HATTIESBURG, Miss. Rice freshman pitcher/first-baseman Joe Savery has been named third team all-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA), the organization announced on Tuesday.
Savery, the Western Athletic Conference's player of the year and Collegiate Baseball's Louisville Slugger freshman player of the year, was one of only two freshmen in the country to be selected to one of the NCBWA's three all-America teams.
Savery is listed as a third team all-America DH/ATH for his dual skills as a hitter and pitcher. He led the Western Athletic Conference in hitting with a .382 average and ranked among the league's best in on-base percentage (.471, first), runs scored (49, third), hits (78, third) and doubles (17, fourth). As a starting pitcher the standout from nearby Lamar High School went 8-5 on the season with a conference-leading 2.43 earned run average. In his debut season of Division I baseball, Savery struck out 129 hitters in 118.2 innings. He held 442 batters faced to a combined .235 average.
After injuring his non-pitching hand hustling after a foul ball in the Owls' first game of the New Orleans Super Regional (June 11), Savery made his scheduled start on the mound the following day against the number one Green Wave and pitched six gutsy shutout innings. The Rice baseball team concluded its season Monday at the super regional, finishing the year with a 45-19 record.
A complete list of the NCBWA's 2005 all-America teams can be viewed as a pdf at the link listed above. The organization's official web site can also be reached through the above link.
FIRST TEAM
Pos., Name, School, Class
1B Matt LaPorta, Florida So.
2B Corey Wimberley, Alcorn State So.
3B Alex Gordon, Nebraska Jr.
SS Tyler Greene, Georgia Tech Jr.
C Brad Willcutt, Southern Miss Sr.
OF Shane Robinson, Florida State So.
OF Ryan Patterson, LSU Sr.
OF Brian Pettway, Ole Miss Jr.
OF Jacoby Ellsbury, Oregon State Jr.
DH/ATH Mike Costanzo, Coastal Car Jr.
Pitchers
Pos., Name, School, Class
SP Lance Broadway, TCU Jr.
SP Cesar Carillo, Miami (Fla.) Sr.
SP Luke Hochevar, Tennessee Jr.
SP Mike Pelfrey. Wichita State Jr.
SP Ian Kennedy, Southern California So.
RP J. Brent Cox, Texas Jr.
RP Steve Kleen, Pepperdine Sr.
RP Erik Morrison, Ball State Sr.
SECOND TEAM
Pos., Name, School, Class
1B Adam Tucker, Bham-Southern Jr.
2B Chris Campbell, Coll. Of Charleston So.
3B Ryan Braun, Miami (Fla.) Jr.
SS Seth Johnston, Texas Sr.
C Caleb Moore, East Tenn. State Sr.
OF Gabe Scott, Alabama Jr.
OF Trevor Crowe, Arizona Jr.
OF Travis Buck, Arizona State Jr.
OF Nolan Reimold, Bowling Green Jr.
OF Daniel Carte, Winthrop Jr. 74
DH/ATH Stephen Head, Ole Miss Jr.
DH/ATH Brian Bogusevic, Tulane Jr.
Pitchers
Pos., Name, School, Class
SP Ricky Romero, Cal State Fullerton Jr.
SP Cesar Ramos, Long Beach State Jr.
SP Kevin Slowey, Winthrop Jr.
SP Dallas Buck, Oregon State So.
SP Nick Hill, Army So.
RP Daniel Best, Southern Miss Jr.
RP Neil Jamison, Long Beach State Sr.
RP Craig Hansen, St. Johns Jr.
THIRD TEAM
Pos. Name, School, Class
1B Jordan Brown, Arizona Jr.
1B Adam Carr, Oklahoma State Jr.
2B Scott Sizemore, Va. Commonwealth So.
2B Jed Lowrie, Stanford Jr.
3B Brandon Taylor, Brigham Young Jr.
3B Ryan Zimmerman, Virginia Jr.
SS Cameron Blair, Texas Tech Sr.
SS Mitch Hilligoss, Purdue So.
C Jeff Clement, Southern California Jr.
OF Matt Kutler. Brown Sr.
OF Jeff Corsaletti, Florida Sr.
OF Sergio Pedroza, Cal State Fullerton Jr.
OF James Boone, Missouri Jr.
OF Eli Iorg, Tennessee Jr.
DH/ATH Kris Harvey, Clemson Jr.
DH/ATH Joe Savery, Rice Fr.
Pitchers
Pos. Name, School, Class
SP Mike Wlodarczyk, Boston College Sr.
SP Matt Green, UL Monroe Jr.
SP Max Scherzer, Missouri So.
SP Johnny Dorn, Nebraska Fr.
SP Brent Adcock, Troy Sr.
RP Scott Reese, Creighton So.
RP Tyler Chambliss, Florida State So.
RP Blake Owen, Belmont Jr.