KUTZTOWN, PA (May 22, 2010) – Kutztown University sophomore left fielder Shayne Houck (Boyertown, PA/Boyertown) was named to the Daktronics All-American second team.
Houck was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division Athlete of the Year, and ABCA Rawlings Atlantic Region Player of the Year. He was also selected to the Daktronics All-Atlantic Region first team, National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association (NCBWA) All-Atlantic Region first team and earned a spot on the Atlantic-Region all-tournament team.
He has posted numbers in his sophomore season that most players would dream to have in their career. He is batting .466 with 17 home runs, 73 runs scored and 77 RBIs which are all single season school records. Houck was also a semifinalists for the Tino Martinez Award, which is given to the best baseball player in the country.
Houck is ranked among the top 20 nationally in six categories. He is fourth nationally in slugging percentage, seventh in batting average, seventh in on base percentage, 13th in home runs, 14th in doubles and 17th in runs batted in. Among his many highlights this season was a three home run game against Bloomfield, blasting a game-winning homer to beat West Chester in the regular season, 24 multi-hit games and winning the PSAC East Player of the Week awards five times.
Kutztown, ranked sixth in the latest Collegiate Baseball Writers Association top 25 poll, will meet Franklin Pierce College (41-15-1) in its opening game of the 2010 NCAA Division II Baseball National Championship Sunday afternoon at the USA Baseball National Training Complex beginning at 1 p.m.
A total of 45 student-athletes, representing 33 institutions were named to either the first,
second or third team All-America squad, while 18 were named honorable mention. Members of the NCAA Division II College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) selected the All-America teams.
2010 Daktronics NCAA Division II Baseball All-America Teams
Player of the Year: Bryan Fogle, Sr., Erskine (S.C.)
Pitcher of the Year: Hayden Simpson, Jr., Southern Arkansas
FIRST TEAM
C Pat Trettel Sr. Seton Hill (Pa.)
1B Jason Carr Sr. New Mexico Highlands
2B Greyson Schram Sr. Concord (W.Va.)
3B Cannon Lester Sr. Southern Arkansas
SS Paul Bingham Sr. Indiana (Pa.)
OF Brandon Decker Sr. Valdosta State (Ga.)
OF Bryan Fogle Sr. Erskine (S.C.)
OF Chance Tuttle Sr. Central Missouri
DH Nick Aranas Jr. South Carolina-Aiken
UT Brendon Furrow Sr. Concordia, St. Paul
SP Joe Holtmeyer So. Nebraska-Omaha
SP Jose Macias Jr. Franklin Pierce (N.H.)
SP Brooks Martin Sr. Central Missouri
SP Hayden Simpson Jr. Southern Arkansas
RP Heath Wyatt Jr. Southeastern Oklahoma State
SECOND TEAM
C Kellen Lee Jr. California-San Diego
1B Brandon Gregorich Sr. California-San Diego
2B Michael Felton Fr. Southwestern Oklahoma State
3B Deryk Marks Jr. Augustana (S.D.)
SS Vance Albitz Sr. California-San Diego
OF Shayne Houck (Boyertown, PA/Boyertown) So. Kutztown (Pa.)
OF Devin Rudolph Sr. Tiffin (Ohio)
OF Nate Baumann Jr. Augustana (S.D.)
DH Mike Schwartz Sr. Tampa (Fla.)
UT Jeremy Nowak Sr. Mount Olive (N.C.)
SP Kirk Jewasko So. Incarnate Word (Texas)
SP Tim Shibuya Jr. California-San Diego
SP Gabriel Duran Jr. Dowling (N.Y.)
SP Matt Rossman Sr. California-San Diego
RP Kevin Jordan Sr. Northern Kentucky
THIRD TEAM
C Chris Adamson Sr. Angelo State (Texas)
1B Jason Rogers Jr. Columbus State (Ga.)
2B Chas Anthony Sr. Erskine (S.C.)
3B Abel Medina Jr. Cal. State-Dominguez Hills
SS Andrew Whittington Sr. Southern Arkansas
OF Brett Adams Sr. Dixie State (Utah)
OF Sean Harrell Sr. Georgia College & State University
OF Jason Cisper Sr. Northern Kentucky
DH Will Calhoun Jr. Abilene Christian
UT Sam Wiley Sr. Cal. State-Los Angeles
SP Tim Griffin Sr. Rollins (Fla.)
SP Martin Dewald Sr. Georgia College & State University
SP Noah Mull Sr. Wheeling Jesuit (W.Va.)
SP Michael Gleason Sr. Cal. State-Chico
RP Atlee Pearson Jr. Erskine (S.C.)
HONORABLE MENTION
Aaron Bauman (OF, California-San Diego), Patrick Brady (UT, Bellarmine), David Bustillos (2B, New Mexico Highlands),William Buzhardt (SP, Erskine), Chris Casazza (3B, Tarleton State), Adam DeLaGarza (SS, West Texas A&M), Nick DeBiasse (1B, Central Missouri), David Deminsky (SP, St Cloud State), Patrick Donahue (UT, Tampa), Tyler Erickson (SS, Minnesota Duluth), Patrick Farrell (C, Regis), Ben Graham(SP, Emporia State), Cody Grice (OF, Grand Valley State), Tyler Lundy (OF, Nebraska-Omaha), BenMinard (DH, Ashland), Jordan Smith (OF, St. Cloud State), Evan Stobbs (RP, Tampa), Chris Zbin (SP, Southern Connecticut State)
