Derek David and Kenny Moreland each led their teams to the NCAA Tournament.
McMurry third baseman Derek David and Christopher Newport ace Kenny Moreland have been named the D3baseball.com Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year for 2008.
The pair headline
the second annual D3baseball.com All-American team, announced Tuesday afternoon.
Moreland, who compiled a perfect 13-0 record with a 1.97 earned run average, led the Captains to a 29-14 record, including the USA South tournament championship and automatic bid. The conference pitcher of the year struck out 116 batters while only walking 16 in 109.2 innings pitched. He allowed 77 hits while holding opponents to a .198 batting average.
David homered in seven consecutive games from March 25-April 5 to set the NCAA Division III record on his way to a season in which he totaled 175 bases, slugged .879 and had an on-base percentage of .506. He hit .432, scored 79 runs, hit 26 homers and drove in 73 runs.
David is joined on the first team by Susquehanna catcher Chris Price, Carthage first baseman Jason Acevado, Messiah second baseman Craig Mease, Wheaton (Ill.) shortstop Brian Kolb, Thiel DH Chris Dunham and outfielders Brian Moran of Grove City and Rob Pietroforte and Brian Youchak of Johns Hopkins. Ithaca's Shane Wolf is the utility player, with Chapman's Wayde Kitchens, Steve Matre of Mt. St. Joseph and Tim Kiely of Trinity (Conn.) on the pitching staff.
The All-American team consists of three teams plus honorable mention and was voted on by D3baseball.com staff, contributors and SIDs from more than 550 nominations.