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Kurits enters the 2010 season on a 12 game hit streak which raised his final batting average to .296. Despite battling a hamstring injury to start the season, he stole a team-best 19 bases, four times swiping multiple bases in a game. In addition to being an accomplished baseball player, He earned first team all-conference and all-state honors in hockey his senior season of high school. Check out his blog here.



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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
Tulane		 0.311 57 212 40 66 8 2 14 56 19 35 1/4
1B Preston Tucker
Florida 		0.364 62 242 48 88 13 3 15 85 21 22 5/7
2B Matt Jensen
Cal Poly		 0.375 42 160 42 60 15 1 9 53 29 29 2/4
3B Anthony Rendon
Rice		 0.388 61 242 60 94 14 1 20 72 31 23 9/11
SS Joe Panik
St. John's		 0.332 50 187 38 62 11 4 5 47 29 16 6/7
OF George Springer
Connecticut		 0.358 56 212 75 76 14 3 16 57 32 53 12/15
OF Kameron Brunty
Southern Miss		 0.342 63 222 62 76 9 4 7 53 35 46 7/8
OF Kolton Wong
Hawaii		 0.341 58 226 46 77 21 2 11 52 25 23 11/15
DH Ronnie Shaeffer
UC Irvine		 0.388 44 165 34 64 12 0 4 36 12 15 4/6
UTL Danny Hultzen
Virginia		 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
Virginia		 0.315 55 216 45 68 9 3 7 36 9 30 5/8
C Justin Kline
North Dakota State		 0.432 35 125 29 54 8 2 2 20 13 19 5/10
1B Todd Brazeal
South Florida 		0.348 58 204 48 71 15 0 5 50 36 32 1/2
1B Ian Nielsen
Ball State		 0.352 51 216 34 76 15 2 9 53 15 39 2/3
2B Ross Heffley
Western Carolina		 0.391 56 235 48 92 18 2 4 51 32 49 7/8
2B Dan Paolini
Siena		 0.430 50 200 42 86 12 3 11 53 17 25 7/9
3B Troy Channing
Saint Mary's		 0.379 55 206 45 78 11 0 20 75 26 44 2/3
3B Matt Skole
Georgia Tech		 0.302 58 215 41 65 13 0 17 58 27 69 2/3
SS Drew Maggi
Arizona State		 0.312 52 141 53 44 4 5 0 20 35 23 18/19
SS AJ Pettersen
Minnesota		 0.348 55 207 60 72 7 3 2 41 26 18 8/13
INF Eric Phillips
Georgia Southern		 0.333 51 195 43 65 13 1 4 45 18 18 3/4
OF Kyle Bluestein
Jacksonville State		 0.393 44 163 48 64 21 0 9 46 19 35 0/0
OF Tyler Sibley
Texas State		 0.367 54 229 77 84 13 4 10 38 26 16 14/18
OF Dusty Robinson
Fresno State		 0.325 58 200 51 65 12 1 14 44 24 46 6/8
OF Dylan Craig
Belmont		 0.397 58 232 48 92 14 9 2 34 22 33 9/11
OF Jackie Bradley, Jr.
South Carolina		 0.338 59 237 61 80 11 2 9 41 32 31 8/10
DH Alex Dickerson
Indiana		 0.379 56 232 45 88 15 1 14 57 17 44 2/5
DH Aaron Westlake
Vanderbilt		 0.384 59 224 50 86 13 0 8 53 22 40 5/8
UTL Randy McCurry
Oklahoma State		 0.355 12 31 5 11 1 0 3 10 0 6 0/0
UTL Nick Ramirez
UC Fullerton		 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
San Diego State 		0.315 60 232 51 73 17 0 5 41 31 46 2/2
1B Ricky Oropesa
Southern Cal		 0.314 54 185 35 58 8 1 13 48 23 46 3/7
1B Dave Ciocchi
Binghamton		 0.381 44 147 12 56 12 0 5 41 14 12 3/3
2B Mark Jones
Stetson		 0.363 56 226 45 82 12 1 7 44 22 37 6/8
2B Zach Price
Army		 0.361 53 183 56 66 9 2 0 23 35 27 14/18
2B Justyn Carter
St. Peter's		 0.316 54 190 43 60 10 3 3 20 32 40 31/38
2B Eric Charles
Purdue		 0.371 45 159 45 59 9 3 2 21 23 23 7/11
INF Adam McConnell
Richmond		 0.355 46 197 48 70 9 1 1 25 12 21 31/39
3B Garrett Buechele
Oklahoma		 0.359 59 217 39 78 14 1 4 38 16 40 0/1
3B Bo Reeder
ETSU 		0.339 53 224 50 76 21 3 15 54 21 57 4/6
3B Bo Cuthbertson
Southern Utah		 0.393 38 135 35 53 11 3 0 15 8 21 2/5
SS Sam Mende
South Florida		 0.319 59 232 41 74 17 1 5 37 23 46 3/3
SS Kris Kauppila
Portland		 0.336 51 214 46 72 20 0 4 21 21 26 8/10
SS Taylor Featherstone
TCU		 0.317 52 208 48 66 13 2 4 27 18 37 8/12
OF Nick Melino
Nevada		 0.352 53 165 28 58 15 2 4 39 15 26 3/5
OF Will Piwnica-Worms
Duke
0.317 59 218 37 69 13 4 3 30 7 39 7/11
OF Taylor Dugas
Alabama		 0.354 54 229 61 81 19 2 2 27 25 37 13/14
OF Lee Orr
McNeese 		0.301 51 196 52 59 11 4 15 57 37 68 18/20
OF Matt Szczur
Villanova		 0.346 48 188 45 65 10 2 1 24 27 23 18/25
OF Daniel Bowman
Coastal Carolina		 0.332 58 211 49 70 13 2 11 51 12 39 5/7
OF Akeem Hood
N.C. Central Univ		 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
TAMUCC		 0.335 53 194 33 65 9 3 2 20 18 29 9/14
DH Willie Argo
Illinois		 0.355 47 172 46 61 11 2 12 47 20 29 10/14
DH C.J. Cron
Utah		 0.337 59 246 39 83 19 1 11 58 14 31 1/3
DH Ryan Wright
Louisville		 0.335 65 257 43 86 16 2 5 66 17 29 12/16
UTL Zack Cox
Arkansas		 0.271 52 181 39 49 14 2 12 36 20 58 1/3
UTL Ryan Behmanesh
Dallas Baptist		 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 1

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