Brechun, Rauh join south standouts on all-stars list
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Frostburg State senior Matt Greene was tabbed as the first team second baseman on the 2011 D3baseball.com preseason All-American team. Frostburg State sports infomation |
What hits at a 0.423 clip and slugs an
average of 12 home runs in a season? What pitching staff is a
combined 46-9 with 28 saves? It is the fourth annual 2011
D3baseball.com preseason All-American team released on January
11th.
Joining three USA South all-stars are Heidelberg third baseman,
Willie Brechun and Chapman hurler Brian Rauh as unanimous
selections to the D3baseball.com preseason team. Catcher Trey Such,
Methodist, first baseman Justin Franklin, Ferrum and
pitcher/outfielder Greg Van Sickler, Shenandoah, represent the USA
South Conference as first team selections.
The first team outfield is familiar with success as all three
participated in the Championship round in Appleton. Zach Boskovich,
Linfield; Kevin Brashears, Shenandoah; and Ricardo Lizcano,
Heidelberg are all looking for another chance to roam the outfield
at Fox Cities Stadium at the end of May. Joining Franklin and
Brechun in the infield are two middle infielders from the
Mid-Atlantic region, Frostburg State's Matt Greene and Keystone's
Esteban Meletiche. Designated hitter Mitchell Rowan of Willamette
rounds out the nine offensive players.
Rauh, a freshman sensation in 2010, is expected to continue to dominate the competition in 2011. Sam Eagleston, Johns Hopkins and Brad Orosey, Texas Lutheran are the other starting pitchers named to the first team preseason list. Two relievers, Chris DeGoti, Tufts and Andy Lowe, Heidelberg round out the pitching staff.
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Mitch Rowan of Willamette was one of just 15 players selected for the First Team. Willamette sports information |
Four players on the 2011 list also appeared on the 2010
preseason All-American squad. Van Sickler and Orosey were first
team selections in 2010 while Lowe was on the second team. Pomona
Pitzer's David Colvin was an honorable mention in 2010 and a second
team selection as a pitcher in 2011.
2011 D3baseball.com preseason All-Americans
First Team: C - Trey Such, Methodist; 1B - Justin
Franklin, Ferrum; 2B - Matt Greene, Frostburg State; 3B - Willie
Brechun, Heidelberg; SS - Esteban Meletiche, Keystone; OF - Zach
Boskovich, Linfield; Kevin Brashears, Shenandoah; Ricardo Lizcano,
Heidelberg; DH - Mitchell Rowan, Willamette; UTL - Greg Van
Sickler, Shenandoah; P - Chris DeGoti, Tufts; Sam Eagleson, Johns
Hopkins; Andy Lowe, Heidelberg; Brad Orosey, Texas Lutheran; Brian
Rauh, Chapman.
Second Team: C - Jay Lichter, Randolph-Macon; 1B
- Bruce Maxwell, Birmingham-Southern; 2B - Ryan Walsh, UMass
Boston; 3B - Nick Beaman, Ripon; SS - Greg Van Horn, Wooster; OF -
Bobby Doyon, Keene State; Todd Keneborus, St Joseph's (Maine);
Jesse Sikorski, Johns Hopkins; DH - Ken Gregory, Kean; UTL - Jeff
Donovan, UW-Whitewater; P - David Colvin, Pomona-Pitzer; Alex
Eliopoulos, Johns Hopkins; Cody Hallahan, Bethany Lutheran; Jason
Pankau, Illinois Wesleyan; Paul Uhl, Thomas More.
Honorable Mention: C - Matt Cornetti, Mount
Aloysius; 1B - Matt Stahl, Allegheny; 2B - Brandon Ricco,
Birmingham-Southern; 3B - Chad Mullins, Case Western Reserve; SS -
Anthony Pisani, Southern Maine: OF - Jimmy Baum, Penn State
Altoona; Will Hodges, Carthage; Jake Mullin, McMurry; Jeff Scafidi,
Anna Maria; DH - K.C. Judge, Cal Lutheran; UTL - Jim Schult,
Eastern Connecticut State; P - Nolan Corr, Wheaton (Mass.); Ethan
Holt, Heidelberg; Derek Johnson, Redlands; Britton Quayle,
Frostburg State; Matt Schimpf, Texas Tyler.
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