ABCA Names Elon’s Harrilchak, Hensley to All-Region Squad
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Elon's Cory Harrilchak (Cary, N.C.) and Steven Hensley(Asheville, N.C.) were named to the 2008 ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region Second Team in a release issued from the American Baseball Coaches Association on Tuesday. They mark the second and third Elon players to earn all-region accolades at the NCAA Division I level.
Harrilchak, chosen as an outfielder, batted .410 in his first season with the Phoenix, the first Elon player to end the year over .400 since 1988. He also led the team with 71 runs scored, equaling the school mark in that category. His team-leading 84 hits rank as the third-highest single-season total in program history. Harrilchak also belted 11 homers, drove in 46 runs and stole 24 bases. He was the SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Player and a First Team All-SoCon selection as well as a NCCSIA All-State pick..
Hensley, a fourth round selection by the Seattle Mariners in the 2008 June Draft, was the 2008 Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-SoCon selection after compiling a 10-2 record and 3.59 ERA in 16 appearances. The right-handed throwing Hensley hurled 92.2 innings, striking out 99 hitters while issuing only 38 walks on his way to Third Team Louisville Slugger TPX All-America honors. The 99 K's are the fourth-most in Elon history. Opponents hit just .236 off of him in 2008. He was also a NCCSIA All-State selection and a Second Team All-Ping! Baseball honoree.
For his career, Hensley holds Elon's record for strikeouts, fanning 302 hitters in three seasons. He posted a career mark of 24-12, the fourth most victories ever by an Elon hurler.
College World Series participants Miami and North Carolina highlighted the All-Atlantic Region First and Second Teams with five honorees apiece. Coastal Carolina followed with three recipients, while Elon, Florida State and Georgia Southern each had two.
College of Charleston's Jeremie Tice Named To ABCA All-America Team; All-Atlantic Region Squad
Charleston, S.C. -- The American Baseball Coaches Association announced the 2008 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA All-America teams as well as the Atlantic Region team honorees.
College of Charleston third baseman Jeremie Tice, who was named to the All-Atlantic Region squad, earned second team All-America honors.
Tice, who recently signed with the Cleveland Indians after being selected in the sixth round of this year's MLB draft, was named the 2008 Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league's coaches and also earned first team Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American honors.
Tice finished the season with a .393 batting average over 59 games. Tice belted 25 homers and drove in 83 runs. He added 21 doubles, scored 80 runs and had three triples.
The Cougars finished the season with a 39-20 record and a 18-9 record in league play. Charleston currently leads the nation in scoring (10.6 runs per game), overall runs (627), doubles (161), home runs (130), home runs per game (2.2) and slugging percentage (.607).
Shehan, Wright Named ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Georgia Southern’s Chris Shehan (Strasburg, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) and Ty Wright (Montrose/West Laurens) were named to both the 2008 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Atlantic Region and the 2008 All-America teams, it was announced recently by the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Shehan and Wright are two of three from the Southern Conference to be named to the All-America teams and it is the first time since 1993 that two Eagles received such an honor in the same year. Paul Thornton and Todd Greene both were name to the ABCA All-America team in 1993.
The Atlantic Region was well represented at the national level, as 10 of its 13 First-Team All-Region players also were named to one of the three ABCA All-America teams, including five on the first team.
Outfielder Chris Shehan earned First-Team All-Atlantic Region honors and then took home First-Team All-America laurels.
Outfielder Ty Wright also earned First-Team All-Atlantic Region honors and then was named to the All-America Second Team.
Chris Shehan: Capsule
On Wednesday (June 11), Shehan was named Pro-Line Athletic First Team All-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and he was the only Southern Conference representative on the First Team.
He was recently a 30th round pick by the Atlanta Braves.
In just three years, Shehan ended his career with the third-best career batting average in program history, a .376 clip (254-676). He tied for ninth in career hits and ranked seventh scoring 182 runs. Shehan narrowly missed the career ?Top 10’ listings in: doubles (48), home runs (34), total bases (414), walks (93), RBI (160) and stolen bases (40-46).
Shehan paced the 2008 offense with record numbers. The SoCon’s ?Player of the Year’ (sports media association) batted .438 - the fourth highest single-season average. He became the fifth Eagle to be named SoCon ?Player of the Year’. He also earned SoCon ?Player of the Month’ in March, National ?Player of the Week’ (Mar. 17), and is a two-time SoCon ?Player of the Week’
Starting in all 58 games, Shehan tallied 84 runs scored (GS season record), 77 RBI (tied 9th), 17 doubles, three triples, 22 home runs (tied 8th), .557 on-base percentage, 53 walks (tied 8th), 22-of-24 stolen bases, 187 total bases (tied 6th) and six outfield assists. A Third Team Academic All-District pick, Shehan recorded a team-leading 33 multi-hit games and 23 multi-RBI games. He ended the year on career-high 15-game hitting streak and earned a spot on the SoCon All-Tournament Team.
Ty Wright: Capsule
Wright was named to the All-Southern Conference First Team at the conclusion of the season. He was named SoCon ?Player of the Month’
in April and earned NCBWA ?National Player of the Week’ and SoCon ?Player of the Week’ honors for the week of Apr. 29.
Wright started in 45 of 50 games played and was featured in Sports Illustrated ?Faces in the Crowd’ after hitting for the cycle in the first four innings of game three at Wofford. This year, he tallied 63 runs scored, 52 RBI batting mainly as leadoff hitter, and led the team with 22 doubles. He recorded 17 home runs, including a program record six that led off a game. Eight of his home runs started off an inning.
He tallied 32 walks to 25 strikeouts in 196 at-bats and just missed the .400 club, finishing the year batting at a .398 clip. He went 9-for-12 in stolen bases, had nine doubles in a six-game span, and hit one of the NCAA record 14 home runs against Columbia (Mar. 15). Wright tied for sixth among the Georgia Southern season doubles leaders and scored 16 runs in a nine-game span.
In the five games against UNC Greensboro, Wright had 10 runs scored, 10 hits and six RBI. In April, he went 17-for-38. When he hit for the cycle at Wofford, he had five hits, five RBI and three runs scored. In the opener against The Citadel, he tallied four RBI. Wright recorded a 12-game hitting streak on the year.
At the SoCon tournament, Wright went 6-for-14 with four runs scored, had two outfield assists in the tournament against UNC Greensboro and just missed on a third.
2008 ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans (Atlantic Region Selections) First Team
● Catcher: Buster Posey, Florida State
● Second Base: Jemile Weeks, Miami
● Outfield: Chris Shehan, Georgia Southern
● Outfield: Tim Fedroff, North Carolina
● Starting Pitcher: Chris Hernandez, Miami
Second Team:
● First Base: Yonder Alonso, Miami
● Third Base: Jeremie Tice, College of Charleston
● DH/Utility: Ty Wright, Georgia Southern
● Starting Pitcher: Alex White, North Carolina
Third Team:
● Shortstop: Ryan Jackson, Miami
2008 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Awards (Atlantic Region Selections)
● Catcher: Buster Posey, Florida State
● Outfield: Alex Hassan, Duke
2008 ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region Team First Team
● Catcher: Buster Posey, Florida State
● First Base: Yonder Alonso, Miami
● Second Base: Jemile Weeks, Miami
● Third Base: Jeremie Tice, College of Charleston
● Shortstop: Ryan Jackson, Miami
● Outfield: Chris Shehan, Georgia Southern
● Outfield: Jack Rye, Florida State
● Outfield: Tim Fedroff, North Carolina
● DH/Utility: Ty Wright, Georgia Southern
● Starting Pitcher: Chris Hernandez, Miami
● Starting Pitcher: Alex White, North Carolina
● Starting Pitcher: Clayton Shunick, NC State
● Relief Pitcher: Michael Schwimer, Virginia
Second Team
● Catcher: Dock Doyle, Coastal Carolina
● First Base: Dustin Ackley, North Carolina
● Second Base: Kyle Seager, North Carolina
● Third Base: Scott Woodward, Coastal Carolina
● Shortstop: Derek Dietrich, Georgia Tech
● Outfield: David Sappelt, Coastal Carolina
● Outfield: Blake Tekotte, Miami
● Outfield: Cory Harrilchak, Elon
● DH/Utility: Jeremy Jones, North Carolina A&T
● Starting Pitcher: Seth Maness, East Carolina
● Starting Pitcher: Alan DeRatt, UNC Asheville
● Starting Pitcher: Steven Hensley, Elon
● Relief Pitcher: Rob Wooten, North Carolina