54
229
77
84
13
4
10
38
26
16
14/18
OF
Dusty Robinson
0.325
58
200
51
65
12
1
14
44
24
46
6/8
OF
Dylan Craig
0.397
58
232
48
92
14
9
2
34
22
33
9/11
OF
Jackie Bradley, Jr.
0.338
59
237
61
80
11
2
9
41
32
31
8/10
DH
Alex Dickerson
0.379
56
232
45
88
15
1
14
57
17
44
2/5
DH
Aaron Westlake
0.384
59
224
50
86
13
0
8
53
22
40
5/8
UTL
Randy McCurry
0.355
12
31
5
11
1
0
3
10
0
6
0/0
UTL
Nick Ramirez
0.287
42
157
25
45
11
0
10
31
12
31
0/1
THIRD TEAM
Pos Player, School Avg. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBIs BB SO SB/SBA
C
Beau Taylor, UCF
0.335
42
164
28
55
15
0
4
23
10
24
0/1
C
Nathan Orf, UIC
0.429
36
112
25
48
10
1
1
17
10
16
2/3
1B
Brandon Meredith
0.315
60
232
51
73
17
0
5
41
31
46
2/2
1B
Ricky Oropesa
0.314
54
185
35
58
8
1
13
48
23
46
3/7
1B
Dave Ciocchi
0.381
44
147
12
56
12
0
5
41
14
12
3/3
2B
Mark Jones
0.363
56
226
45
82
12
1
7
44
22
37
6/8
2B
Zach Price
0.361
53
183
56
66
9
2
0
23
35
27
14/18
2B
Justyn Carter
0.316
54
190
43
60
10
3
3
20
32
40
31/38
2B
Eric Charles
0.371
45
159
45
59
9
3
2
21
23
23
7/11
INF
Adam McConnell
0.355
46
197
48
70
9
1
1
25
12
21
31/39
3B
Garrett Buechele
0.359
59
217
39
78
14
1
4
38
16
40
0/1
3B
Bo Reeder
0.339
53
224
50
76
21
3
15
54
21
57
4/6
3B
Bo Cuthbertson
0.393
38
135
35
53
11
3
0
15
8
21
2/5
SS
Sam Mende
0.319
59
232
41
74
17
1
5
37
23
46
3/3
SS
Kris Kauppila
0.336
51
214
46
72
20
0
4
21
21
26
8/10
SS
Taylor Featherstone
0.317
52
208
48
66
13
2
4
27
18
37
8/12
OF
Nick Melino
0.352
53
165
28
58
15
2
4
39
15
26
3/5
OF
Will Piwnica-Worms
0.317
59
218
37
69
13
4
3
30
7
39
7/11
OF
Taylor Dugas
0.354
54
229
61
81
19
2
2
27
25
37
13/14
OF
Lee Orr
0.301
51
196
52
59
11
4
15
57
37
68
18/20
OF
Matt Szczur
0.346
48
188
45
65
10
2
1
24
27
23
18/25
OF
Daniel Bowman
0.332
58
211
49
70
13
2
11
51
12
39
5/7
OF
Akeem Hood
0.322
39
146
25
47
4
4
0
9
10
18
16/19
OF
Zach Borenstein, Eastern Illinois
0.394
40
137
43
54
6
0
5
28
29
20
2/6
OF
Jeramie Marek
0.335
53
194
33
65
9
3
2
20
18
29
9/14
DH
Willie Argo
0.355
47
172
46
61
11
2
12
47
20
29
10/14
DH
C.J. Cron
0.337
59
246
39
83
19
1
11
58
14
31
1/3
DH
Ryan Wright
0.335
65
257
43
86
16
2
5
66
17
29
12/16
UTL
Zack Cox
0.271
52
181
39
49
14
2
12
36
20
58
1/3
UTL
Ryan Behmanesh
0.472
17
53
17
25
3
0
2
6
5
10
0/0
PITCHERS
FIRST TEAM
Pos Name School W L ERA G IP H BB SO SV
SP
Taylor Jungmann, Texas
7
3
1.80
19
70
49
26
77
0
SP
Noe Ramirez, Cal State Fullerton
9
1
2.86
19
107
85
21
96
0
SP
Anthony Meyo, Coastal Carolina
9
2
2.92
16
74
62
29
66
0
SP
Trevor Bauer, UCLA
9
3
2.99
20
105.1
85
27
92
2
SP
Sean Gilmartin, Florida State
11
3
3.64
16
84
72
35
75
1
SP
Sam Gaviglio, Oregon State
10
1
2.73
18
62.2
45
9
55
1
SU
Mitchell Lambson, Arizona State
8
3
2.93
27
70.2
49
23
80
3
CL
Matty Ott, LSU
3
2
2.27
32
43.2
43
4
61
14
SECOND TEAM
Pos Name School W L ERA G IP H BB SO SV
SP
Tyler Pill, Cal State Fullerton
11
3
3.95
16
98
91
12
73
0
SP
Gerrit Cole, UCLA
4
8
3.49
15
85
57
38
104
0
SP
Jordan Cooper, Wichita State
8
5
2.73
14
89
84
19
81
0
SP
Charlie Lowell, Wichita State
6
2
2.95
12
64
55
33
63
0
SP
Cameron Hobson, Dayton
7
1
3.43
18
78.2
79
16
83
2
SP
Brian Bush, Florida State
6
2
3.97
19
90.2
81
35
70
0
SP
Cole Cook, Pepperdine
7
3
3.69
16
83
57
20
79
0
RP
Justin Malone, Georgia State
1
0
1.46
17
24.2
19
6
21
7
RP
Andrew Leenhouts, Northeastern
1
1
2.37
16
30.1
30
18
41
4
RP
Logan Verrett, Baylor
7
1
5.23
19
52
73
19
61
3
RP
Marc Oslund, BYU
7
1
2.49
22
65
57
24
59
1
THIRD TEAM
Pos Name School W L ERA G IP H BB SO SV
SP
Brett Mooneyham, Stanford
6
3
4.14
13
67.1
46
54
72
0
SP
Nick Routt, Mississippi State
5
3
4.15
13
86.2
87
28
87
0
SP
Eric Harrington, Lamar
8
1
3.01
15
83.2
94
26
63
0
SP
Adam Morgan, Alabama
4
1
3.61
12
52.1
56
18
41
0
SP
Taylor Wall, Rice
6
5
3.81
16
85
77
36
73
1
SP
Ryan Carpenter, Gonzaga
6
3
4.82
14
61.2
65
27
62
0
SP
Alex Meyer, Kentucky
1
4
5.73
13
54.2
45
43
68
1
SP
Matt Sisto, Hawaii
5
4
4.37
14
82.1
104
45
50
0
RP
Tony Zych, Louisville
5
2
3.29
20
38.1
34
9
29
2
RP
Kevin Brandt, East Carolina
8
1
3.42
26
68.1
58
21
63
0
RP
Tyler Mizenko, Winthrop
2
4
3.77
30
45.1
44
19
42
14
RP
Chad Sheppard, Northwestern State
4
1
2.34
23
34.2
28
15
43
10
RP
Michael Schum, Wright State
5
7
1.68
34
74
62
10
57
13
RP
Andrew Chafin, Kent State
4
1
1.26
17
35.2
25
16
55
8
Pitching stats for utility players
UTL
Danny Hultzen, Virginia
9
1
2.09
15
86
76
27
95
0
UTL
Randy McCurry, Oklahoma State
4
1
2.16
28
41.2
39
15
54
10
UTL
Nick Rameriz, CS Fullerton
3
1
2.63
21
37.2
34
9
27
7
UTL
Ryan Behmanesh, Dallas Baptist
1
0
4.44
21
26.1
27
12
32
4
UTL
Zach Cox, Arkansas
5
1
3.50
13
18
20
3
15
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