Waechter Earns All-American Honor

Western Oregon pitcher named to ABCA/Rawlings second-team squad.

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MONMOUTH - Western Oregon junior pitcher Nick Waechter has been named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division II All-American second team, announced Tuesday.

The right-hander, who led the Wolves to a 40-16 record and sixth straight Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship, was selected earlier this month as the west region pitcher of the year by the ABCA and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

Waechter is WOU`s first player ever selected to the ABCA squad, since the Wolves moved to the NCAA Division II level in 2002. Catcher Greg McCarthy was a second-team All-American pick last spring in the NCBWA listing. The 2006 version of that All-American team will be released later this week.

Waechter was a perfect 12-0 this year with a 2.36 earned-run average in 95 1/3 innings. He struck out 85 batters and walked just 21, while opponents batted a region-low .223 against him.

The Roseburg native is expected to be selected in next week`s major league baseball`s amateur draft.

ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division II All-American team

Player of the year: Lee Cruz, Senior, Tampa

Position player of the year: Lee Cruz

Pitcher of the year: Gabe Medina, Senior, Emporia State

First Team

1B: Jeff Miller, Junior, West Virginia State (.487 BA, 19 HR/69 RBI, 70 R, 17 2B)

2B: Ryan Taylor, Senior, West Virginia State (.447, 17/75, 84 R, 25 2B)

3B: Brandon Bacon, Senior, Central Oklahoma (.423, 19/79, 57 R, 23 2B)

SS: Garrett Olson, Junior, Franklin Pierce (.378, 13/59, 19 SB)

IF: Brock Godwin, Senior, Barton (.404, 4/44, 18 2B)

C: John Brummett, Senior, Pittsburg State (.434, 13/53)

OF: Lee Cruz, Senior, Tampa (.438, 23/88, 18 2B, 74 R)

OF: Orlando Rosales, Senior, Tampa (.428, 14/68, 74 R, 18 2B, 8 3B, 19 SB)

OF: Sean VanElderen, Senior, Mesa State (.409, 13/56, 59 R, 18 2B)

OF: Brandon Halstead, Junior, West Virginia State (.420, 15/67, 78 R, 18 2B)

DH: Kyle Jones, Senior, West Virginia State (.419, 25/82, 54 R, 14 2B)

P: Kyle Jones, Senior, SIU Edwardsville (11-1, 0.85, 6 CG, 6 SHO, 103K/84 2/3 IP)

P: Medina (13-1, 2.50, 133K/29 BB/97 1/3 IP)

P: Sergio Perez, Junior, Tampa (10-2, 2.15, 119 K/88 IP)

P: Dylan Owen, Sophomore, Francis Marion (12-2, 2.15, 124 K /117 1/3 IP)

RP: Nick Wandless, Senior, USC Aiken (2-1, 1.56, 17 SV, 48 K, 16 H/34 2/3 IP)

Second Team

1B: Jason Klug, Junior, CSU Dominguez Hills (.405, 11/56. 42 R, 17 2B)

2B: Justin Randall, Junior, Ashland (.422, 2/61, 19 2B, 13 SB)

3B: Bridger Hunt, Junior, Central Missouri State (.415, 9/74, 66 R, 21 2B, 22 SB)

SS: Mike DeVeaux, Senior, Georgia College (.347, 10/78, 53 R, 18 2B)

IF: John Raymond Hehn, Senior, Christian Brothers (.482, 13/64.19 2B)

C: Matt Smith, Senior, Catawba (.403, 4/56, 71 R, 30 2B)

OF: Casey Jirsa, Junior, Ashland (.423, 6/52, 23 2B)

OF: James Barksdale, Junior, North Alabama (.436, 2/38, 67 R, 7 3B, 59 SB)

OF: Brandon Anderson, Junior, Georgia College (.354, 7/65, 62 R, 18 2B, 4 3B, 23 SB)

OF: Jonathan Baksh, Junior, Florida Tech (.469, 9/67, 67 R, 21 2B, 4 3B, 18 SB)

DH: Joel Wells, Senior, Abilene Christian (.396. 18/70, 56 R, 18 2B, 4 3B)

P: Rusty Rayborn, Junior, Delta State (11-2, 1.89, 1 SV, 9 CG)

P: Nick Waechter, Junior, Western Oregon (12-0, 2.36, 3 CG)

P: Grant Payton, Senior, Grand Valley State (12-1, 2.08, 5 CG, 3 SHO)

P: Michael Antonini, Junior, Georgia College (11-1, 2.93)

RP: Zach Andrews, Sophomore, Montevallo (5-0, 2.20, 11 SV, 61 K/57 1/3 IP)

Third Team

1B: Jose Jimenez, Freshman, Tampa (.395, 17/61, 14 2B)

2B: Brian Lauderdale, Senior, North Georgia College (.391, 5/40, 67 R, 16 2B, 4 SB)

3B: Robbie Knapp, Senior, Erskine (.371, 17/79, 61 R, 23 2B)

SS: Greg Stotser, Senior, Tusculum (.369, 14/58, 50 R)

IF: Bryan Duplissie, Senior, Franklin Pierce (.352, 13/61, 18 2B)

C: Jeremy Triche, Junior, Southern Arkansas (.372, 13/66. 18 2B)

OF: Bryan Williamson, Senior, Delta State (.378, 12/70, 24 2B)

OF: Collin Brown, Senior, Shepherd (.465, 8/42, 69 R, 21 2B, 3 3B, 24 SB)

OF: Mark McBratney, Junior, Emporia State (.400, 13/80, 70 R, 21 2B, 5 3B, 15 SB)

OF: Ronnie Gaines, Senior, Angelo Sate (.417, 9/59, 66 R, 4 3B, 27 SB)

DH: Miguel Porchas, Junior, New Mexico Highlands (.431, 17/67, 59 R, 18 2B)

P: Ryan Williams, Junior, St. Anselm (6-3, 1.03, 8 CG, 95 K, 12 BB/105 IP)

P: Nathan Starner, Senior, Shippensburg (8-2, 2.19, 82 K/74 IP)

P: Cody Jones, Sophomore, Southern Arkansas (12-3, 2.98, 9 CG, 115 K, 19 BB/126 2/3 IP)

P: Bobby Lewton, Junior, Fort Hays State (12-3, 2.03, 6 CG, 3 SH, 18 BB/110 2/3 IP)

RP: Marcus Martinez, Junior, Chico State (2-0, 1.59, 12 SV, 24 K/22.2 IP)

RP: Logan McElwain, Senior, Rockhurst (7-2, 1.08, 10 SV, 50 K, 17 BB/58 1/3 IP)

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