FIRST TEAM / SECOND TEAM / THIRD TEAM ALL PING!BASEBALL 2009 PRESEASON THIRD TEAM In an effort to make mention of a few more worthy players who deserve recognition we’ve included “For Your Consideration” nominations. These additions are not necessarily an “Honorable Mention” designation or the player who was next in line for All Ping! inclusion, but instead are athletes from schools who have put up impressive stats, but just haven’t had the opportunity to showcase them enough to be named to one of the All Ping!Baseball Teams.

	POS	Name	G	AB	R	H	AVE	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO
CATCHER
	C	Massanari, Bryce Georgia	70	252	40	82	0.325	12	1	11	65	2	31	48
	C	Gibbs, Micah LSU	54	174	31	56	0.322	16	0	2	35	2	26	24
For your consideration... The Redhawk backstop Klocke batted .324 to earn OVC Freshman of the year in 2007 and followed it up with a .469 on base percentage last season. Flame catcher Hollinger has had major jumps in batting average each season while providing solid defense.
	C	Klocke, Jim Southeast Missouri	51	185	53	66	0.357	7	1	6	40	3	35	21
	C	Hollinger, Errol Liberty	62	257	60	82	0.319	19	1	8	47	1	21	24
FIRST BASE
	1B	Ahmady, Alan Fresno State	78	288	60	110	0.382	17	1	13	92	3	48	40
	1B	Bishop, Rawley Middle Tennesse St.	57	223	64	83	0.372	19	0	18	69	2	39	37
For your consideration... Two-time All-Atlantic Sun Conference selection Cruz hit over .400 for the Hatters last year, mashing 15 homeruns. Wozniak finished seventh in the NCAA with his 26 doubles and went 11-for-26 at the plate for the Panthers in the Horizon League Tournament.
	1B	Cruz, Jeremy Stetson	55	223	57	90	0.404	18	2	15	57	0	28	42
	1B	Wozniak, Shawn WI-Milwaukee	61	220	42	80	0.364	26	0	6	51	3	29	30
SECOND BASE
	2B	Rueda, Willie Texas Tech	53	194	39	70	0.361	14	3	0	33	27	35	19
	2B	Soignier, Ben Louisiana Monroe	57	236	83	93	0.394	21	2	16	46	13	39	25
For your consideration... Carter was drafted in the 23rd round by the Dodgers in 2007, but chose to attend the Academy instead. His 10 triples led the nation. Zablan led the Thunderbirds in batting and stolen bases and even pitched in eight games.
	2B/OF	Carter, Nathan Air Force	50	186	51	58	0.312	16	10	4	30	19	34	46
	2B	Zablan, Keli`i Southern Utah	57	220	46	84	0.382	12	5	3	34	19	25	29
THIRD BASE
	3B	Davis, Bennett Elon	61	220	66	77	0.350	15	0	18	82	11	34	42
	3B	Kelly, Ty UC Davis	58	237	55	94	0.397	17	1	4	39	2	19	26
For your consideration... Hammock was a first team All-Southland Conference selection in 2008 after leading Sam Houston with a .380 batting average. The powerful Boilermaker Black broke the Big 10 tournament record for homeruns with five blasts in four games to lead Purdue to the championship game.
	3B	Hammock, Seth Sam Houston State	52	205	49	78	0.380	17	1	12	56	2	14	35
	3B/C	Black, Dan Purdue	58	194	47	62	0.320	15	0	18	70	3	31	39
SHORTSTOP
	SS	Toole, Justin Iowa	55	220	63	87	0.395	15	4	0	49	24	21	13
	SS	Dietrich, Derek Georgia Tech	62	238	53	79	0.332	16	2	14	66	3	26	50
For your consideration... Aftering hitting 13 homeruns during the season, Olt kept cranking over the summer and won the New England Collegiate Baseball League's Homerun Derby. Shay led the Mid-American Conference in batting to help the Falcons win their first Regular-Season MAC Championship in six years.
	SS	Olt, Mike Connecticut	54	220	44	70	0.318	14	2	13	61	18	25	60
	SS	Shay, Ryan Bowling Green	52	211	53	87	0.412	19	0	5	36	15	28	20
OUTFIELD
	OF	Lockwood, Ryan South Florida	47	193	44	80	0.415	15	2	0	37	12	27	26
	OF	Pollock, A.J. Notre Dame	55	217	49	76	0.350	15	3	4	42	28	24	10
	OF	den Dekker, Matt Florida	55	213	55	71	0.333	9	2	8	48	20	29	24
	OF	Edmondson, Chris Le Moyne	53	196	51	72	0.367	22	5	14	64	3	27	31
	OF	Nommensen, Brett Eastern Illinois	57	204	56	82	0.402	18	4	5	36	18	35	14
	OF	Lape, Nate Marshall	59	214	62	83	0.388	17	0	17	63	20	31	49
	OF	Senne, Aaron Missouri	59	216	51	75	0.347	14	0	13	67	0	40	33
For your consideration... Not only is Vermont outfielder Milo a force on the diamond, he is a forward for the Catamount hockey team. Nieto He led the MAAC in batting average and triples, while also finishing in the top-five in stolen bases.
	OF	Milo, Justin Vermont	50	192	50	63	0.328	13	8	6	40	9	28	33
	OF	Nieto, Kevin Manhattan	43	153	50	59	0.386	14	6	2	47	21	20	25
DESIGNATED HITTER
	DH	Cregar, Chad Western Kentucky	60	250	47	90	0.360	15	1	21	82	2	24	51
	DH/1B	Greg Rohan	54	197	50	70	0.355	18	2	20	61	0	17	35
For your consideration... Schaefer led the Flames in batting at .382, hitting at an incredible .733 clip in the Horizon League Championship to earn the Most Valuable Player award.
	DH/1B	Schaefer, Brett UIC	56	212	51	81	0.382	15	2	10	61	6	20	16
UTILITY
	UT	Belt, Brandon Texas	61	238	41	76	0.319	20	2	6	64	2	27	37
	UT	Hassan, Alex Duke	55	218	62	77	0.353	17	0	4	33	14	32	19
	UT	Smith, Blake California	54	199	36	59	0.296	11	2	12	43	6	15	53
For your consideration... Hayes led Rider in batting average, hits, runs stolen bases offensively and saves and earned run average on the mound.
	UT	Hayes, James Rider	57	238	52	80	0.336	12	0	1	19	37	23	40

PITCHERS

	Name	ERA	W	L	AP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	K
STARTING PITCHERS
	Berry, Ryan Rice	3.63	8	5	17	16	1	1	0	104	103	42	31	86
	Davis, Shane Canisius	2.42	12	1	13	13	10	1	0	89.1	89	24	24	47
	Ford, Mike UC Santa Barbara	2.96	6	4	14	13	4	0	0	94.1	78	31	37	76
	Manno, Christopher Duke	3.40	6	2	12	12	0	0	0	58.2	50	22	19	80
	Minor, Mike Vanderbilt	4.28	7	3	15	15	2	0	0	103	99	49	28	101
	Sullivan, Jerry Oral Roberts	3.89	9	2	18	15	3	1	0	104.1	109	45	25	108
	Ridings, Matt Western Kentucky	3.89	10	3	16	15	1	0	1	97.1	99	42	36	98
	Tootle, Ben Jacksonville State	3.87	10	2	15	14	2	2	0	86	87	37	29	79
For your consideration... Burgos was the MEAC Pitcher of th Year, leading the conference in ERA and ranking amoung national leaders as well. Buch limited the opposition to a .189 average for Monmouth, earning his second consecutive All-NEC Second Team honor.
	Burgos, Hiram Bethune-Cookman	1.58	9	1	16	13	0	0	1	80	64	14	24	69
	Buch, Ryan Monmouth	3.69	6	1	11	9	2	1	0	51.2	37	21	30	66
RELIEF PITCHERS
	Gillheeney, Jimmy North Carolina State	1.13	2	0	21	0	0	0	10	32	24	4	12	42
	Moran, Brian North Carolina	2.76	1	2	40	0	0	0	2	49	45	15	17	72
	Stoffel, Jason Arizona	3.00	4	2	34	0	0	0	13	48	34	16	15	79
PITCHING STATS FOR UTILITY PLAYERS
	Belt, Brandon Texas	3.66	1	0	16	0	0	0	2	17.2	17	7	5	16
	Hassan, Alex Duke	1.32	5	0	17	0	0	0	5	27.2	16	4	9	22
	Smith, Blake California	3.84	3	0	16	0	0	0	0	21.1	20	9	11	36
For your consideration... Geglein has tremendous control, walking only seven and striking out 36 batters in 43 innings last season. Storm fanned 54 baters in 38.2 innings to earn 12 saves for the Trojans.
	Geglein, Jake Cincinnati	2.30	3	0	26	0	0	0	9	43	44	11	7	36
	Storm, Josh Troy	2.12	2	2	27	0	0	0	12	38.2	29	9	13	54