Monday, December 21, 2009

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - FGCU’s Chris Sale picked up Louisville Slugger Preseason Second Team All-American honors, and teammate Zach Maxfield earned third-team honors, selected by the Collegiate Baseball newspaper.

Sale enters the 2010 season with a 9-4 career record with three saves and a 2.94 ERA in 35 appearances. The Eagles’ junior lefthander posted a 2.72 ERA a season ago ranking him second in the Atlantic Sun. Sale ranked 26th in the nation in ERA and 26th in strikeouts in 2009. Sale earned Cape Cod League Pitcher of the Year honors over the summer and Baseball American named Sale the top prospect in the Cape Cod League. He also earned First-Team All-Atlantic Sun honors in 2009. The Lakeland, Fla. native also picked up A-Sun player of the week on Mar. 30 after a 12 strikeout performance against Belmont.

Maxfield posted a .383 batting average ranking seventh in the Atlantic Sun and his slugging percentage of .738 placed second in the conference and 32^nd in the nation. The junior also belted 20 home runs to place in the top 25 both in home runs and in home runs per game.

The 2010 Louisville Slugger preseason All-American baseball teams features a who's who of NCAA Division I baseball players.

Second Team Preseason All-Americans

RHP Alex Wimmers, Ohio St.

LHP Cody Wheeler, Coastal Carolina

LHP Chris Sale, Florida Gulf Coast

RHP Daniel Renken, Cal. St. Fullerton

RHP Sam Gaviglio, Oregon St.

LHP Drew Pomeranz, Mississippi

RHP Matt Harvey, North Carolina

Relief Matty Ott, Louisiana St.

Relief Ryan Duke, Oklahoma

C Cameron Rupp, Texas

C Micah Gibbs, Louisiana St.

1B Preston Tucker, Florida

1B Troy Channing, St. Mary's

2B Mike Sodders, New Mexico St.

2B Kolbrin Vitek, Ball St.

3B Joey Bergman, Coll. of Charleston

SS Jedd Gyorko, West Virginia

OF Mike McGee, Florida St.

OF Blake Dean, Louisiana St.

OF Michael Choice, Texas-Arlington

OF Devon Dageford, Louisiana Tech.

UT Danny Hultzen, Virginia

Third Team Preseason All-Americans

LHP Sean Gilmartin, Florida St.

RHP Noe Ramirez, Cal. St. Fullerton

RHP Trevor Bauer, UCLA

RHP Tyler Pill, Cal. St. Fullerton

LHP Kenneth Roberts, Middle Tennessee St.

RHP Sam Dyson, South Carolina

RHP Gerrit Cole, UCLA

Relief Kevin Rhoderick, Oregon St.

Relief Jarad Miller, Valparaiso

Relief Scott Matyas, Minnesota

Relief Eric Pettis, U.C. Irvine

Relief Cole Green, Texas

Relief Nick Ramirez, Cal. St. Fullerton

Relief Michael Schum, Wright St.

C Jim Klocke, Southeast Missouri St.

C Eddie Rohan, Winthrop

C Rafael Neda, New Mexico

1B Paul Hoilman, East Tennessee St.

1B Tony Plagman, Georgia Tech.

1B Austin Wates, Virginia Tech.

1B Andy Wilkins, Arkansas

1B Zach Maxfield, Florida Gulf Coast

2B Kolten Wong, Hawaii

2B Sean Rockey, George Washington

2B Ross Heffley, Western Carolina

2B Wes Hobson, Appalachian St.

3B Anthony Rendon, Rice

3B Jake Smith, Alabama

3B Phil Wunderlich, Louisville

3B Bo Reeder, East Tennessee St.

SS Drew Lee, Morehead St.

SS Stephen Cardullo, Florida St.

OF Gary Brown, Cal. St. Fullerton

OF Kevin Nieto, Manhattan

OF Ryan Enos, Dallas Baptist