Feb. 15,
2013
2013 CollegeBaseballInsider.com
Louisville Slugger
Preseason All-American
Team
 RICHMOND,
Va. – Oregon State outfielder Michael
Conforto (right) and NC State lefty Carlos Rodon have been named
Preseason Player and Pitcher of the Year and headline the
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Louisville Slugger Preseason
All-American Team.
Conforto batted .349 in 58
games a season ago as a freshman with 13 homers and 76 RBI, a
program record. He posted a slugging percentage of .601 and
on-base percentage of .438. Conforto was Pac-12 Freshman of the
Year and Second Team All-America by CollegeBaseballInsider.com.
 Rodon
(right) had an equally-impressive rookie campaign, going 9-0 for
the Wolfpack with a 1.57 ERA. He struck out 135 in 114.2 innings
with 71 hits and 41 walks. Opponents hit just .176 against the
lefty. Rodon was First Team All-America by
CollegeBaseballInsider.com and was recognized as Pitcher and
Freshman of the Year in the ACC.
Six members of the 2012
CollegeBaseballInsider.com All-America First Team return in
2013: Rodon, DJ Peterson of New Mexico, Raph Rhymes of LSU,
Marco Gonzales of Gonzaga, Nick Petree of Missouri State and
Jimmy Sherfy of Oregon.
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First Team
C Mitchell Garver, New Mexico
1B Nick Backlund, Mercer
2B Jordan Hankins, Austin Peay
SS Trea Turner, NC State
3B D.J. Peterson, New Mexico
OF Boomer Collins, Dallas Baptist
OF Michael Conforto, Oregon State
OF Raph Rhymes, LSU
DH Kris Bryant, San Diego
UTIL Marco Gonzales,
Gonzaga
UTIL Michael Lorenzen, Cal
State Fullerton
SP Mark Appel, Stanford
SP Nick Petree, Missouri State
SP Adam Plutko, UCLA
SP Sean Manaea, Indiana State
SP Dillon Overton, Oklahoma
SP Carlos Rodon, NC State
SP Ryne Stanek, Arkansas
SP Andrew Thurman, UC Irvine
RP David Berg, UCLA
RP Aaron Burke, Coastal Carolina
RP Corey Knebel, Texas
RP Jimmy Sherfy, Oregon
Second Team
C Alex Swim, Elon
1B Brian Ragira, Stanford
2B Michael Felton, Campbell
SS Adam Frazier, Mississippi State
3B Colin Moran, North Carolina
OF Phillip Ervin, Samford
OF Brandon Thomas, Georgia Tech
OF Austin Wilson, Stanford
UTIL Drew Reynolds, East
Carolina
SP Kent Emanuel, North Carolina
SP Preston Morrison, TCU
SP Chris Rowley, Army
SP Bobby Wahl, Ole Miss
SP Michael Wagner, San Diego
SP Trevor Williams, Arizona State
RP Jonathan Holder, Mississippi State
RP AJ Salcines, Miami (Fla.)
RP Kellen Urbon, Cornell
Honorable Mention
C Andrew Knapp, California
C Riley Moore, Arizona
C Spencer Navin, Vanderbilt
C Ty Ross, LSU
C Austin Wynns, Fresno State
C Mark Zagunis, Virginia Tech
1B Johnny Coy, Wichita State
1B Ryan Haas, Delaware State
1B Jared Hammer, Hofstra
1B Mason Katz, LSU
1B Ryan McCauley, Niagara
1B George Roberts, Kent State
1B Zach Stephens, Tennessee Tech
2B Andrew Ayers, Sacramento State
2B Dominic Ficociello, Arkansas
2B JaCoby Jones, LSU
2B Tony Kemp, Vanderbilt
2B LJ Mazzilli, Connecticut
2B Christian Stringer, Rice
2B Erich Weiss, Texas
2B Steve Wilkerson, Clemson
SS Will Callaway, Appalachian State
SS Hunter Dozier, Stephen F. Austin
SS Parker Hipp, New Mexico State
SS Richy Pedroza, Cal State Fullerton
SS Brandon Trinkwon, UC Santa Barbara
3B Alex Blandino, Stanford
3B Joey Cujas, VCU
3B Eric Jagielo, Notre Dame
3B Jose Trevino, Oral Roberts
OF Austin Cousino, Kentucky
OF Tim Colwell, North Dakota State
OF Bill Cullen, VCU
OF Ryan Dietrich, Penn
OF Rob Engel, Louisville
OF Johnny Field, Arizona
OF Derek Fisher, Virginia
OF Matt Honchel, Miami (Ohio)
OF Aaron Judge, Fresno State
OF Jared King, Kansas State
OF Tyler Molinaro, UNC Wilmington
OF Jason Monda, Washington State
OF Daniel Palka, Georgia Tech
OF Matt Pollock, Buffalo
OF Michael Pritchard, Nebraska
OF Mason Robbins, Southern Miss
OF Jeff Roy, Rhode Island
DH Justin Lacy, Longwood
UT Josh Dezse, Ohio State
UT Zane Evans, Georgia Tech
UT AJ Reed, Kentucky
UT Desmond Russell, Jackson State
SP Drew Bowen, Oral Roberts
SP Jonathon Crawford, Florida
SP Buck Farmer, Georgia Tech
SP Jonathan Gray, Oklahoma
SP Colby Holmes, South Carolina
SP Peter Kelich, Bryant
SP Austin Kubitza, Rice
SP Brandon Leibrandt, Florida State
SP Corey Littrell, Kentucky
SP Andrew Mitchell, TCU
SP Benton Moss, North Carolina
SP Aaron Nola, LSU
SP Matt Pegler, College of Charleston
SP Andrew Pierce, Southern Miss
SP Tyler Skulina, Kent State
SP Andrew Vasquez, UC Santa Barbara
SP Ben Wetzler, Oregon State
SP Konner Wade, Arizona
RP Tyler Burgess, Missouri State
RP Ryan Connolly, Coastal Carolina
RP Kyle Crockett, Virginia
RP Alex Cruz, Georgia Tech
RP Preston Hatcher, Western Carolina
RP Dan Slania, Notre Dame
RP Chad Sobotka, USC Upstate
RP Colby Suggs, Arkansas
RP Tyler Webb, South Carolina
(Conforto photo by Ethan Erickson,
Rodon photo courtesy of NCSU Media
Relations) |
