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SECOND TEAM
There isn’t a single player on the Second Team who couldn’t be argued as a First Team candidate - it is likely that more than a few will be on the final post season squad. Second Team third basemen Conor Gillaspie of Wichita State and Ian Hollick of New Mexico have both continued to impress and could be household names come May. Highly touted Tennessee outfielder Julio Borbon will be sidelined for the beginning of the season due to an ankle injury, but should be back and chasing pitchers late March. Shortstop Brian Friday joins First Team selections Savery and St. Clair as Rice Owls deserving of an All-Ping! nod. Several players from smaller schools will likely rewrite their university’s record book with impact seasons. Catcher Tom Hill of Albany, Marcus Davis from Alcorn State, Ryan Gotcher of Arkansas Little Rock and Josh Dew from Troy could lead their teams to Omaha. Military men Milan Dinga of Army and Navy’s Mitch Harris are multi-talented players who are the pride of their country as well as their teams.

Second Team pitchers include flamethrowers Christian Friedrich of Eastern Kentucky, Alex Wilson of Winthrop and Ryan Reid of James Madison. Nebraska’s Tony Watson and James Simmons of UC Riverside use poise and control to get their outs. Andrew Carnigan from North Carolina hopes to be on the mound, recording the final out in the CWS in 2007 after being edged out by Oregon State last year. If he isn’t there, don’t be surprised to see Josh Fields of Georgia or Florida State’s Luke Tucker closing the final game.

Second Team Batting Stats
TEAM NAME POS YR G AB R H AVE 2B 3B HR RB SB BB SO
Coughlin, Sean
Kentucky
C SR 58 203 52 66 0.325 13 0 17 55 0 34 41
Hill, Tom
Albany
C SR 51 180 45 67 0.372 13 1 11 46 5 30 22
Amar, Adam
Memphis
1B SR 55 210 40 83 0.395 17 3 10 66 2 31 26
Flack, Chad
North Carolina
1B JR 67 292 68 112 0.384 18 5 13 68 15 11 36
Buchholz, Alex
Delaware
2B SO 53 222 62 84 0.378 16 3 18 64 9 10 27
Weeks, Jemile
Univ of Miami (FL)
2B SO 66 256 69 90 0.352 18 8 6 40 13 37 27
Gillaspie, Conor
Wichita State
3B SO 68 261 41 92 0.352 18 3 7 67 4 28 25
Hollick, Ian
New Mexico
3B JR 56 221 49 83 0.376 16 3 11 65 5 30 30
Cozart, Zack
Mississippi
SS JR 66 272 57 92 0.338 16 1 10 64 15 17 28
Friday, Brian
Rice
SS JR 70 269 66 95 0.353 22 3 9 57 17 30 51
Borbon, Julio
Tennessee
OF JR 55 235 45 86 0.366 14 5 1 30 19 19 15
Brown, Corey
Oklahoma State
OF JR 57 216 68 75 0.347 13 6 13 40 14 42 57
Davis, Marcus
Alcorn State
OF SR 43 170 56 72 0.424 15 12 11 64 14 12 49
Gotcher, Ryan
AR Little Rock
OF SR 53 211 47 76 0.360 21 3 5 32 25 28 24
Joachim, Chris
St. John's
OF SR 58 216 52 86 0.398 12 2 1 46 20 25 21
Strausbaugh, Steven
Western Carolina
OF JR 54 209 61 71 0.340 17 1 17 64 2 29 25
Dinga, Milan
Army
OF/P JR 48 174 44 67 0.385 10 5 7 35 4 20 21
Dew, Josh
Troy
UT/P SR 59 208 65 66 0.317 12 1 17 67 0 38 53
Harris, Mitch
Navy
SP/OF JR 38 150 29 50 0.333 9 2 1 27 2 9 26
Wehrle, Ryan
Nebraska
SS/INF JR 57 226 50 83 0.367 22 1 8 48 14 28 35

Second Team Pitching Stats
Team
Name
POS
YR
G
GS
CG
W
L
SV
IP
H
BB
K
ERA
Detwiler, Ross
Missouri State
SP JR
14
14
2
7
4
0
93
73
47
99
2.81
Friedrich, Christian
Eastern Kentucky
SP SO
15
14
3
10
2
0
82
64
24
118
1.98
Hunter, Tommy
Alabama
SP SO
20
16
3
10
3
1
117.3
115
22
80
3.30
Korpi, Wade
Notre Dame
SP JR
14
12
1
7
2
0
76.3
55
27
94
2.01
Simmons, James
UC Riverside
SP JR
16
16
0
9
5
0
109.3
108
19
94
2.96
Watson, Tony
Nebraska
SP JR
17
15
1
10
2
0
100.3
88
24
69
2.78
Wilson, Alex
Winthrop
SP SO
20
19
1
13
3
0
138
127
50
143
3.78
Carignan, Andrew
North Carolina
SP JR
32
0
0
2
3
15
33.7
18
15
44
3.20
Fields, Joshua
Gerogia
RP JR
35
0
0
3
2
15
50
36
11
56
1.80
Heyne, Kyle
Ball State
RP JR
29
0
0
4
5
12
42.7
37
5
46
2.11
Tucker, Luke
Florida State
RP SR
27
0
0
2
1
9
34
15
16
51
1.32

Dinga, Milan
Army
OF/P JR
17
0
0
2
0
10
18.7
12
2
22
0.48
Dew, Josh
Troy
UT/P SR
24
0
0
5
1
7
48.3
39
21
63
2.98
Harris, Mitch
Army
SP/OF JR
13
13
6
10
3
0
82.7
57
20
113
1.74