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Poythress Named ABCA All-America

Jun 19, 2009 by Georgia Sports Communications

ATHENS---Georgia junior first baseman Rich Poythress has been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Sporting Goods All-America Second Team, it was announced Friday by the ABCA.

The ABCA All-America teams are collegiate baseball’s oldest selections, dating to 1949. All Division I coaches have the opportunity to nominate and vote on these selections, which are initially compiled into eight All-Region teams.

Poythress, a native of Grovetown, Ga., was Georgia’s triple crown winner in 2009 with a .376 average, 25 home runs and a school record 86 RBI. He is second on Georgia’s all-time RBI list with 185 and fifth on the school’s all-time home runs list with 43. Poythress was drafted in the second round of the MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners earlier this month.

Poythress’ other 2009 honors include Baseball America All-America, Louisville Slugger All-America, Rivals.com All-America, NCBWA All-America, NCBWA District IV Player of the Year and First Team All-SEC. He was also a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy.

2009 ABCA/RAWLINGS NCAA DIVISION I ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS

First Team RHP Eric Arnett, Jr., Indiana (12-2, 2.50 ERA, 109 K, 108 IP) RHP Louis Coleman, Sr., LSU (13-2, 2.76 ERA, 124 K, 114 IP) RHP Mike Leake, Jr., Arizona State (16-1, 1.36 ERA, 150 K, 132.2 IP) RHP A.J. Morris, Jr., Kansas State (14-1, 2.09 ERA, 100 K, 116.1 IP) RHP Stephen Strasburg, Jr., San Diego State (13-1, 1.32 ERA, 195 K, 109 IP) Relief RHP Addison Reed, So., San Diego State (20 saves, 0.65 ERA, 38 K, 27.2 IP) C Carlos Ramirez, Jr., Arizona State (.349, 18 HR, 72 RBI, 76 H) 1B Dustin Ackley, Jr., North Carolina (.412, 22 HR, 70 RBI, 103 H, 17 2B, 73 R) 2B Derek McCallum, Jr., Minnesota (.409, 18 HR, 86 RBI, 95 H, 17 2B) SS Bryan Marquez, Sr., New Mexico State (.414, 22 HR, 85 RBI, 83 R) 3B Marc Krauss, Jr., Ohio (.402, 27 HR, 70 RBI, 84 H, 73 R) OF Bryce Brentz, So., Middle Tennessee (.465, 28 HR, 107 H, 73 RBI, 79 R) OF Jason Kipnis, Jr., Arizona State (.385, 16 HR, 71 RBI, 85 H, 26 SB) OF Kent Matthes, Sr., Alabama (.358, 28 HR, 81 RBI, 73 H, 67 R) OF Tyler Townsend, Jr., Florida International (.434, 24 HR, 77 RBI, 92 H, 16 2B) DH Kyle Roller, Jr., East Carolina (.336, 16 HR, 75 RBI, 86 H, 63 R) UTIL Danny Hultzen, Fr., Virginia (9-1, 2.09 ERA, 95 K, .333, 62 H, 33 RBI)

Second Team LHP Buddy Baumann, Jr., Missouri State (11-1, 3.23 ERA, 101 K, 86.1 IP) LHP Danny Bibona, Jr., UC Irvine (12-1, 2.63 ERA, 108 K, 106 IP) RHP Kyle Gibson, Jr., Missouri (11-3, 3.21 ERA, 131 K, 106.2 IP) RHP Anthony Ranaudo, So., LSU (10-3, 2.95 ERA, 147 K, 109.2 IP) LHP Kenneth Roberts, Jr., Middle Tennessee (11-1, 3.04 ERA, 62 K, 103.2 IP) Relief RHP Kyle Bellamy, Jr., Miami (3-1, 16 saves, 0.97 ERA, 63 K, 46.1 IP) Relief LHP Austin Wood, Sr., Texas (5-1, 15 saves, 2.19 ERA, 67 K, 78 IP) C Chris Henderson, Jr., George Mason (.413, 14 HR, 58 RBI, 97 H, 70 R) C J.T. Wise, Sr., Oklahoma (.359, 17 HR, 62 RBI, 75 H, 50 R) 1B Rich Poythress, Jr., Georgia (.376, 25 HR, 86 RBI, 89 H, 69 R) 2B Mike Brownstein, Sr., New Mexico (.414, 101 H, 23 2B, 11 3B, 72 R, 20 SB) SS Ben Orloff, Sr., UC Irvine (.358, 91 H, 62 R, 18 SB, .976 FLD %) 3B Wade Gaynor, Jr., Western Kentucky (.371, 25 HR, 78 RBI, 93 H, 21 SB) 3B Tony Thompson, So., Kansas (.389, 21 HR, 82 RBI, 96 H, 27 2B) OF Jeremy Cruz, Sr., Stetson (.399, 18 HR, 80 RBI, 91 H, 19 2B) OF Jeremy Hazelbaker, Jr., Ball State (.429, 9 HR, 38 RBI, 87 H, 29 SB) OF Scott Krieger, Sr., George Mason (.372, 20 HR, 80 RBI, 81 H, 68 R) OF Jarrett Parker, So., Virginia (.364, 16 HR, 65 RBI, 92 H, 19 2B, 19 SB) OF Tim Wheeler, Jr., Sacramento State (.385, 18 HR, 72 RBI, 77 H, 15 SB) DH Joey Henshaw, So., Army (.383, 13 HR, 75 RBI, 80 H, 47 R) UTIL Mike Belfiore, Jr., Boston College (5-1, 9 saves, 2.05 ERA, 11 HR, 63 RBI)

Third Team LHP Sean Gilmartin, Fr., Florida State (12-3, 3.49 ERA, 83 K, 98 IP) RHP Kane Holbrooks, Sr., Texas State (10-1, 3.29 ERA, 57 K, 101.1 IP) LHP Justin Marks, Jr., Louisville (11-3, 3.77 ERA, 129 K, 105 IP) RHP Deck McGuire, So., Georgia Tech (11-2, 3.50 ERA, 118 K, 100 IP) RHP Alex Wimmers, So., Ohio State (9-2, 3.27 ERA, 136 K, 104.2 IP) Relief RHP Jake Hale, Sr., Ohio State (18 saves, 1.31 ERA, 67 K, 55 IP) Relief RHP Matty Ott, Fr., LSU (3-2, 16 saves, 2.17 ERA, 63 K, 45.2 IP) C Josh Phegley, Jr., Indiana (.344, 17 HR, 66 RBI, 76 H) C Tony Sanchez, Jr., Boston College (.346, 14 HR, 51 RBI, 79 H, 19 2B) 1B Jared Clark, Sr., Cal State Fullerton (.363, 12 HR, 81 RBI, 82 H, 17 2B) 1B Paul Goldschmidt, Jr., Texas State (.352, 18 HR, 88 RBI, 77 H, 19 2B) 2B Chris Sedon, Jr., Pittsburgh (.398, 22 HR, 62 RBI, 80 H, 19 SB) 2B Ryan Wood, Sr., East Carolina (.379, 14 HR, 57 RBI, 100 H, 87 R) SS Chase Austin, Jr., Elon (.359, 23 HR, 82 RBI, 92 H, 74 R, 19 SB) SS Gary Helmick, Sr., Towson (.430, 17 HR, 51 RBI, 98 H, 72 R, 15 SB) SS Clint Moore, So., Army (.395, 11 HR, 63 RBI, 73 H, 18 2B) 3B Joey Bergman, Jr., College of Charleston (.452, 15 HR, 57 RBI, 100 H, 88 R, 24 SB) 3B Chris Dominguez, Jr., Louisville (.345, 25 HR, 82 RBI, 89 H, 80 R) 3B Tommy Mendonca, Jr., Fresno State (.339, 27 HR, 78 RBI, 79 H, 54 R) OF Pat Irvine, Sr., Elon (.402, 17 HR, 57 RBI, 78 H, 19 SB) OF Jamie Johnson, Jr., Oklahoma (.353, 13 HR, 44 RBI, 90 H, 18 SB, 76 R) OF Luke Murton, Sr., Georgia Tech (.354, 20 HR, 63 RBI, 73 H) OF Kevin Nieto, Jr., Manhattan (.396, 13 HR, 54 RBI, 74 H, 25 SB) OF Angelo Songco, Jr., Loyola Marymount (.360, 15 HR, 63 RBI, 77 H) DH Jason Krizan, So., Dallas Baptist (.389, 16 HR, 74 RBI, 81 H, 20 2B)

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